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Reply 53760 of 56037, by Wes1262

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Looks like the The Geforce 2 Ti can do the Ultra frequencies on the memories. I tried with powerstip and worked flawlessly. Although the colossal amount of warnings I get every time I press any buttons in Powerstrip gives me anxiety. I don't even get what they mean. Looks like a complicated program. I am going to try the cool bits next time. The chaintech has heatsinks on the rams though, so I probably should install some here as well, alongside a new cooler because this orange one looks terrible on a classic card. Aliexpress has only one or two styles of GPU heatsinks that are appropriate for this era of cards... and they aren't great... do you know where else I should look apart ebay?

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Reply 53761 of 56037, by Kahenraz

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AliExpress used to have better options, but the ones I used to buy disappeared years ago. I try to disassemble broken fans and repair them now, when possible, instead of replacing them outright.

Reply 53762 of 56037, by Minutemanqvs

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G-X wrote on 2024-07-27, 20:23:
I have yet to fully test the CPU (apart from booting) i have a zalman 9500 on it now (as did absolutely everyone back in the day […]
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cyclone3d wrote on 2024-07-26, 22:34:

Nice, I still have my Opteron 175 which I delidded soon after I got it and dropped the load temps by 20c.

I have yet to fully test the CPU (apart from booting) i have a zalman 9500 on it now (as did absolutely everyone back in the days of S939) temps seem ok idle but curious about load temps.

Anyone know if the thermal transfer between the die and the IHS degrades over time?

I'm really tempted so slap a modern cooler it as apparently AM2 to am4 coolers fit on S939 aswell ... but i don't know if the clamping force is different. i mean what are the chances the top of the IHS is at the exact same height on S939 as it is on AM4 for example. I've seen people do it but i'm still on the fence about it. I don't have a cheap disposable S939 board to do some testing with.

As far as I remember I have one of these modern coolers on my Opteron 180, a BeQuiet « Pure Rock Slim » or something like that. I’m not at home so I can’t check for sure, but I know I have a modern cooler on it. Clamping pressure was just fine, you can adjust that on some coolers.

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Reply 53763 of 56037, by BitWrangler

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Wes1262 wrote on 2024-07-28, 06:08:

Looks like the The Geforce 2 Ti can do the Ultra frequencies on the memories. I tried with powerstip and worked flawlessly. Although the colossal amount of warnings I get every time I press any buttons in Powerstrip gives me anxiety. I don't even get what they mean. Looks like a complicated program. I am going to try the cool bits next time. The chaintech has heatsinks on the rams though, so I probably should install some here as well, alongside a new cooler because this orange one looks terrible on a classic card. Aliexpress has only one or two styles of GPU heatsinks that are appropriate for this era of cards... and they aren't great... do you know where else I should look apart ebay?

There are a few older ecommerce sites around, mainly aimed at business/small office accessory sales, that can have older coolers and stuff like that still in stock. They were hard to dig out prior to googles latest devolution, and really really difficult now. The one I remember cablesalesusa/cablesalescanada has unfortunately sold out their GPU coolers now. There were others around, but like I said, digging them out is super hard. Basically, you've got to think of the most sought after thing they might have that not many other stores will have, hope they have that and it shows on google, then dig into them manually to find the unlisted on search stuff.

Edit: got one dug out https://www.cablesonline.com/45alrafinhes.html never done biz with those guys myself so be cautious. They have floppies in clearance section and older CPU heatsinks too. EditII: Derp, out of stock.

EditIII: Stuff in Puerto Rico if the store is still alive??? https://wfcomputerpr.com/index.php?main_page= … &keyword=cooler
I'm getting obsessed with the hunt or something, best get my breakfast.

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Reply 53764 of 56037, by Wes1262

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That looks great, you folks from across the pond should stock up on these before they are gone for good. Here in Europeland I can't find anything, unfortunately.
I would totally buy it but shipping from the US is always ridiculously high. I really don't know why buying small items from China costs me 10$, but it is like five times more for the same item from the US.

