Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-03-06, 00:56

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Is there something particularly special about this one ? Im a bit out of the loop in regards to rare Cyrix CPUs. On a side note there is another K5 PR200 in auction again.

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Re: Removing glued heatsinks? Acetone soak?

Posted on 2023-03-06, 00:50

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I use compressed air cans, flip them upside down in a ventilated area and freeze the hell out of the heat sink, 90% of the time the epoxy will break on its own but a gentle twist usually breaks it. You can then chip the remaining epoxy off while its still frozen or you can use another method to …

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Re: Asus board went nuts

Posted on 2023-03-05, 04:59

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Two motherboards that worked fine one until 4 days ago? I have another adapter of the same kind (brand new) but definitely not another motherboard that can be damaged :\ Ahh I missed the bit about it nailing a second board, that is rather strange, makes me think its somehow sending voltage where it …

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Re: Asus board went nuts

Posted on 2023-03-05, 04:35

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well it worked fine until yesterday, I used it in several builds... Back on topic: Wow the southbridge nonethe less... no many hopes... Maybe just the super i\o? That's the backside of the tusl2-c: https://theretroweb.com/motherboard/image/asus-tusl2-c-2-633c34e88a6c5929533972.jpg (courtesy of …

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Re: Asus board went nuts

Posted on 2023-03-05, 04:31

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well it worked fine until yesterday, I used it in several builds... Back on topic: Wow the southbridge nonethe less... no many hopes... Maybe just the super i\o? That's the backside of the tusl2-c: https://theretroweb.com/motherboard/image/asus-tusl2-c-2-633c34e88a6c5929533972.jpg (courtesy of …

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Re: Asus board went nuts

Posted on 2023-03-05, 04:25

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You know what i do with the cheap Chinese CF/SD adapter cards ...I QC them under my scope before they ever get near a PC, you just cant trust something that you can buy 10 of for 20 bucks. Usually they are fine but I have had one or two that required a bit of hot air rework to clean up bad soldering …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-03-05, 03:26

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That's quite the fun game. I had it for PC and Xbox. I like the two new ones but this one can be modded, ive always been partial to mods as a way of expanding and extending the game. There are alot of good mods. I have the HD and high rez texture mods it really makes the game look great. ohh nice, …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-03-05, 00:52

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Im playing this little gem of a game called Jurassic Park Operation Genesis, its old as dirt but if you want a Dino park on your retro rig then there really isnt abetter game ! (Managed to get a sealed copy of it too, worth the extra cost) Operation Genesis.jpg 20 years old puts it in the retro …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 15:15

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I would be more concerned about removing original yellow paste which can pull the gpu die with it. 9800 Pro coolers were updated to make contact with the die better. There's a ~0.2 - 0.5mm thick square shim machined over the die. Early 9700pros don't have this. A thin metal plate and thermal paste …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-03-04, 11:13

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Im playing this little gem of a game called Jurassic Park Operation Genesis, its old as dirt but if you want a Dino park on your retro rig then there really isnt abetter game ! (Managed to get a sealed copy of it too, worth the extra cost) Operation Genesis.jpg 20 years old puts it in the retro land …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 10:09

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by TrashPanda

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Right, how do I prevent that from happening? I added added a fine metal piece between the die and the cooler. Cut with an angle grinder at the correct size (roughly). From a metal sheet less than 1mm in thickness. Then polished on increasingly fine sandpaper until i see no defects. A bit of thermal …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 07:59

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Right, how do I prevent that from happening? Seems using a thermal pad instead of thermal paste would theoretically eliminate the issue yes? Also pulled the trigger on a Radeon DDR 64MB for $31. Those R6 Radeons are also getting quite rare. Well there are a few methods ... some of which are …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 06:27

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by TrashPanda

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Date codes are weeks 12, 37 and 40 of 1998, right? Yes, that's right. Not super rare, but I don't see them very often any more. I have a feeling a lot of them that haven't made it to collections are heading to the "Other" collectors for the minuscule amount of gold they have in them. Im doing my …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 04:52

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Seemed to me like they were selling the 9700 Pro for like 9 months and the 9800 variants for 3 years. Rarely see 9500s either. Commonest of that lot is the 9550 Yeah .. they dropped the 9700 Pro pretty fast when the shim issues hit, and then they had six million variants of the 9800 which IIRC was …

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Re: Voodoo2 what am I doing wrong? Nothing works right.

Posted on 2023-03-04, 04:47

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Thank you all for the help. For whatever reason, completely removing the drivers for the 10th time and falling back to the 3.03 drivers seems to have worked perfectly. I doubt I'll miss out much on anything with the later driver anyway and I'm scared to screw it all up by upgrading again hah. 3DFX …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 04:38

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Right, how do I prevent that from happening? Seems using a thermal pad instead of thermal paste would theoretically eliminate the issue yes? Also pulled the trigger on a Radeon DDR 64MB for $31. Those R6 Radeons are also getting quite rare. Well there are a few methods ... some of which are …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 04:24

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Bought a Radeon 9700 Pro AIW for $42. Not exactly PLEASED at that price, but the 9700 Pro for whatever reason seems to be an increasingly rare card, the last few that sold went for $80+. On a side note, why is one of the most famous GPUs ever, that sold like hotcakes, so damned hard to find? I have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 03:42

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Bought a Radeon 9700 Pro AIW for $42. Not exactly PLEASED at that price, but the 9700 Pro for whatever reason seems to be an increasingly rare card, the last few that sold went for $80+. On a side note, why is one of the most famous GPUs ever, that sold like hotcakes, so damned hard to find? I have …

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Re: Asus P3V4X Motherboard repairs.

Posted on 2023-03-04, 02:55

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by TrashPanda

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Cheers for that ! Ill be sure to post how the repairs go, hopefully its just missing caps and nothing more serious.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 02:13

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Thats a weird as hell PR rating on that 6x86...doesn't exist as far as my digging goes and what little there is makes that 2VXP000GZ ID make no damn sense. Even the voltage 2.XV ..WTF is that . I'm guessing its a ES chip which makes it even more interesting, though it might be fake but who would …

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