Re: Audigy 2 ZS Crackle Fix

Posted on 2020-05-25, 08:09

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by elod

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Those caps seem to be located near the chip's power supply. Fixing digital crackling is therefore possible, but the symptoms you mention seem to be after the digital-analog part which should have other caps near it. Take a look around the output jacks, you should see a larger regulator. On the …

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Re: How I washed motherboards and PCBs

Posted on 2019-11-20, 04:47

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by elod

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Alcohol will not disolve some stuff. So it really depends on the stain itself.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-05, 18:44

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by elod

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I'm a bit ashamed to be posting this here but it's hardware after all 😀 P9X79 with a (yet) unknown i7. In a big Corsair tower (Obsidian 550D), with an FSP650-80EGN. I'm quite happy with it, and I have not even turned it on yet 😁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-11, 16:57

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by elod

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Quite a good day but it was not exactly a steal for our region. The cases do have some oxidation and very small specks of rust on the white covers. The one with black interiors is a bit more solid. The first mainboard is obviously a One-Hung-Low ((C) EEVblog) cheap chinese/taiwanese board. I thing …

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K8U-X build

Posted on 2019-05-06, 17:31

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by elod

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I'm in love. Decided to postpone my 939Dual-SATA2 build and go for the first socket 754 I laid my hands on in my pile of parts. This is the beauty: http://elod.online.ro/vogons/K8U-X/IMG_20190506_200300_1024.jpg And this is the CPU: http://elod.online.ro/vogons/K8U-X/IMG_20190506_200653_1024.jpg I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-30, 17:50

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by elod

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At last, something worth posting... It was cheap, still not tested, hope it works.

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

Posted on 2019-03-09, 19:43

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by elod

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I cannot post in the "Buy" thread but I need to vent. Fleamarket today. A guy had some 486 chips and an IBM/Cyrix 6x86. He actually wanted around 15 euros for a piece. I was willing to pay 3. Things are getting out of hand here as well.

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Re: Modern power supply with a retro pc.

Posted on 2018-12-27, 20:01

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by elod

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You can check what is the AWG rating of the cable and from there you know the current. Modular is nice, you could repurpose some cut off Molex cables and connect them to a modular cable you cut. Basically you will not be able to pull 200W on a pair of cables. Not for long that is...

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Slot A heatsink removal

Posted on 2018-12-22, 11:11

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by elod

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Is the heatsink removable? Just got a pretty dirty 600MHz CPU and I'd like to disassemble it nondestructively if it's doable.

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Re: PCChips M537 capacitor rating help request

Posted on 2018-12-20, 21:54

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by elod

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I am sure I have a board with VX chips. Will try to confirm the model tomorrow, feel free to PM if I forget.

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Re: PSU problem

Posted on 2018-12-19, 19:52

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by elod

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We (Romania) are flooded with OEM PSUs for the "hefty" price of about 5 bucks. This is believable. In my experience, Gutless Wonder PSUs are usually light enough to float on water. The next "upgrade" is usually where they throw in fake components made with steel, lead, or concrete to make it seem …

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Re: PSU problem

Posted on 2018-12-18, 21:40

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by elod

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PSUs can be extremely cheap. We (Romania) are flooded with OEM PSUs for the "hefty" price of about 5 bucks. If you buy new 50 is about where they are getting ok.

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Re: Weird adjustment dials on redundant PSU?

Posted on 2018-12-17, 20:57

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by elod

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Oh my. 50A on the 5V rail... Etasis... perfect for SocketA.

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Re: PSU problem

Posted on 2018-12-17, 20:47

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by elod

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Just replace those caps. They are most probably for the 5V standby, they also fail first in FSP units. They go first because when plugged in they are working non stop. And they are also cheap, crap caps. Another point: do not trust that PSU, replace with a well known ATX v2.3 unit as soon as …

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Re: The perfect 486 motherboard

Posted on 2018-12-17, 20:38

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by elod

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Socketed whaat? For a 486 SMD caps would be the simplest way to go. Way less layers than on modern boards. Otherwise I completely agree with the previous poster who said that it's totally impractical to build something like this. A time machine project is more useful. To me the perfect 486 would he …

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Re: Motheboard barrel battery.

Posted on 2018-12-13, 21:17

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by elod

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Are there any battery holders on ebay that already have that 4 pin connector for that external battery header on motherboards? If I found those, I would order 5 of them. I have been trying to search for them with different keywords on ebay for many times. Not seen them either but you can get …

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Re: Found an Old Motherboard

Posted on 2018-12-10, 05:20

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by elod

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1. Check the cpu socket for misaligned pins. they should be placed in a nice uniform pattern. 2. I'd not push the board too much with OC (like raising voltages), the VRM is pretty lightly populated. If it passes #1 I'd put the cheapest Core2 I can get my hands on and give it a go.

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Re: From your experience, what have you found to be the most robust, reliable hardware to date?

Posted on 2018-12-04, 20:13

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by elod

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I had a Antec/Cheiftec full tower back then too, mine had no door, the CD bays exposed, Antec SX1230 i believe. The later Dragon cases had a door which i didnt like. I sold it as it was too big, i'd really like an SX600 or maybe SX800/830 again though, but they seem impossible to find. I've seen a …

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Re: Ps2 game value?

Posted on 2018-11-30, 07:35

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by elod

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There are some collector items for sure. I'm usually willing to pay the equivalent of 5 euros tops for a PS2 game. I also bought for 1 euro, got a PS2 and 4 games for about 15. The time is right to collect for PS3 as well...

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Re: How stable is your Windows 98?

Posted on 2018-11-24, 17:37

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by elod

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I could not get it stable on my last attempt. Granted, it was with the rather finicky MVP3 and I did not spend a week with uninstalling and reinstalling the recommended versions of drivers. The same board/config works just fine on Win2k with less effort.

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