Re: Please advise me on a Tualatin motherboard?

Posted on 2015-07-10, 12:30

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by shamino

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I think I spot a bad cap which is strange as they look like Sanyo caps. I never saw a bulged Sanyo cap before. It's an Abit board with the usual Jackcons or something, right from the capacitor plague era. Pretty sure they're all about to burst. That explains it, they must use a similar color scheme …

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Re: Logitech Rebranding itself as "Logi" with a very early 90's / late 80's feeling commercial

Posted on 2015-07-09, 05:10

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The colors look kind of 1970s to me. I wasn't listening to the audio though. I'm glad I didn't see "Logi" in that ad, I hope they aren't going to truncate the name like that, it's just dumb. I've had 2 or 3 Logitech mice over the years, and I've generally been happy with them. My current mouse is a …

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Re: Damage on CPU edge

Posted on 2015-07-09, 04:03

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by shamino

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It's worth a try. I have a bunch of chipped CPUs. Some work, some don't. Yours looks like it has a chance.

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Re: WinXP Ultimate Legacy Video Cards

Posted on 2015-07-08, 05:51

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Sometimes I wish I had bought a high performing 500 series card to future proof myself for gaming in WinXP, but I didn't want to spend the money, and still don't. I'm afraid eventually I'll be stuck buying somebody's 2nd hand card on eBay and crossing my fingers that it's not already beaten to hell. …

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Re: New member, first build Dual Pentium Pro

Posted on 2015-07-06, 11:52

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Pentium Pros are sexy, indeed. It's funny how the cost of these things has changed. Several years ago, I needed a replacement Proliant 800 (dual PPro 440FX) motherboard so I got one on eBay for some small amount of money. The guy was moving and wanted to get rid of stuff, so he also tossed in a pair …

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Re: P4 build in the works

Posted on 2015-07-06, 10:52

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Side note, anyone have opinions on the MSI board? I don't have that exact MSI model, but I do have the MS-6758 which is the "Neo 875P" board. I don't know how closely related they are. I do see at least some minor differences in the layout so it's more than just a chipset swap. Their 875P board …

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Re: K6-III+ Rig, Ready for battle :)

Posted on 2015-07-04, 13:40

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Morrowind is heavily CPU bound, it doesn't care nearly as much about the graphics card. Back in those days I think I would have been happy to deal with 10-20fps. Nowadays we've gotten used to faster framerates though. This might not be what you had in mind, but there's a mod for Morrowind called the …

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Re: Dual Tualatin 1.4 nearly beaten by single 1Ghz Coppermine?

Posted on 2015-07-03, 00:21

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If one CPU isn't accessing memory then it shouldn't tie up the chipset in any significant way. However, there is the issue of cache coherency which can cause some minor penalty if the process keeps bouncing around. For benchmarks which are single threaded, you could try using the task manager to …

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Re: Hypothetical Pentium III Build

Posted on 2015-07-02, 12:33

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by shamino

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Good work! It gets easier with practice. I like EpoX boards, they just need caps replaced, and now that you've done that it shouldn't ever need them again.

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Re: Matching ISA Sound Blaster to Original Box

Posted on 2015-07-02, 12:18

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For whatever it's worth, and just to add to the box examples: IMG_3797.jpg This is one of the older CT1330A Sound Blaster Pro version 1 cards. I'm pretty sure this was bought in 1992. The box just says "1330" but the card that came in it is marked 1330A. I assume the serial doesn't have any meaning …

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Re: Hypothetical Pentium III Build

Posted on 2015-07-01, 14:35

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I recapped the EP-3BXA today (took 3 hours and at some points I thought the board was a goner), but I'm very happy to say that it POSTS. Okay, after just running it for a few minutes I found the cause of the discoloration: the VRMs. Holy crap do they get hot! Should I invest in a heatsink or …

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Re: What is the oldest non-PC technology that you still use?

Posted on 2015-07-01, 14:16

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Love that ROB. I've still never seen one actually used. They were just like trophies some kids had sitting on the shelf. :) I guess that's still what they are, but they're iconic. A friend of mine had one of the earlier "Deluxe Set" NES packages that came with that thing, but we never got the robot …

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Re: AWE 32 price spike on E-bay?

Posted on 2015-07-01, 09:01

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About a month ago I positioned an 80mm fan where it blows across my AWE32 card. I'm sure that seems kind of nuts, but if it does anything for it's longevity then it's worth it to me. I also put a plastic object under the far corner where it would otherwise sag. I don't think they're particularly …

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Re: AWE 32 price spike on E-bay?

Posted on 2015-06-30, 00:55

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I got my CT2760 for $20 shipped on eBay.. I guess it was over 15 years ago now. Hard to believe it's been that long. I should have bought 20 of them. They were common as dirt back then. I'm really nervous about this thing spontaneously dying, and then I'll probably never be willing to pay what it …

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

Posted on 2015-06-29, 00:43

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Soldered together a wire that adapts from a common DC barrel connector to a 3pin fan connector (I guess it's called TX3). Now I can plug 3pin fans into a power brick. Soldered a 3pin fan connector on an old metal framed 24V Nidec fan that I picked up at goodwill 6 months ago. Realized the fan …

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Re: Intel 815 vs Via Apollo Pro133 performance (S370)

Posted on 2015-06-29, 00:32

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Those review sites have tended to be skimpy on RAM IMO. They like to run a single gamer enthusiast module with aggressive timing. I had 256MB in a low end Coppermine laptop back then, and that amount of RAM for it wasn't even expensive. My desktop was probably still at 384MB. Thinking through life …

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Re: Hypothetical Pentium III Build

Posted on 2015-06-28, 11:25

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Before I continue on my journey to nowhere, can anyone offer any advice on how to clear the remaining solder in the through holes? I only have solder wick (which was a disaster since I almost burnt through the trace) and a manual solder sucker. I'm going to leave it to try for the next 2-4 days and …

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

Posted on 2015-06-28, 10:08

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- No SSE2 which means many software won't work, including Steam, which is a huge blow for me as I have a lot of great Windows XP games on Steam Last I was aware, officially the Steam game launcher is not supposed to require SSE2 but they keep forgetting this and breaking it. They've broken and …

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Re: Intel 815 vs Via Apollo Pro133 performance (S370)

Posted on 2015-06-28, 00:07

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I just hate the memory limit on the i815. I think Intel treated it like a Celeron chipset, designed cynically for people who wouldn't submit to their RDRAM vision. But depending on the intended usage, sometimes 512MB is plenty. I have a 694X machine set up right now which definitely does have …

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Re: Intel 815 vs Via Apollo Pro133 performance (S370)

Posted on 2015-06-27, 13:53

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A few years ago I remember being impressed by the memory transfer speed that was measured in memtest86 with a VIA Pro133A (694X) board. It appeared on par with the 440BX. VIA's prior chipset, the plain Pro133 (694A I think), had been much slower. I know that's a simplistic measurement, and I never …

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