Re: Is case modding a 90s retro thing?

Posted on 2020-08-24, 02:46

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by SETBLASTER

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For me modding was from the athlon xp era onwards. Because pentium2, pentium3 motherboards and accessories were just boring, and cases were all white. It was during the athlon XP era where we started to see cases with custom acrylic side windows and also people cutting their cases. Also we started …

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Re: Unlocking the K6-PRO.SYS device driver

Posted on 2020-08-24, 01:53

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by SETBLASTER

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looks like they also did some software for zip drives too Boot from Iomega Zip Drives As featured in the book Windows 98 Secrets! This is a range of software/firmware products that allows you to use your Iomega Zip drive like a super large floppy drive. You will be able to boot from a Zip disk. We …

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Re: Unlocking the K6-PRO.SYS device driver

Posted on 2020-08-24, 01:50

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by SETBLASTER

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@jasa1063 they might not be dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070207231638/htt://www.blueskyinnovations.com/orderpage.html the link for the software goes here https://secure.bmtmicro.com/cart?CID=4&PRODUCTID=20013 which is still active for 10 bucks ,they accept paypal and bitcoin might want to take …

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Re: If you were able to go back say 15-20 years ago what one motherboard would you buy ?

Posted on 2020-08-01, 17:39

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by SETBLASTER

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AOpen AX4B-533 Tube Motherboard Asus P4c800 (cant find any still) soyo 4saw2 (because i got 2 that were destroyed) any dfi lanparty i could find

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Re: Types of capacitors to recap computer stuff (motherboard and PSU)

Posted on 2020-08-01, 17:32

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by SETBLASTER

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pentium3 + socket 462 era boards were made with fake crap capacitors , so if you replace them with non low esr, it would be ok? i was working on a soyo motherboard yesterday, most of the caps of metalic color were bad. one thing i want to fix is an old TOPOWER TOP 420W PSU, because of it high amp 5v …

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Is there any FTP backup of SOYO?

Posted on 2020-08-01, 04:09

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by SETBLASTER

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hey there, i have been trying to get files from a soyo motherboard but some are impossible to find. this is what i was able to find in wayback: https://web.archive.org/web/20031028165311/http://www.soyo.com.tw/downloads/selectresults.php?col2=61 this file is not found on google : HPT366_128_2k.ZIP i …

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Re: Is it possible to change Soundcard address by editing the Bios ?

Posted on 2020-07-25, 02:15

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by SETBLASTER

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thanks darry for finding it. on actual bios screen i did not see any option to change the address. i tried with award bios editor, and when i change it to 260 and save it, it goes back to 220 do you know how can i change that 220 to 260 ? and the IRQ from 5 to 10 ?

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Re: Did anyone replace the CPU socket on a motherboard?

Posted on 2020-07-25, 02:10

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by SETBLASTER

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Horun wrote on 2020-07-25, 02:05: Curious if only one of the main tabs is broken ? Or are two broken ? My socket 370 have two tabs each side meaning you can use one of two different heatsink types, one clamps on mid tabs (like your heatsink picture) other uses the offset tabs. Can you post a …

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Re: Did anyone replace the CPU socket on a motherboard?

Posted on 2020-07-24, 23:35

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by SETBLASTER

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Desoldering from pc motherboards is usually annoying (due to tight holes and and multi-layers pcb). Another approach: you can find heatsinks with Patent (without clips, only use screws to join heatsink with cpu) but with this way cpu is never perfectly aligned to socket. I did it with Nexgen socket …

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Re: Is it possible to change Soundcard address by editing the Bios ?

Posted on 2020-07-24, 22:47

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by SETBLASTER

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You could post close-up of integrated sound chip, maybe there is an option to solder a jumper or something like that in order to disable it. But still we won't be sure if that 220h is reserved for sound chip, so hardware hack would be risky. here it is, you mean i should lift a leg on this chip and …

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Re: Is it possible to change Soundcard address by editing the Bios ?

Posted on 2020-07-24, 21:28

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by SETBLASTER

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We need more info ! What motherboard is it ? Usually when you disable audio in the BIOS it disables it totally but that also depends on the Sound chip used. Please tell more about the board and post a good picture of it if possible please.. hi horun the board is msi k7t turbo2, pic is from another …

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Did anyone replace the CPU socket on a motherboard?

Posted on 2020-07-24, 20:45

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by SETBLASTER

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did anyone here ever replaced the cpu socket on a motherboard? i just got a dual socket370 board that has the tabs broken on one of the sockets. so the cooler cannot be installed. its easy to know why, stupid intel used some kind of coolers with plastic tabs and a lever (equal to the pentium4 ones) …

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Is it possible to change Soundcard address by editing the Bios ?

Posted on 2020-07-22, 13:02

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i have noticed that on some motherboards the 220H address cannot be used. and there is nowhere in the bios to set it free, nor disable other things like integrated audio. is there any way to modify the bios file, and make the integrated sound card to use 240H as default? in that way i can install a …

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Re: CDrom + Soundcard Kits from the 90s, anyone got one?

Posted on 2020-07-18, 22:16

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pan069, thats a really nice kit. the first kit i bought came with encarta94, awesome thing to copy and paste school work when nobody had a Cdrom in their house. mine did not come with microphone, the same microphone came with a retail box of microsoft voice, fail experiment on microsoft sold for …

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Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?

Posted on 2020-07-04, 06:36

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my dual coppermine setup runs XP on a Tyan Tiger 100 BX board with AGP (Radeon 9700 Pro) and ISA (using an ALS007 sound card) interesting, most of the dual pentium3 boards i have seen come without isa slot. Do you know any good PCI soundcard that works with DOS games and sounds exactly the same as …

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Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?

Posted on 2020-06-30, 21:08

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by SETBLASTER

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yea i guess its nice to build a retro pc with side panel window and show a dual cpu retro machine. Something strange to see and that is not common. you just need to find 2 good looking and matching heatsinks haha

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Re: where to find AT power connector? I need to convert ATX to AT

Posted on 2020-06-30, 20:49

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this is the one i bought in case you want to modify one of the non -5v available even on china sites like aliexpress. but i dont know what are these 2 components, maybe someone on vogons has a clear idea of what they are : 1) white rectangle ; (searched the words on google and found nothing) 2) …

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Re: where to find AT power connector? I need to convert ATX to AT

Posted on 2020-06-30, 20:28

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by SETBLASTER

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i bought the -5v version on ebay like 3 years ago I wish i bought more, but only got 1, i cant find those anymore the difference is just a couple cables that are connected to a white plastic square and another round component, that in terms of electronics i have no idea of what its name is.

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Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?

Posted on 2020-06-30, 17:41

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by SETBLASTER

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So i have seen quite a few people making retro builds with dual pentiums. Dual core was supported more towards half of the windows xp era. So far i have seen pictures of people building a a dual Pentium1 socket7 build for example with a Soyo 5th5 motherboard. ANd i have also seen Dual pentium 3 …

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Re: Monitor alignment

Posted on 2020-06-06, 22:47

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the monitor is this one LG 19 Flatron L1900R such a great monitor, the quality of the lcd is very nice, but they did it with only 1 button, power, and everything else is done via a windowsXP software called forte manager. https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_904374-MLA40210156291_122019-V.jpg https:// …

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