Creative Music System (CMS) on Sound Blaster 2.0: reverse engineering and howto Necroware 2026-09-21 | Creative Music System (CMS) on Sound Blaster 2.0: reverse engineering and howto
Lets repair Asus SP97-V Necroware 2024-10-18 | In this video I repair Asus SP97-V, and SiS 5598 based mainboard and compare it to the famous Asus P/I P55T2P4 with its i430HX chipset. Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
Looking over Asus P/I-P55T2P4 Necroware 2024-10-04 | Today we have two nice Intel 430HX boards to look at.The mentioned video from @ctrlaltrees :youtu.be/8x6UiQxvaKQMusic by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
This poor legendary Asus CUBX-E Necroware 2024-09-06 | Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Probably the best Socket 7 VRM ever existed Necroware 2024-08-23 | Once I started it as a small experiment. Now it's already in revision 0.6. Let me introduce the latest revision of my Socket 7 voltage regulator module. It's very powerful, supports huge voltage range, dual and single voltage CPUs. May be @RMCRetro would like to have an opportunity to try out this beast on his Packard Bell machine ;)S7-VRM project:github.com/necroware/s7-vrmPrevious Parts:youtube.com/watch?v=CMiGVQbMC5U&list=PLif6qKQRcpVbRWcB-CuEonS3K0Rt42fNaMusic by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Repair, benchmarking and overclocking of a 486 mainboard: Soyo SY-030H Necroware 2024-08-02 | Found some time to tinker with a 486 mainboard from Soyo. Brought it back to life and made some benchmarks. An interesting board with one flaw which I unfortunately forgot to mention in the video. This board has no I/O controller, except for IDE. No serial and parallel ports, as well as missing floppy controller. Very unusual for that time, but otherwise a nice board. theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/soyo-sy-030gMusic by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Lets repair a Super Socket 7 mainboard: Gigabyte GA-5AA Necroware 2024-07-19 | Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Lets repair my Lenovo ThinkPad T450S Necroware 2024-07-10 | Recently my Lenovo Thinkpad T450S died. I used it from time to time for testing of my GamePort adapter and other stuff when I needed windows. Fortunately the thermal camera company Topdon offered to me a sample of one of their products TS001 to try. To get such a camera was my long plan anyway and with my broken notebook I even had a good use case for it, so take a look how it went.TopDon links:Official website: topdon.com/products/TS001Amazon US: amazon.com/dp/B0CWN47K4VAmazon DE: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0D1KKKS44Open Source Project PyThermalCamera by Les Wright:github.com/leswright1977/PyThermalCameraNvidia GTX770 voltage injection:youtu.be/SFxOFyp6uFUPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Taking care of a nice 386SX mainboard: FIC LEO 386SX-16V Necroware 2024-06-14 | XTIDE playlist:youtube.com/watch?v=pCdQ6MWnNpU&list=PLif6qKQRcpVZjwfc36UJcC74qljUpu3bHMusic by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
How to quickly test a lot of hardware. Bringing Creative Sound Blaster back to Live! Necroware 2024-05-31 | In this video I would like to show how I quickly test a lot of more modern hardware, PCI and PCIe cards, mainboards and notebooks. As a bonus I'm bringing a Creative Sound Blaster back to Live!Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.com/album/for-necrowarePatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Lets talk about RTC options once again Necroware 2024-05-24 | In the past I made some videos about RTC module repair and replacement and also open-sourced a drop-in replacement for Dallas DS1287, DS12887, Benchmarq BQ3287, Odin OEC12C887 and many more. And in this video I would like to share, which options do we else have.My old videos about RTC module repairs:youtu.be/svPNxILeQEwyoutu.be/xBvw1TLHyqMyoutu.be/IbiczYoVncQRelated GitHub Projects:github.com/necroware/nwX287github.com/necroware/nw12887Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Lets repair a Socket 7 mainboard: Biostar MB-8500TVX-A Necroware 2024-05-17 | Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
QDI P5I430TX - is it the best Socket 7 mainboard? Necroware 2024-05-10 | In this video I take a look at QDI P5I430TX mainboard. The best Socket 7 mainboard in my opinion. Let me explain why.Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Too nice to be true? Intel i440LX was upset about my plans. Necroware 2024-04-26 | In this video I'll repair a Socket 370 mainboard MSI MS-6159, get Creative Sound Blaster fixed and try to get get some unsupported Coppermine CPUs running. Let's see if it worked.BIOS Patcher:youtu.be/VwZT40sRMzMFastVid by @philscomputerlabyoutu.be/Acq4_muebxc?si=7QfZEhDeI1sFHN38Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
