Re: ATX I/O shield with 3 holes? What do I need to buy? (re: 440BX/MVP3 socket 7 motherboard)

Posted on 2024-04-11, 00:23

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That I/O shield is a proprietary one from some manufacturer. The hole pattern is typical for early ATX, it was the standard for about five minutes. The back of that case has screw holes for an I/O plate; cases from that era typically came with an I/O plate with that pattern held in place with screws …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-09, 20:02

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This one must have managed to slip past the radar because I got it for a great price. mirovideo20td_1.jpeg mirovideo20td_2.jpeg mirovideo20td_3.jpeg Sealed box "MiroVIDEO 20TD Live!". Tseng ET4000/W32P VLB 2MB video card with a TV Tuner and extra video processing hardware and software. The problem …

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Re: AMD K6-2 533 upgrade problems

Posted on 2024-04-07, 19:57

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I once had a K6-2 533 and it was very resistant to overclocking. IIRC I had to substantially increase the core voltage to overclock it to 550!

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Re: Thunderbird 1400 period correct psu and cooler

Posted on 2024-04-06, 13:30

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In late 2001 I purchased a Thermalright AX-7 which was a popular heatsink at the time.

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Re: Installing 98SE from CDROM

Posted on 2024-04-05, 02:25

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Only OEM Win98 images are bootable. You may use Google to find such an image, linking to such is against the rules here. I have one, it has worked in every system I tried it in excepting those with questionable CD/DVD optical drives. There is always the possibility that the burned disk isn't …

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

Posted on 2024-04-05, 02:16

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The very small bummer about this is that the Tyan board doesn't have a front USB port while the Soyo one does. I'm dealing with this too. Switching from an A-Trend 440ZX AT board to a Asus P2B-B 440BX board, since the latter supports more RAM and has a few more nice features in the BIOS. The former …

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

Posted on 2024-04-05, 02:04

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Maybe it was arcing on the power rail. I also noticed that these interposer Tualatins are not a very deep fit. It is still possible to replace the socket, if that's all it is. It seems to be fine with the Coppermine 1000. I've now installed both Win98 and Windows 2000 on the board with no issues. …

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Re: Which is the best and cheaper way to use a SSD or a SDCard as a hard disk on a pentium 3 motherboard?

Posted on 2024-04-03, 19:26

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I also like these because of the tidy installation. Have you had any trouble with the floppy power connector with them? I have one of those and the power connector gets so incredibly stuck in it I once had to pull it off with pliers. I've had those where the Berg connector is a very tight fit, but …

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

Posted on 2024-04-02, 14:01

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Maybe it was arcing on the power rail. I also noticed that these interposer Tualatins are not a very deep fit. It is still possible to replace the socket, if that's all it is. I realized my mistake: with the less than perfect fit of this modified CPU I should have removed the heatsink and made sure …

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Re: FIC 503+ super socket 7 with no cache

Posted on 2024-04-02, 02:39

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I wonder if this was just a quality control issue? If those chips were removed, someone did a very neat job of it.

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

Posted on 2024-04-02, 02:34

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Beating my head against the wall... I decided to put my Soyo 7VMA-B into my Lian Li PC50 case. I mostly completed the move, tested it to POST beep once, then just about had it finished and ready to install Win98. I have a Tualatin 1.26 that was working fine in this motherboard, but suddenly it …

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Re: Which is the best and cheaper way to use a SSD or a SDCard as a hard disk on a pentium 3 motherboard?

Posted on 2024-04-02, 01:48

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I also like these because of the tidy installation.

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Re: How to mod AOpen AX34 to make it support Tualatin 1400S?

Posted on 2024-04-01, 21:46

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The Korean vendor has the PCB for $10.00 and 1.26 GHz P3s for $46.00 (of course with applicable taxes and shipping added). If you have a known good Tualatin and are handy with a soldering iron, you can't beat the $10.00 adapter.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-29, 17:28

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Tempting, but I will resist the urge. This is basically fluff surrounding the video card. I wonder why this place doesn't sell on Ebay? They have dropped the price to $150.00, so I'm being tempted anew. I actually briefly possessed a 5950 Ultra; when I upgraded my former employer's gaming PC from a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-29, 17:23

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I bough one of my Unicorn Motherboards today, a Epox EP-MVP3G5 Super 7 motherboard with a full fat 2Mb of L2 Cache . The board has been tested by the seller who is a retro collector themselves with some rather rare parts and I have bought parts from them before. Been hunting for this board for a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-24, 16:14

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Look what I bought yesterday for a whole $15! - ECS KT-600A + Athlon XP 2600+ - ASUS A8N-E + Athlon 64 3000+ - Sapphire Ati Radeon X800 GTO 128MB - Two DDR400 512MB memory sticks - One DDR400 256MB memory stick - Two optical drives with cool ASUS cables I picked it up today and everything works …

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Re: Should I flash my FX 4000 to a 6800 Ultra BIOS?

Posted on 2024-03-24, 15:05

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To put it another way - if you were me, would you flash this card to a BIOS for a 6800 Ultra, or leave it as is? Added pix of the before and after of the Half-Life2 water.

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Re: Problem to updating BIOS on ASUS TXP4

Posted on 2024-03-24, 11:38

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Asus used a customized version of Awardflash called Aflash. I believe I used Uniflash when I upgraded the BIOS on my TXP4, but this version of Aflash should be the correct one if you want to try it. https://theretroweb.com/drivers/190

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

Posted on 2024-03-24, 00:47

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Although a correct stock look for the era, I don't like having those sinks on anything I'm taking further than 100fsb... because they are as effective as a random scrap of tinfoil... when vendors put them on with thicker pads, some said they insulated more than they sunk. So I go for something at …

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Should I flash my FX 4000 to a 6800 Ultra BIOS?

Posted on 2024-03-24, 00:31

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As mentioned in the retro hardware thread, I recently purchased a Quadro FX 4000 AGP card for $10.00, and other than a slightly less robust cooler, it appears identical to the EVGA 6800 Ultra that I have. I initially tried it as is, and while it worked fine, it had an issue with water in Half-Life …

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