Ju at 21:20, 20 December 2021

2021-12-20T21:20:27Z

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Hacksaurus is a retro gaming PC build. The original idea was to hack together a machine with spare parts that is able to natively run many DOS and Win9x era games.
But it went so well that I also treated it to some (at the time) modern parts in order to make it more enjoyable & reliable.
==Components as of August 2018==
{|style="text-align:left;"
! Type
! Component
|-
|Mainboard
|[[Gigabyte GA-6BXC]] rev. 1.9
|-
|CPU
|Pentium II 400 MHz
|-
|RAM
|256 MB SDRAM
|-
|Graphics card
|[[3Dfx Voodoo 3 3500 TV]] with BIOS 3.15.12 (previously: [[3Dfx Voodoo 3 3000]])
|-
|Storage
|32 GB Trancend SSD via P-ATA to S-ATA adapter
|-
|Optical drive
|NEC CD/DVD drive
|-
|Floppy drive 1
|5.25" [[TEAC FD-55GFR]]
|-
|Sound card
|[[Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold]] (previously: [[Creative Sound Blaster SB32]] ISA PnP with 8 MB 30-pin SIMM)
|-
|External MIDI
|[[Roland SC-88 Pro]] and [[midipi]]
|-
|Keyboard
|[[Cherry G84-4100]]
|-
|Mouse
|Lenovo Scrollpoint Mouse (31P7405)
|-
|Gameport
|[[Gravis Gamepad Pro]] and [[Gravis Xterminator Gamepad]]
|-
|USB gamepad
|PS3/XBox360 controllers or Mad Catz Fightstick Pro
|-
|Display
|Extron [[HDMI-RGB_300_A]] or VGA to HD TV
|-
|Case
|Midi tower Cooler Master Elite RC-330K and Akasa FC06 V2 fan controller
|-
|PSU
|Artic Cooling Arctic Fusion 550R
|}

==BIOS==

===Settings===
BIOS V.F4c
bold are changed from PERFORMANCE DEFAULTS.
* STANDARD CMOS SETUP
**Date (mm:dd:yy): Mon, Dec 20 2021
**Time (hh:mm:ss): 21 : 55 :23
**Primary Master: Auto 0M 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
**Primary Slave: None 0M 0 0 0 0 0 ------
**Secondary Master: Auto 0M 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
**Secondary Slave: None 0M 0 0 0 0 0 ------
**Drive A: 1.2M , 5.25 in.
**Drive B: None
**Floppy 3 Mode Support: Disabled
**Video: EGA/VGA
**Halt On: No Errors
*BIOS FEATURES SETUP
**Virus Warning: Disabled
**CPU Internal Cache: Enabled
**External Cache: Enabled
**CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking: Disabled
**Quick Power On Self Test: Enabled
**CPU Update Data: Enabled
**Boot From LAN First: Disabled (default enabled)
**Boot Sequence: C only (default C,A,SCSI)
**Swap Floppy Drive: Disabled
**VGA Boot From: AGP
**Boot Up Floppy Seek: Disabled
**Boot Up NumLock Status: Off
**Gate A20 Option: Fast
**Typematic Rate Setting: Enabled
**Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): 30
**Typematic Delay (Msec): 250
**Security Option: Setup
**PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: Disabled
**Assign IRQ For VGA: Enabled
**OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: Non-OS2
**HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability: Disabled
**Report No FDD For WIN 95: Yes
**Video BIOS Shadow: Enabled
*CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
**EDO CASx# MA Wait State: 1
**EDO RASx# Wait State: 1
**SDRAM CAS latency Time: Auto
**DRAM Data Integrity Mode: None-ECC
**System BIOS Cacheable: Enabled
**Video BIOS Cacheable: Enabled
**Video RAM Cacheable: Disabled
**16 Bit I/O Recovery Time: 1
**AGP Aperture Size (MB): 64
**Memory Hole At 15M-16M: Disabled
**Delayed Transaction: Disabled
**Spread Spectrum: Disabled
*POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
**Power Management: Enable
**PM Control by APM: Yes
**Video Off Method: DPMS
**Suspend Mode: Disable
**HDD Power Down: Disable
**VGA Active Monitor: Disabled
**Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN: Instant-Off
**System After AC Back: Soft-Off
**CPUFAN Off in Suspend: Enabled
**PME Event Wakeup: Disabled
**ModemRingOn/WakeOnLan: Disabled (default Enabled)
**Resume by Alarm: Disabled
**IRQ[3-7,9-15],NMI: Disabled (default Enabled)
**Primary IDE 0: Disabled
**Primary IDE 1: Disabled
**Secondary IDE 0: Disabled
**Secondary IDE 1: Disabled
**Floppy Disk: Disabled (default Enabled)
**Serial Port: Disabled (default Enabled)
**Parallel Port: Disabled
*PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION
**PNP OS Installed: Yes
**Resources Controlled By: Manual
**Reset Configuration Data: Disabled
**IRQ-3 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP
**IRQ-4 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP
**IRQ-5 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP
**IRQ-7 assigned to: Legacy ISA
**IRQ-9 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP
**IRQ-10 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP
**IRQ-11 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP
**IRQ-12 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP (default Legacy ISA)
**IRQ-14 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP (default Legacy ISA)
**IRQ-15 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP (default Legacy ISA)
**DMA-0 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP
**DMA-1 assigned to: Legacy ISA (default PCI/ISA PnP)
**DMA-3 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP
**DMA-5 assigned to: Legacy ISA (default PCI/ISA PnP)
**DMA-6 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP
**DMA-7 assigned to: PCI/ISA PnP
**Used MEM base addr: N/A
**Assign IRQ For USB: Enabled
*INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
**IDE HDD Block Mode: Enabled
**IDE Primary Master PIO: Auto
**IDE Primary Slave PIO: Auto
**IDE Secondary Master PIO: Auto
**IDE Secondary Slave PIO: Auto
**IDE Primary Master UDMA: Auto
**IDE Primary Slave UDMA: Auto
**IDE Secondary Master UDMA: Auto
**IDE Secondary Slave UDMA: Auto
**On-Chip Primary PCI IDE: Enabled
**On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE: Enabled
**USB Keyboard Support: Disabled
**Onboard FDC Controller: Enabled
**Onboard Serial Port 1: Disabled (default 3F8/IRQ4)
**Onboard Serial Port 2: Disabled (default 2F8/IRQ3)
**Onboard Parallel Port: Disabled (default 378/IRQ7)
**PS/2 Mouse Power On: Disabled
**Keyboard Power On: Disabled

===OS PnP settings===
anything not listed is set to auto/default
{|style="text-align:left;"
! Component
! Settings
|-
|[[Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold PCM]]
|based on basic config 0001: IRQ 7; DMA 1,5; IO 220-22F, 330-331, 388-38B (seems to give good compatibility with older SB games)
|-
|[[Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold MIDI]]
|based on basic config 0000: IO 620-623, A20-A23, E20-E23
|-
|[[Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold Gameport]]
|auto/default (based on basic config 0000: IO 200-207)
|}

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Ju at 21:20, 20 December 2021