Re: Is it possible to have CPU automatically downclock when load is low on Windows XP?

Posted on 2025-05-14, 21:47

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by bofh.fromhell

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IIRC its called "Cool'n'quiet" with AMD CPU's and "Speedstep" with Intels. CnQ needs both BIOS support and a driver installed I think, and obviously a compatible system. edit, wikipedia actually has a useful page on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool%27n%27Quiet

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-05-13, 20:27

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by bofh.fromhell

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Brand new copper S370/SocketA coolers? I'll have 'em all please! Tho the 7k rpm fans will never again make it into a build =) I just cannot believe we used those back in the day.

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Re: My Tandy 2500 SX/33 386

Posted on 2025-05-13, 20:05

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Sorry for the thread necromancing, but I recently picked up a Tandy 2500 SX 25 and would like to know if the update for this class of machine detailed above is still available, and if so from where/whom. I've checked the SCI Wiki and Internet Archive and found a lot of useful info and utilities, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-04-20, 17:03

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Bought a couple of socket 8 coolers. The large one is extremely difficult to use. So I gave up and I think I will just keep it in storage and never use it. 20250419_120213.jpg The smaller one is easier to use, but I still havent tested its effectiveness. You basically just slide the CPU in, then …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-10-27, 18:48

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by bofh.fromhell

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That's a really nice find! 440LX was overshadowed by its excellent predecessor (430TX) and successor (440BX) but was still a solid board, especially made by Intel itself (AL440LX Atlanta). Yes, thats true. I really like this PC case. I am debating whether or not I should replace the innards of this …

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Re: Water cooling and Overclock for a Mendocino 333 MHz

Posted on 2024-10-16, 21:22

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Hi guys! I was working in this days on a Slot 1 Platform (Iwill VD133Gold board), tryng to perform a decent overclock for a Celeron Mendocino 333 MHz. Had a 90 radiator and an universal chipset water block aside. I easily recovered a universal pump from China and created a small, but efficient …

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Re: DELL 2007WFPb - green power LED lit dimly, not turning on

Posted on 2024-10-15, 17:44

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by bofh.fromhell

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tony359 on the tube has a recent video about a Dell 2709. Its not gonna be identical, but maybe it can give you a few ideas? Apart from the usual bad caps, dry or cracked solder-joints seems to be common on these screens.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-06-01, 13:32

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Last summer I bought a Pentium 3 system for cheap, and I didn't pay attention to the video card that was in it. I pulled it and installed a Quadro 2 for testing and forgot about it. I had a closer look at it yesterday, and it's a 32 megabyte Creative CT6870 TNT2 Ultra. I was assuming it was a …

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

Posted on 2024-05-30, 16:23

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Last Saturday I became the proud owner of this GA-6VX7-4X rev. 1.2, it was a flea market find. See something missing? Yup, almost all the caps and the chipset heatsink were ripped off the board. Man, someone must have been in bad need of Aluminum. Anyway, I would very much want to revive the …

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

Posted on 2024-03-21, 01:58

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by bofh.fromhell

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Spent an entire evening battling a crashing early P2 system (P2L97-S with a 233MHz) only to realize that my trusty test-bench PSU barely manages any power on the +5v anymore. All memtests were fine, Windows (98) was fine until graphics drivers loaded, then instant crash. So weird. Anyways another …

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Re: Dual Slot 1 440FX build

Posted on 2024-02-28, 04:17

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by bofh.fromhell

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sdz wrote on 2024-02-25, 11:59: The purpose of this build is to make a nice system, using mostly parts that I already have laying around. Motherboard is a Tyan S1682, dual Slot 1, 440FX chipset: S1.jpg Do I spy a very, very neat Dallas conversion?

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Re: Poll. How did you handle AGP to PCI Express stepover?

Posted on 2024-02-28, 02:16

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by bofh.fromhell

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I jumped on the PCIe train ASAP. Still have the motherboard, an ASUS P4GD1. And if my memory serves me right a 6800LE (unlocked obv!) did the graphics.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-26, 04:55

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Yay, a coin cell, but boo, it's a soldered-in BR2335. Haven't had to deal with one of these yet. Should I try to replace it with same, or is there a drop-in CR-2032 holder I can use? I Thru hole CR2032 holder should fit with some slight massaging. Pins might be off the PCB holes by 1-2 mm, but its …

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Re: Compaq Presario 2100 CPU socket difficulty

Posted on 2024-02-16, 12:50

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I possess a Compaq Presario 2100 from the same joblot as the Toshiba while it has different issues I'm struggling to figure out how it's CPU socket works If I use a screwdriver it will work just I'll end up gouging the socket and scoring the chip. Was there a special tool that was for these …

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Re: Can't remove the cardboard from a 5.25 FDD

Posted on 2024-02-16, 12:47

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Speaking of gorillas, I knew a person who used a rubber mallet on the hard disk on his PC, to make it spin-up (no kidding). The real culprit was the power supply, though, I think. It didn't have enough power to handle the power surge needed by the HDD to spin-up. Guilty as charged! Tho in a more …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-14, 18:42

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This one made me furious. :angry: I'd bought a Matrox M3D via Ebay. Seller tossed it in a thinly padded bubble mailer with no added padding or protection. It appears to have been crushed during transport and arrived shattered in half. There is even damage to pins on the main PowerVR chip which …

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Re: quake3 SMP-scaling thread…

Posted on 2023-08-22, 01:12

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I'm amazed how CPU sensitive Q3A is! The AXP 1800+ Is slowly approaching what the TI4200 can do. And even shows negative scaling in High Q @ 1280x1024, whats up with that? =) The 6800GT however is seriously starved, and for some reason shows way better scaling then the 4200 across all resolutions. …

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Re: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe is unstable

Posted on 2023-08-12, 13:05

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by bofh.fromhell

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Yeah, the bios wasn't actually the latest. Now it is - the board was stable enogh to boot and reflash. However problems persist. So caps, huh? bofh.fromhell, did you do a full recap or some specific caps? Mine has no rubycons. There's a mishmash of KZE and Elite around the cpu area and then mostly …

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Re: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe is unstable

Posted on 2023-08-11, 20:57

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by bofh.fromhell

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Me P4C800-e deluxe had pristine looking caps, but was unstable with faster CPU's. As I recall it even had rubycons, but after a swap the board runs fine.

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

Posted on 2023-05-18, 21:51

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by bofh.fromhell

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Also how does LX handle AGP speeds? I mean BX does 1/1 at 66MHz FSB and 2/3 at 100MHz FSB. Would Intel include 2/3 in LX if it would be limited to 66MHz FSB?

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