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

Posted on 2022-10-06, 05:25

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I finally tested my ddr3 and got my old FX 8350 tidied up into a case. Turns out alot of my ddr3 that was on boards is bad :( extra x58 board is down from 24gb to 12gb in 2gb sticks due to this. X58 XFI board is still haunted and just hates some sticks of ram that tested fine on the 990fx board, …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-25, 04:45

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The stars aligned or something. I hit two yard sales claiming to have computer parts, and they actually had what us guys would call computer parts, not just a high mileage keyboard and mouse and a few manky cables. They're only borderline modern I guess, but too new for the retro thread for a …

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Re: Is fake cache a myth?

Posted on 2022-09-01, 05:55

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Posts from vogons members showing proudly their fake cache motherboards have also been made! Also cases where the cache is fake with/O sockets (but still with the traces) and a fake bios check to confirm working and existing cache. Had a M912 for awhile with real cache, great mobo. Reliable and …

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Re: 3gb pc2700 or 2gb pc3200?

Posted on 2022-08-28, 02:48

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Got myself 2 GB of OCZ OCZ4001024ELPE DDR PC3200 Platinum. Of course the only way to do it was to buy a bundle on eBay - an ASUS P4C800E Deluxe Motherboard with a 2.8Ghz Pentium4 & Intel Heatsink, XP installed on a SATA HDD, and of course the ram.. £42.63 for the bundle. Honestly thats a killer …

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Re: Advice about an old Compaq system board (socket 478)

Posted on 2022-08-24, 03:36

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Wow i can't believe i missed that manual about NR110 Motherboard. (I've only tried "compaq nr110" as keywords...) Didn't know Intel was the manufacturer. Thanks for your advice, i'll try at work tomorrow. That is a amazingly basic Intel board. Used a similar Dell Optiplex at work as a POS machine …

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

Posted on 2022-08-17, 06:37

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I bought a HP Pavillion laptop with a A8-4550m, 750gb HDD and 4gb of ram for $50 to give to a borderline homeless friend to run Windows 10 on. Looks like there is water damage, corrosion and a dying wifi card. Otherwise checks out good so far! Their boyfriend smashed into pieces with a sledgehammer …

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Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 02:41

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I would like to upgrade to a 27" 1440p monitor and buy a GPU for it. Since I only play older games I was thinking of buying something like a used RX 580 or GTX 1070 which should be enough for playing older games on high resolutions. If 580's seem over priced keep an eye out for 480 8gb cards. Just …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-11, 11:06

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Plz before doing anything recap it. The caps Soyo, abit and others used at the time can pop at any second. Edit: Those shiny silver crappy caps on your particular board give me PTSD. Since I thought they were fine when I pulled them off a dead 478 Soyo matx ATI based board to "fix" a 462 Abit …

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Re: ATX to Dell 20+6 Pin Adapter Pinout

Posted on 2022-08-04, 06:06

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All you do is take a standard solder ATX connector, take out both dell connectors, and open up the solder holes for the ATX, solder the ATX connector in. Dell connector has one pin missing. Cheers, I don't quite follow.. I can't remember who made them or the name of the threads, but Im pretty sure …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-04, 05:58

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Steel Series Stratus XL that looks brand new for $5

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-31, 07:04

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for the Phenom ii check out the 925. Its a 95watt 2.8 quad core with good OC headroom and around $10 on the evil bay How is that a better option than an athlon ii 640? More juicy l3 cache, more instruction sets iirc and power delivery/saving stuff, voltage tolerance. By the time the 925 rolled out …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-31, 05:25

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BitWrangler wrote on 2022-07-30, 20:32: for the Phenom ii check out the 925. Its a 95watt 2.8 quad core with good OC headroom and around $10 on the evil bay

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-30, 05:14

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Kahenraz wrote on 2022-07-29, 23:21: I don't know what it is exactly, but I really like the design of that Compaq mouse. You just never really see something so angular anymore. It reminds me of the wedge shape of the original Macintosh mouse. To me its the somehow square, yet sleek curved design. …

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Re: AMD Slot A 1999 Build

Posted on 2022-07-27, 06:14

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The Geforce 2 Pro is a fun inbetween card and usually sellers think they are GTS cards if you can find one.

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Re: Mystery LPT card with no drivers (I just can't learn)

Posted on 2022-07-26, 03:39

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Could always see about messaging the seller and seeing if he would be willing to copy the CD and email you the drivers. Sometimes sellers are super nice

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-25, 07:46

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Finally got my G4560/H170 8gb DDR4 ITX setup complete for my step dad to replace his XPS 2nd gen i5 desktop. A fraction of the size, more efficient, has TPM for Windows 11 and waaay faster. M.2 would be nice, but his 1tb Crucial Sata SSD will transfer over nicely for free.

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Re: Transfer files to and from an old pc with no USB

Posted on 2022-07-23, 02:26

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Iv found 10MB ISA Intel, Linksys and 3com cards to be really handy for machines with few pci slots, since usually I only use a ISA audio card anyway so there's usually a free slot.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-15, 05:01

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The Wendell caps on the P4S are absolute garbage tier, as well as all the other brands they used in 2001. Mine has 4 year old Rubycons, the secondaries that werent blown were out of spec. Weird reset/sleep issues, hard and soft Windows locks. Before the initial primary recap it would crash as sooon …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-14, 03:58

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A Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra with full bundle. I feel so safe now that I have Norton Antivirus 2002. 20220713_190456.jpg 20220713_190142 (1).jpg 20220713_190337 (1).jpg 20220713_190424.jpg 20220713_190320 (1).jpg Congrats on getting my favorite 478 mobo of all time! The 3.06/533/512 Northwood CPU works …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-13, 04:38

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I have gobs of ddr3 and a spare x5670 + case, PSU, GPU and storage. Drunkenly put in a $75 bid on mobo. Lay off that drink. You don't NEED any more mobos! XD The good news is that if I do win it a Thermaltake case will have a system for it and someone on Craigslist can have a cheap Windows 10 …

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