Re: Baking a Sound Card

Posted on 2015-10-31, 12:23

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I'll give it a go next week. I do know that they are not particularly interesting cards, but I think the fact that it's a licensed copy by MSI and the fact that it has much higher quality capacitors on than the Creative model makes it interesting.

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Baking a Sound Card

Posted on 2015-10-31, 10:42

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I bought an MSI-built X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI Express card from a local classifieds forum recently, but it doesn't want to work. I've fitted it into several PCI-Express slots on my current computer and it just won't get detected. I washed it and left it outside to dry for a day (we have a heat wave in …

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Re: What is it with AGP 3dfx cards and heat issues?

Posted on 2015-10-18, 10:44

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I suppose you could also use this and mount a 140mm or 120mm fan hooked up to a 5V connector.

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Re: An interesting dilemma involving a brand new AT form factor case

Posted on 2015-09-05, 15:14

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IMHO what you do depends on how the case of your S7 system looks. If it has a turbo button and/or looks more retro, I'd swap your S7 system to this case and then assemble the 486 or below on your older case. Well, my SS7 system is currently built in a Cooler Master K380 Case (which you will see is …

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Re: An interesting dilemma involving a brand new AT form factor case

Posted on 2015-09-05, 10:02

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Holy crap there are no words for how awesome that sounds! The case doesn't come with a turbo switch though, so I'm guessing I'll have to make one. How do I even begin to look for a 486 motherboard? eBay is a good guess, but what models are good and which aren't?

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Re: An interesting dilemma involving a brand new AT form factor case

Posted on 2015-09-05, 09:51

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Since I aim to please, here are some photos: http://i.imgur.com/r93AWWDm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/E3gMbpQm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mdgav47m.jpg http://i.imgur.com/u3AozjDm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/zkN9D4Mm.jpg I got the case from a local auction. Guess some people just don't know the value of what they …

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An interesting dilemma involving a brand new AT form factor case

Posted on 2015-09-05, 09:30

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So, I bought a brand new Fujitech AT form factor case with a 200W power supply. It's quite astonishing: it's never been used or opened and the white paint is still bright and shiny. I got it for $8. The problem is that I need to put some sort of computer in it. I already have a pretty nice Socket 7 …

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Re: the end of optical media

Posted on 2015-08-09, 08:53

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I wish I had the know-how to make something like an IDE CD-ROM Drive Emulator. Just not sure how complicated it will be. I reckon you'll need something to read/write/format to USB drive to FAT32, then you'll need a chip that can read the ISO files and you'll need something to communicate with the …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2015-07-28, 18:13

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I hope you get well soon. No need to worry, just focus on your own health and wellbeing. The best things in life are worth waiting for, so I think I speak for everyone when I say that we can wait as long as it takes and that we're all thinking about you.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-28, 10:29

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Random question Phil, but where exactly did you buy that RAM? If you bought it on eBay, would you mind giving me a link to the seller's page. I bought some RAM from a guy who claims to sell Micron / Crucial, but he ended up sending me EDGE-branded memory. If you look on the memory chips themselves, …

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Re: A tale of two PSUs

Posted on 2015-07-28, 08:13

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Ooh! That sucks, the Soyo Dragon boards have a lot of character and charm and were quite interesting to look at too.

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Re: A tale of two PSUs

Posted on 2015-07-28, 08:08

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They're based on a CWT-built unit, according to this site. Despite my distrust and dislike of CWT, it's still worth it, since it can supply 35A on the 5V-line. You might need to replace the primaries on them too, which will cost a fortune. I see that you can pay up to $30 for some of those big …

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Re: A tale of two PSUs

Posted on 2015-07-28, 08:00

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I don't understand half of what is going on in this thread, but I love seeing the work being done. I hope to find the time to attempt to re-cap my Antec HE-550 one day, and I will most definitely come to this thread for help. Just out of curiosity, has anyone actually recapped one these power …

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Re: Antec PSU. Good or bad?

Posted on 2015-07-28, 07:56

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I have used a used 450watt Athlon 64/ p4 designed Startech psu in a Athlon ii Hd7750 system with no problems in the past year! The PSU was a salvage and the machine was a uber budget rig. Still light games and office works to this day!!! It depends on the psu in my opinion. And even then crap sure …

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Re: Antec PSU. Good or bad?

Posted on 2015-07-28, 07:46

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That's easier said than done. I had to wait almost 4 months before I finally found NOS Soyo SY-KT600 boards, which come with horrible Evercon capacitors. You very seldom find high-end nForce 2 Ultra 400 boards on eBay and the ones you do find have been overclocked to hell and suffer from capacitor …

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Re: Antec PSU. Good or bad?

Posted on 2015-07-28, 05:29

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I have two boards with KT600, and unfortunately neither of them have the 12V additional power connector :( I wasn't aware of the issue, but with a XP 3200+ it's quite noticeable, that CPU draws almost 80W I believe. Sounds like they went exceptionally cheap with those boards. Maybe the voltage regs …

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Re: Antec PSU. Good or bad?

Posted on 2015-07-28, 04:14

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It's not nearly as bad as the AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz processor, which has been known to draw up to 89W sometimes.

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2015-07-24, 05:11

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Well, I look forward to seeing it when it's done. This is an amazing project and I'll definitely blow some money on a unit.

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Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...

Posted on 2015-07-20, 18:39

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Awesome video and build Phil, but you should've used this as your background audio.

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Re: Would you buy modified hardware? (5999)

Posted on 2015-07-19, 16:16

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I don't mind if the hardware is modified or altered, as long as the price is fairly adjusted for this. I have no problem with modifications if they improve the reliability or cooling of the product. I mean, let's be honest not everything from back in the day was well designed and thought out.

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