stamasd wrote:

Why were you expecting to have DDR memory? Neither the KT133 nor the KT133A support DDR. And the 3 memory sockets should tell the story.
KT266 was the first VIA chipset (for AMD) to support DDR.

KT266 was the first socket 462 DDR chipset for VIA, but the AMD 761 (usually paired with a VIA 686) was earlier to market, I think.

I bought and received 2 NOS 486 coolers locally.
Both with transparant plastic for fan and housing around the small heatsink.
Did cost me a whopping €5,- for both 😀

Now I can finally finish my first 486 build with a decent cooler.

Nvm1 wrote:

I bought and received 2 NOS 486 coolers locally. Both with transparant plastic for fan and housing around the small heatsink. Di […]
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I bought and received 2 NOS 486 coolers locally.
Both with transparant plastic for fan and housing around the small heatsink.
Did cost me a whopping €5,- for both 😀

Now I can finally finish my first 486 build with a decent cooler.

Nice! 486 coolers are getting hard to find for a good price.

I've recently purchased two different lots of heatsinks/fans mainly for the 486 coolers. I even got some NOS ones including some that fit your description.

I think I am set for the foreseeable future in regards to 486, socket 7 / 370 coolers and a few other in that size range.

I'd sort of given up local thrift shops for anything other than the odd keyboard, but old habits die hard, particularly when visiting my old 200x stomping grounds. And lo and behold the place I picked up lots of PCI cards then had stuff now too:

Stuffed all three cards into my test PC and all instantly worked too (although that Creative 3D Blaster TNT2 Ultra fan sounds a bit worse for wear)

dionb wrote:

fan sounds a bit worse for wear)

Clean it, peel the sticker off gently, and put a drop of sewing machine oil into the hole.
Reseat the sticker, and wait an hour or two, then let the card run until it sounds ok.
This works 9 out of 10 times for me, and will fix the fan for another year.
Or simply buy a replacement fan. (more fun to fix an old fan though)

m1chelsen wrote:

Yesterday i was lucky to pickup a lot of hardware :) […]
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Yesterday i was lucky to pickup a lot of hardware 😀

Holy fuck!!! 😳 That is a lot of stuff. Congrats.

brostenen wrote:

Clean it, peel the sticker off gently, and put a drop of sewing machine oil into the hole. Reseat the sticker, and wait an hour […]
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dionb wrote:

fan sounds a bit worse for wear)

Clean it, peel the sticker off gently, and put a drop of sewing machine oil into the hole.
Reseat the sticker, and wait an hour or two, then let the card run until it sounds ok.
This works 9 out of 10 times for me, and will fix the fan for another year.
Or simply buy a replacement fan. (more fun to fix an old fan though)

I have a couple of 5950 Ultras that I wanted to use their original HSF unit and they are as good as new with this method. I use a slightly different oil, but same result.

I bought this off of Craigslist. http://imgur.com/gallery/OudAJeQ

I paid a bit more than I'd like to admit, but the opportunity to get these OG Lian-Li cases are getting less frequent.

mobo needs a recap, i was told the processors were 280's. 4gb of ram. the UV lights were dead, the inverter is blown. God I'm glad that fad was short lived.

Next lot from the previous seller. Told me that he found everything in a trash bin, but obviously without any case.
Bought these (retro) hardware today

3 Full size AT 286 Boards

Very dirty Headland 286-16

Quite unusual Socket 5 board ALR "Triton Classic" with wires on the back and 2 differnt cache modules?

liqmat wrote:

brostenen wrote:

Clean it, peel the sticker off gently, and put a drop of sewing machine oil into the hole. Reseat the sticker, and wait an hour […]
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dionb wrote:

fan sounds a bit worse for wear)

Clean it, peel the sticker off gently, and put a drop of sewing machine oil into the hole.
Reseat the sticker, and wait an hour or two, then let the card run until it sounds ok.
This works 9 out of 10 times for me, and will fix the fan for another year.
Or simply buy a replacement fan. (more fun to fix an old fan though)

I have a couple of 5950 Ultras that I wanted to use their original HSF unit and they are as good as new with this method. I use a slightly different oil, but same result.

Best oil I have found to use is full-synthetic Mobile-1 engine oil. It won't break down or dry out like petroleum based oil does. I have a small space heater that somebody threw out because the fan was seized up in it.

I took it apart, cleaned out the dried up oil, put a few drops of Mobile-1 full-synthetic oil in it, and it has been working great for the past 5+ winters.

I started using the same oil for computer fans even before that and have never had one seize up or start making noise again after using the same oil. 5w-30 or 10w-30 works just fine. I use whatever I have on hand.