Reply 53765 of 56037, by G-X

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Minutemanqvs wrote on 2024-07-28, 12:30:

As far as I remember I have one of these modern coolers on my Opteron 180, a BeQuiet « Pure Rock Slim » or something like that. I’m not at home so I can’t check for sure, but I know I have a modern cooler on it. Clamping pressure was just fine, you can adjust that on some coolers.

In that case i might have a go with one of 2 AM4 aircoolers i have arround here somewhere. Thanks for the info.

Reply 53766 of 56037, by Kahenraz

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Wes1262 wrote on 2024-07-28, 16:36:

That looks great, you folks from across the pond should stock up on these before they are gone for good. Here in Europeland I can't find anything, unfortunately.
I would totally buy it but shipping from the US is always ridiculously high. I really don't know why buying small items from China costs me 10$, but it is like five times more for the same item from the US.

This is due to trade deals with China. Shipping from China is subsidized by making it more expensive to ship domestically. It's cheaper for me to have something shipped from China than it is to ship a package to myself.

Reply 53768 of 56037, by AGP4LIfe?

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Holy hot dog, miracles do happen. Another $36 ebay card. This monster was listed as "as/is no video". It was in such beautiful condition I thought I'd use it for a display piece or rob the heat sink and fan for another card.
Fan needs a drop of oil but other than that it works flawlessly. Crazy... Love the blue.

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Reply 53769 of 56037, by luckybob

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I got myself a landline phone. its going to replace the banana phone next to my fax machine.
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looks like it needs a little work, but thats half of the fun!

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Reply 53770 of 56037, by BitWrangler

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Well that handset's not gonna fit on your acoustic coupler.

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Reply 53771 of 56037, by Ozzuneoj

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BitWrangler wrote on 2024-07-29, 01:57:

Well that handset's not gonna fit on your acoustic coupler.

Sounds like a challenge to me.

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 53772 of 56037, by BitWrangler

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90 degree soil pipe elbow on it 🤣

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Reply 53773 of 56037, by dominusprog

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It such a shame that this gamepad doesn't work under DOS.

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Reply 53774 of 56037, by digger

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dominusprog wrote on 2024-07-29, 08:09:

It such a shame that this gamepad doesn't work under DOS.

@dominusprog Look for a driver called USBJSTIK by Bret Johnson. It might work for you. And you might also want to keep an eye on the USBDDOS project by crazii, the creator of SBEMU.

Reply 53775 of 56037, by oh2ftu

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Bought for the price of shipping (15e) a computer with:
QDI P6I440BX (or ZX, I'm not sure yet)
P2/400, 64MB ram
i740 GPU
And a very nice case midtower. Haven't still id' it yet.
Some details:
- Front panel needs to be remove for the whole U-piece case cover to come off from the front.
- Motherboard tray is quickremovable with a plastic latch at the front
- PSU is parallel to the motherboard
- 5.25" devices are on rails

Reply 53776 of 56037, by dominusprog

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digger wrote on 2024-07-29, 09:47:
dominusprog wrote on 2024-07-29, 08:09:

It such a shame that this gamepad doesn't work under DOS.

@dominusprog Look for a driver called USBJSTIK by Bret Johnson. It might work for you. And you might also want to keep an eye on the USBDDOS project by crazii, the creator of SBEMU.

Thanks 😃

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Reply 53777 of 56037, by Big Pink

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BitWrangler wrote on 2024-07-29, 01:57:

Well that handset's not gonna fit on your acoustic coupler.

Just have the butler relay the AT commands.

I thought IBM was born with the world

Reply 53778 of 56037, by BitWrangler

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Big Pink wrote on 2024-07-29, 18:58:
BitWrangler wrote on 2024-07-29, 01:57:

Well that handset's not gonna fit on your acoustic coupler.

Just have the butler relay the AT commands.

Hayes my good man, would you tell the machine Ay-Tee-Haitch-Oh

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Reply 53779 of 56037, by Ozzuneoj

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BitWrangler wrote on 2024-07-29, 19:16:
Big Pink wrote on 2024-07-29, 18:58:
BitWrangler wrote on 2024-07-29, 01:57:

Well that handset's not gonna fit on your acoustic coupler.

Just have the butler relay the AT commands.

Hayes my good man, would you tell the machine Ay-Tee-Haitch-Oh

🤣

Hayes...

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.