Re: Unconventional 3dfx build
Posted on 2023-12-20, 21:44
nolimitsoya wrote on 2023-12-20, 19:20: If a V5, or any other components for that matter, You mean on a low wattage V5 it won't matter. Plenty of chips hit 100C, so generally...
Re: Unconventional 3dfx build
Posted on 2023-12-20, 19:00
Some bogus assumptions here- Temp along the way will drastically alter flow. The parallel circuits assumed equal will never be. A single hot spot could totally stall flow in a branch. Respectfully, no. Practically, you're right. Overwhelming flow volume means you may never hit the condition. But …
Re: Unconventional 3dfx build
Posted on 2023-12-20, 16:00
Some bogus assumptions here- Temp along the way will drastically alter flow. The parallel circuits assumed equal will never be. A single hot spot could totally stall flow in a branch.
Re: Most modern hardware for a standalone XP Pro SP3 x86 machine in 2023?
Posted on 2023-12-03, 18:24
Personally I perfer a system with all the drivers and I dont consider systems unless it can do that, otherwise I would have it on the latest i7 system blah blah blah. As I said, my X8 came up free of any missing device drivers first run. It has a single 5520 chipset with 2 banks of numa and fancy …
Re: Most modern hardware for a standalone XP Pro SP3 x86 machine in 2023?
Posted on 2023-12-03, 06:25
I built a supermicro C7Q67 with a modded bios to accept the LGA1155 E3-1200 xeons, about 2015. About 2018 I repurposed a Debian X8DTi-F when I found the drivers for XP on the CD., and had built a bigger one for Debian. With the extra ram used as a ram drive under the PAE kernel I left 48GB, now 24GB …
Re: SCSI: Over how many brigdes can you walk?
Posted on 2023-11-20, 05:37
Back in the mid 90's I got my first cd and put it in an external case. It was between two buslogic controllers in two computers. The computers changed as did the devices in between, canon scanners, plextors, pioneer changers and slot dvd and nakamichi changers. It worked fine. devcon I think it was …
Re: Use an IBM 79F6423 today
Posted on 2023-11-18, 22:34
Looks like a 25pin scsi
Re: PC for 20 more years
Posted on 2023-11-06, 01:32
I'm not sure what the DDR3 opinions are about? I do think a few of my current systems will go for many more years, they have DDR3 and none of them have such a low limit. Being actual workstations of the era my biggest has 8 32GB modules. I'd say the ability for quality things to go 20+ years is …
Re: Cleaning CDs
Posted on 2023-09-04, 04:21
I use the finest paint polish I have on hand with a small piece of chamois.
Re: How were people using CD audio with older Soundblasters back in the day?
Posted on 2023-08-18, 15:40
My first DOS system with CD sound was a 602X Pioneer external changer on a 1542 Adaptec with RCA's straight to an amp. I actually didn't have a sound card as I remember.
Re: CRT experience
Posted on 2023-08-15, 18:11
Back in the day I had dual 16:10 24" SGI's. That's a pinnacle of CRT's as far as I know. I don't miss them a bit.
Logitech M575 Bluetooth on XP
Posted on 2023-05-01, 19:54
I just tried it, nothing sees it? So curious, it is not claimed to work on XP so indeed I had no expectations of it working, or not. I didn't do much of any BT stuff back in the day so I'm no expert. A Cirago combo BT/Wifi dongle I have used on occasion and on a fresh (up for years) XP that I …
Re: Supermicro SUPER 370DE6 REV 1.2/Dual PIII Coppermine Build
Posted on 2023-04-05, 19:27
Please confirm if the Quadro FX 3000 and the FX 5950 ULTRA are compatible with the AGP Pro setup on this motherboard? (As they appear to be Universal AGP 3.0 cards.) I can't, and doubt it. Since that 370DE is a generation back from my P3TD I assume the AGP Pro implementation is similar - which …
Re: Supermicro SUPER 370DE6 REV 1.2/Dual PIII Coppermine Build
Posted on 2023-04-05, 14:48
@Irinikus somebody like you deserves to own my P3TDe6 with a ATI FirePro X2. I pulled it from service around 2015 to use the case for a X8DTi-F I used that P3TD for over a decade. It tried a v5500 when new, for about a week. SM took back the board for a mod between W2k and XP and I can't remember …
Re: Super Micro 370DL3 Rev.2.0/SUPER 370DE6 REV 1.2 Motherboard?
Posted on 2023-03-09, 05:35
I’m wanting to confirm if I can go ahead and purchase two Tualatin’s! I just need someone who’s had experience with this board to confirm their compatibility. No. I did mean tualatins, but on the P3TD series which is the identical board with support. The 370 series did not support Tualatin as I …
Re: Super Micro 370DL3 Rev.2.0/SUPER 370DE6 REV 1.2 Motherboard?
Posted on 2023-03-09, 03:59
Almost my favorite board of all time! So I guess I should liquidate some of those manuals I have! I built many in the later P3TD series and still have an E6 with agp-Pro working and some dead LE's. Anyway, I remember there being a cpu fsb 100/133 jumper and remember running a pair of 700/100's at …
Re: Cursor size on Vogons
Posted on 2023-02-06, 22:39
It's only the vogons page; not the menu, border, something else in a different tab, other programs, panels, etc. It's the Vogons html whatever code, not my config. Yes, 144 global dpi, no scaling. The cursor within the page display is the size of a coma. The 'I' in this editor is smaller than an …
Cursor size on Vogons
Posted on 2023-02-06, 18:58
This is strange! My cursor is 10% size ONLY on any Vogons page. Right click give me the context menu, and the cursor returns to normal size momentarily. Same browser, any different site, everywhere else, normal. I just noticed, assume it's a new thing. Did recently upgrade some things, but only here …
Clocking Software, need reliable underclock.
Posted on 2022-11-05, 13:14
I'm looking for alternatives to ThrottleStop like software for XP. I don't touch these older computers enough to remember things, I just don't remember things... So I've used version 600 on a Xeon 5600 system running XP that I've had a long time. It works fine, however over time the TS menu blanks. …
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2022-11-04, 14:01
Standard Def Steve wrote on 2022-10-25, 23:16: But what really makes this 8c/16t CPU special is the unlocked multiplier. Guess Intel thought that Mac owners would never sell their old processors to PC users eager to overclock the snot out of them. All E5's are unlocked.
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