Thermal Paste?

Posted on 2013-05-28, 00:43

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by bigskymusiclover

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I was wondering if it's worth while to go and replace the thermal paste on older systems like PIII's and P4's? These system are 15 years old or so, will that stuff even last that long? And on a naked die like the PIII should I use arctic silver or thermal pads?

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Re: Dallas RTC modding question (recent ebay auction 8433UUD-A VER:2)

Posted on 2013-05-25, 13:34

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I would just unsolder it myself, solder in a socket and then stick in a new chip, I have in the past ordered replacement Dallas chips and they worked fine.

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Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?

Posted on 2013-05-25, 13:22

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In 1999 I was using a Dell PII 450mhz that I bought brand new in late 1998. I used that PC up until mid to late 2000 when I moved to a PIII 850 Mhz. Dell XPS R450 Intel PII 450Mhz 128MB RAM DVD and Decoder board CD-RW 100MB ZIP 17" CRT HP Printer and Scanner Paid I think about 2500-2800 for it.

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Re: Graphics Card Choices Old and New

Posted on 2013-05-23, 16:35

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Your right, I tired no less then a dozen diff drivers for that ATI card and not one worked. No more ATI cards for me. I will scrap all on first sight now. The ATi card might not be as compatible with games as the GeForce, also the drivers on first generation Radeon cards (and later too, depending …

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Re: Graphics Card Choices Old and New

Posted on 2013-05-23, 15:03

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What's wrong with the ATI card? If it's only like 10% slower then the geforce then I won't worry about it. The reason I ask is the geforce card needs all 10 caps replaced 1000uf at 6.3v, something I just don't look forward to doing

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Re: Graphics Card Choices Old and New

Posted on 2013-05-23, 12:09

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks, but what about the older Compaq PIII 850?

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Graphics Card Choices Old and New

Posted on 2013-05-23, 02:47

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't know enough about graphics cards to make a good choice here and need a little bit of help. I have a Compaq P-III 850Mhz system with no AGP slot so it's running on the Intel 810 graphics chip set. I have the two cards to pick from. 1. GeForce 2 MX400 PCI, needs to have all it's caps replaced. …

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Re: Collectiong Odd Systems?

Posted on 2013-05-16, 15:03

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

feipoa, It would be odd in my opinion, being it's not a Intel or AMD CPU system, the P4 I have is a Dell Precision 330 1.4Ghz P4 From 06 of 2001. It's a high end workstation PC from the local collage that has a 100% must destroy old PC's policy. Don't how the guy got it of the collage.

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Collectiong Odd Systems?

Posted on 2013-05-16, 00:59

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I there anyone here that collect's computers for there oddness or failures, like a Cyrix or any early P4 1.4Ghz with RDram and socket 423 or early Pentium's like the 60's and 75's?

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Cyrix MII-366GP CPU

Posted on 2013-05-15, 18:51

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In my haul from the local e waste event, I found a little old Compaq Presario 5304 that runs on a Cyrix MII-366GP CPU the seal on the case has never been broken. I think I might just pull it from the scrap pile and set it aside, just because it's diff. meaning it's not an Intel or AMD. Do Cyrix …

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1995-2001 Gaming System

Posted on 2013-05-13, 16:04

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What one system would a person want to own to cover all games from 1995-2001? What OS and what specs would be ideal?

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Re: What OS for PII 266 96/97 Rig?

Posted on 2013-05-06, 01:06

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The system in question use's a STB Velocity 128, that is based off a RIVA 128 if I am not mistaken, I am not sure what version of drivers I am using or DX version. Can I use RIVA 128 drivers for an STB card? What's the lastest version of DX I can put on 95, and any leads on were to get it? 3dfx …

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Re: Help IDing a Game (Ocean Under Sea 95-97)

Posted on 2013-05-04, 21:34

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Milliways

Negative on Operation Neptune, way to old. Thanks The more I sit and think about it, it was from a science type place, I think they also made how stuff works and other learning science type games. maybe something W kids? Jorpho wrote: Operation Neptune?

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Re: What OS for PII 266 96/97 Rig?

Posted on 2013-05-04, 21:06

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is that a stable proven release with official Microsoft updates, I at one time tried some flavor of a unofficial service pack and ended up needing to reformat the PC. tincup wrote: I'm quite happy with W95 after updating as follows: Unofficial Service Pack v105

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Re: Help IDing a Game (Ocean Under Sea 95-97)

Posted on 2013-05-04, 20:55

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by bigskymusiclover

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Negative on Undersea Adventure, it's less education then that title and had better graphics. I vividly remember a ship or ship wreck scene Negative on Let's Play The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean more mature then that. Thanks

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Re: What OS for PII 266 96/97 Rig?

Posted on 2013-05-04, 16:45

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ya this is all for nostalgia, guess I am starting early at 27. It all most has to be 95, that is what I ran back then that's what the PC came with. Found memory's or playing hoover and watching good times vid. 😁

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Help IDing a Game (Ocean Under Sea 95-97)

Posted on 2013-05-04, 16:37

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by bigskymusiclover

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Greetings, hoping someone here has a better memory then me, when I was wee little lad, I use to play a game, it was a windows game CD-ROM (I think) the time frame was sometime from 95 -97. It was about the ocean and under the sea type of education learning kids game. You click around under the sea …

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What OS for PII 266 96/97 Rig?

Posted on 2013-05-04, 15:54

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In retrospect all these years later, what did 98 do better then 95? In terms of gaming. I am rebuilding my childhood PC, it was a Dell P1 200. Close I could find without spending a lot of cash was a Dell PII 266. I feel I am stuck in a rock in a hard place, I want it to be correct for the time frame …

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Voodoo II In a 233MMx too new/fast?

Posted on 2013-02-25, 14:45

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I am looking to install a Voodoo card in my Compaq P1 233MMX system, wasn't the V2 to new or to fast for that system. I am thinking the V2 is more at home in P II systems?

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Re: Just signed up!

Posted on 2013-02-19, 14:22

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by bigskymusiclover

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Thanks for the welcome, all three of my main daily driver PC's are custom built, I am a PC tech by trade, but I like the older Compaq system's, they are well built and just seem to work without any fuss. Chinny22 are you talking about the early type Presario's or the later type, the early kind in …

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