Re: My FIRST Slot A build!

Posted on 2017-09-01, 14:19

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I actually ended up going with Windows 98 SE on it, mainly because I want to run a few older games: NFS2 SE Oddworld NFS Porsche 2000 NFS Hot Pursuit 2 Carmageddon 2 Rollcage and a few more games that run better on 98SE. For a 2k machine, the specs would be between the K6-2 - Pentium 3 range, and XP …

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Re: My FIRST Slot A build!

Posted on 2017-09-01, 08:50

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And this is the second part.

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Re: My FIRST Slot A build!

Posted on 2017-09-01, 08:49

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Okay. Here are some pics.

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Re: My FIRST Slot A build!

Posted on 2017-08-30, 18:10

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Okay, the one to get most of the votes gets installed. 😀 As for photos, they're coming tomorrow, since my phone's battery is low right now and I've put it to charge.

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My FIRST Slot A build!

Posted on 2017-08-30, 09:42

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I just got some parts yesterday and thought of building a Slot A machine, considering that's what the platform was. Specs: JNC LC-B350ATX 350W PSU EpoX EP-7KXA motherboard (recapped) AMD Athlon 750MHZ AMD-K7750MTR52B 2x128MB generic SD-RAM, PC133 Quantum Fireball LCT15 GML15000LC-A 15GB Intel PRO100 …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-08-11, 07:25

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Simple and clean. Filename 20170810_192602.jpg File size 1.68 MiB Views 515 views

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2017-07-25, 14:23

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This is my $3.79 main PC :) MB: Gigabyte GA-MA770-US3 - $1.26 CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 620 2.6GHz - came free with MB PSU: Seasonic SS-351HT 350W - $2.53 Case: Delux MT375 - free ODD: LiteOn iHAP122 DVD-RW - came with case RAM: 4GB - had it laying around, 2x1GB and 1x2GB HDD: 1TB Samsung HD103SI SATAII …

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

Posted on 2017-06-30, 09:28

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Someone trashed this old Core 2 era computer without an HDD and the videocard dead (spotted bad caps around the card), system didn't POST at first, but i finally POST after replacing the videocard Specs: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 3 GB DDR2 (512 + 2048 + 512 MB) ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus with SupremeFX …

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Re: How much ram did the average p166 have, and any point going from 32 to 40?

Posted on 2017-06-07, 19:16

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I remember using a P166 with about 48MB of RAM (it came that way - sticks mixed by the owner) but the usual standard was 16MB. MMX systems ran with 32 as standard but I've seen some upgraded ones with 64 and even 128MB. (usually VIA MVP3 based)

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Re: XP and 98 rigs

Posted on 2017-06-07, 19:09

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For 1GB of ram under 98SE, highly recommend to use the Vcache patch by Xeno86, 3DMark2001 SE doesn't work without it for me. Any reason why he limited to 384MB? Why not 512MB or 1GB? 2GB might have been the max on most motherboards at the time. Was there a step by step write up on what Xeno86 did …

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Re: MV's three retro PC builds

Posted on 2017-06-07, 17:32

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OST is the Brand and RLX is the Series of the Brand. Would look something like this on the sleeve: OST 2200UF 6.3V RLX 105*C That would be the caps for filtering the low side (5v or even less I think) of the CPU VRM. Unless you'll encounter problems (like Windows not installing, memtest failing or …

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Re: Cheap AT/ATX Test Bench?

Posted on 2017-06-07, 16:06

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May I add the easiest option? Just use the motherboard tray from any ATX case that has a removable tray. I know there are some ATX cases that have removable trays and are AT/ATX compatible.

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

Posted on 2017-05-30, 15:36

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A few days ago, a neighbor gave us this Planar PL1700 LCD Monitor for free, It works fine although there's one minor issue - it makes a hissing noise when turned off, not sure if that's normal behavior for its kind or if there are dying capacitors on the circuit boards inside, haven't opened it up …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2017-05-21, 13:30

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Pasi123 wrote: SPECS CPU: Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.0GHz Prescott (overheating because shitty cooler from celeron, it's really hard to find a cooler for S478) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8SGXL] You could try finding a 2.8GHz Northwood and work your way from there. Also,watch out as you have 2 bulging caps. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-17, 09:18

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dexvx wrote: Curious, so how did you conclude it was the caps fault? I would not have suspected that slightly bulged cap, much less a cap that looks fine. Simple. The board would rarely POST or lock up (if it would POST) during RAM counting.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-17, 03:56

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Dying/leaking/etc caps can cause instability with certain parts of the motherboards. I've got an ECS motherboard with similar symptoms that I think may need a recap soon. Interesting, I've had a board with much worse caps (browning) and it can post and do 3D, but crash. I know for a fact I had to …

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Re: QDI Advance 10B - which is the best cpu for it?

Posted on 2017-05-17, 03:49

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meljor wrote: Maybe a modded cpu will work but otherwise no tualatin support on that board/chipset. I have a 10B as well and it supports Tualatin.

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Re: 2k machine

Posted on 2017-05-16, 14:24

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appiah4 wrote: There's also that not all 440BX mainboards support RAM larger than 128MB per DIMM slot. I know mine works with PC133 but does not recognize 256MB sticks, for example (according to its manual..). In my case it would count 64MB out of a PC133 128MB stick.

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Re: 2k machine

Posted on 2017-05-16, 12:56

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Normally, VIA 694x is not my personal recommendation since its poor compatibility on hardware and relatively lower performance comparing to intel's chips, even it has larger memory capacity. And if u want a motherboard with native ISA slot support (ISA support has officially been removed from intel …

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Re: Planning ~2002-4 Celeron build (478) - what motherboard?

Posted on 2017-05-16, 11:22

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The real question is, why Celeron? For value, a Northwood-C at 3.4 GHz is like $20. For exotic, there's the P4-EE Gallatin core or a CT-479 with Pentium-M. I'm partial to Asus with the P4P800-E. Edit: 3.4-Northwood seems to have gone up in price. But still, a lower spec Northwood-C can't be …

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