This is really interesting. First of all I didn't know that there was such a thing like PCIe to PCI adapter! I guess I'll keep hunting for some of the cards mentioned, most notably for the PCI Radeons. The board swap is an interesting idea, if I had to do it I would probably go with P4. But then the …

Hey everyone, Recently I've got a nice P3 machine. It has one flaw, the motherboard is PCI only - no AGP slot. It has a nice case and the board is mATX, which makes swapping the board more difficult as there are not that many options. The CPU is 800MHz and possibly something I'll swap with a more …

Update: It's working! I took out the ram, cleaned the slot and the pins on the RAM stick, removed the CMOS battery and bended the top handle so it touches the battery with more pressure and removed the modem that was installed in one of the PCI slots. It booted to the BIOS! I thought that was …

This isn't the keyboard, I have a ps/2 keyboard that I verified. Today I received a POST PCI card which I plugged in and the POST code it showed was 50 FF. This is the Award BIOS and the most descriptive error explanation I found is this: Write all the CMOS values currently in the BIOS stack areas …

I had some time this weekend to play around. Still no success, however it looks like it isn't memory. After I changed the RAM stick there is no difference - only the logo is shown after I turn the computer on. I also replaced the cmos battery, the old one was completely flat. This didn't change …

Update, I found a bigger fan, however with the same connector and it started spinning nicely! Now, the end result is the same, even if I place the bigger fan directly above the heatsink - the computer doesn't go past the IBM logo and there are not beeps. Which makes me think that because of the bad …

The finding so far, I've just measured the voltage at the CPU fan header- it's 11.7V between GND and VDC and 100mV DC between GND and the third pin (which I guess is the control one). I'm not really sure what's the expected voltage on the third pin. I've also ordered a PCI POST card, however it will …

Showing the Aptiva logo is great sign, it's actually pretty alive! This is really encouraging. This is my first retro PC, and don't have many spare parts. Definitely don't have another CPU fan to try, however I have a multimeter and can measure the voltage. Actually I have another RAM module can …

Hi Everyone, Recently I bought a cheap Aptiva, it's a lovely looking case with K6-2 processor inside. Unfortunately it looks like it's dead. After I power it on, the screen will show the Aptiva logo, however nothing else happens. Keyboard (which I'm sure is working) only blinks the light when I …