Re: Trying to fix a bad AT PSU, any tips?

Posted on Today, 11:14

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by PcBytes

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I would also suggest upgrading the secondary sillicon if possible. I did this to an older ESCOM (or whatever was it named) PSU that had 2x FR diodes for 12v - basically a full recap (including primary caps!) using parts from a discarded Raidmax (which had failed main switchers). The end result was a …

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Re: How about a new remake of old cases?

Posted on Yesterday, 13:32

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I would buy them. But for small cases it would have to be 'real' AT, because they can be build smaller than ATX. The small ones in your images don't have room for an ATX board so a replaceable panel won't work. Or... they could be done similar to the transitional era of the AT-ATX cases. Y'know, …

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

Posted on 2023-09-22, 22:09

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And the custom SL35E is done... for now. The other CPU is a SL2HC Klamath, no idea if it's locked or not.

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

Posted on 2023-09-22, 20:39

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Tried remaking my own B52-MMX... using an Katmai 500 cartridge and a SL2W7 lol https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/20230922_224349-jpg.314771/ https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/20230922_224524-jpg.314775/ https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/20230922_222614-jpg. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-21, 11:43

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At least the ones where I live in get more scarce by each Sunday. I swear, I barely see any boards at all. Just a whole sea of laptops ranging between Core 2 Duo and 2nd or 3rd gen Cores.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-21, 11:19

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At this point it seems luck avoids me, the oldest board I could score were a MSI K8T Neo + a artefacting NX6600GT. The oldest chip I could get was a Deschutes 266 w/ AVID fan and thermal sensor though, so that's a neat thing to find.

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Re: Another "identify this mobo" topic :)

Posted on 2023-09-20, 23:33

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Nice find! That example definitely clears up the exact model number of the motherboard. And we both suspect the same thing with the label on the BIOS chip. "ATX-AUDIO-2" itself could be how the server vendor marketed this board in their catalog/website/etc. Where I live, there used to be a place …

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Re: Windows 7 on 586-class PCs

Posted on 2023-09-20, 16:58

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I still fail to see how people come up with these numbers. I've ran XP SP2 and SP3 on as old as Deschutes 350MHz and 256MB of RAM with no issues. The key here is how speedy your hard drive is . Trust me, it sounds weird, but it plays an important role. For example - same machine (Luckystar 6BX2, P2 …

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Re: Another "identify this mobo" topic :)

Posted on 2023-09-20, 11:20

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...two things I noticed.... https://imgur.com/IoNpipc.png ...that wouldn't make sense on a 6BTA2 ...it does make sense on a 6ESA or 6LTM but this board is definitely 6BTA2 sku.... and one of the key differences here is chipset -- intel 440 BX/EX/LX .... ..which makes me look twice at this... …

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Re: Another "identify this mobo" topic :)

Posted on 2023-09-20, 08:35

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by PcBytes

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My biggest giveaway for Chaintechs of this era is the dotted pattern throughout the board. That, and in certain cases, the strange header used for USB on some of their socket 7 mobos.

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Re: Windows 7 on 586-class PCs

Posted on 2023-09-20, 08:17

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I think I experimented this as well, though the lowest I went was a Skt 462 Duron on a ECS K7VZA (KT133), and it surprisingly ran usable enough. A FX5200 later and I had Aero too. I suppose I could try running it on a 440LX machine or even my very K6-2+ 550 machine... but I really am clueless to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-19, 07:23

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That is quite an interesting way to install mod chip to LPC port. Never seen it done with bunch of wires like here 😅 What puzzles me is why do that when the header he soldered the wires to was specifically made to make a clean and quick LPC install lol And the soldering he did was god-awful no less …

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

Posted on 2023-09-17, 17:22

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Cleaned up the flea market OGXbox I got today. Recapped, redid the gid-awful Aladdin XT install it had. Pretty proud of how it looks now conpared to before. Before: https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?mode=view&id=173983 After: https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?mode=view&id=173984 Also, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-17, 11:09

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A rather exotic OG Xbox v1.4 and an equally interesting PC have showed up. https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?mode=view&id=173951 https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?mode=view&id=173949 https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?mode=view&id=173948 https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php? …

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Re: Heat is the enemy ~ Asrock n68-S3 UCC example

Posted on 2023-09-16, 09:10

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I would recommend switching to ATi. Far less headaches and more reliable than nVidia. nVidia boards have the bumpgate issue and such should not be used. https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?mode=view&id=173892 Gigabyte's GA-78LMT-S2P R4.0, based on the 760G. Or, if 4x DDR slots are needed, 880GM …

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Re: Unmarked socket 370 motherboard

Posted on 2023-09-15, 11:38

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by PcBytes

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Nope, that's 20+ years of LOW QUALITY caps... nuance there not negligeable :) This is PCChips level, good it didn't blow in his face straight off. While that Fortemedia soundchip isn't really what I'd call quality, Shuttle's AT implementation of 370 is far better than most PCChips mainboards. I …

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Re: Unmarked socket 370 motherboard

Posted on 2023-09-15, 09:16

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What I'd check would be the caps. Those are 20+ years old caps. Nope, that's 20+ years of LOW QUALITY caps... nuance there not negligeable :) This is PCChips level, good it didn't blow in his face straight off. While that Fortemedia soundchip isn't really what I'd call quality, Shuttle's AT …

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Re: Unmarked socket 370 motherboard

Posted on 2023-09-14, 22:03

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by PcBytes

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What I'd check would be the caps. Those are 20+ years old caps.

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Re: Unmarked socket 370 motherboard

Posted on 2023-09-14, 19:37

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I won't recommend to use AT power supplies with AGP video cards on these kind of boards (also SS7 boards). As long as the PSU does not supply 3.3v, there is a VRM phase to do that and it can get easiliy overloaded with everything more powerful than let's say a GF2 MX or similar. Better use ATX …

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Re: Unmarked socket 370 motherboard

Posted on 2023-09-14, 13:49

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by PcBytes

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Do you have a multimeter? If so, try checking the +5V and +12V voltages from one of the unused drive connectors. That's an unusual board. Not many socket 370 motherboards have AT power connectors. Those were obsolete when this board was new. They would have only been included to encourage upgrades …

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