Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-10, 18:17

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I think the i7-3770K rates higher than the none K model does. Especially on an Asus board than lends itself to overclocking. The K model is certainly much more desirable on the used market than the 3770 is. Yes, I know the 3770K would be more desirable due to overclocking ability -- sellers know …

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Re: Which IDE CD drive is best suited for reading burned CDs on old PCs?

Posted on 2023-11-10, 06:51

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IMHO a good brand (Plextor, Toshiba, Pioneer) IDE CD-RW (with or without DVD combo function) would be the most compatible with various disc formats. Experiences with DVD-ROM can vary, but most of them can read discs with newer standards. Like aitotat said, older CD-ROM might have problem reading …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-09, 16:29

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Bought an Asus H61M-K + Celeron G1620 from e-waste for just NT$600 (US$18.59). Checked the manual online...... wait the MB could accommodate i7-3770, the ultimate CPU for WinXP? Bought one online for NT$830 (US$25.71) with shipping in no time. I've got spare case, PSU, DDR3, GPU, SSD. With these a " …

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Re: Decent used digital cameras Proconsumer-high end.

Posted on 2023-11-08, 11:37

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Wanted to buy another used but good digital camera, that does not break the bank, under $300 CDN or so. Full frame model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II APS-C model: Canon EOS 7D Have you included prices of lenses into account? Even the cheapest Canon lens, the 50/1.8, could cost you about CDN$160 new or $80 …

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Re: 40-Pin Cf Compact Flash Card To 3.5 Ide Converter - PC wont get past Detecting Drives

Posted on 2023-11-08, 11:15

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You mean it's stuck at the drive detection, or it doesn't boot after that? If it's the first and you're tried the CF as a single drive on the IDE channel like Munx suggested above, what's the size of the CF card? I'm thinking it might be more than the BIOS HDD limit. For certain PIIs even a 16GB …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AA revision 1.1, 2.2 and 3.2 differences

Posted on 2023-11-04, 23:16

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just want to know, be really really sure. how are the holes of C40 on the top side. can you get an even closer image , like the third image but closer, looking that pace below the capacitor. because i was never 100% sure if one was connected to the upper big vein I've already asked a skillful …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AA revision 1.1, 2.2 and 3.2 differences

Posted on 2023-11-03, 08:40

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Glad to hear that. 😸 I really felt sorry for that MB I saw, as I don't have tools or expertise to recap it. 😿 I'll ask around if someone nearby has the skill.

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Re: Annual specs for Ultimate Gaming Rigs from 1992 to 1999

Posted on 2023-11-03, 01:28

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One obvious comment from me: why no floppy in the 2000 build? This is not Mac-land... and while I may have been late to the no-floppy approach, I certainly was putting floppies in new builds in 2006. (Those lovely Mitsumi combo floppy + card readers... an outstanding product, I might add) You can …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AA revision 1.1, 2.2 and 3.2 differences

Posted on 2023-11-02, 18:30

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Hello my friend. Could you post a photo of the bottom of the rev2.2? if possible in detail the surroundings of the TC40 capacitor. Here you go: GA-5AA_TC40_front.jpg GA-5AA_TC40_back.jpg I had high hope of this SS7 MB, only to find at least three bulging capacitors. Unlike most bulges that crack …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AA revision 1.1, 2.2 and 3.2 differences

Posted on 2023-11-02, 05:45

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Just spot one 2.2 at e-waste; will be back and add more details shortly. EDIT: Huh, I can't remove this post after posting an updated reply. My bad.

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Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 SB0240 driver Windows 7 64 bit needed

Posted on 2023-11-01, 08:06

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https://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?prodID=149&prodName=Audigy%202 Alternative sites: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/creative_sound_blaster_audigy.html https://www.philscomputerlab.com/sound-blaster-audigy.html This download supports the following audio devices only: …

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

Posted on 2023-10-31, 14:06

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Good and bad news for the two ThinkPads I received last month . Good news: Successfully cleared the supervisor password of the X60 using the method described here . The two contact holes (SDA and SCL) were extremely tiny; I had to use two safety pins to short them as my other metal probes were too …

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Re: About NVIDIA TNT2 M64 (and other graphics cards)

Posted on 2023-10-29, 05:45

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Unless they were a business oriented user interested in some minor gaming on the side, I suppose. That's what I meant. What puzzled me was its HDD: that Hitachi (HGST) Deskstar HDS728080PLAT20 was made in December 2005, far newer than any other component. The common capacity for HDD in 2000 was 13- …

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Re: Annual specs for Ultimate Gaming Rigs from 1992 to 1999

Posted on 2023-10-29, 05:20

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So far the earliest I can find is from January 1993 (CGW) in a contest ad. It features a 50 MHz 486 with 340MB HDD and 8MB of RAM. The fine print "(upgrade to '586 or 66 Mhz at your option)" was kind of odd: While 486DX2-66 was "ultimate" in January 1993, SBPro was nowhere "ultimate" as SB16 was …

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Re: Annual specs for Ultimate Gaming Rigs from 1992 to 1999

Posted on 2023-10-29, 04:20

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1) ISDN was much, much less popular here in North America than anywhere else, at least for residential use, so that's why I didn't mention it. Here at least (Bell Canada territory), I believe the biggest issue is that they charged for minutes of usage, European-style, whereas analog lines had …

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Re: About NVIDIA TNT2 M64 (and other graphics cards)

Posted on 2023-10-29, 03:57

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Thanks a lot! So likely a high PII/low PIII, like a 440BX-based system, right? I'd say any P3 should be fine, even late models. I found one in a P3-1GHz system at e-waste; it even had a Post-it note with specs: IMG_20231029_110846.jpg IMHO no translation needed. :wink: P3-1GHz was released (March …

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Re: Annual specs for Ultimate Gaming Rigs from 1992 to 1999

Posted on 2023-10-29, 02:47

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So yes, to the OP, add a quality modem at the maximum available speed for each year - 14.4, 28.8, 33.6, then the X2/K56Flex/V90/V92 era. Actually I would forget about V92 - by that point, 'ultimate' users would have been long away from dial-up. I would probably add a 10BaseT Ethernet card starting …

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Re: DVD RW Dos driver

Posted on 2023-10-23, 22:45

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I am currently trying to get my dvd drive of dell inspiron 15 to work in dos but unfortunately without any success... There are MANY generations of Inspiron 15; can you be more specific on its model number? Optiarc DVD+/-RW AD-7585H That's a SATA internal drive for laptop. Optical_SATA_12.7mm_ …

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

Posted on 2023-10-21, 03:39

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PcBytes wrote on 2023-10-20, 22:01: Left: Dell Latitude C600, running Win2k SP4 with BWC extended kernel. Ah, 2K-tan wallpaper with ME-tan and XP-tan. 😄

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Re: Pentium MMX 233 aiming for the stars!

Posted on 2023-10-17, 22:25

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Damn, do I have to break out my usenet MIME or uudecode convertors for those pics or are they supposed to be links? lol They are (invalid) links. Just quote sneeker's post and you'll see img tags with URL starting with https://lh3_googleusercontent_com Looks like sneeker didn't know some pics …

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