I got this box full of retro hardware. Necroware 2024-04-12 | From time to time I get some hardware donations for my channel and recently I found this box full of retro hardware in front of my door. In this video I would like to take a closer look at the parts, try to repair and test them if possible. It contains some common sound cards from Aztech, but also very old Hercules graphics card, 486 mainboards and some parts, like TIGA accelerator, which I never saw before. Unisound - universal sound driver:vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=72553 Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
Lets make a DIY 5.25 Floppy Cleaner Necroware 2024-03-30 | Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Howto repair a retro PC motherboard. Necroware 2024-03-01 | In this video I would like to respond to many requests which I got in the past and introduce a brief howto or at least try to give a good start into a retro motherboard repair. As an example for this video I deal with ECS 386L mainboard, which was waiting in my stack for a repair for quite a while.The Retro Web ECS 386L entry:theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/ecs-386lWhy do we use white vinegar to clean battery damaged mainboards?youtu.be/sVxqLBp6l1cXT-Prototyping Board:github.com/necroware/xt-prototyping-boardMusic by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Updates of my MCE-Adapter (simpe MDA, CGA, EGA converter) Necroware 2024-02-16 | In this video I'd like to share some of the recent changes I've made to my MCE-Adapter which I use with my MDA/Hercules, CGA and EGA machines to connect to a VGA monitor.Link to the project:github.com/necroware/mce-adapterPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Reviving Sound Blaster 1.5 and upgrading a rare SB2.0 clone Necroware 2024-02-02 | In this video I would like to go through a donation of sound cards, which I got recently. Among others there is the original Creative Sound Blaster 1.5 and multiple exiting clones. Sorry for my crippled voice, unfortunately I was sick as I was creating this video.Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Packard Bell PB486CD restoration (Part 3) Necroware 2024-01-20 | The final part of my Packard Bell PB486CD restoration. I worked on it on and off for months and this video is like a patchwork with all kind of stuff, which I found interesting during my work. Have fun!Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Turbo in a retro PC - explanation and repair. Necroware 2023-11-03 | Let's investigate and repair the turbo functionality on the Packard Bell PB430 / PB410 mainboard.Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Packard Bell PB486CD restoration (Part 2) Necroware 2023-10-21 | My last repair turned out to be not done yet. The Packard Bell PB430 mainboard didn't work well, let's see how PB410 would behave.Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Packard Bell PB486CD restoration (Part 1) Necroware 2023-06-10 | Today I would like to share with you a restoration project, which I was trying to finish for a very long time. It is a nice retro PC with some very unusual features. It had to be rescued and recently I made some progress which I would like to share with you. Have fun!Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Review: Microscope Andonstar AD246S-M Necroware 2023-06-08 | Recently I was trying to repair a heavily damaged mainboard and couldn't finish the task with my usual tools. I needed a microscope to continue the work and started to search for one. Accidentally Andonstar offered me one microscope for review and I accepted the offer. Here are my thoughts about it.Product links:Andonstar store: andonstarmicroscope.com/products/tri-lens-microscope-246sm-249smAmazon: amazon.com/dp/B09VZJ8F4HAliExpress: aliexpress.us/item/1005004256304630.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdaptPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Lets upgrade an early Socket 7 board beyond the limit (Part 5): Showdown! Necroware 2023-05-13 | Finally the long story comes to the end. The designed VRM is working, the mainboard is prepared and I could finally do the tests I planned to do for so long. To be honest I didn't know what to expect initially, which outcome this results would have exactly and I hope, you will find them interesting as well.In this video I'm throwing all possible upgrades into Asus P/I-P55TP4XEG mainboard and with the help of my DIY voltage regulator I'm testing various CPUs (Pentium, MMX, K6, K6-2 and K6-3+) and cache types combinations.The results are IMHO very exciting and this is definitely not the end of this story line, not only I'm going to improve the VRM, but also in the future I'll test more mainboards and compare the results. Also I'm going to compare those to a Super Socket 7 mainboard to find out how a mainboard from 1995 would compete against one from the year 1999-2000.The Retro Web (Asus P/I-P55TP4XEG):theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-p-i-p55tp4xeg-ver.