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Re: Athlon 64 overheating

Posted on 2018-07-11, 09:48

Yes, you can remove IHS with a razor, but be careful with multiple SMDs near the edges. Most likely thermal paste under IHS gone bad. Common problem even after just few years, and it was never expected to last for 10+.

Re: ASUS CUBX-E / L with Pentium III 1000Mhz SL4MF (coppermine)

Posted on 2018-07-10, 19:10

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Which is set by SPD for 100mhz mode.

Re: 486 cooling ?

Posted on 2018-07-09, 14:56

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It should be noted that operating temperatures for many old CPU end around 80-100 celcius.

Re: ASUS CUBX-E / L with Pentium III 1000Mhz SL4MF (coppermine)

Posted on 2018-07-09, 14:47

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Memory timings.

Re: ATI X800 XL - GV-RX801256V -alternative better heatsink search, recommendations?

Posted on 2018-07-08, 17:35

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just add cooler.

Re: Graphic card memory speeds

Posted on 2018-07-08, 15:16

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ Video

So I've found my ASUS Trio64 and also bought ASUS Virge DX: ASUS S3 Trio64V2 DX and Virge DX.jpg ASUS S3 Trio64V2/DX with 35ns is clocked at 60mhz core/memory by default. Overclocking pushed it to 75mhz. ASUS S3 Virge DX with 35ns is clocked at 66mhz core/memory by default. Overclocking pushed it to …

Re: Is there a Trident videocard that is actually good?

Posted on 2018-07-05, 09:58

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

TGUI9440 - decent PCI card on par with ATI Mach64, good for fast 486/5x86 and slower Pentiums They are painfully slow in high color.

Re: GeForce 2 Rarity

Posted on 2018-07-05, 09:54

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ Video

Rare: All GeForce 2 Ultra, some high-end GeForce 2 Ti cards (Gainward Golden Sample for example) Uncommon: GeForce 2 GTS (not Pro) 64mb, GeForce 2 MX with dual monitor output Common: Everything else

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-07-02, 09:28

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'll make more pictures as soon as I put my hands on it, what I expect to happen in August. And I should mention that I'm not the designer of this pretty piece, rather managed to get it directly from the author who has decided to quit the hobby. Is it possible to built a small batch of those? I am …

Re: Help! Keep burning voltage reg fic va-503+

Posted on 2018-06-30, 18:36

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think AT boards were never fixed, because they need this VRM for AT PSU.

Re: Tualatin or Thunderbird 1.4ghz?

Posted on 2018-06-28, 07:26

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't see many people going for Tbird rigs. Because there's no practical reason to choose Thunderbird over 266mhz FSB Thoroughbred-B. Of course if you have decent KT133A+ board.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-06-27, 18:53

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

ASUS S3 cards: ASUS S3 Trio64V2 DX and Virge DX.jpg ASUS S3 Trio64V2 DX 4 mb.jpg ASUS S3 VIRGE DX 4 mb.jpg Yep, for some strange reason they've decided to produce S3 Trio64 on late Virge PCB with 4 mb expandable. Both are 35ns and pretty much as top tier S3 as you can get (in their respective chip …

Re: Thermal Pad Thickness For AM5x86 CPU

Posted on 2018-06-27, 08:05

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just use sticky thermal paste like Arctic Cooling and reinforce it with small amounts of adhesive near the corners of CPU.

Re: 75% off on Duke Nukem 3D World Tour

Posted on 2018-06-27, 07:40

by The Serpent Rider

in Milliways

Meh, Megaton was better.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-06-26, 17:42

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wildcat series can used for games, but performance is very lacking. VP760 can be compared to GeForce 256 SDR. Heck, you can even lauch Morrowind with shaders, allbeit quite slow.

Re: Looking for 32Kx8 10ns 28-pin cache

Posted on 2018-06-26, 12:15

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

UMC/Winbond chips are good for overclock, that's for sure.

Re: The World's Fastest 486

Posted on 2018-06-24, 03:50

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

5x86 never missed a beat It's just overclocked 486DX4 with power saving features. Wouldn't that be the fastest possible card for this motherboard? Quadro4 100 NVS PCI aka GeForce 4 MX440 should work too.