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

Posted on 2020-09-18, 22:43

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by ODwilly

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Continued to work today on a PC containing the ECS P6BAT-Me v. 1.1 Socket 370/Slot 1 motherboard. Tried various different things, earlier Nvidia drivers as suggested above and a clean install of Windows 2000. Nothing changed, it still performs dreadfully. I tested 1 game today - Quake III Arena and …

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Re: Pentium MMX with refurbished MB will only turn on sometimes?

Posted on 2020-08-13, 07:44

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by ODwilly

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That old PSU looks particularly crappy. Either an ATX to AT switch (you can buy em or make one for cheap) or a new AT psu would me my suggestion.

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Re: Your favorite retro socket/platform

Posted on 2020-07-25, 01:29

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by ODwilly

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I really like socket 478 now, as long as you have a board that didnt use garbage caps or has been recapped. So simple. For retro stuff Socket 7 and socket 4 for sure.

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Re: 10 year cpu challenge

Posted on 2020-07-19, 02:20

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by ODwilly

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2000: 450mhz Pentium ii 2010: 2.4ghz Pentium 4 (2011 went to Athlon ii 250, then 2013 jumped to FX 8350. Jumped to x5650 x58 in 2018) 2020: Ryzen 5 2600

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Re: Compaq EVO 2.2GHZ Win 98 build

Posted on 2020-07-18, 23:49

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by ODwilly

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I have this one https://www.startech.com/Computer-Parts/PSUs/ATX-Power-Supplies/Reliable-350-Watt-ATX12V-201-Power-Supply-with-20-and-24-pin-Connectors~ATX2POWER350 Looks like a solid PSU, iv used a few of those mid 2000's Startechs and never had any issues. Usually really well built. They usually …

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Re: Compaq EVO 2.2GHZ Win 98 build

Posted on 2020-07-18, 21:22

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by ODwilly

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Klw2 wrote on 2020-07-17, 23:06: Thanks! I snagged a new Arctic Cooling AVC-NV4 NV Silencer 4 VGA Cooler on-line. I had redone the paste and cleaned the fan and cooler.. just noisy as heck! I really appreciate your help! Your welcome! Mind posting the model and specs of the PSU?

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Re: Compaq EVO 2.2GHZ Win 98 build

Posted on 2020-07-17, 20:49

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by ODwilly

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You could see about tracking down an Arctic Silencer 4. Also possibly take the stock cooler apart and clean/refresh the thermal paste if you havent already. The 5900 is famous for it's noise but old thermal paste surely doesnt help. For the PSU I believe 350watts should be fine, as long as it is a …

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Re: Will these power supplies work?

Posted on 2020-07-17, 04:02

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by ODwilly

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The DTK should be the better of the two, but ypu should pop them open and take pics then dump them on the big PSU thread to get some feedback. "A Tale of Two PSU's" iirc.

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Re: Compaq EVO 2.2GHZ Win 98 build

Posted on 2020-07-17, 03:53

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by ODwilly

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If you have a good powersupply then I think the fx 5900 is the best bet for compatibility and such. The TNT2 would be fantastic for a slower P3 or P2.

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Re: Aptiva 2196-20A power supply information?

Posted on 2020-07-16, 22:27

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by ODwilly

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Maybe something along the lines of SFX? You could measure the dimensions of it and compare to specs for common SFX PSU's. There are also some other weird SFF form factors around as well to look into.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-15, 23:31

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by ODwilly

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890fx motherboard, 2 Biostar 990fx boards, 2 Phenom ii 1055t's, corsair h50 cooler, 16gb ddr3 1600 and a r9 Fury. Dirt cheap!

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Re: New GPU - buy now or wait?

Posted on 2020-07-15, 20:29

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by ODwilly

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Check second hand first, I just scored a Radeon 5700 for $240 locally. Came with the original box and dust covers on the pcie slot and ports even!

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Re: 440BX Pentium 3 System Corrupt Screen (Formerly Won't Boot, No Video)

Posted on 2020-07-15, 05:07

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by ODwilly

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Hey if the GPU isnt the issue try other ram and or another cpu. The same mobo that I used to have before stupidly killing it came with a 266mhz P2 and wouldnt run any 100mhz Katmai chips until I upgraded to the last bios. Hopefully it is just the GPU and you can pick up a cheap Geforce 2 mx card or …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-05, 08:34

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by ODwilly

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Picking up a Radeon 5700xt XFX DD for $240 on Monday. Should make for a solid upgrade over the rx 480 and give me an excuse to finally upgrade to 1440p.

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Re: What is your weirdest troubleshooting experience when dealing with retro computers/hardware?

Posted on 2020-06-25, 07:45

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This week actually. Elderly friend lost all of her pictures and was going insane trying to find them saying she thought she may have had a virus. Well Onedrive being annoying as sin, I had uninstalled it previously. Welp, after noticing Onedrive BACK ON AND BEING ANNOYING AGAIN!!! I figured out that …

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

Posted on 2020-06-25, 02:43

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received my 3rd 8800 ultra that does not work. i think at this point i'm going to go with 8800 gtx instead. 8800.ultra.bad.jpg to keep the build moving forward, i decided to test out my new power supply and see if sli even works on this 680i sli motherboard. i have a few quadro fx4800 laying around …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-25, 02:10

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by ODwilly

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I sure hope that 5200 is a full on 128-bit "Ultra" card. I don't think they made a 128MB version of the ultra-gimped base 5200 though so you're probably safe. I have 2 Dell OEM 128mb fx 5200's that Im 99% sure are 64bit. Could be wrong, il have to throw one in a machine and check! Interesting! I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-25, 00:44

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EvieSigma wrote on 2020-06-25, 00:34: I sure hope that 5200 is a full on 128-bit "Ultra" card. I don't think they made a 128MB version of the ultra-gimped base 5200 though so you're probably safe. I have 2 Dell OEM 128mb fx 5200's that Im 99% sure are 64bit. Could be wrong, il have to throw one in …

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Re: What is your weirdest troubleshooting experience when dealing with retro computers/hardware?

Posted on 2020-06-24, 19:24

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by ODwilly

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SOYO motherboard that won't cold boot Tried replacing the caps? My 6BA +IV did that from time to time prior to recapping, and it went away after. My Soyo P4S Dragon would do similar things. With blown out CPU caps it was stable until the CPU hit 100% load. After replacing those it wouldnt post …

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

Posted on 2020-06-14, 19:48

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Here's a sneak peak of how the RTX2060 compares to the GTX1650 Super and GTX750Ti in my i5-4590 at 1080p: Furmark GPU Stress Test Power Consumption at the wall RTX2060: 218 W GTX1650 S: 144 W GTX750Ti: 118 W Timespy GPU Score RTX2060: 7272 GTX1650 S: 4580 GTX750Ti: 1284 Firestrike GPU Score RTX2060 …

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