Re: How to clone/replace iMac G5 HDD to SSD?

Posted on 2021-07-20, 12:25

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Hello, i have problem to clone original Sata WD 160 GB iMac G5 to Corsair 250GB SSD.. Original disk is working fine, but clone dont - white screen os booting is not initialized.. I have installed MacOS 10.4 + Linux, there is not bootloader screen visible its booting into MacOS unless some hotkey is …

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Re: 1996 "Workstation," Build Ideas?

Posted on 2021-07-18, 00:56

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-07-17, 19:18: Most likely because nobody really cared I should imagine. Pentium Pros were aim at the emterprise market. True I guess. Tho i saw tons of them in offices. But lets not pretend we didn't drool over them in magazines. Just like the Alphas and Sun's =)

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Re: 1996 "Workstation," Build Ideas?

Posted on 2021-07-17, 14:01

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If someone says "pentium pro" enough in a thread, I get summoned. B) if you are deadset on a dual board, you're going to spend a big premium unless you get lucky. I personally dont know why prices have gotten so high in the last few years. I blame LGR. Haha =) PPro also always catches my attention. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-12, 10:44

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My second dual PII/PIII mother of all boards. It will sit quite nicely near my Super P6DLS . Meet the SOYO SY-D6IBA . An unexpected flea market find dumped into a bag full of other boards. Does anyone have the DRIVER CD for this beast? Looking further into the future we should mirror all the FTP …

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Re: 430fx motherboard supported cpu's for win95 build

Posted on 2021-07-04, 13:53

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If this: https://ancientelectronics.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/g2k1204.jpg Is your MB then it looks a lot like Intels own "Advanced ZP" board as seen here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=21987 http://tulrich.com/tectrixvr/intel_pba-638995_manual.pdf And that suggests p120 as max. But if it …

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Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 13:43

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Guess AMD was a bit behind in tech. Because they didn't include a thermal sensor in their CPUs? Yep. :) Okay, for real, though: was space that limited that they couldn't put a thermal sensor in-die? I guess someone has to be the first one to do it. And this time it was Intel with the coppermine P3 …

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Re: Intel VS440FX help

Posted on 2021-06-29, 11:11

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Hi!I Tried to flash…so i created a Bootable floppy, then bios A: to transfer the new bios (1.00.18 cs1). So i moved jumpers, insert floppy and start…but Nothing happened, no beep no floppy read only black screen…help me!!😅thanks How long did you wait? Took a few minutes for my boards. There was no …

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Re: Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-06-04, 16:24

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I was playing with an nforce 2 board just recently. Epox 8DRA+ or something, having the same errors in memtest86+ test 5 - blockmove. Definitely can confirm that some sticks just don't play nice together. You need to swap them out into you get something that works. Some sticks don't play nice …

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Re: Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-06-02, 23:45

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Further testing with my other board revealed that they both behave identically. Dropped in a Barton M , which gets identified correctly which was neat. Tried lots of different multipliers, no change. Did a lot more testing with different mem settings, no changes in results. Lowering mem frequency to …

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Re: Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-06-02, 10:50

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Diagnostics can help if there is a chance of parts not failing. In case of these capacitors that chance is 0%. It's true with a counterfeit product but not true with an entire brand. The "diagnostics" was made by the seller (board not booting) so that could mean anything: bad HDD, bad OS, bad cable …

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Re: Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-05-31, 22:44

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Great post! Could you kindly share your technique for replacing caps? I have recapped a KT7A but it was a very difficult process , in particular the removal of the old capacitors. A decent iron helps a LOT, and a good tip on it. Add some flux, heat one leg at a time and "walk" the component out …

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Re: Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-05-31, 22:35

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Okay, I accept the points. Also, do repair technicians replace everything to fix a defective part or do they find the defective part and replace it? I know it's a hobby so to each their own. I still believe in diagnostics first. I'm sure that finding the specific component that is causing whatever …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-30, 12:45

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This arrived the other week. Don't really own any high-end S478 stuff but this was cheap and boxed so decided to grab it. Asus P4C800-Gold with a SL7E6 3.4ghz chip https://i.imgur.com/8nF4Hmjl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/VQYJcnMl.jpg Nice board! Got a brand new "P4C800-E Deluxe" in box. Wonder what the …

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Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-05-29, 21:24

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I do like my Abit's. Cant even remember which model was my first one, but I certainly remember the great ones. And the KR7A was absolutely among those! So when I found another one in need of some tender care I just had to grab it. And at about €3 + shipping (and in box too!) it looks like I got a …

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Re: P-III 600 Heatsink Solution

Posted on 2021-05-28, 22:58

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I have P III 600E with an unusual heat sink depicted here - https://i.pinimg.com/originals/12/35/e6/1235e6f8b0151e1d7a8724c92a7521a8.jpg (not my item). No fan can be attached to it as a result. My plan is to modify sheet metal from 5.25 bay to act as a fan holder (for 6 cm fan) attached to case …

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Re: Intel VS440FX help

Posted on 2021-05-24, 20:32

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Oh, I really woulnd't recommend to use the system with WinXP. It's too slow and eats up too much ressources. You can try AntiX Linux if you want a more modern OS on a PPro.. it performs well on this machine. The sweet spot is Windows NT4 , Win 9x also runs great. To answer a few of your other …

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Re: Matrox Millennium II glitching and freezing with drivers installed.

Posted on 2021-05-01, 03:09

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In the Chaintech 5RSA2 motherboard I can see that IRQs 5,9,10,11 are free to use. 5 is already occupied by the onboard ESS Solo1 sound card that I know for sure. Is there a quick way to see IRQ conflicts or a list of what IRQs are assigned to what device instead of going one by one in the device …

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Re: Matrox Millennium II glitching and freezing with drivers installed.

Posted on 2021-04-30, 20:29

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FXing Serious wrote on 2021-04-30, 18:30: Is installing two graphics cards, one in AGP and one in PCI causing this problem? Is it a problem with the PCI slot I am using? Could very well be resource problems. Its common for the AGP port to share IRQ with PCI slot 1.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-04-29, 20:30

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vad4r wrote on 2021-04-29, 06:56: AMD K7 Rage Fury Maxx (8).jpg AMD K7 Rage Fury Maxx (1).jpg AMD K7 Rage Fury Maxx (2).jpg AMD K7 Rage Fury Maxx (12).jpg That's a very nice cable management. Care to share how stuff is routed? My intention is obviously to steal your ideas! 😉

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Re: Motherboard BIOS wont save

Posted on 2021-04-29, 20:19

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Had similar things happen to me. It was: Low battery. Corrupted BIOS chip. And a BIOS chip pin that was broken.

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