Re: Romanian Retro Pc

Posted on 2020-05-05, 18:16

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IIRC from what I've heard, there's a WinME copy that is crash free, with the trade-off being to defrag the HDD continuously. Though I can tell why it's not liked as much, removed real-mode DOS isn't really that cool.

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2020-04-21, 20:34

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Oh boy, I smell one of those Gigabyte boards with the model ending in "XP". These were OP as hell.

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2020-04-08, 19:00

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That GPU.... FX 5950 Ultra?

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Re: eMachines eMonster 500a Restoration/Sleeper

Posted on 2020-03-21, 20:35

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Reminds me of what's currently left from my IBM Netvista 6578. Threw the i815E board away, replaced the PSU with a ghetto-adapted TFX-format FSP/Sparkle 250W PSU and currently left the case empty. Would it be worth installing a FM2 Athlon X4? Or should I simply settle on a FM1 setup similar to this …

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Re: Looking for a Socket 370 motherboard (Tualatin) with an ISA slot

Posted on 2020-03-16, 19:15

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Jetway J-993AN Rev1.2 is one of the best boards ever.Try it,also I have the BIOS update for it. Hi! Do you still have the bios? I have this board but it's a Bona Bn693A (just a rebrand, there is a sticker and under it 993 An ver 1.2) and I have bios ver A08. I don't have the board anymore, but try …

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Re: Pentium 3 Katmai System

Posted on 2019-12-28, 16:35

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Knowing ECS for their cheapness, go ahead and replace ALL capacitors. Believe me, I had ECS boards work just sweet (ECS K7VZA being an example) after replacing ALL capacitors on the board. I did replace the BIOS on my K7VZA tho (with the BIOS from a Chaintech board) but that should not be needed in …

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Re: What is a quiet AT power supply ?

Posted on 2019-12-26, 09:11

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Early ATX PSUs, especially the Pentium 4 era when 200W PSUs with just cheap junk inside were labelled as 400W and sold inside Athlon/P4 systems were a wild west of fire hazards. AT PSUs? Not so much, really. Not all of them are top notch quality but if you come across things like Channel Well, SPI, …

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Re: Need help restoring Compaq Armada E500

Posted on 2019-12-14, 20:43

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Sorry for interfering with the restoration of your Armada. I have the same laptop bought recently but I need to find a power adapter to turn it on and test it. Can you please check the output voltages on your. Thanks in advance! Any 19V 3.42A charger will do. These don't eat that much. I have one …

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Re: ~2002-03 build

Posted on 2019-12-13, 08:48

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imi wrote: I believe the Epox EP-8RDA3I does pull CPU power from 12V though (see the P4 plug) some newer socket A boards did that. Yes, it does have a 4pin 12V plug.

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Re: ~2002-03 build

Posted on 2019-12-10, 19:21

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that PSU looks sub-par at best ^^ if I would go for something cheap I'd choose at least FSP or the like. The one I got is pretty beefy. Not my pic (haven't had time to take one) but it's the same as mine. The only difference is that I replaced ALL capacitors on mine. As for finding a FSP in my town …

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Re: ~2002-03 build

Posted on 2019-12-06, 22:53

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God Of Gaming wrote: I say win98se/win2k dualboot or winME/win2k dualboot instead of the XP, also I wouldnt trust something as rare as a 9700 pro to such a generic power supply As generic as you might think it is, the insides are pretty strong, and so are the wires. I can post up some pics tomorrow …

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~2002-03 build

Posted on 2019-12-06, 21:17

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Scrounged some parts for a ~2002-2003 build. Thoughts on it? Anything I should look out for? MB: Epox EP-8RDA3I RAM: 256MB DDR400 (might add more later) PSU: Modecom FEEL 400W CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton Cooler: Evercool CUF-715 GPU: 3D Prophet 9700 Pro 128MB HDD: Seagate 80GB IDE Case: not sure …

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Re: What are builds you want to make someday?

Posted on 2019-12-01, 20:39

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Two builds: an AMD "barn burner" with the FX-9590 CPU, two R9 295X2's in quad-fire, and maybe a bit of overclocking to push the 220w CPU and 2x500w GPUs even harder. :-D I would also like to do a NexGen build. I saw a thread here about the Nx586 recently and it intrigued me. There's a built in …

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Re: High Power PSU quality?

Posted on 2019-10-26, 07:13

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High Power is Sirtec, if my memory serves me right. Doesn't surprise me they use Teapo, they're usually good (not for 5vSB tho).

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Re: Trans-CPU motherboard ECS PF88 WTF?

Posted on 2019-10-15, 08:01

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Yeah, they did, although named as PF88 Extreme Hybrid. They even offer support on their site for the board: https://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Pro … 20-LL-Intel-RR-

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

Posted on 2019-10-13, 10:31

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Results: somewhat disappointing. All the CPUs work, after spending most of an hour meticulously un-bending pins. (Protip: a 72-pin SIMM works great as a Socket 3 pin straightener!) The DataExpertHiNT EISA+VLB combo board seems to work fine, but unfortunately I had no luck with the Gigabyte GA-486VS …

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Revamped IBM Netvista 6578 + 650MHz box

Posted on 2019-10-12, 17:25

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It's been a while since I posted here, but in the meantime I've been going through some of my old stuff. First off, I upgraded my Netvista 6578 a bit. Not much, but hey, it's an upgrade over the P3 it had (the EPoX EP-3VCM build) New specs: Fortron FSP250-50HA PSU - this came from a fried NEC TFX PC …

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Re: "Fat Face" Compaq Presario: why?

Posted on 2019-10-10, 19:35

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Badscrew wrote: At least the kmart accepts standard motherboards. Presario uses a proprietary one with horrible ISA/PCI riser wobbling around. Not all. If my memory serves me right some of them use standard Gigabyte 5SMM motherboards.

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Re: "Fat Face" Compaq Presario: why?

Posted on 2019-10-01, 17:00

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Badscrew wrote: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/presario-jpg.120388/ […] Show full quote Isn't that one of the ATX variants of it? IIRC there were a few Presarios that used standard Gigabyte GA-5SMM motherboards.

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Re: Intresting Motherboard

Posted on 2019-10-01, 11:36

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Warlord wrote: whats curious about this board is that its not a VP3 chipset its a VT82C598MVP northbridge with a VT82C586B sothbridge. So its very unusual imo. It's also 1024 L2, VT82C598MVP is exactly MVP3, and the 586B is its southbridge. Even PCChips' HT82C598AT chipset is a rebadged MVP3 …

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