Re: y2k rebuild with P III and Voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2020-03-21, 13:52

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by melbar

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Great built ! +++ year 2000 +++ Back in the day, i've upgraded from V3-2000 to Geforce 256 DDR. Running with a Celeron mendocino on BX440 platform. A Pioneer slot-in DVD drive was installed but i don't remember the model number. Sadly i don't have it anymore.

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Re: Disappointing Windows XP gaming performance

Posted on 2020-02-24, 19:18

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by melbar

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I hope the extra 866 MHz and bigger cache will help. No, the 3.06 P4 has the same cache, besides the extra core speed you have said, it has a higher FSB and hyper-threading. Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.20 GHz, 512K Cache, 400 MHz FSB Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor supporting HT Technology 3.06 GHz, …

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Re: Nearly finished Dos-98se-XP Setup

Posted on 2020-02-22, 06:18

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by melbar

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Why the 5,25" drive is built into the PIII-500 ? Inside your 486 it would be much more period correct... Or you want to upgrade your 486 with a further 5,25" drive anyway 😀

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

Posted on 2020-02-22, 05:19

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by melbar

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Can you clock your 3000+ with this setting in the MS bios? FSB: 200 ; Multiplier: 11 Then you've overclocked only 33,3MHz and you've got an XP3200+ After change it to that settings did not boot anymore. Bleh. I tried another combinations with no success. Today I will try again with other settings. …

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

Posted on 2020-02-16, 06:06

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by melbar

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Can you clock your 3000+ with this setting in the MS bios? FSB: 200 ; Multiplier: 11 Then you've overclocked only 33,3MHz and you've got an XP3200+

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Re: My Amigas

Posted on 2020-02-16, 05:32

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derSammler wrote on 2020-02-09, 09:19: The A3000, A4000, and A4000T were always expensive and are the few Amigas whose prices don't raise (or fall) much. Have you seen the auction yesterday on eBay? There was an A4000T. Really crazy some guy's .... Filename A4000T.png File size 90.09 KiB Views 127 …

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Re: RAM pads on heatsink. Buy new or not?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 17:27

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by melbar

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The pads on the cooler of my 7800 (see bottom picture), comes without any thermal paste. On the pads of my 6800, there was only little paste but it's consistence is different to the arctic MX-2 or MX-4 paste i normally use.

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RAM pads on heatsink. Buy new or not?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 16:56

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by melbar

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I am already cleaning my VGA coolers for my Geforce 6 and 7 cards. It's the arctic cooling nv silencer 5. Do i need new pad's onto the DDR1 /DDR3 ram chips? Or it is also possible to put little MX-2 paste on it... ? nv silencer 5 from my 6800: IMG_20200215_161311.jpg nv silencer 5 from my 7800: IMG_ …

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Re: FIC SS7 98SE build

Posted on 2020-02-09, 05:21

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by melbar

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Well done. I like your build !! :-) I also have a SS7 build and also with the K6-2 only. Upgrading to the + version is quite expensive. It depends also in which region you're living... I have only nvidia cards for my system. It's the same for voodoo 3's. The prices are running high... About your …

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Re: Do Core 2 Quad Q6600 normally run hot

Posted on 2020-02-09, 05:03

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by melbar

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If it's really a B3 stepping Q6600 cpu then it's quite normal. The B3 stepping was introduced in January 2007 and the G0 stepping in July 2007. See here the review from 04.30.2007 Temperatures idle: 41 °C load: 54 °C

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Re: My Amigas

Posted on 2020-02-08, 13:34

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by melbar

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Well done @derSammler Your collection is quite impressive :-) I have still my A500 and i am lucky that i have not sold it :-) Sometimes, i am watching the auctions on eBay and i am astonished about the prices that have been increased during the last years. Last week, i have seen an A3000 gone for > …

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Re: AGPx4 AGPx8 what really takes advantage of it?

Posted on 2020-02-08, 09:16

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by melbar

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@ Standard Def Steve Thanks for your 3Dmark03 values. Interesting the difference between PCI and AGP2x/4x. I have benched my 6600GT already. Later, i will try also 6800(GT)... Filename 6600gt_2.jpg File size 79.68 KiB Views 172 views

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Re: "ESCOM - PC clone" (1995)

Posted on 2020-01-28, 16:30

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by melbar

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The ESCOM clone now finished,... almost. I have installed Win95 . Maybe, i'll find a two-slot serial bracket with matching cables...but in most cases i need only one serial port for the mouse. I've seen cables with either 9-pin or 10 pin... If i have some time i could also change to the Matrox again …

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Re: "ESCOM - PC clone" (1995)

Posted on 2020-01-19, 12:35

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Assembly of Elitegroup socket 5 board with pentium 75 and the 3.5" / 5.25" drives. https://i.imgur.com/lHQK1pk.jpg For the RTC, i have soldered two wires from the + and - to a CR2032 battery socket. https://i.imgur.com/Rip8ieI.jpg Because this is a full size AT board and the case has this huge PSU, …

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Re: "ESCOM - PC clone" (1995)

Posted on 2020-01-19, 12:35

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by melbar

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Parts for the ESCOM - PC clone. Actual now, i think that i will go with the S3... but i don't have decided finally.

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"ESCOM - PC clone" ('94 - '95)

Posted on 2020-01-19, 12:34

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by melbar

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History backround from me: I have been grown up with the Commodore C64 and Amiga 500. But during the early 90's, the IBM compatible PC is getting more and more important for gaming. A school friend of mine, he has got already an Intel 486/DX-2 66Mhz PC, i think it was a ESCOM or a Highscreen. He was …

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Re: Flytech Carry-1 S370-based mini PC (2001)

Posted on 2020-01-14, 05:01

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by melbar

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WELL DONE , this case is really nice 😀 Don't see a tiny small case with a touch of understatement really often. Do you know from which year this case comes? You have downclocked due to thermal reasons, right?

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Re: Supermicro X7DAE+ - running build

Posted on 2020-01-11, 06:39

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by melbar

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Which PSU do you have installed? Do you know how much is the idle and load power consumption? (120W + 120W + 219W , TDP CPU + CPU + GPU)...

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Re: Mendocino Celeron/440BX System

Posted on 2020-01-04, 06:45

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by melbar

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550Mhz are not bad. Back in the days i have overlocked my 466 version to 525Mhz. I have reached the 525Mhz without adjusted voltage... But be aware of the topic "Electromigration". To reach this 550Mhz, you overclock a 0.25 micron CPU with integrated L2 Cache. You overvolt up to 30%. In the range of …

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Re: Voodoo 2 control panel problem with original drivers

Posted on 2019-12-24, 12:46

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by melbar

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I don't see any bent pins on the chips. Have also checked a GTA3dfx demo version. According to this, there can be a message "What 3dfx card?" https://thandor.net/driver/8 And after i have made the sound settings and want to start game... it also shows "What 3dfx card?" 😢

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