Does that even work with high speed fans? I have a couple of decent 60mm ball bearing fans that are still too noisy even with silicone lubricant.

Today's thing was a Marcus branded AT case, bought with a PC Chips motherboard and a Pentium 233 MMX:

The case, with a 1XX LED turbo indicator and a "Yes tech" power supply:

The case front is upside down because almost all of the plastic mounts were snapped off in shipping, because a thin layer of bubble wrap and a few bits of polystyrene are not enough to protect a computer case from the Parcel Force.

The plan is to put a 486 into this case and evict the TX Pro II motherboard 😀

Thermalwrong wrote:

Does that even work with high speed fans? I have a couple of decent 60mm ball bearing fans that are still too noisy even with si […]
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Does that even work with high speed fans? I have a couple of decent 60mm ball bearing fans that are still too noisy even with silicone lubricant.

Today's thing was a Marcus branded AT case, bought with a PC Chips motherboard and a Pentium 233 MMX:

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The case, with a 1XX LED turbo indicator and a "Yes tech" power supply:

Hey that's an M571 like the one i have here, except with a cheesy "TXPro Video Inside" logo 😁

Original Software bundle for my Gateway 2000's

Intel486dx33 wrote:

Original Software bundle for my Gateway 2000's

Was it still sealed up? Rare you find those not torn into and pieces missing.

Predator99 wrote:

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Quite unusual Socket 5 board ALR "Triton Classic" with wires on the back and 2 differnt cache modules?

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That is an interesting board. I have never seen those memory sockets on a motherboard, but a lot on video cards.

Predator99 wrote:

Quite unusual Socket 5 board ALR "Triton Classic" with wires on the back and 2 differnt cache modules?

IMG_9929r.jpg

I have the exact same board. Mine came with a 166MHz Pentium. The Phoenix BIOS in this board is terrible, it couldn't cope with more than one PnP card at the same time. It would refuse to boot if i had say an Audician 32 and a GUS PnP. Just to make sure i tested other combinations of PnP cards and the result was the same.

I wonder if i can find a MR BIOS for this board, it would make it much useful and actually a pretty nice board for a DOS build with those 5 ISA slots.

Cyrix200+ wrote:

Predator99 wrote:

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Quite unusual Socket 5 board ALR "Triton Classic" with wires on the back and 2 differnt cache modules?

IMG_9929r.jpg

That is an interesting board. I have never seen those memory sockets on a motherboard, but a lot on video cards.

Yes, agree. Dont know if these are regular memory or cache chips. There seems to be no onboard video.

carlostex wrote:

Predator99 wrote:

IMG_9929r.jpg

I have the exact same board. Mine came with a 166MHz Pentium. The Phoenix BIOS in this board is terrible, it couldn't cope with more than one PnP card at the same time. It would refuse to boot if i had say an Audician 32 and a GUS PnP. Just to make sure i tested other combinations of PnP cards and the result was the same.

I wonder if i can find a MR BIOS for this board, it would make it much useful and actually a pretty nice board for a DOS build with those 5 ISA slots.

Hmm, mine is also Phoenix. Maybe I have a newer revision with the bugs fixed, can check later if you are interested.

Terratec EWS88-MT with docs and original install CD.

liqmat wrote:

Intel486dx33 wrote:

Original Software bundle for my Gateway 2000's

Was it still sealed up? Rare you find those not torn into and pieces missing.

No, has been opened but CD’s are unused.

Vintage Gateway 2000 software in original binder from about 1996. Includes 17 programs on 13 CDs. Also includes two Microsoft CoAs with product keys which covers the Microsoft products.
They include:
Microsoft Office Professional 7.0 (two copies)
Microsoft Money 4.0 (two copies)
Microsoft Bookshelf 1995 edition (two copies)
Microsoft Works 4.0
Microsoft Bob 1.0
Microsoft Publisher CD deluxe for Window 1995
Microsoft Entertainment pack Volumes 1-4
Microsoft Home CD Sampler 4.0 for Windows
The Masters, an interactive journey through its 60-year history
Mediamatics MPEG Arcade Player
Mayo Clinic Family Health 1996 edition
Ca$hGraf Home Office Plus 2.22
MIcrosoft Golf 2.0
Microsoft Cinemania 96
Microsoft Music Central 96
Julia Child Home Cooking with Master Chefs
Microsoft Office Professional 4.3
Microsoft Bookshelf 1994 edition
Microsoft Money 3.0

Thermalwrong wrote:

Does that even work with high speed fans? I have a couple of decent 60mm ball bearing fans that are still too noisy even with silicone lubricant.

Nothing really helps... the axle weared out, it will vibrate again later. And this is bad, because i also like the authentic cooler.