Re: 3dfx Voodoo2 Woodgrain Cooling Shroud

Posted on 2019-12-03, 18:35

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by dan86

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They don't need any active cooling solutions. They absolutely do for longevity. My V2 gets very hot on a Tualatin 1.4GHz, it wasn't made with that kind of speed in mind. Umm I had a few voodoo 2's and none ran hot at all, warm at best. and faster CPUs made little difference to how hot they ran. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-03, 17:46

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by dan86

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Also bought a motherboard off Ebay from a seller (who had near 100 positives and been a member for over 3 years, no negatives) early yesterday. Then today got notification package was shipped and got tracking #. After I got off work 9 hours later went to send seller a message and it says his Ebay …

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Re: Windows 98 SE & internet connection via WiFi?

Posted on 2019-12-03, 17:04

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by dan86

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I would be really impressed if anyone could even demonstrate to me a 98se computer in 2019 getting a malware or virus, from browsing the web, assuming you can even browse the web. :lol: Because I have never seen it happen or read it happening to anyone despite all the times I have read about people …

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

Posted on 2019-12-03, 14:56

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by dan86

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Last night a started to strip a system that was inside a rather nice Antec SX635 case. The system was nothing fancy, low end 478 system with a matx Asus board. I ended up tossing the crap old fans, some cables and the CPU. I'll strip the motherboard for parts, scrap or reuse the heatsinks and scrap …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2019-12-02, 17:03

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by dan86

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My local MicroCenter was more or less giving away x299 hardware not long ago. So I upgraded. Old ass antec case with a shit tone of mods. gigabyte x299 board. (forgot witch one) i7 9800x. 16gb ddr4. 512gb ssd. 780ti SLI. 1200w PSU. 20" Triton. water cool D5 pump, nickle heatkiller CPU-iv pro, …

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Re: Interview with AdLib employees! [done on 17/12/2016] - currenty being Edited

Posted on 2019-12-02, 14:31

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by dan86

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Black bars is more professional, but what about cropping the 4:3 footage to 14:9? I never noticed that 14:9 was a thing before you mentioned it. Very interesting. Thanks for the suggestion. It's a middle-ground and still has black bars, but less of them. It is somewhat of a thing here in the USA …

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Re: Pentium 3 Katmai System

Posted on 2019-12-02, 14:25

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by dan86

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768 MB RAM is overkill and also not fitting to the time period. Moreover, Windows 9x does not work correctly with more than 512 MB RAM (there are patches, but why even bother). 128 MB is more than enough for a P3/500. You can also just use a Banshee. You need a CPU with about 1 GHz to fully load a …

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Re: [WIP] The beast: A watercooled win98 AthlonXP system.

Posted on 2019-12-02, 14:21

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by dan86

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melbar wrote: Oh, this is really nice on this Abit board: FSB CPU:SDRAM:PCI rate feature https://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/abitkg7raid/2.htm The Abit board is really a nice one. I only wished it supported a higher FSB and AGP 8x.

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Re: [WIP] The beast: A watercooled win98 AthlonXP system.

Posted on 2019-12-02, 12:40

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by dan86

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kolderman wrote: Maybe a p4 from this era would have actually need water cooling 🤣 Athlons were not all too cool either. Most people ran into problems with heat when overclocking them.

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Re: Finale build photos and benchmarks.

Posted on 2019-12-02, 05:03

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by dan86

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melbar wrote: It is a mobile 2400+ CPU ? Do you want to overclock after the build is finished? No its not a mobile cpu. It will be overclocked. But ill likely keep it at stock speed most of the time. If I can find one I’ll upgrade the cpu to a 266fsb Barton.

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Re: Any info on this motherboard? VT59088

Posted on 2019-11-27, 18:53

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by dan86

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It’s made by VIA themselves. I also believe this. I would imagine it’s an industrial board for some sort of application which doesn’t require a lot of horsepower. But why the AGP and AMR slot? The CD audo headers also are out of place for industrial applications. And the 4 pin CPU header? If its a …

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Re: Any info on this motherboard? VT59088

Posted on 2019-11-27, 18:46

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by dan86

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It sure is an odd mix of parts. I did not see the sata ports. Now that I take a second look at it whats up with the 3rd IDE port and sata port down at the bottom of the board? Is that VIA chip above it a IDE/STAT controller? I can't make it out from the photos. I do vaguely recall a board like that …

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Re: Interview with AdLib employees! [done on 17/12/2016] - currenty being Edited

Posted on 2019-11-27, 18:17

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by dan86

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Black bars is more professional, but what about cropping the 4:3 footage to 14:9?

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Re: Recommended graphics card for Tyan Thunder K7 (Athlon MP)

Posted on 2019-11-27, 18:14

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by dan86

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jewesta wrote: Vertical stripes and pixel errors in the image. When I press against certain ram chips the visual distortions disappear or change. So unfortunately that card is toast as I do not have the means to resolder those RAM chips properly. Do you have a small hair dyer or hot air gun? bake …

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Any info on this motherboard? VT59088

Posted on 2019-11-27, 17:56

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by dan86

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So I came by this VT59088 motherboard on ebay. Given its not in the USA and the price I'm passing on it, but I can't help but to want to know more about it. Sadly I can't find anything about it online. Dose anyone here have info on the VT59088 board? Its very interesting looking. A 600mhz VIA Eden …

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

Posted on 2019-11-27, 17:20

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by dan86

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gdjacobs wrote: It's as bad as those PSUs with lead or concrete on board to give the illusion of weight and quality. That is actually a thing? I read about this in the past, but never seen it.

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Re: Is my AGP slot defective ?

Posted on 2019-11-27, 15:10

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by dan86

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Have you cleaned the contacts on the AGP slot and make sure the PCI variant cards work? AGP slot has been cleaned twice now with no difference sadly, did manage to borrow my friends PCI GPU and it worked without issues unlike the AGP slot. Is the bios set to boot up with the PCI card? try resetting …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 15:00

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by dan86

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I picked up a Rage 128 ultra pro 32mb today. Not the best card, but a good all rounder for testing motherboards and what not. And yes I know its an OEM card that hates stock ATI drivers. It simply doesn't even work with the ATI driver, you'll need the Dell driver. They work. You have to ether …

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Re: IBM Thinkpad 755CD Restore ?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 18:39

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by dan86

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Why bother? Everything this old thinkpad can do a iPad can do better. This is not why most ppl here maintain/refurbish/repair old computers. Just because your iPhone does feature quadzillion more versions of Tetris, it's not worth to save this old machine? You sir, are on the wrong forum. I'm fully …

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Re: What are builds you want to make someday?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 17:40

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by dan86

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Oh boy were do I start. Top end SK7 system with 266mmx with working l2 + voodoo1 AWE64 with ram upgrade. SK370 system with 1.4ghz C3 @166mhz FSB Water cooled dual slot 1 system, 2 100mhz FSB 1ghz Pentium 3's at 133mhz FSB, no slotkets, GF2+vodoo2 sli or voodoo5500 My old water cooled gaming PC, Abit …

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