Re: Recommend a Motherboard

Posted on 2013-04-21, 21:14

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by nforce4max

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I'm in IT as well, and I wholeheartedly agree. They took a nosedive after the beige era, IMO. Their high-end stuff is still pretty nice, the Precision and PowerEdge lines, but I think the last decent general-purpose desktop they made was the GX260. And the laptops... Jesus Christ. A couple years …

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Re: Recommend a Motherboard

Posted on 2013-04-21, 21:11

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by nforce4max

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Pretty much any TX based board will do performance and features wise. Good luck with your build and be sure to hunt around in your city/area as you never know that there might be some good pickings. Old people = old "stuff" = score 😉

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Re: >512MB with Windows 98...

Posted on 2013-04-21, 21:02

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by nforce4max

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It is annoying that there is these ram limitation issues with 9x, even dos back in the early days could have addressed up to 2GB provided it was "contentious".

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iMac G3 - Bass, I Love You

Posted on 2013-04-14, 01:39

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by nforce4max

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBouq_VbfdU Pretty good 😲

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Re: The downfall of Firefox

Posted on 2013-04-14, 01:00

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by nforce4max

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSp2I0ObdW4

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Re: I want to open a PSU, but not die. Possible?

Posted on 2013-04-12, 12:50

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by nforce4max

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As everyone has already stated but these older power supplies don't store much compared to a CRT. If you want to be sure that it is drained then just hit the power switch when the system isn't plugged in and let the board do the rest for a few seconds. The same works on CRTs but you best wait longer …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-04-12, 02:22

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by nforce4max

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Pretty weird.I had a K7S5A which I used frequently and it didn't die on me,even though it had G-Luxon,"the said so"bad caps.And even VRM MOSFETs didn't pop out.Only thing that annoyed me was it didn't remember CMOS settings. It hasn't failed doesn't mean that it won't, there is always a few that …

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Re: Dead Packard Bell 486 MB with beep codes?

Posted on 2013-04-10, 00:33

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by nforce4max

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Get a toothbrush and a knife then start cleaning, you can rebuild the traces if needed but you must fallow the exact path due to possible timings. Also if the acid seeped into the pcb deep enough it can cause grounding issues. Can you do fine detail soldering?

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Re: What the heck is this? (80486)

Posted on 2013-04-10, 00:28

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by nforce4max

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I have seen machines like this for cash registers from that era. Clunky but neat when fixed and cleaned up.

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Re: The downfall of Firefox

Posted on 2013-04-10, 00:25

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by nforce4max

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Interesting but no matter how bad that it is IE is still worse and Chrome is getting bloated in some ways on its own.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-04-10, 00:19

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by nforce4max

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Bought a new CoolVivaZ1 for $10, got a free 250gb 2.5 ide drive..

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-04-06, 02:38

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Nothing special for most folks but got a few things at a yard sale. A oem copy of win95 with usb support and a copy of ms dos 5.0 on 5 1/4 floppies for leading edge computers. The rest was some old books that I picked out that was mostly 19th century with the oldest from the 1820s.

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Re: Suggestions for Desktop pentium M build

Posted on 2013-04-06, 02:11

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by nforce4max

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Thanks for the tip about the cooler, I thought that if the bracket sat a little lower than a standard 478 mount that the cooler would be lower as well but I will fix that. I don't like ddr1 anyway (costly) and for storage I will be using 2.5 sata 2 gen era drives as I will have a few on hand as I am …

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Re: PC vs PS4

Posted on 2013-04-03, 16:58

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by nforce4max

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I'll just stay with pc gaming 😉

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Re: PC vs PS4

Posted on 2013-04-03, 16:15

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vetz wrote: The whole image captured from PC looks too blurry for being a full 1080p capture. It makes me question the method used to do the actual capturing. Take this video with a grain of salt people. That is why I don't buy the hype until I see it in person.

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Suggestions for Desktop pentium M build

Posted on 2013-04-03, 16:05

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by nforce4max

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I recently bought a MSI 915GM Speedster-FA4 and with school plus family drama keeping me drained I haven't put much thought into this build other than the graphics card. Already I have on hand a spare PM 770 and will have to buy everything else like case ect so I am open to suggestions such as case …

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Re: PC vs PS4

Posted on 2013-04-03, 15:56

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I don't care much about motion blur but I have been out of date except with wow when it comes to current games.

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Re: I'm lost.......

Posted on 2013-04-03, 15:45

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If you really want a 486 machine then go for it and you will enjoy other games from the era but not to scare you off those machines take effort to get running properly.

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Re: PC vs PS4

Posted on 2013-04-03, 15:42

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The graphics are more vivid on PS4. But you can't compare a modular system with a PS4 where you can only change a hard drive. Consoles always did have more power over PCs when it comes to games, but PCs out run them in a short time. The benefit of custom hardware and highly tweaked settings give …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-04-03, 15:40

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by nforce4max

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Got this from ebay today http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e160/animekenji/T2eC16VHJF8E9nnC7ON5BRR2WGqFQ60_12_zpse461fbc0.jpg Now I can fill my PCI motherboard. Do you have a fpu for that ? More pics ? No I don't think so, should be one integrated in the cpu as the K6 is derived from this and it is …

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