Re: Bought 2 motherboards, both do exactly the same (nothing)

Posted on 2020-02-20, 13:24

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by Munx

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1. This might sound silly, are you sure the CPU is in all the way? I had some scares over the years where slot processors needed an extra push to be inserted properly. 2. Did you try other ram sticks or video cards? Certain boards just dont like certain ram configurations and video cards. Example - …

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Re: Building an Athlon XP Configuration on this days. This is what I got.

Posted on 2020-02-18, 14:39

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by Munx

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I can see this motherboard has a 12V CPU connector, so modern PSUs should work just fine and won't need strong 5V So there's no need to 25A on 5V rail?. I'm a little confused about that. I replaced the GF6200 with the BFG 7800GS OC 250MB, it requieres external power so it uses one molex from the …

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Re: Building an Athlon XP Configuration on this days. This is what I got.

Posted on 2020-02-18, 14:12

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by Munx

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I can see this motherboard has a 12V CPU connector, so modern PSUs should work just fine and won't need strong 5V

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-18, 05:02

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by Munx

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Had a good trip to the flea market this sunday and got myself most of a complete retro PC - just €5 for a 430tx AT motherboard + 64MB of EDO + K6-2 300Mhz and a Diamond Monster 3D + Matrox Millenium €1 Each! P_20200217_190036.jpg The voodoo card was in a shitty condition (Literally. Had to give it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-17, 18:29

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by Munx

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Had a good trip to the flea market this sunday and got myself most of a complete retro PC - just €5 for a 430tx AT motherboard + 64MB of EDO + K6-2 300Mhz and a Diamond Monster 3D + Matrox Millenium €1 Each! P_20200217_190036.jpg The voodoo card was in a shitty condition (Literally. Had to give it a …

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Re: I need information about certain CPUs' prices in 1997

Posted on 2020-02-02, 07:49

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by Munx

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Here you go Early 1997: https://web.archive.org/web/19970213100526/ht … /abcatg/CPU.HTM Late 1997: https://web.archive.org/web/19971210211318/ht … /abcatg/cpu.htm

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Re: PSU recommendation?

Posted on 2020-01-24, 18:39

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by Munx

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This is a P4 motherboard, it powers the CPU on 12V. You don't need a strong 5V rail like on the Athlons, so any modern PSU will be fine.

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Re: AGP Card for MVP3 motherboard

Posted on 2020-01-19, 18:50

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by Munx

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If you're going S3 you might as well pick Savage4. Really good visual quality and texture filtering + Metal and S3TC support.

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Re: The millenial troll PC - A Socket 423 Rambus build

Posted on 2020-01-03, 16:04

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by Munx

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omarsis wrote on 2020-01-03, 15:58: Could you please tell me the name of the case? AeroCool PGS QS-182 Though you can find it under a bunch of other names, as it's one of those products that tons of different companies just put their badge on.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-26, 10:15

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by Munx

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appiah4 wrote: It was $3 so I grabbed it. It was $3 because its possibly a fake. As I recall, these Yamaha chips only come in square packages.

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Re: Voodoo graphics mod 4 to 8mb

Posted on 2019-12-09, 15:44

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by Munx

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While adding more texture memory certainly has some benefit, I doubt that adding more frame buffer memory will help in any significant way. There is a comparison between 4 6 and 8 MB versions on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmmSBFVeF3I The difference in performance is very small, but …

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Re: Half-Life Alyx

Posted on 2019-11-19, 16:13

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by Munx

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I remain cautiously optimistic. So far I haven't seen a serious reason to get into VR, maybe this will be the thing. Maybe.

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Re: Rendition Verite 2200 + Voodoo 1 + K62+ 450

Posted on 2019-11-13, 14:16

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by Munx

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Games that use the Quake engine are a must since Verite can produce some nice AA on those

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Re: P1 MMX core voltage 2.7V or 2.9V ? (No 2.8V)

Posted on 2019-11-02, 11:20

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by Munx

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Use 2.7 and see if it is stable. If it's not (which I doubt), just use 2.9, as it's still within safe limits.

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Re: PIII 800 MHz (E or EB) release date evidence?

Posted on 2019-11-01, 16:13

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by Munx

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seems like a misunderstanding. It wasn't released until dec 20 1999. So there is no reasonable expectation of why you could find anyone having one in 1999 unless they got it as a Christmas present or something. Seems insane to me. But there is plenty of evidence that Anand Lal Shimpi had them in …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2019-10-10, 18:26

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by Munx

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This week I discovered that Rise of Nations is a thing. It seems to fill in a space between Civ and Age of Empires for me quite nicely! I can just about defeat the AI on "Easiest" mode but I get annhilated on "Easy" mode. Also, whenever I declare war on anyone, everyone else then declares war on me …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-05, 09:31

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by Munx

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And it works! This card will live to play Unreal in Glide mode for yet another day :cool: Nice! Did you just add the missing capacitor (C101), or replaced them all? Looks like he also righted C24, which was flapping in the breeze. Correct :) Only replaced C101 as these are a pain to work on without …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-04, 18:40

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by Munx

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Found this little guy in a box of circuit boards for just 50 cents. I think many of you can spot why it wouldn't be working: P_20191004_205752.jpg So after a little bit of soldering: P_20191004_211610.jpg And it works! This card will live to play Unreal in Glide mode for yet another day :cool:

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-07, 16:06

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by Munx

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It's just too far gone for me to do anything. The insides are just so full of rust that there is very little left to save.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-07, 15:17

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by Munx

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This glorious case for 15Euro. If you think the rust is bad on the outside is bad, its waaay worse on the inside, so sadly this went to recycling today. P_20190907_155943.jpg I wouldn't have picked it up if it was completely trashed, though. Inside - a surprisingly clean 486 motherboard with an IBM …

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