Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-11-30, 18:16

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PIII 866 512M 133 CL2 GF3 80GB HDD W98 SE Very nice machine. Did you connect the front-panel ports somehow? No, not yet. I don't know how that would be possible to accomplish with USB3. I'm thinking of a sleek IDE to (micro)SD adapter to move files to the computer, instead of using the built-in USB …

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Re: Pentium II Build and upgrade

Posted on 2022-11-17, 00:34

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I've got one of those Intel made 440LX boards. My PII 333 boots as a 300. Not sure why. Running one of the later BIOS revisions. Maybe it's an unlocked cpu and the multiplier on the boards is set to 4.5? My particular board has no option set multipliers. Typical Intel nerfing. I suppose its …

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Re: Pentium II Build and upgrade

Posted on 2022-11-16, 05:45

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Final specs, I just put it in its final home, where it will live for now, its a pain to pull it out so its gonna stay as it is, but Celeron 333 because In truth I want a Pentium II 333 but don't have one, and the Celeron is close enough to that preformance 96mb of PC66 3x32mb Intel AL440LX board …

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Re: Modern bundle offer, price is right?

Posted on 2022-09-28, 21:00

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Decent price. The 1600 is still a pretty darn good CPU, especially if you're not AAA gaming.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-09-19, 04:38

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2022-09-19, 03:05: Good specs. Integrated Yamaha sound, eh? Is it the XG variant? YMF715E-s

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-09-18, 22:45

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Just one kinda crappy pic. Will have to do a proper photo shoot. Specs: Celeron 366Mhz 64MB PC66 SDRAM Intel AL440LX (onboard Yamaha sound chip) Samsung 4.3GB HDD 44x CDROM Intel 10/100 PCI NIC 3DFX Voodoo 3000D

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Re: Think its bad caps?

Posted on 2022-09-18, 11:43

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Horun wrote on 2022-09-18, 05:09: Yeah...No such thing as Asus P2L92 afaik... maybe P2L something like P2L97 or P2L98 (hp oem) but not a P2L92 unless it is some odd-ball oem not listed at Asus, theretroweb.com or even Google ;p Typo on my part. Yes, its a P2L97.

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Re: Think its bad caps?

Posted on 2022-09-17, 19:47

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Thinking on it, I want to recap this board, if for nothing more than something to do. Caps aren't terribly expensive. What would you guys recommend the electrolytics be replaced with? Mouser has some panasonics (FR I think it was) that look to be a good match but, reading various forums the ESR …

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Re: Think its bad caps?

Posted on 2022-09-17, 18:41

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The rule of thumb here is: If these Rubycons look good, they are as good as new. I can´t identify the Polymers (the violet ones), though. (There are some cheap brands that tend to age.) Speaking of new equipment - you could buy a POST-card and a decent multimeter for measuring the voltages. I have …

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Re: Think its bad caps?

Posted on 2022-09-17, 18:12

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majestyk wrote on 2022-09-17, 18:09: The ones in the voltage regulator section (CPU) plus the ones beside the RAM slots are Rubycons and some Polymers - perfect! I wouldn´t think of replacing them at the moment. Visually, yes, unfortunately I don't really have a proper way to test them right now ( …

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Re: Think its bad caps?

Posted on 2022-09-17, 18:06

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majestyk wrote on 2022-09-17, 17:56: Private_Ops wrote on 2022-09-17, 17:54: majestyk wrote on 2022-09-17, 17:51: A picture of your Asus P2L92 would be a good idea, so we can see what´s on it. Are you referring to the cap brands? Yep! Not a complete set. 1 x Sanyo 360uf 6.3v (Purple) 2 x Sanyo …

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Re: Think its bad caps?

Posted on 2022-09-17, 17:54

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majestyk wrote on 2022-09-17, 17:51: A picture of your Asus P2L92 would be a good idea, so we can see what´s on it. Are you referring to the cap brands?

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Think its bad caps?

Posted on 2022-09-17, 17:35

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Asus P2L92. Turns on, PSU fan spins. Thats it, basically no reaction from the board, no fans, no beeps, nothin. Fan headers are putting out 5v, seems odd. Came with a 300A and 16MB stick of RAM, those work fine in another board. Everything looks brand new, almost as if they've been sitting on a …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-09-10, 04:11

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Just start to tune my Asus-mania project! Asus P3B-F mobo Asus V3000ZX 3D Eplorer video Asus Maestro-1 3D Explorer sound Asus Intel 100mbit ethernet Asus (!) DIMM module (in Asus original gold pcb color) Intel PentiumII with free freq and multiplier… Ugh.. I want one of those asus NICs... so hard …

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Re: Help me understand memory chip size.

Posted on 2022-09-07, 18:18

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You wrote it yourself correctly initially and Zup also explained it, it's not just 256K x 2 (where are the bits of each word in this?), it's 256K words x 32bit each word x 2 banks. Let's break it down: 256000 x 32bits = 8192000 bits 8192000 bits / 8 = 1024000 bytes 1024000 bytes x 2 banks = 2MB per …

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Re: Help me understand memory chip size.

Posted on 2022-09-07, 11:28

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Ok, so it should be 16mb. But how does 256K x 2 turn into 2 MegaBytes. I'm missing something in translation here.

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Help me understand memory chip size.

Posted on 2022-09-06, 21:41

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Looking at a video card (supposedly an Nvidia TNT 8MB). Has 8 SGRAM chips, their data sheet shows "256K x 32 x 2". So, two banks of 256K. https://www.digchip.com/datasheets/parts/datasheet/581/M32L1632512A-8Q-pdf.php Simple multiplication doesn't work here unless I'm not converting something …

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Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

Posted on 2022-08-14, 17:33

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Although I have upgraded everything around it (5600x, 16GBs 3600, Samsung 980). Still using my RX480 that I bought on launch...6 years ago now? Longest I've EVER used a card and it still does everything I need. I don't play triple A games, heck, I barely play anything anymore. War Thunder would be …

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Audigy RX on Win XP

Posted on 2022-05-23, 22:03

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Has anyone used the Audigy RX (5) with windows XP? I see the daniel K drivers state support for SP3.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-02, 01:18

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Picked up two CRT monitors today. An NEC FE950+ and an old "TriGem" (WITH MATCHING TOWER!). The NEC sadly appears to be on its last legs, full brightness and its still dark. Sucks too, 1600x1200 at 75Hz. The TriGem however appears to be perfectly fine, 1024x768 60hz max. 800x600 at 85. I didn't …

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