Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-05, 18:42

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by meljor

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And.... nice hardware keeps rolling in! Just purchased a XFX 7900GS 512mb agp card and also a complete system just for the Asus P5A that's in there. One of my favorite boards and i can not have enough spares.

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Re: Need help with damaged super 7 board!

Posted on 2017-02-05, 18:17

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by meljor

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Yes? Even on another type of board? Flashing with an ethernet card i never did. Might give that a try 🤣

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Re: 386 board help needed

Posted on 2017-02-05, 11:55

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by meljor

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Got it from the scrapper/recycler, they always take off every single ic that comes off easily. They keep them in a big pile and i had no intention of searching trough that (wouldn't even know what to look for precisely). I simply assumed it only needed a bios and didn't know what the rest of the …

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

Posted on 2017-02-05, 11:39

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by meljor

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Yesterday i found a 6800ultra agp at the scrapper, it missed a heatsink/fan and a cap. Bought it together with some other hardware and hoped it would still work. Did a quick test with a small fan and it posted without artifacts (without the cap!) and i shut it off. Grabbed a donor 6800gt (dead card, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-05, 11:19

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by meljor

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Last but not least: A working Fx5600ultra agp (joehoee, no damage!) and i found a (msi) NX6800ultra agp!!! It was missing the heatsink/fan and only had the ram heatsink (with minor damage). Could not resist and took it, hoping it would still work... At home i put on a very small heatsink/fan (only …

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Re: Total power watt of your systems

Posted on 2017-02-05, 11:12

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by meljor

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So if they're good enough for HP mission-critical servers, they should be good enough for your home computers. If you search on google for PDF documents there's lists of FSP group units (FOR OEM) that are actually 80+ multi-tier of different color segments too. But FSP doesn't advertise this on the …

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386 board help needed

Posted on 2017-02-05, 10:16

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by meljor

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Got this board from the scrapper and it looked still good so i wanted to save it. Problem is, i don't know much about 386 boards and it shows..... it has an amd dx40 onboard so i thought it would be pretty fast for a 386. After reading a bit it seems that it doesn't only need a bios chip but also it …

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Need help with damaged super 7 board!

Posted on 2017-02-05, 09:50

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by meljor

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Hi, I rescued a MS5169 ver:2.1 AL9 super socket 7 board with Ali chipset from a scrapper. But it was wounded already so it has these problems i need to fix: On the photo you can see that it is missing a alu heatsink which had a component attached (2 pins are still there, the rest is torn of for the …

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Re: IBM PC 365 3DFX Voodoo 1 Artifacting

Posted on 2017-02-05, 09:20

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by meljor

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I had the same problem some time ago when doing benchmarks on all my voodoo's on a tualatin 1,4ghz (Asus Tusl2-c). The voodoo1 cards (tried 4-5 or so from different brands) and rush cards didn't even display anything when launching a game. That same system i'm still using with my voodoo5 and it is …

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Re: IBM PC 365 3DFX Voodoo 1 Artifacting

Posted on 2017-02-05, 01:42

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by meljor

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Check if your driver does not overclock the cards. It should be 50mhz but some cards can be clocked higher or lower by default.

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Re: places to buy old hardware?

Posted on 2017-02-04, 18:24

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by meljor

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I'm not even a member there but i would say: use facebook! It is a fast way to ask a lot of people. Ask for ''beige computers'', most people do not know specs!! A lot of them think they have old computers and they turn out to be p4's. But there can be older ones ofcourse so just take what you can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-04, 18:13

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by meljor

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''hardware busy'' here lately :happy: Another visit to the scrapper today. He was selling a xeon x3450 (i7) and x3210 (core2quad) together for 35 euro so had to have them. Great upgrade material for little money! While i was there i had to snoop around ofcourse. Oh boy.... I collected a few voodoo's …

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Re: What are builds you want to make someday?

Posted on 2017-02-03, 23:36

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by meljor

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I don't know, i'm pretty much done. In working condition i have 12 systems. I do not know what to build?

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Re: Am I the only one with a PD-rom Drive in there retro PC?

Posted on 2017-02-03, 19:20

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by meljor

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well in that case to answer your question , no I imagine nobody has one in their retro pc. as far as you being the only one here that has that drive. no way. One thing I learned here is every single one of us is a hoarder and SOMEBODY also has any bit of tech you may own. I wouldn't be surprised if …

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Re: Your worst selling experience on ebay?

Posted on 2017-02-03, 19:16

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by meljor

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Never used Ebay, and never will.

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Re: CPU Frequency ratio for SL6BY Tualatin 1.4/133?

Posted on 2017-02-03, 19:00

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by meljor

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Love the ''but for a few sec or so'' part. It's electricity, it doesn't take long.... It's the same as saying a bullet hit you but luckily only for a split sec.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-02, 23:08

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by meljor

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Today i recieved 2 nos Iwill slocket II adapters. These are for coppermine only but i have an Upgradeware one for tualatin. But, i always wanted to do the slotket mod for tualatin! So i unpacked one and modded it together with a Tualeron 1300 and the combo now works on a p3b-f! So nice when things …

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

Posted on 2017-02-02, 23:01

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by meljor

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Found 2 brand new old stock iwill slocket II adapters for coppermine cpu's. Started modding one and a Tualatin Celeron 1300 and now the combo is fully working, tested on an Asus P3B-F. Happy with that! Never did this mod before 😎

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Re: places to buy old hardware?

Posted on 2017-02-01, 20:44

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by meljor

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Asking around may also help, but these days you'll find very few 90's computers this way. But otoh 10 years from now one may think the same about 00's computers. Better stock up on your dark grey Dell WinXP P4 boxes before they're all gone! :lol: I am afraid, really afraid that those will hunt us …

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Re: places to buy old hardware?

Posted on 2017-02-01, 20:38

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by meljor

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I'm not even a member there but i would say: use facebook! It is a fast way to ask a lot of people. Ask for ''beige computers'', most people do not know specs!! A lot of them think they have old computers and they turn out to be p4's. But there can be older ones ofcourse so just take what you can …

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