Re: What can I do with a external DVD drive?

Posted on 2020-01-26, 12:30

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Leave firmware as-is, and you're unlikely to be able to change it anyway. The drive is likely SATA --> USB. Whether or not it actually has SATA inside is a crapshoot. Some manufacturers do a direct conversion with a special board that goes directly to USB, others use a SATA-->USB adapter board …

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Re: Shuttle HOT-613 (Single vs Dual - Pentium Pro)

Posted on 2020-01-25, 12:55

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Looking at my Compaq server CPU board, it does not have the APIC. I was mistaken because the package size is the same, but it turned out to be a multi-i/o ethernet controller. But looking at other dual Pentium Pro boards on Ebay, they all have the Intel S82093AA. I went ahead and ordered one 'new …

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Re: New ATX power supply standard will be 12v only

Posted on 2020-01-25, 04:23

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I don't see it necessarily being 12V only. This primarily applies to the ATX connector being 12V only now. Power supply manufacturers will still likely have 3.3V and 5V connections on breakout cables via molex/sata/etc for other voltages. Maybe years down the line when no peripheral devices need …

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Re: Help me repair a Voodoo 3 3000 PCI.

Posted on 2020-01-25, 02:09

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Squirt some liquid flux around/under the BGA voodoo chip and reflow it with a hot air pencil.

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2020-01-24, 13:41

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Me too.

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2020-01-24, 13:24

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I do all that myself.. I don't need the government to force me. And corrosion/rust is common, as we salt the roads in the winter. You can't find a car older than 1 year without rust on the undercarriage. Two of my cars wouldn't pass emissions testing anyway with the mods I have done to them, since …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2020-01-24, 11:43

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Hell yea, I'm in Michigan too.. I'm so glad we don't have inspections. But why? Wouldn't you want to know if your brakes aren't functioning properly? Or if you have something wrong in the undercarriage? Let alone corrosion, rust or other serious faults (OBD)? I do all that myself.. I don't need the …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2020-01-24, 11:04

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2020-01-20, 14:11: My state (MI) doesn't do annual inspections. In California, they require those annually. Hell yea, I'm in Michigan too.. I'm so glad we don't have inspections.

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Re: Shuttle HOT-613 (Single vs Dual - Pentium Pro)

Posted on 2020-01-23, 11:02

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Thanks for noticing that. I do have the chip on my Compaq CPU card, and I can transplant that as well. 😀

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

Posted on 2020-01-23, 10:51

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Built my brother a HID "jurassic park" flashlight for his birthday.. it turned out pretty awesome and still has plenty of storage inside. It shines a few hundred yards easily -- brighter than my HID and LED car headlights. The reflector housing I used was dirt cheap, but does the job. It should get …

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Re: Buying new boxes to store motherboards individually

Posted on 2020-01-22, 21:04

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For strictly storage.. 50 for $41, fits ATX motherboards. 13" x 10" x 2" --- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BT3EQNE/?coliid= … id=PY1KXL8LM6JS Not sure if you have this particular product available in Europe though..

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Re: Shuttle HOT-613 (Single vs Dual - Pentium Pro)

Posted on 2020-01-21, 16:44

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Found a really low resolution image of the dual socket Shuttle HOT-613 and was able to identify where I need to add capacitors in the 2nd socket perimeter. Green - add 16V/22uF tantalum, Red - leave blank. Ordered the capacitors and I'll give it a go. As far as I can see, it isn't missing any other …

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Re: Help me build a Lian Li Snail case computer ?

Posted on 2020-01-21, 10:46

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This sounds interesting. It held the top spot on 3DMark's website for about a week until I was beat out by people with LN2 overclocking lol. Those 295's are terrible though. I went through several different RMA's because they all developed artifacting even at factory clockspeeds. I would avoid them …

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Re: Help me build a Lian Li Snail case computer ?

Posted on 2020-01-21, 03:59

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For examples of higher end builds, here are two of mine, actual pictures from back in the day -- first one is Nov 2006, the second is Sept 2009. Athlon X2 5000+ Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe 2x2GB Corsair Pro DDR2-800 Nvidia 8800 GTX Windows XP Pro IMG_1437.JPG Intel i7 920 EVGA x58 SLI 3x2GB OCZ Platinum …

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Re: (2 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7).1 sound systems / midi devices, amp and sound cards

Posted on 2020-01-20, 22:00

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The cable I pictured is the Sound Blaster Home Theater Cable. I have one, but have no idea where you would buy one now. https://support.creative.com/kb/ShowArticle.aspx?sid=55018 As far as DOS and true 5.1 audio, I'm not sure if that existed. If you want to expand the audio to other speakers, you …

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Re: Help/advice for a troubled VIA 4386-VC-V: RTC hack in progress

Posted on 2020-01-19, 12:12

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Regardless of the option you choose -- the cutting hack or the direct replacement, you'll need to do some soldering if the RTC is not socketed. If you were to cut the sides of the RTC in-place, you would have to be extremely careful not to hit the motherboard. Most people use a Dremel to cut down to …

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Re: Preventing bad caps

Posted on 2020-01-19, 11:10

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A good high quality electrolytic capacitor will last 10-15 years with almost no variation in its rated specifications. Beyond that, you'll get degradation at various rates. They all start to dry up or have electrolytic chemical degradation, impacting the ESR, resistance, leakage current, high …

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Re: Counterfeit 287 FPUs on Ebay

Posted on 2020-01-19, 10:49

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^--the first is a brand new seller out of China (well, at least a new Ebay account). It looks like it is a variant of multiple accounts or multiple previous accounts due to negative feedback, hence the -8 appended to their username. Lots of Chinese resellers do this. They'll close their old account …

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Re: (2 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7).1 sound systems / midi devices, amp and sound cards

Posted on 2020-01-18, 20:24

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Don't forget about the awesome 7.1 analog breakout cable for Creative 5.1 and 7.1 cards. I used it on my HTPC before there were HDMI options for the PC that passed DTS-HD MA and TrueHD audio. It's great to have to easily run full quality uncompressed multichannel audio into an amp. https://imgur.com …

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Re: Show us your retro computer cases

Posted on 2020-01-18, 12:17

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https://i.imgur.com/QZwmLhIh.jpg What the?.. PC Chassis with an integrated display?! Yep.. Dash OPS-1000 CPU from a phone system. It also went under the name Picazo VS1. The amber CRT was a factory option. https://web.archive.org/web/20000609210642/http://www.picazo.com/products/vs1/default.asp

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