Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-14, 06:56

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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appiah4 wrote: Do you guys "wash" components? I know people who do, and some very famous youtubers basically dishwash everything. It boggles my mind.. No electricity = no shorting = no issue. Aside from possible corrosion down the line if not dried and maintained properly.

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Re: BFG Technologies FX5900 Ultra Artifacting

Posted on 2017-07-14, 06:54

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Artifacts in DOS is a very bad sign. If anyone has actually brought a card back from this state (and it wasn't a simple cooling issue), I'd love to know. Any cards I've come across that did this were pretty much given up for dead. That's not DOS. That's my Dimension 4600s IDE self configuration …

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Re: BFG Technologies FX5900 Ultra Artifacting

Posted on 2017-07-14, 04:39

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Jade Falcon wrote: I'd start by cleaning the card, if thes silver past then it could be shorting out something Also post of photo of it artifacting

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BFG Technologies FX5900 Ultra Artifacting

Posted on 2017-07-13, 23:19

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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High-res pictures of the board: https://m.imgur.com/gallery/NmScv I've finally got around to working on my BFG FX5900 I bought a while back. The AGP contacts were dirty but I was able to clean them with a pencil eraser. The card starts artifacting as soon as it's powered on. I disassembled the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-13, 22:45

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I started collecting different video cards for testing purposes. 256 Mb Gigabyte 6800GS PCI-E for $8. http://geryon.ru/6800gs-1-pre.jpg http://geryon.ru/6800gs-2-pre.jpg 512 Mb Leadtek Geforce GTS 250 for $13: http://geryon.ru/gts250-1-pre.jpg http://geryon.ru/gts250-2-pre.jpg Fun Fact: The GTS 250 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-13, 08:10

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Well the seller couldn't find my Radeon 32M so I got a refund but the eBay gods have shined upon me: No clue what the NVIDIA card is. Probably a 2MX of some sort. The left card however I believe is a 3DFX Voodoo3 3000. The things that get listed as Rage XL PCI cards never cease to amaze me. $15 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-13, 02:16

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Goodwill is really scummy about that stuff. They send all there valuable electronics/games/computers to regional centers in the big city for resale or to be auctioned off online. Goodwill shouldn't do this, there suppose to be a way for people to get things affordably. I work at goodwill, that's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-13, 00:45

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Well the seller couldn't find my Radeon 32M so I got a refund but the eBay gods have shined upon me: https://s10.postimg.org/sh2g0v961/s-l500.jpg No clue what the NVIDIA card is. Probably a 2MX of some sort. The left card however I believe is a 3DFX Voodoo3 3000. The things that get listed as Rage …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-12, 23:01

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Any CIB 3dfx card is worth it. Even my boxed V5 5500 still lacks a driver CD and possibly a slip or two of documentation. Meanwhile, I revisited this one local shop where I got a lot of my old parts before - a Turtle Beach Montego II, 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP (not the boxed one, that came much later), …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-12, 10:25

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I'm not living in a third world country either :-) But you're right, throwing away electronics is forbidden too. We have recycling centers for it, electronics shops are obliged to take old electronics from you, we even have special red containers to throw electro waste in, but besides fact they …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-12, 09:35

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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eBay is either really fair on prices or really insane. Dpeends on the time and your luck TBH. Actually just bought 3 more AGP video cards: ATI All in Wonder Radeon 32MB DDR AGP ($8) NVIDIA GeForce 4MX 440SE 64MB SDR(?) AGP ($3.50) SiS 3D Pro ?MB AGP ($6) The SiS is probably the slowest AGP video …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-12, 06:43

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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That Electromyne shit worries the hell out of me. I'm afraid that's site is the beginning of commercialized overpriced retro computing. They want nearly £100 for $40 dollar cards like V3 3000s. The idea for a site like that (I thought) should be to have the lowest prices on the net for that stuff. …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-07-12, 05:24

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Just scored an Apple IIe and a few Packard Bell boxes plus a pair of NOS Packard Bell speakers and a keyboard. Also I should note it's not yellow at all, it's my damned lights. For some reason these early LED bulbs I bought years ago look yellow. http://img01.deviantart.net/18d0/i/2017/192/6/6/ …

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

Posted on 2017-07-12, 01:56

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Why would you sell your only V5500? I sold mine last year too. They're only useful as a collector's item. Actual functionality and performance for gaming is easily dwarfed by many nvidia/amd cards of the time that are commonly available for cheap prices. The only reason anyone keeps a V5500 today …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-11, 21:37

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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That Electromyne shit worries the hell out of me. I'm afraid that's site is the beginning of commercialized overpriced retro computing. They want nearly £100 for $40 dollar cards like V3 3000s. The idea for a site like that (I thought) should be to have the lowest prices on the net for that stuff. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-11, 20:51

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Picked up a package full of SDR/DDR/DDR2 RAM modules yesterday. A guy was selling memory modules via local auction portal. He had about ten separate auctions for various memory modules, with very low starting price (0.04 EUR for an item) but of course the postage was bit high - 6.25 EUR for one …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-11, 19:44

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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http://i.imgur.com/YRsNSzM.jpg Bought a mystery motherboard. Does anybody here have any idea what it is? I know it has a VIA chipset because it has 750MB of RAM and Intel top out at 512MB. Not sure if it's SDRAM or DDR or if it supports Tualatins or not (I hope it does). No clue what that brown …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-11, 13:43

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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By yellow parallel port you mean it has no onboard sound card? I think that tualatin support (at least the official one) came with VIA 694T chipset, so that would be a GA-6VTX* board. Sadly it looks like odds are it will be a Coppermine board. Most of the later GA-6 versions have a blue PCB. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-11, 11:34

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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http://i.imgur.com/YRsNSzM.jpg Bought a mystery motherboard. Does anybody here have any idea what it is? I know it has a VIA chipset because it has 750MB of RAM and Intel top out at 512MB. Not sure if it's SDRAM or DDR or if it supports Tualatins or not (I hope it does). No clue what that brown …

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

Posted on 2017-07-11, 10:45

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Sold a spare 12MB Voodoo 2 I had because I really don't see myself dealing with a Voodoo 2 SLI (No SS7 systems, have a Voodoo 3 for my Slot 1 system, the other V2 is in an MMX PC and doing SLI there would have dubious benefits..) but I'm still regretting it. The box is now on its way and I feel …

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