Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Yesterday, 20:47
It is, though an older revision than the one you posted. (yours uses the same PCB as PCChips M930DAFULR V5.1 aka P4S5A/DX+)
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Yesterday, 20:01
ECS P4S5A rev 1.2A, printed right next to the PCI slots.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-04-24, 21:23
Modified my Soltek 75FRN2-RL's BIOS to read Athlon XP-M 🤣
Re: AT Power Supply with lost caps
Posted on 2024-04-24, 18:21
@tony359 Your unit isn't too shabby. CWT (Channel Well Tech) ISO platform, limiting factor is main transformer, rated at 33 size which tops out around 250-300W. I have the decked out version of it, branded ISO, model ISO-500PP, which has a 39 size transformer, according to its markings, alongside …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-04-23, 16:22
Yesterday: - fixed an early 10s 1TB Seagate ST31000528AS that had a corrupt partition which in turn caused long times for reading and a UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME crash - sold my ole' Zida 6DLX w/ a Celeron 433 slotket and a few other things like 128MB SDR, a GF 4 MX440 and a 10GB Xbox HDD (slim …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-04-23, 08:04
Yesterday: - fixed an early 10s 1TB Seagate ST31000528AS that had a corrupt partition which in turn caused long times for reading and a UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME crash - sold my ole' Zida 6DLX w/ a Celeron 433 slotket and a few other things like 128MB SDR, a GF 4 MX440 and a 10GB Xbox HDD (slim …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-04-21, 14:02
I have a 8600GT from Palit. That thing is a trooper! Shame the mobile ones were less reliable, although the "sillicon lottery" thingy applies to that as well lol - I have two HP dv9000, one AMD one Intel. The AMD required a single reflow and has been hitting the 5-6 year mark, while the Intel one …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-04-21, 10:22
Today's scores: - Quadro4 750XGL - doesn't POST or get detected, missing SMDs :( - hope to fix it though I'm not having high hopes - Winfast A340 - FX5200, doesn't POST either but doesn't beep either. - Kobian N620 TG - Riva TNT2 M64 32MB - works, nice to have a spare TNT2 w/ active cooling no less! …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-04-20, 19:54
Recapped my recently acquired MSI Tualatin MS-6368 v5 MB . Currently running on 1.1G Tualatin Celeron. Goal is to set up DOS machine with VIA C3 CPU. First test weekend ended up successful. After I reserved Legacy IRQ/DMA from bios PiocoGus is running just fine. It looks like VIA PLE133T sports …
Re: AT Ppower Supply with lost caps
Posted on 2024-04-20, 14:30
At best a 16v cap would suffice for the -12v rail. I've seen 16v caps for -12v in quite a lot of units, from as low as Deers to as high as Seasonic.
Re: AT Ppower Supply with lost caps
Posted on 2024-04-20, 14:00
I concur with momaka on this one - the unit looks solid enough, and that's coming from someone who has recapped two AT units so far. The first one I have is slightly thinner on the sinks than behshad's unit. No biggie as it was rated for @ 200W if I recall correctly. The other one however, is a DEER …
Re: ASUS P4T-E and many issues
Posted on 2024-04-20, 00:53
That's certainly BIOS corruption. While not desktop, I've seen similar corruption on a HP Pavilion dv5-1131en and the only fix was a emergency BIOS reflash. So yes, a BIOS reflash/update should be in order for your board as well.
Re: Pentium PRO?
Posted on 2024-04-18, 22:54
I obtained an intel pentium pro from a random assorted box of cpus i bought a while back and ever since i got the processor it has just been sitting on my shelf as a shelf piece. i was wondering if anyone here has had any experience using these processors, is it worth spending the money on a socket …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-04-18, 20:39
Cobbled a "fast" 775 + AGP build together: - ASRock 775i65PE Rev 1.03, BIOS P2.00 - Pentium D 925 Presler @ 3GHz - Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB AGP8x (Gecube OEM) - 3GB dual-channel DDR400 (2x1GB + 2x 512MB) - 120GB Seagate Barracuda - LG GSA-H58N DVD-RW - XP SP3 up to date
Re: Need info on type of chip used for Award Bios rom
Posted on 2024-04-18, 09:03
From what I can find, it's a SST branded IC. Winbonds usually have a W preceeding the model, and if I'm not wrong it should ID as W29EE010.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-04-18, 00:59
Media Vision Thunderboard? The sticker and I/O placement look similar to it.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-04-17, 23:17
While I'm still trying to figure out... I'd hazard a guess on it being a Turtle Beach card, and that port *might* be a DB9 styled MIDI port. Not having great luck but so far I didn't encounter any other brands to use DB9 for MIDI... I could very well be wrong 🤣
Re: eMachines eMonster 500a Restoration/Sleeper
Posted on 2024-04-17, 22:56
Looks like an ASUS B75M-A. You could likely get away with a ASUS B75M-PLUS as well (it's only a few mms longer at best and acommodates 4 DIMM slots instead of 2), and possibly a Gigabyte B75M-D3H as well.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-04-17, 22:46
Let's see: - almost turned my house upside down to find a Pentium D 925 for my recent 775i65PE mobo. Best I can do on the cheap since Conroe865PE mobos are hard to find for obvious reasons... Yes, I'm planning a dual-core/AGP machine w/ Pentium D. (even tho I have a 930 paired with a 7800GT on a …
Re: Puzzling Memtest86 error
Posted on 2024-04-17, 17:16
My general rule of thumb is that if the board POSTs but is known to use garbage/ low quality caps, an complete recap is worth the effort. Especially as I see one bulger among those 1500s.
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