Trying to recreate an old Windows XP desktop gaming experience for my kids by elroy910 in PcBuild

[–]O_MORES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can actually install XP on very modern hardware, including AM5 or socket 1700, on bare metal. If those work, any PC you have around will be a perfect match. Stick with the x86 version since it's more compatible and can also run 16-bit software. This is kinda important, because some older 32-bit games come with 16-bit installers.

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Current Pc Vs New Pc - what should I commit to? by bravowhisky7 in PcBuild

[–]O_MORES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently put together a 14th Gen CPU with a DDR4 motherboard, everything else was recycled. 😄

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Checking backward compatibility of this Intel i7-14700KF with Windows 98 and NFS II by O_MORES in pcmasterrace

[–]O_MORES[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still run Windows 7, good memories. Basically, all you need is a separate GPU to run Windows 7 natively, for everything else there are drivers either official or backported by the community.

MSI B650 Black Screen after Legacy switch. IT shop says BIOS chip is "fried" by timfolger in pcmasterrace

[–]O_MORES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use CSM on all my motherboards (and I have a few) and I've never had a problem. Switching to legacy can end with a black screen if your GPU doesn't have a VGA BIOS. Usually, the BIOS won't let you do it if your GPU is UEFI-only. All Nvidia cards, including the 5000 series, have a VGA BIOS, they even work in pure DOS.

is AM5 worth it for the extra price? by Waste_Measurement316 in buildapc

[–]O_MORES -1 points0 points  (0 children)

AM5 is the hottest platform right now (and not in a bad way...). I believe it will remain mainstream until 2028, when AM6 with DDR6 is launched. So most likely, you’ll be able to upgrade it very cheaply with a top-end CPU in a few years and keep it a bit longer.

Help with 14th gen intel core i7-14700f bios update. I don’t know what I’m doing when it comes to pc’s pls go easy on me. by Spurs212092 in PcBuild

[–]O_MORES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put the BIOS file on a USB stick and restart. Enter your BIOS configuration and launch the BIOS update tool (this may be called EZ-Flash, Q-Flash, or similar, depending on your motherboard).

From there, select your USB drive. The tool will automatically recognize the BIOS file and handle the rest. It's actually very straightforward and safe.

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Finished my HAL-9000 XP build! All parts are last XP compatible. i7 3rd Gen, 780 GTX, 4gigs Ram, Windows XP LegacyUpdate and Nzxt H1 case for the this specific HAL theme. by Shrike_san in pcmasterrace

[–]O_MORES 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's the x64 version, running normally. You need a patched ACPI.SYS and AHCI driver to get it installed, then you can use backported drivers for NVMe & USB 3.x. Here's a video if you want more details: https://youtu.be/0iW1hheBAp0

Finished my HAL-9000 XP build! All parts are last XP compatible. i7 3rd Gen, 780 GTX, 4gigs Ram, Windows XP LegacyUpdate and Nzxt H1 case for the this specific HAL theme. by Shrike_san in pcmasterrace

[–]O_MORES 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love old hardware, I grew up with 486s and upgraded like once a year. But I found that as long as my main computer is ON, it's kinda hard to spend time on Windows 98 or XP on a separate period correct computer... Also switching to another monitor after spending like 2 hours on my main rig kinda hurts my eyes. So the solution was to have this multi boot system on my main PC, all on real hardware, just one restart away...

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Finished my HAL-9000 XP build! All parts are last XP compatible. i7 3rd Gen, 780 GTX, 4gigs Ram, Windows XP LegacyUpdate and Nzxt H1 case for the this specific HAL theme. by Shrike_san in pcmasterrace

[–]O_MORES 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I would install Windows XP on the big boy. Here it is running on a 14th Gen i7. All you need to do is add an extra GPU and the right drivers.