-2.4Jan's Steunebrink Super Socket 7 upgrade guide and BIOS colection:http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htmCPU Identification Utility:vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=91383http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/chkcpu.htmPhilsComputerLab DOS Benchmark Pack:philscomputerlab.com/dos-benchmark-pack.htmlk6waon tool and other K6-2/3/+ CPU tools (PhilsComputerLab):philscomputerlab.com/k6-2-2-3-resources.htmlPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Lets upgrade an early Socket 7 board beyond the limit (Part 4): K6-2 test and VRM announcement Necroware 2023-04-29 | In this video I would like to test the AMD K6-2/400 with my S7-VRM on the Asus P/I-P55TP4XEG mainboard and release the project officially. Part 1: youtu.be/CMiGVQbMC5UPart 2: youtu.be/J0NLGfocviUPart 3: youtu.be/kBPp9EAIC8IS7-VRM Project:github.com/necroware/s7-vrmPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Lets upgrade an early Socket 7 board beyond the limit (Part 3): S7-VRM progress and new revision Necroware 2023-04-07 | This video is kind of a state report about the S7-VRM project (previously known as MMX-VRM). The project is nearly done and is only waiting for the hard core testing, which will happen in the next part. This was very interesting and quite challenging for me, but I'm super excited, that the community will be soon richer by one useful device.Part 1: youtu.be/CMiGVQbMC5UPart 2: youtu.be/J0NLGfocviUMusic by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
An expert among retro mainboards (Part 3): adding 3V CPU support Necroware 2023-03-31 | Some time ago I got one very exciting mainboard DataExpert EXP4349. In this last part I'm going to add a voltage regulator to support 3V 486 CPUs and update my results #isadoom25fps challenge.The Retro Web entry:theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/dataexpert-exp4349486SocketBlaster Project by @scrap_computing youtube.com/watch?v=n5qlx4qKbSEgithub.com/scrapcomputing/486SocketBlasterPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
An expert among retro mainboards (Part 2): stability issues, 386DX with VLB vs ISA Necroware 2023-03-25 | Some time ago I got one very exciting mainboard DataExpert EXP4349. In this second part I'm trying to fix some heavy stability issues, overclock it and participate in the #isadoom25fps challenge. Here you can see some result of 386DX benchmarks with VLB and ISA graphics cards.The Retro Web entry:theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/dataexpert-exp4349CPU Glaxy video about 386DX on VLB:youtu.be/qaGQxZEYby0Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
An expert among retro mainboards (Part 1) Necroware 2023-03-19 | Some time ago I got one very exciting mainboard DataExpert EXP4349. In this video I would like to bring it back to life and in the next part I'm going to show you why this board is so amazing.The Retro Web entry:theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/dataexpert-exp4349Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Doom vs Memories Necroware 2022-12-24 | #doscember #doscember2022In this video I would like to take a closer look at the hardware requirements for the game Doom from 1992 and share with you, which hardware I would need to enjoy Doom. For some people this game was a fast FPS for the others it was crawling like a slow RTS, click, wait, click, wait. Let's see what it means in numbers.Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
Repairathon 2022: The final cut Necroware 2022-11-19 | In this video I'm going to finish my long repairathon and will talk about the last two Socket 7 mainboards, Gigabyte GA-586ATE/P and QDI P5I430VX-250D. Especially the QDI mainboard was an interesting surprise.Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
Repairathon 2022: Trying to repair a Super Socket 7 mainboard. Necroware 2022-10-23 | Continuing my repairathon and in this video it's all about the MSI MS-5169 Super Socket 7 mainboard for AMD K6-2 and K6-3 CPUs.Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necrowareCorrection: 28:46 Sorry for rendering issues on transitions from this point on.
