Advice on conductive paint

Posted on 2019-10-10, 03:25

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I've been having fun building a Socket 7 system since I found one in a dumpster. I bought a Biostar MB-8500TTD (at a reasonable price, too rare on Ebay these days) as an upgrade for the FX chipset board it had in it. Today I received the K6-2+ 550 I ordered, and was eagerly looking forward to …

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

Posted on 2019-10-09, 00:38

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I never bothered to ask if I can have parts for free (or buy them for cheap) from my nearby E waste facility because I think it's the same routine for all of them in California - parts get dropped off, but they never leave (except in the designated trucks). The one time I asked at one, the guy tried …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-07, 00:49

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In the Computers section of the local Craigslist, someone listed an Asus VS228H 21.5" monitor for free, the only catch being it had a solid white display. I decided I was up for the challenge of trying to fix it, so I took it. Looking for any information, I found one forum where the suggested fix …

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Re: pci compatibility regarding nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 M64 on Pentium 1 socket 7 motherboard?

Posted on 2019-10-06, 15:04

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In 2001 I upgraded my system with an Asus P55T2P4, running a K6-2+ 475 @ 500, and a Pine TNT2 32 meg graphics card. Since then I've had that same make and model of board with a 64 meg GF4 MX. Both of the boards you listed have the same Intel HX chipset, so it may be something about that particular …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-30, 03:41

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For $25.00 and a bit of a drive, I got: an HP Pavilion 7050 https://books.google.com/books?id=yurvRCerf_UC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=hp+pavilion+7050&source=bl&ots=sXhYnd0sD_&sig=ACfU3U2t2wLlEI5_NqSyUchj7U5eStzX5Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj45q6sy_fkAhUDP60KHQbXCzsQ6AEwCHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=hp%20pavilion% …

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Re: K6-2+ board compatibility

Posted on 2019-09-23, 14:08

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I just ordered a K6-2+ from a Chinese outfit on Ebay for a reasonable price ($25.00 shipped). Likely it was pulled from a laptop. I actually upgraded a laptop to a genuine K6-2+ 550 back in 2003, then in probably 2007 I scrapped it without bothering to save the CPU! Who knows, I might be getting …

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

Posted on 2019-09-22, 01:11

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It booted up to Windows 98, and I found some very amusing files on it. The serial mouse began having difficulties, and I decided to disassemble and clean it, which had the final result of it no longer working at all! It's kinda hot here right now, so the AC is going and the indoor humidity is low - …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-21, 18:41

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After finding the AT computer with the FX chipset motherboard, I ordered a Biostar MB8500TTD from Ebay, received it yesterday, and did the motherboard swap last evening. Good to hear that speaker beep! https://i.imgur.com/XJp5XB3.jpg?1 I forgot that most AT cases block access to the PS/2 mouse port …

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Re: Looking for BIOS, Epox MVP3G-M

Posted on 2019-09-18, 00:24

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The one available on Jan Steunebrink's site say that you need to upgrade to a 2 megabit BIOS chip to use it - maybe that's your best bet at this point?

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

Posted on 2019-09-15, 23:34

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It booted up to Windows 98, and I found some very amusing files on it. The serial mouse began having difficulties, and I decided to disassemble and clean it, which had the final result of it no longer working at all! It's kinda hot here right now, so the AC is going and the indoor humidity is low - …

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

Posted on 2019-09-15, 04:53

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I stopped by a local ewaste place today to check out what they had left outside, and I found an AT keyboard and a Microsoft serial mouse! I can now fire up that computer and see if it will boot into Windows.

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

Posted on 2019-09-13, 01:37

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Fugutech = PCChips = Amptron by the way. And I think the PCChips M506 is exactly the same as yours :D Thanks for the ID PC Hoarder. Yes, Google took me to a page that indicated that this was a PCChips board, and apparently is the infamous one that had fake cache chips on it! I'm still waiting for …

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Re: Looking for a WW2 planes/dogfight game for WinXp

Posted on 2019-09-08, 21:06

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I'm glad I remembered to look at this thread. I hosted the photos I posted here on TinyPic, and I just saw that they're shutting down this month. The computer that I had them saved on burned, so I just saved them to my present computer's hard drive so they won't be lost forever like almost all of …

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

Posted on 2019-09-08, 18:12

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What motherboard is that? I don't know; I didn't see any brand or model number on it when I was having a look. It's an FX chipset, which is a little too early to hold my interest. I'll be looking for a slightly later model Socket 7 AT board to put in this case at some point. But first I have to get …

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

Posted on 2019-09-08, 00:42

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As I mentioned in another thread, I was one of the unfortunates that lost everything in Paradise. https://i.imgur.com/svTVlFQ.jpg?1 So my accumulation of old stuff for fun began anew today. I snagged this out of a large dumpster on the street. https://i.imgur.com/KdPG5qG.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Oldest Hardware for Win7 / 10?

Posted on 2019-07-27, 19:02

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Just for fun I tried to install Windows 7 on an Asus TXP4 with a K6-III+ @ 500 MHz, but it was taking so long to install that I finally gave up. About a year ago I installed Win 10 on an Asrock 775 Dual VSTA using the AGP slot, but it stopped working because one of the updates dropped AGP support.

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Re: Looking for a WW2 planes/dogfight game for WinXp

Posted on 2019-06-08, 20:15

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Heavy sigh. First time posting here in a long time because I lived in Paradise, CA and lost everything last November. I got out with the clothes I was wearing, and nothing else. No more playing with old computer parts for me for the foreseeable future.

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Re: Anyone here got a KT7A-RAID motherboard?

Posted on 2018-08-25, 04:20

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The original post in this thread is about a KT7, but it has information that also covers the KT7A and E. I had a KT7A way back when that I lost to bad caps, but it was a solid performer for me. And at the tail end of this linked thread I posted my success with running a 2100+ at 2.0 GHz in a KT7e. …

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Re: Motherboard Identification Thread

Posted on 2018-08-19, 02:19

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Appears to be a DFI KM-400MLV. http://portaldosdrives.blogspot.com/2008/09/km400-mlv.html

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Re: AMD K6-III+ CPU's available?

Posted on 2018-08-15, 00:15

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There are some K6-III+/400ATZ (1.5V, should be OK at 1.6V) on the CPU-World forums for $7 each. If you are not already a member you will need to register to see the For Sale section of the forums. Direct link http://www.cpu-world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30650 I bought one of these on Ebay years …

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