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

Posted on 2022-05-19, 18:17

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They are sure similar in looks but as far as I have been able to sleuth the first one is made by Soyo (that used the [PII CPU CARD] denomination for several revisions) and the second one is made by Shuttle - see attached. HOT-C003 (Print-Version).pdf But the dipswitches work exactly the same so you …

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Re: What thermal paste stays wet the longest?

Posted on 2022-05-19, 13:08

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I use MX4 too. But DON’T buy that CHEAP stuff on eBay. You know those BIG BULK tubes of generic thermal paste. That stuff is NOT good and will LEAK all over your motherboard and get into your CPU socket before it dries up. NOT GOOD. It will ruin your motherboard. You might able to clean it out with …

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

Posted on 2022-05-19, 12:52

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Sure, here you go. Note that it originally was a Mendocino only slotket, hence why the printed VCore settings don't go lower than 2.0v. (and disregard the 1GHz P3, it was there as a filler.) 20220519_155044.jpg Also, these are the settings I found (which work accordingly) for it after I did the mod. …

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Re: What thermal paste stays wet the longest?

Posted on 2022-05-19, 10:07

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I've had MX4 stay wet for a solid 4 years or even more. As for that white garbage thermal bag that's included with most GPU and CPU heatsinks, no. I wouldn't use that for anything else besides maybe improving the thermals of a heatsinked MOSFET (MVP3 boards are the biggest contenders to this, I have …

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

Posted on 2022-05-19, 09:54

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Wondering whether I should adventure in getting a slotket to work with my ABIT BE6-II. I have had rather unpleasant stuff going on with the old one (which just for the lulz I might relegate to a 440LX mobo just to see if I can get a 633 or 700MHz Celeron to run on those - they're 66FSB parts after …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-07, 05:39

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Besides, a funny brand name does not necessarily mean bad quality, there's stuff like "Sparkle" (decent) or "Zippy" (very good) where dubious naming has no relation to build quality. Yeah, well, there are somewhat silly old brands like "ELSA" (granny baked me a VGA card!) but "Xilence" just screams …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-06, 18:32

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For me, either no PFC for older units or APFC for newer C2D/Core i3/5/7 units. I don't want any brick blocking my airflow for almost no reason. Hence why I removed the PPFC coil when I recapped my Spire Jewel 380W (alias RPC PWPS-55P00P - pretty much signals the quality of the previous unit that's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-04, 19:13

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I wouldn't mind a ISA 486 as long as I'm given the WHOLE PC with the cards. Building one myself would be way too expensive. The cards (especially over-the-top stuff) are pretty expensive and even more scarce than most retro stuff already is. A PCI based Socket 3 would be the lowest I'd go. While …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-04, 18:28

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I wouldn't mind a ISA 486 as long as I'm given the WHOLE PC with the cards. Building one myself would be way too expensive. The cards (especially over-the-top stuff) are pretty expensive and even more scarce than most retro stuff already is. A PCI based Socket 3 would be the lowest I'd go. While not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-04, 16:38

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If it were me, the only period I hate the most is anything 486 and older that's strictly ISA only. Add PCI, an onboard HDD controller, and I'd greatly take it. The reason I hate anything lower than PCI based 486 - you need offboard cards for almost everything, not just VGA and sound.

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Re: Windows 95 ,98 and ME systems...

Posted on 2022-05-03, 14:06

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I would do it this way, based on what you described: PC1: mainly DOS gaming? You'd be better off upgrading it to at least 430VX or HX mobo and either a classic 133 chip, or a MMX 200 with the new mobo. The rest can stay, add some more RAM (at least 64MB as a total, IIRC that's the max cacheable RAM …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2022-05-02, 16:10

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"Be Competitive" - ly disappointed... PCChips with Celery 333 and SiS 6326 onboard I agree with bashing a brand that had the nerve to install fake cache chips as much as the next person, [snip] Also, Intel had the nerve to forget some L2 cache in the first gen Celerons. :D I wouldn't call it an …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2022-05-01, 07:49

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At least it's a dumpster find, since the GPU on it is actually a hot dumpster fire IMO. Wonder if the Celery is one of those OC-able chips.

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

Posted on 2022-04-30, 18:29

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Knowing how cheap the OEM is (Sun Pro, and the retailer is Spire - the same guys behind the Spire fans) , they'll probably work fine 🤣

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

Posted on 2022-04-30, 15:33

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I managed to pull out some from two coils next to the standby transformer. It's like gum in consistency, which makes me think it's a totally different glue, and isn't corrosive. I remember someone giving me a rather clean Delux unit (400W supposedly) that was based on the same AT-2005B platform and …

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

Posted on 2022-04-30, 14:16

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Almost. This one does look like the tan glue a bit, but it's not - it's elastic and it doesn't seem to be conductive or corrosive, instead it's a bit similar to hot glue. The one I've been talking about usually crumbles when you try to remove it in its state. This one is like gum, and can be easily …

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Re: Lucky Star 5V-1A / 5V-1B review - scaling form XT levels to K6-II levels

Posted on 2022-04-30, 07:33

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Sphere478 wrote on 2022-04-30, 06:45: Anyone have a better pic of that clockgen? Or a datasheet for it? I managed to find it, it's an ICS9169CJ-27. https://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/pd … S9169CJ-27.html

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

Posted on 2022-04-30, 07:08

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Had to recap my ABIT BE6-II again. Have you guys ever encountered failed, dried out Panasonic FL caps? 8 buggers total. The ones that were good were 3 Rubycons on the EC12, 15 and 16 spots since those were pulls from a mainboard I had that I knew had good caps (GB 8IG1000-G, dead northbridge). I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-29, 21:49

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I'd say the Radeon 8500. There's no way that thing survived considering the packaging, even if it doesn't use BGA RAM.

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

Posted on 2022-04-29, 08:46

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Tested a bunch of Athlon Thunderbirds CPUs over the past week. 4 out of the 8 are dead. 2 of those 4 worked at first, but then 1 began to smell like it was cooked/ozone at boot up (and never recovered), and the other just plain gave up the ghost and died a few reboots later. 1 of them I can see it …

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