Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-09, 18:21

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by gex85

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Today I have finally been able to find what is - at least to me - something like the holy grail of Tualatin mainboards: The MSI MS-9105, aka the Pro266TD Master-LR. Dual Socket 370 with Via Apollo Pro266T chipset, capable of handling up to 4GB of DDR RAM and with AGP 4x slot, onboard LAN and IDE …

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Re: Modified BIOSes for ASUS P3B-F, P3V4X and CUBX-E/L

Posted on 2020-04-03, 19:38

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by gex85

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Oh cool, I somehow missed this thread. Might give it a try on my CUBX-E. Thanks for sharing!

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

Posted on 2020-04-03, 19:03

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Attempted the Dallas RTC mod for the first time and it did in fact work out pretty well. It's a bit of a tight fit between the VRM holder and the BIOS chip, but still OK. Board is a Shuttle HOT-541. 2020-04-03 17.22.54 (Large).jpg 2020-04-03 17.31.48 (Large).jpg Now the board is ready to be used in …

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

Posted on 2020-04-01, 13:47

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I once again tried to resurrect my TMC PCI48AL Socket 3 mainboard, still without success. There has been a little damage from the leaking barrel battery (that I removed of course), but although it doesn't look too bad at all, I suspect this to be the reason why the board is dead. Tried various …

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

Posted on 2020-03-30, 19:46

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I received, among some other stuff, a Shuttle HOT-541 Ver. 2.2 today (Socket 7, Triton Chipset), complete with 32 MB RAM and a Pentium 100 MHz. Had to straighten a few pins and stuff, and to remove some stains that looked suspicously like "spider poop", don't know how to describe it in other words : …

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Re: Vogons members average motherboard collection size

Posted on 2020-03-28, 19:26

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by gex85

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Probably about 15-20, ranging from Socket 3 to AM2, the vast majority of them in working condition.

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

Posted on 2020-03-27, 21:35

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by gex85

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I very rarely find interesting stuff in dumpsters or by the roadside, but today was a lucky day. On my way home I saw a pile of rubbish and a big black ATX case with the side door removed right next to it. I stopped to have a quick glance, wasn't expecting much, but in it I found: Motherboard - ASUS …

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

Posted on 2020-03-24, 15:53

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I installed OS/2 Warp 4 on my 1997 budget workstation build. I thought about dedicating one of my retro boxes to OS/2 as well, so yesterday I gave it a try in a VirtualBox VM, which worked out surprisingly well. Having never used that OS before, I wonder which version to install. Plain OS/2 Warp 4 …

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Re: My Tyan-based Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2020-03-20, 12:50

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You can always get rounded IDE and even floppy cables to fix the ribbon cable mess, but your right I'd just call it period correct cable management, close the case and call it done! That's what I thougt, too. I have some rounded cables in stock, at least for IDE, and of course I can always "round" …

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Re: Fic FTP site is gone. We lost most of the drivers

Posted on 2020-03-17, 15:18

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Great, thank you! I happen to own the FIC SD-11 Slot A mainboard (the one with the funky layout that looks like it was some sort of prototype). Glad to see all the files archived!

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My Tyan-based Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2020-03-15, 13:01

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It has been a few months now since I put together this build, so I thougt I'd start sharing a few specs and pictures. Whenever I find some time I will continue sharing my other builds as well. Hardware used: Tyan Trinity 100AT (S1590S) mainboard with VIA MVP3 chipset with the patched "Steunebrink …

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

Posted on 2020-03-06, 20:35

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Upgraded the heatsink in the "slightly accidental Pentium 4 build" from Intel boxed to the recently acquired Thermalright XP-90 and the power supply from no-name to Seasonic. Plus, I repartitioned the hard drive in order to prepare the system for dual-booting Windows XP and 98 SE and installed the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-02, 19:15

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Intensifying my efforts to make the "slightly accidental Pentium 4 build" more quiet. After equipping the FX 5900 Ultra with a NOS Zalman VF900 Cu, the CPU cooler is up next. I found a nice Thermalright XP-90 bundled with a 92mm Papst 3412 N/2GLE fan (looks like it has some sort of temperature …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-28, 15:19

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NOS Zalman VF900-Cu LED that will replace the ultra-noisy stock cooler on my ASUS V9950 (GeForce FX 5900 Ultra). It was only about 14€ shipped and should make using the "slightly accidental Pentium 4 build" much more enjoyable. Filename 2020-02-28 16.09.04.jpg File size 52.75 KiB Views 2068 views …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-28, 08:01

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Bought a Pentium 4 Northwood 3.06 GHz that arrived yesterday. AFAIK, this was Intel's first CPU that featured the Hyperthreading technology. Its launch in Nov. 2002 was closely followed by the launch of the Xeon "Prestonia" Socket 604 family, also featuring the NetBurst architecture and …

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Re: List of motherboards with SB-link (PC/PCI) header

Posted on 2020-02-26, 10:49

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by gex85

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The Epox EP-BX3 has the SB-LINK header, too. To make this thread a real list (like the title suggests) it would be really helpful to update the first post from time to time so it contains all the boards that have been listed in the replies...

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Re: What are builds you want to make someday?

Posted on 2020-02-26, 08:49

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Some day, I want to build a dual Pentium Pro system. 😄

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-26, 08:01

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I acquired the ASUS V9950 (GeForce FX 5900 Ultra) some time ago and one of the fans was dead, the other one dying... so I spent what felt like hours on eBay and AliExpress to track down a replacement with the right mounting holes. Finally found it, ordered it, waited for it to arrive from China, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-26, 07:29

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Got a BFG FX 5950 Ultra a few days ago. BFG_FX_5950U.jpg The fans are toast and of course new ones are not available.. plus the stock cooler kinda sucks, so I got this: A Zalman Z-Machine GV1000 - checked the weight vs the older copper VF1000 and it actually weighs a tiny bit more. This means it …

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Re: 1996 "Workstation," Build Ideas?

Posted on 2020-02-24, 08:41

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by gex85

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If you do extend your search to 1997, you are on Pentium II territory ("Klamath" core, 233/266/300 MHz, introduced May 1997 according to Wikipedia). Should be easier (and cheaper) to find a decent dual P2 workstation than to go the PPro route.

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