Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-08, 23:44

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

vmunix wrote: That's right my mistake, but hey at least PCI-X IS retro 🤣, (unix sysadmin here) worked with them in the late 90's in Alphaservers. The drivers and manual should still be available online, last year when I first got it everything was available on MSI's sites plus there are Win 9x …

---

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-08, 20:05

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is this ^^ retro hardware ? :/ To some it is not but the board is pretty rare and most don't know that such exists, this is one of my favorites and I only use modern power supplies with them. Compared to the usual this is an exotic board and very fun to work with, will be one of those status symbol …

---

Re: what is with these newer cases

Posted on 2014-04-08, 13:31

by

by nforce4max

in Milliways

in Milliways

If you can live with the short comings and cost Thermaltake cases are great plus I like heavy cases. Roomy enough and durable unlike the foil cases of today.

---

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-08, 13:29

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That MSI is a nice board and have one my self plus it plays nice with modern graphics cards. As for the cpu the one you bought is ok but for that build to really shine you want a PM 770 or 780 as they are easy to max out. Keep in mind there is no voltage control and the only vmod that I know is a …

---

Re: what is with these newer cases

Posted on 2014-04-07, 21:11

by

by nforce4max

in Milliways

in Milliways

I agree and most these days are fragile like they are made out of foil, finding Good cases is a drag. For large boards (4 hole) going with E-atx is the way to go but getting nice ones isn't cheap.

---

Re: 1.4ghz p3 or 1.8ghz p4 for win 98

Posted on 2014-04-07, 14:30

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The catch with the mobiles besides not having an ihs is the multiplier, Intel did some changes that allowed for two multiplier states but is dependent on the north bridge to provide the signal to change to the higher state. In the end these are perfect for those high fsb clocking boards.

---

Re: Voodoo2 - Wanting to attach heatsinks...

Posted on 2014-04-07, 14:22

by

by nforce4max

in Milliways

in Milliways

Did a quick look to find the "official" Voodoo2 coolers (back in the day you could buy an aftermarket heatsink that was designed for the Voodoo2), found this instead: http://www.billsworkshop.com/techtips/v2fan_2.html This one must vibrate a lot! As for more or less mass-produced cooling solutions, …

---

Re: Asus P4P800 Pentium M upgrade

Posted on 2014-04-07, 14:15

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I not going to ditch mine and is why I got the board that has pci-e and ddr2. Traded a little speed and tweaking for modern convenience plus I got a 5770 rocking the show.

---

Re: 1.4ghz p3 or 1.8ghz p4 for win 98

Posted on 2014-04-07, 13:52

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I wonder why no one has brought it up after all the mention about power, a cheap mobile edition that fits the same socket and runs except for the low multiplier. P4 Mobiles had be had for almost for free and they use hardly nothing, they all default to 12x when used in normal 478 boards. Toss one …

---

Re: Socket 478 Heatsink Alternatives...**UPDATED**

Posted on 2014-04-07, 13:42

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

what do you guys think of the XP-90 performance wise? have one of these at work. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article194-page1.html http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835109119 the cool thing is it fits 478 and AMD and it just so happens i'm set to replace my p4 board with an …

---

Re: 1.4ghz p3 or 1.8ghz p4 for win 98

Posted on 2014-04-07, 13:36

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I wonder why no one has brought it up after all the mention about power, a cheap mobile edition that fits the same socket and runs except for the low multiplier. P4 Mobiles had be had for almost for free and they use hardly nothing, they all default to 12x when used in normal 478 boards. Toss one in …

---

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-06, 21:54

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Artex are you trying to make people have a heart attack? 0.0

---

Re: Voodoo2 - Wanting to attach heatsinks...

Posted on 2014-04-06, 21:50

by

by nforce4max

in Milliways

in Milliways

Those are ok but it is best to get rather think coolers that are wider to cover more area while being compact. As for removal of these coolers later you will need to warm them up before trying to pull them off. The fan method works well enough but some people do like having more or no fan at all.

---

Re: New Socket 7 Build

Posted on 2014-04-04, 21:00

by

by nforce4max

in Milliways

in Milliways

Guys, I'm looking everywhere for one of these cables and I can't seem to find any. I know these cables were not standard....and that I'll probably have to swap some cables around. Any ideas on where to find one? I'm not able to find any on ebay (Spain-Europe) You have no choice but to scrounge for …

---

Re: 1.4ghz p3 or 1.8ghz p4 for win 98

Posted on 2014-04-04, 20:46

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There are a handful of 3.3v compatible P4 boards but they are SIS based and of a early generation which sucks. Go for a fast P3 or Athlon/XP system and not look back. If you had a 1.5v v4 4500 you can use it just about anything that has a agp slot but those are rare.

---

Re: New Socket 7 Build

Posted on 2014-04-04, 16:37

by

by nforce4max

in Milliways

in Milliways

Need less 72pin simms x.x Recently got some Epox SS7 at boards (baby AT) but haven't tested them.

---

Re: I don't understand the timeline of UNIX OSF/1?

Posted on 2014-04-04, 16:31

by

by nforce4max

in Milliways

in Milliways

I sometimes like questions like this because they are a good test of attention span and most people are easily lost early on. Also multy subject questions and statements that change quickly often lose people because of their lack of focus ;) On the other end some people make complication of out very …

---

775 and ISA

Posted on 2014-04-04, 13:49

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Never thought that it existed but here it is for a smooth $349 😢 http://www.amazon.com/MB-P4BWA-Industrial-Mot … -2&keywords=ISA Doubtful if it is even native. 😕

---

Re: Should I stock up on CRT's...

Posted on 2014-04-03, 18:53

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Only collect the ones that people are going to want years down the road and don't collect the useless boat anchors.

---

Re: 486 VLB UMC-Chipset, what is it?

Posted on 2014-04-03, 00:13

by

by nforce4max

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Nice loot, that Cyrix is missing its cooler and they do get Hot.

---