Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-19, 08:06

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Got this about a week ago, had no time to post it. Needed a bit cleaning, top cover is plastic a bit yellow and scratched but not too bad condition. I like the Windowns NT Windows 98 sticker on the front. It has the original 333MHz Celeron, upgraded onboard Matrox (i think factory upgaded - has the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-18, 11:07

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I know, I have a 486 without riser so I cant add a soundcard :depressed: That has onboard graphics too. I didnt try but i think this riser wont work if the case is opened - there is a switch on the top which is pushed when the case is closed. Also got this board from that guy: Its an IBM, the case …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-18, 09:38

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Got this about a week ago, had no time to post it. Needed a bit cleaning, top cover is plastic a bit yellow and scratched but not too bad condition. I like the Windowns NT Windows 98 sticker on the front. It has the original 333MHz Celeron, upgraded onboard Matrox (i think factory upgaded - has the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-05, 09:46

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Got these two for not much.. My second SUPER33, I really want a SUPER40 🙁 Just call the phone number on the sticker and order one 😊

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-25, 15:53

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Got this today: MSI 865PE NEO2P Tested, working. It come with a 40gig HDD, cant boot the win7 which is installed. I think this will be in my new XP gaming PC if I can find a good priced 512Mb graphics card . Photo is from internet.

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Re: Help needed - Recapping video cards. How capacitor codes work?

Posted on 2019-07-25, 15:47

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Yes, 6.3V. It's normally written as 6V on most caps. W1 47 0C UD Another cap on that GPU. Its functional but how to tell the capacitance of this one? That code is for a 47uf cap rated for 16V. There's a page here which seems to confirm and explain it a bit more (down the page). Thanks, this really …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-24, 14:37

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Hi guys. I mentioned this PC a few weeks ago. Now it arrived about 20 mins ago, now I am opening it. Sorry for the quality of pics, I am so excited. Its an AMD 386, Trident 9000B graphics, Quantum HDD . So the Varta is leaked as always, but not too bad. Will post photos after cleaning. UPDATE …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2019-07-23, 14:43

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775 STILL ALIVE Simple, but useful. Recycled parts of desk, cheap build. This PC costs me ~140 Eur (600 PLN), with brand new CPU cooler and GPU. Details of PC are here: https://imgur.com/a/aTwmFRc Nice build, but if you dont want to have problems with your neck position the monitor in front of you …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2019-07-23, 12:42

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775 STILL ALIVE Simple, but useful. Recycled parts of desk, cheap build. This PC costs me ~140 Eur (600 PLN), with brand new CPU cooler and GPU. Details of PC are here: https://imgur.com/a/aTwmFRc Nice build, but if you dont want to have problems with your neck position the monitor in front of you …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-22, 17:09

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got a box full of old hardware today :) bunch of generic soundcards, sb live, vibra, old gpus etc. some stood out: low-end-ish? 486-VC-H board with DX33, but no battery so no damage apart from 2 springs missing on the simms, the ram on top refuses to stay in place ^^ I like boards with those Dallas …

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Re: Help needed - Recapping video cards. How capacitor codes work?

Posted on 2019-07-18, 12:48

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derSammler wrote: Yes, 6.3V. It's normally written as 6V on most caps. Thanks, that 6V confused me a bit. Will solder a new one tomorrow and post the result One more question 😊 W1 47 0C UD Another cap on that GPU. Its functional but how to tell the capacitance of this one?

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Re: Help needed - Recapping video cards. How capacitor codes work?

Posted on 2019-07-18, 11:40

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derSammler wrote: First line "67Z" has no meaning (it's a code from the manufacturer). The cap has 100uF and is rated for 6V. 6V? Cant find only 6,3V

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Help needed - Recapping video cards. How capacitor codes work?

Posted on 2019-07-18, 10:46

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Hi guys, I need some help. I have a Radeon X1600Pro 512Mb AGP card which I want to use in an XP gaming machine. Card makes artifacts, I got it in this condition. I cant afford now to buy another one and I want to upgrade from 128Mb. I removed the heatsink, cleaned the card, tested some traces and I …

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Re: SIS chipset? What are your experiences?

Posted on 2019-07-15, 13:25

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i have an Elitegroup ECS 755-A2 1.0A with SIS chipset and it runs fine without problems. It has a Sempron 1,6GHz and 512Mb of ram. Its my only purple board, I like different colored boards not only those boring brown and green.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-11, 10:18

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They are indeed fantastic looking and very mobile. And the one you have in the picture is very complete with all docks, floppy, chargers, ram etc but no way somebody will pack €450 euro for it :lol: What do these kind of sellers smoke? Its sad but here are only a few collectors and a lot of people …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-10, 18:27

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Received a neat Toshiba Libretto 50CT today with docking station but without pcmcia floppy drive. I have however somewhere a 110CT that is dead broken (dropped by a previous owner from height and nothing works anymore) with all accessoires so I hope I can use that one. It also has just 16mb ram, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-26, 18:28

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Picking up this PC at the weekend, only photo I have. Idk what is inside, any ideas? Nazdar! ;) It looks like 486DX2 we used to have at high school computer classroom. Ahoj! Thanks! A guy gives it to mee with a few socket 478 PCs Celerons and Pentium 4 PCs if I upgrade his notebook. Also two CRTs a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-26, 17:30

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Picking up this PC at the weekend, only photo I have. Idk what is inside, any ideas?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-22, 17:18

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Those are actually great thrift store finds. In my area finding computers parts at all is uncommon, let alone such old ones. If I do find retro hardware, then it's usually late 90's and early 00's low end stuff, joysticks, network cards. I recognize that thrift stores these days are more into …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-21, 17:37

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First Tseng card to my collection is on the road, an ET6000 I think the images were not the best quality, found it on marketplace wanted to download the photo but after buying it he removed from listings. The guy has a bunch of older cards, for example Radeon 7000, Radeon 9600XT Radeon 9550, Quadros …

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