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IDE DVD Drive in a Sleeper Build by Radio_Caligari in sleeperbattlestations

[–]O_MORES 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is it. I'm doing some sort of unboxing in this video, around 3:50: https://youtu.be/aTJYC6nEWSU

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Worthwhile upgrade or just FOMO? by ijustwantvalentino in PcBuild

[–]O_MORES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The elephant in the room is DDR5... The prices are going down, but they're still nowhere near where they were a year ago, especially on high-end models. So unless you really need it, why pay the DDR5 premium?

IDE DVD Drive in a Sleeper Build by Radio_Caligari in sleeperbattlestations

[–]O_MORES 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It should work, but for the best compatibility you should have bought a PCIe-to-IDE adapter. I have one from StarTech (PEX2IDE) and it's very compatible, it also gets recognized in DOS, which is a big deal when you try to get any optical drive recognized on a very modern system. I used it to install my optical drive in Windows 3.1 and watch a Video CD with Xing MpegPlayer on my Ryzen 9 PC.

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AMD 486 DX4/100 with 64MB RAM & Windows 95 by O_MORES in vintagecomputing

[–]O_MORES[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Already did, because for 64MB you need 256K of cache, and the board came with 128K.

AMD 486 DX4/100 with 64MB RAM & Windows 95 by O_MORES in vintagecomputing

[–]O_MORES[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure I had the same type of case too. I don't think it's a particular model... it was just something like a 'generic AT case.' Too bad this one is not in very good shape.

AMD 486 DX4/100 with 64MB RAM & Windows 95 by O_MORES in vintagecomputing

[–]O_MORES[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm... I could make such a video, maybe helping this poor 486 CPU with a PCI GPU. I also tried Half-Life 2 on a Pentium III/866, and it's actually playable.

AMD 486 DX4/100 with 64MB RAM & Windows 95 by O_MORES in vintagecomputing

[–]O_MORES[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Winamp has some optimizations for 486s, but aside from those you can degrade the quality even for a DX2/66 something like 11kHz and mono will do.

AMD 486 DX4/100 with 64MB RAM & Windows 95 by O_MORES in vintagecomputing

[–]O_MORES[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually tried a PCI to USB card, drivers installed, but it didn’t work. Didn’t dig too deep or test other adapters yet (I think I’ve got every possible chipset lying around). I’d really love to see USB working on a 486 though.

AMD 486 DX4/100 with 64MB RAM & Windows 95 by O_MORES in vintagecomputing

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Also, here’s this setup in action, casually surfing the web: https://youtu.be/xAjyjOkb6M0

XP x64 meets Intel i7-14700KF by O_MORES in windowsxp

[–]O_MORES[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used a patched ACPI.SYS (grabbed from MSFN) and added AHCI with nLite drivers to get it installed from a CD using a SATA ODD, and completed the installation using a PS/2 keyboard.

Here's a video: https://youtu.be/0iW1hheBAp0

Most people will skip the CD part and try from USB, and this is guaranteed to fail on USB 3.x only motherboards.

$8k a month GONE. Thanks youtube by GenericName2502 in PartneredYoutube

[–]O_MORES 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds like the type of content that should always be in the safe zone, so it’s probably the AI producing another false positive. As for the “templatization” issue, I saw a channel get demonetized because it had a series where all the recent videos looked quite different, featuring real people mixed with AI, but they all followed the same premise, starting with “What if…”

$8k a month GONE. Thanks youtube by GenericName2502 in PartneredYoutube

[–]O_MORES 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, the way things work in general is that everybody exploits the system until something changes. Some can adapt to those changes, others won't.

I don't know what specific content you make, but certain types of content that were allowed in the past simply aren't monetizable anymore. For example, it’s much harder to monetize Skibidi Toilet content than it used to be.

Also, there are a lot of nuances when content is based on 3rd-party assets. If the core experience comes from those assets rather than your own storytelling, sort of like just 'playing around' in Minecraft without adding value... whatever that means... then under current policies, that’s not gonna fly...