Repairathon 2022: Repairing a heavily damaged 386 mainboard Necroware 2022-10-08 | Continuing my repairathon and in this video I'm going to take care of a heavily damaged 386 mainboard J-Bond A340C-H.Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Repairathon 2022: A resurrection of the legendary Asus P2B Necroware 2022-09-23 | In this video I'm continuing my repairathon and will take a closer look at the Asus P2B mainboard. A legendary Slot 1 mainboard for the Intel Pentium II and Pentium IIIMusic by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Repairathon 2022: A hot 386 mainboard, sometimes size matters Necroware 2022-08-27 | In this video I'm continuing my repairathon and will take a closer look at the Shuttle HOT-317H mainboards. A very nice and small 386DX mainboard.Mentioned channels: @atheatos and @CPUGalaxy Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Repairathon 2022: Trying to bring a 286 back to life Necroware 2022-08-12 | In this video I'm continuing my repairathon and will take a closer look at the Acer 286A mainboards. An unusual OEM board with an AMD 286 at 16MHzPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Repairathon 2022: Lets call it a tie Necroware 2022-07-31 | In this video I'm continuing my repairathon and will take a closer look at two mainboards Intel RC440BX and Tyan S1830S. Two interesting Slot 1 boards, both based on the Intel 440BX chipset, but they couldn't be different.Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Repairathon 2022: First encounter Necroware 2022-07-24 | First overview and cleaning of the board, which I'm going to try to repair in this years repairathon.Music by Model Povedeniyamodelp.bandcamp.comPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
Echo of War - a story of a weird donation Necroware 2022-07-17 | @philscomputerlab cleaning video:youtube.com/watch?v=dM366CnmYToPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
A DOS compatible sound card by VIA? Lets take a closer look. Necroware 2022-07-09 | In this video I would like to share with you something, what I had on my todo list for longer. One of my mainboard Socket 370 mainboards (MSI MS-6368) have an on-board VIA VT1611A spund chip, which should work in DOS. Let's see if it does, what it prommises. The mainboard on the Ultimate Retro project:ultimateretro.net/de/motherboards/9347Drivers on Vogons:vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=73270Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
BIOS Patcher: unleashing the potential of an old mainboard. Necroware 2022-06-25 | In this video I'd like to introduce the BIOS patcher tool, which I mentioned briefly in my last video. The tool has been developed by Russian specialists and due to the world situation more and more Russian sites are getting unavailable, so hurry up as long as it is still available.Links:http://www.rom.by/ultimateretro.netPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
My endless confusion with a i440BX Pentium II mainboard. Necroware 2022-06-17 | In this video I would like to show you one donatation, which I got a long time ago. The included i440BX Pentium II mainboard made me quite a lot of headaches, but the solution turned out to be simpler than I thought.Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
Noisy CPU fan? Here are some ideas. Necroware 2022-06-10 | In this video I countinue the work on my Windows XP machine and I would like to do something about the noisy CPU fan. May be you can find some information and ideas from this video useful for your own projects.Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
#GPUjune2 Got a new GPU for my WinXP rig: ATI Radeon X1650 Pro vs HD3650 Necroware 2022-06-04 | In this video I continue upgrading my Windows XP gaming rig and will replace the ATI Radeon X1650 Pro with the Radeon HD3650. I try to make some improvements and run some benchmarks. Let's see if the upgrade was worth it.Previous part:youtu.be/a7c0FhFocF8Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
My WinXP PC gets a new mainboard. Necroware 2022-02-25 | This is a videos report about an upgrade of my Windows XP machine, which I am using for gaming, experimenting and testing of hardware. This is a machine, which I built some time ago and it served me pretty well, but now I got an opportunity to upgrade the mainboard from Socket 754 Asus K8V-MX/S to Socket 939 ASRock 939A8X-M. Let's see which problems I had to solve this time.Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
Lets revive a 486 Soyo SY-025R mainboard with a sneaky secret Necroware 2022-02-05 | In this video I would like to show an interesting case and why I really don't like to repair something, where someone else previously was trying own luck. The Soyo SY-025R is a nice board, but this exemplar had a very sneaky secret.Ultimate Retro entry:ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/4670Atheatos Channel:youtube.com/user/atheatosPatreon:patreon.com/necroware
GamePort to USB adapter raffle results! Necroware 2022-01-30 | Here is the promised raffle.Congratulations to the winners, please write a comment below and I will response as as soon as possible. Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
Lets develop an ultimate GamePort USB adapter. Project updates and a little surprise! Necroware 2022-01-22 | In this video I would like to give yous some update on the Arduino based GamePort USB adapter project. Especially the software got a lot of improvements and the adapter supports now a lot more devices like Microsoft Sidewinder, Gravis Gamepads, Logitech Wingman, Cyberman 2 and many others.Celebrating 20K of subscribers you will get the opportunity to win one of the two GamePort adapters completely assembled with a Micro-USB Arduino programmed with the latest firmware. The raffle includes shipping costs up to 10€ per device. It is only possible to win one adapter per person. The draw will end on 29.01.2022 at 23:59 CET. The winners will be announced on this channel in the next days after the end of the draw.Last presentation video:youtu.be/tSJLgCD8jeMProject repository:github.com/necroware/gameport-adapter Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
Lets try to benchmark and overclock a 486 on an Octek Hippo 15 Necroware 2022-01-08 | Hi guys and happy new year! I was a little bit busy in the last days, but I managed to make a video about some experiments, which I made over the holidays. I wanted to make some stability tests on that Octek Hippo 15 mainboard which I repaired recently and I was interested in how my Am486DX2-80 would perform on that board. May be you are curious as well.Patreon:patreon.com/necroware
