Re: Advice for computing area.. garage a bad idea?

Posted on 2020-09-01, 14:22

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by gex85

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I have most of my retro computing stuff, including a workbench, in our compartment in the basement (we live in an apartment building from 1904). The main concerns are the same as yours: - Temperature: 20°C/68°F during summer, which is really OK. 12°C/54°F during winter, which is too cold for most …

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Re: Build considerations: "All things dual" (Dual P3 + V5 5500)

Posted on 2020-08-28, 18:40

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All hardware needed for the build has now arrived. I have started to put everything together. Today I did some necessary modifications: - Removed four pins from the sleeved ATX power extension cable because on this motherboard, there are caps and stuff so close to the connector that the 24-pin plug …

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

Posted on 2020-08-27, 17:39

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Today's retro activities: - Recapped the defective FX 5900 XT and added some knocked off SMD caps. The missing MOSFET should be in the mail tomorrow, so let's hope it can be brought back to life. - Moved my dual Tualatin build ( MSI Pro266TD Master-LR ) to an adequate case. I recently found a Cooler …

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Re: Help me identify a knocked-off transistor (FX 5900 XT)

Posted on 2020-08-26, 11:57

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by gex85

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Thank you, good idea to look up this datasheet as well. I'll give it a shot, just ordered two IRLML2502. 😄

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Re: Socket “A”sus build

Posted on 2020-08-26, 08:22

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Ah, the good old pencil trick on the L1 bridges. When I first built my Socket A system in 2001, I couldn't afford more than a Duron 750 and of course I unlocked it, too. But it didn't clock very high, I think something around 800 MHz was the best I could get. Still have this very CPU sitting in the …

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Help me identify a knocked-off transistor (FX 5900 XT)

Posted on 2020-08-26, 07:43

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I have this FX 5900 XT graphics card that I received in one of those "scrap lots". It does not work at all and first I thought it was due to the bulged caps and ordered some replacements for recapping it. Upon closer inspection I saw that a transistor (?) on the back side of the card was knocked off …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-25, 12:24

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So yesterday I was browsing the German eBay Classifieds site and came across an ad with several old motherboards, power supplies, PCI cards, etc. It was all in "untested" condition and the asking price was just below 60€ for the whole lot. One of the boards immediately caught my eye: An ASUS P5A . …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-25, 06:36

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So yesterday I was browsing the German eBay Classifieds site and came across an ad with several old motherboards, power supplies, PCI cards, etc. It was all in "untested" condition and the asking price was just below 60€ for the whole lot. One of the boards immediately caught my eye: An ASUS P5A . …

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Re: Build considerations: "All things dual" (Dual P3 + V5 5500)

Posted on 2020-08-24, 11:18

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I have now started to acquire the remaining parts for the actual build: Sharkoon M25-W case: M25-W_Black_02_front.jpg M25-W_Black_03_side_closed.jpg Found this one in good used condition together with two extra fans for less than 40€, which is OK. I then went shopping for some sleeved black ATX and …

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Re: Build considerations: "All things dual" (Dual P3 + V5 5500)

Posted on 2020-08-24, 07:47

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Wow, quite a bit of discussion going on in here :smile: 1. Case: I decided to go the modern route with this build for the first time. My case of choice will most likely be the Sharkoon M25-W, not the BeQuiet! Pure Base 600 TG as I had initially planned. The Sharkoon is a bit less expensive and has a …

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Build considerations: "All things dual" (Dual P3 + V5 5500)

Posted on 2020-08-20, 16:18

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Hey guys, I am considering a new build with "all things dual", as the thread title suggests. Background: 1. Earlier this year I "found" a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP in a scrap lot, as I described here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=39993&p=820698#p820698 2. Last week I received a Tyan Tiger 100 …

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

Posted on 2020-08-20, 10:43

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The other day I came across a µATX Socket 370 board that I received some time ago and put into storage, the AOpen MX3L. It has AGP, 3x PCI, 1x ISA, and an onboard ESS Solo 1 audio chip that seems to have good DOS compatibility. But unfortunately it uses the crippled 440LX chipset, so it's 66MHz FSB …

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2020-08-18, 17:50

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by gex85

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Your dedication and attention to detail are really outstanding. Keep up the good work! I am always looking forward to new posts in this thread. The flea market in your town seems to be some sort of goldmine... Here in Germany I have never found a single interesting part on a flea market.

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

Posted on 2020-08-18, 09:14

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... weird connector on psu ( half of AT power? ) ... That weird connector is probably an ATX AUX Power connector which is used on certain mainboards with higher power demands. I have a dual-socket Athlon MP system that requires it, for example. Otherwise, impressive that this system survived …

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Re: Asus CUBX Motherboard y2000/Win98 Retro build?

Posted on 2020-08-18, 07:39

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Why do you want to focus on the CUBX? It seems there's a bit of a hype about this board lately. While it is certainly a good board (I have one myself in a period-correct Y2K build) it seems to be quite overpriced on the usual auction and classifieds sites, so chances are that you overpay... So if …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-17, 12:24

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Today I received this beauty. Tyan Tiger 100 Rev. F (Coppermine support) with dual P3-600 CPUs. Intel 440BX chipset. Seems to be a bit picky about the RAM used, but after trying a few different sticks it POSTed just fine :smiley: 20200817_140852.jpg It came in a bundle with four CD-ROM drives, one …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-14, 11:25

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Today I received this lot that basically resembles a complete Tualatin system: 20200814_122350.jpg - ASUS TUSL2-C - Celeron Tualatin 1400/100 - 2x 128MB RAM - GeForce 3 (the original non-Ti) :sunglasses: - Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 - Realtek Fast Ethernet Card - TV card (Why did so many people buy …

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

Posted on 2020-08-06, 19:42

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Upgraded my Compaq Deskpro EN SFF with a Tualatin 1400 with built-in interposer from Korea. Of course the chip runs at 1050MHz, being that it's on a 100MHz FSB board. It started out with a Katmai 550 and as an intermediary upgrade I went for a Coppermine Celeron 1000. The Tualatin isn't always 2x …

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

Posted on 2020-07-25, 19:29

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Yesterday I quickly slammed together a build with my repaired MS-5169 mainboard. Turned out pretty well, actually. Specs: - MSI MS-5169 Ver. 2.1 Super Socket 7 board - AMD K6-2+ 550@600 MHz - Voodoo 3 2000 - SB Live - Opti ISA sound card with genuine OPL3 - 3Com Ethernet Adapter - WD 6.4GB drive - …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-19, 17:34

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So, as promised earlier, here are my recent purchases. Usually I don't care too much about stuff being new in box, but I wanted some optical drives that would actually work so I decided to get some NOS ones. For the Sidewinder I preferred a NOS one because I can be sure it's not worn out, and the …

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