Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-06, 15:32

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An update on the Shuttle ak37 motherboard - I tested the rail health with stock voltage and clock on the CPU: P_20170606_181325.jpg And then I underclocked and undervolted the CPU and got these results: P_20170606_181739.jpg So when underclocked, the 12V rail started looking better, while the 5V …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-05, 07:02

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...so I assumed it was really one of those rare 462 boards that power the PSU from the 12V rail (yay!). However after disconnecting the 4pin plug the PC booted up just fine anyway. Does this mean it still uses 5V for the CPU? The board is a Shuttle AK37 and I can't find much documentation on how …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-04, 18:23

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Got a Socket 462 PC for a highly extortionate price of 1 Euro. P_20170604_203944.jpg I didn't really need any more socket A stuff and it's just a basic 1666MHz Axp with a GF MX440, however what caught my eye were the power connectors: P_20170604_203319.jpg And the motherboard was reporting a healthy …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2017-06-04, 17:11

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Got an AOpen PSU today with a nice 5v rail Filename P_20170527_144017.jpg File size 2.35 MiB Views 1313 views Besides dust and a single bulged cap, I found this: Filename P_20170527_144438.jpg File size 1.85 MiB Views 1313 views Filename P_20170527_144627.jpg File size 2.73 MiB Views 1313 views …

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

Posted on 2017-06-02, 19:54

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Made a quick and lazy comparison between a PII Klamath and Deschutes, both runnin @ 300MHz. 3 runs of Quake 2 demo1, default settings with 8-but textures set to 'no', Voodoo 1, 640x480. Deschutes: 17; 17.5; 17.5 Klamath: 17.1; 18.4; 18.2 Is there something in the older P2's that is different from …

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

Posted on 2017-06-02, 18:18

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Made a quick and lazy comparison between a PII Klamath and Deschutes, both runnin @ 300MHz. 3 runs of Quake 2 demo1, default settings with 8-but textures set to 'no', Voodoo 1, 640x480. Deschutes: 17; 17.5; 17.5 Klamath: 17.1; 18.4; 18.2 Is there something in the older P2's that is different from …

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Re: Blind purchase (pretty much) Does anyone recognize?

Posted on 2017-06-01, 20:10

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The top right and bottom left cards look like CD-ROM controller cards, the top left seems to be a serial/printer IO card and the bottom right looks like a modem.

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI Cooling Solutions/Advice

Posted on 2017-06-01, 11:09

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My Voodoo cooling solution is 35mm heatsinks attached using 3M thermal tape. A 120mm front fan provides a bit of airflow.

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

Posted on 2017-05-31, 21:35

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Started testing my new riva 128 by trying to get it to run Quake 2. For 3 hours I kept installing different drivers, switching out components, using various bios configs and kept getting the BSOD whenever trying to run Quake 2. Then I had the dumb idea of just trying different game. Then I realised …

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Re: GPU fan blocked by sound card, but there's still slit for air. Is it okay?

Posted on 2017-05-29, 17:29

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One way to find out - turn it on and check the temps.

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Re: Customer "service" in general

Posted on 2017-05-22, 19:00

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Now, there are some companies that generally do CS very well, but the majority of them basically need to completely revamp their entire CS branch or go out of business completely. Thing is, many companies don't even have a proper CS branch, since it's much cheaper to just contract a 3'rd party CS …

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Re: Aureal Vortex. When was it released?

Posted on 2017-05-13, 10:45

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Thank you for the card list. I've went through it and found an investor discussion around Aztech cards and how Aureal was using a foundry in Taiwan, starting sometime November-December 1997. Considering how long it can take to get a good amount of chips to manufacturers and then get the cards onto …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI with Different Revisions

Posted on 2017-05-12, 11:25

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SRQ wrote: As long as the memory matches, you should be good. Some time ago I had 2 Voodoos from STB with mismatched memory (90 and 100mhz) and they worked fine in SLI with official drivers.

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Re: Bored of vintage computing?

Posted on 2017-05-12, 11:20

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The only thing I'm tired of is going on eBay and not being able to find what I want. Compared to what it used to be the selection seriously sucks. We're scraping the bottom of the barrel. This is my biggest problem. Ive had countless projects that I started and lost interest before I could complete …

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Aureal Vortex. When was it released?

Posted on 2017-05-12, 08:46

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I've been doing some searches and I cant seem to find the launch date for Aureals Vortex sound cards. Some chips have 1997 dates and I keep reading mentions that it was announced in 1997, however no release dates. So, my question is, does anyone have any info on the release date? Was it 1997 or 1998 …

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

Posted on 2017-05-06, 16:05

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Well.... My mission is done. I did my last build today, and now I have a collection of machines, wich display the evolution of the PC from the mid 80's to around 2000/2001. (This is some 13 or so computers in total) All the machines are in perfect working condition. In the process, I took some …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-30, 10:26

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Bringing some pci-e heresy back again,i recently picked Asus 8800 GTX,with bit damaged plastic on blower but working at least. Cost me 5$ Awesome! Be sure to apply fresh paste, those damn things get hot iirc. I use Afterburner to under-clock mine to the minimum possible when not gaming and have a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-27, 16:43

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This arrived today, will make one hell of a DX10 build together with my other 4890 from Sapphire. Now if only I had a CF capable motherboard... 😵 Filename P_20170427_173544.jpg File size 2.01 MiB Views 1319 views

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-04-27, 16:36

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Box is a little beat up, but the manual, maps, booklets and other stuff is all in there 😎 Filename P_20170427_193054.jpg File size 1.67 MiB Views 1237 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-23, 10:57

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Todays 1 Euro haul: 133MHz Pentium MMX (mobile 2.45V version); 1100MHz Tualeron Filename P_20170423_133753.jpg File size 2.33 MiB Views 1248 views

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