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Re: Pentium 4 (Northwood) period correct build suggestions

Posted on 2023-09-04, 20:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had an IBM 17" with a Trinitron tube. It was soooo beautiful, especially driven by a G400Max (or any other Matrox card) with that special vga cable containing 3 separate coaxial cables for RGB. I never had bigger CRT, and I don't recall my friends having that either - none of us had room for them …

Re: A Kick-Ass Dual 3.8GHz NetBurst Xeon Build

Posted on 2023-09-04, 20:23

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

luckybob wrote on 2023-09-04, 19:16: Irinikus wrote on 2023-09-04, 16:43: I've UPgraded to Windows 7 64-Bit, as I do agree that the interface in windows 7 is better than that of 8! there, i fixed your post. You beat me to it, Bob 🤣

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-04, 15:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I dismantled the 939 system and cleaned the case. I cheated and replaced only the two popped caps because I only had two caps that were the correct voltage and capacitance, and they were generic unbranded Ebay ones (and they are scarily identical to the failed ones). So that'll do for now until I …

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

Posted on 2023-09-02, 04:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Gutted out a couple of cases from the shed, systems I have saved from trash earlier on. One contained an Intel 815 mATX board with a 933 CuMine, the other one an Intel BX board, with a 400MHz PII in SECC and some Yamaha sound chip. Is this as cool as I suspect it is? Edit: It's an Intel SE440BX-2 I …

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

Posted on 2023-09-01, 18:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Gutted out a couple of cases from the shed, systems I have saved from trash earlier on. One contained an Intel 815 mATX board with a 933 CuMine, the other one an Intel BX board, with a 400MHz PII in SECC and some Yamaha sound chip. Is this as cool as I suspect it is? Edit: It's an Intel SE440BX-2

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

Posted on 2023-09-01, 18:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

While gutting out some ATX cases from my shed for a colleague, who needed some beige cases, it occured to me, that I never checked my 386sx33 for the risk of Varta Plague. So, yet another just-in-time save for a nice 386sx board 😀

Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations

Posted on 2023-08-30, 04:10

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

https://www.cpu-world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22543 here's a tiny bit of info about that cpu ...

Re: What can I do with a Pentium 2 400 mhz?

Posted on 2023-08-29, 21:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You might want to check if the VRM on an LX board can go down to the 2.0 volts of the P2-400, I don't know if early boards were only Klamath compatible?

Re: Any success on overclocking intel 386DX 33 to 40MHz?

Posted on 2023-08-27, 11:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I recently got a dx40 system, that had been running like that for +20 years. Assuming it was an AMD, I was surprised to find an Intel dx33 on board. And yes, bios reported 40 mhz and the oscillator was an 80 mhz, so it wasn't only a misconfigured display 😀

Re: Why is my new build Pentium II + Voodoo 4 4500 system underperforming?

Posted on 2023-08-27, 11:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

IIRC, the BX chipset was AGPx2 only, so I'm not surprised by that 😀

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-25, 12:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The Socket 8 board has a curious brown stain on the chipset and I hope it is not a burn mark, but we will see.. Are you talking about the stain on the label on the BIOS chip? That won't be a burn mark. Possibly just some kind of spillage. Yes, that is the one. The more I look at it the more it …

Re: Dual 1GHz Pentium III Coppermine VIA Apollo Pro 133A Build

Posted on 2023-08-24, 20:35

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Definitely a Coppermine https://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL5B3.html

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-24, 15:33

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't buy much anymore, and in particular I try not to buy motherboards because they take up so much space. But then, these popped up: ASUS PI-XP6NP5.jpg MSI 694D Pro.jpg And I had to grab them both for 20 bucks each, including the CPUs. Intel Pentium Pro 200.jpg Intel Pentium III 866 (B).jpg I …

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

Posted on 2023-08-24, 15:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Nexxen wrote on 2023-08-24, 13:03: With the lazy temp of 35°C I'm absolutely not doing any soldering. I'm doing all the "cold" work I can on my machines. The 35 degrees might otoh give you ac boost for the soldering temperature 🤣

Re: Dual 1GHz Pentium III Coppermine VIA Apollo Pro 133A Build

Posted on 2023-08-24, 15:14

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I have the same motherboard and I'm looking forward to making a dual Coppermine + Voodoo 3 Win2K PC with it to replace my AthlonXP + Voodoo 3 Win 2K build.. But the PIII-866s I have are not the same SLXXX code, in fact one is 1.65V and the other 1.7V. I was wondering if this board requires them to …

Re: Super slocket-iii and Tualatin p3 1.4 SL657

Posted on 2023-08-24, 05:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't think. High-frequency Coppermine also consumes a lot of energy. And probably more than the Tualatin cores? Mmm that would be one of the differences between working Coppermine and non working Tualatins. An average around 1Ghz Coppermine pulls around 30w at 1.75v = 17.14A. For a 30wTualatin …

Re: Back to the future - PC version!

Posted on 2023-08-23, 21:38

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Yes, I got 1 SSD and 1 HDD in the hot swap bays and are working just fine! In fact this is one of the strength of this case - I switch the drives between different HAF XB's for large file transfers. Check if the drives are properly installed - maybe they do not make proper connection! Thanks, I'll …

Re: Back to the future - PC version!

Posted on 2023-08-23, 20:48

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Yes, I got 1 SSD and 1 HDD in the hot swap bays and are working just fine! In fact this is one of the strength of this case - I switch the drives between different HAF XB's for large file transfers. Check if the drives are properly installed - maybe they do not make proper connection! Thanks, I'll …

Re: Super slocket-iii and Tualatin p3 1.4 SL657

Posted on 2023-08-23, 11:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

shevalier wrote on 2023-08-23, 11:14: I don't think. High-frequency Coppermine also consumes a lot of energy. And probably more than the Tualatin cores?

Re: Dual 1GHz Pentium III Coppermine VIA Apollo Pro 133A Build

Posted on 2023-08-23, 11:16

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Nice rig! But it BURNS in my eyes, that the INTEL logo on the coolers are positioned in those directions 🤣

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