Re: Just a Fan For AMD CPU No Heatsink Is This Ok
Posted on 2018-01-25, 20:48
I recommend a heatsink with a fan, plus arctic silver thermal compound. Never assume a fan can do a heatsink fan combo's job.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-01-25, 20:31
Planning on rednecking or MacGyvering an A/V jack (either RCA or 35mm jack) for my C64 since the RF Modulator is failing (have to smack it with a screwdriver). Also, I'm planning on purchasing a uIEC/SD Deluxe and an IEC Disk Drive cable to hook up the unit to the diskette/serial port.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-01-25, 20:12
I have the Sonic Impact S70 (ESS Maestro-2 ES1968S). It needs repairs, but, it's an amazing card with Sound Blaster Pro emulation for DOS.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-01-25, 14:32
3-button mice are amazing. I have a PS/2 version that can also be used with a serial port for systems that don't have a PS/2 port.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-01-24, 21:13
I believe I know the issue with the L2 cache: apparently, I believe it's the write-back cache on the DX4-100 OverDrive that's causing the issue. Would that be the case?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-01-24, 20:06
This is what in computer language is known as a stack*. *The name "stack" for this type of structure comes from the analogy to a set of physical items stacked on top of each other, which makes it easy to take an item off the top of the stack, while getting to an item deeper in the stack may require …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-01-24, 14:05
That GUS PNP card. Wait... is that chip from AMD? I didn't know that AMD made sound card processors/chipsets. Also, love the MT-32 and MPU-IPC card as well. Kudos!
Re: Most frustrating part of working on old computers?
Posted on 2018-01-24, 13:21
Installing L2 cache chips and finding out the L2 cache locks up at the BIOS screen after turning off the system and turning it back on.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-01-24, 13:17
I did put another chip in there at the right orientation this time (got a lot of them). try it without the cache? I took the cache out and had to push the reset button since the system would "think" the L2 cache was still installed. After I pressed the reset button, it fired up. Then, I turned the …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-01-24, 06:19
luckybob wrote: bjwil1991 wrote: I did put one in backwards, and luckily, I didn't short the board out and I turned the system off immediately. That chip is dead. I'll give 10:1 odds on it too. I did put another chip in there at the right orientation this time (got a lot of them).
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-01-24, 06:03
Installed 128KB L2 cache into my Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus with some success (system locks up for some reason) and in order for me to get the system to boot would be to push the restart button. PB450M+ v1.1a BIOS Intel DX4 100 640K Conventional Memory Passed 35840K Extended Memoy Passed This is …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-01-24, 01:43
Plugged in the new Commodore 64 PSU I got on eBay (last one) to the C64 I got back in October of 2017, hooked up the C64 to my TV set using a homemade RF cable (RCA cable with the RCA to RF or Coax adapter), and viola! Tested the SID chip as well with the BASIC commands I found using Google, and the …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-01-23, 21:32
That's an amazing system, man.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-01-23, 20:09
Getting/got 5 packages since Jan. 20th from eBay that has the following: IC Chip extractor tools 2x 64kx1 15ns 22-pin SRAM 8x WinBond 15ns 28-pin 32kx8 SRAM 14x WinBond 20ns 28-pin 32kx8 SRAM Commodore 64 PSU (serviceable and new)
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2018-01-23, 17:06
Good idea. When I work on my computers, the first thing to replace is the thermal compound. I use Artic 5 Silver on my CPUs, and graphics cards. Might do the same with the motherboard chipsets as well.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-01-23, 14:51
Anonymous Coward wrote: Nice p66 gold top. I really wanted a p66 back in 1993. Weren't those CPUs expensive in the early 90's?
Re: [SOLVED] Windows 7 Pro SP1 Activation Error 0xC004C020
Posted on 2018-01-23, 04:38
Done.
[SOLVED] Windows 7 Pro SP1 Activation Error 0xC004C020
Posted on 2018-01-22, 21:03
I have installed Windows 7 Pro SP1 on my 120GB SSD that's in my Compaq Presario C700 notebook computer due to the fact that the 60GB HDD I had installed didn't have enough storage and was failing. I got the OS to install, changed the time and date since it had linux installed, and it won't activate. …
Re: Lotech Tandy Soundboard - get it finished.
Posted on 2018-01-22, 20:13
I have a populated (not working) Lotech Tandy board if it would help you. Didn't spend too much time troubleshooting it because I have another working board. You can have it for the price of postage. I suspect it might have a bad via. I purchased one last year on eBay, and it sounds amazing. …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-01-22, 03:22
Where do I find the DOSSTART.BAT file? In \WINDOWS, but maybe you should start a new thread in the right area if you want more help with that. In the meantime, just REM the line for XCDROM.SYS and see if your MS-DOS Compatibility Mode thing goes away after a reboot. I decided to load the xcdrom.sys …
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