Re: Looking to turn an old Pentium 4 Dell into a Win98 gaming rig, but I'm a bit lost on the details.
Posted on 2021-10-25, 23:14
If your P4 has HT there should be an option in the bios from what I can remember to disable it.
Re: (advice) Empty ATX case: what should I do IYO?
Posted on 2021-10-23, 08:09
The k6 might be a good option to use for a LAN system in the future to play games with the p1. Kinda like having the p3 and Athlon classic, fun having a pair of almost similar gen systems to run a couple local games with someone.
Re: Prices on AMD FX8xxx and lower series (socket AM3+) - what is going on here ?
Posted on 2021-10-22, 05:55
Was that temps with something like Prime95 or with it just under normal usage? Just playing Fallout 4 and the like with the CPU pegged out back when that game was new. Played some Star Citizen, PUBG, all sorts of stuff. Now that I have this CPU and board back I kinda want to find a good case and …
Re: Prices on AMD FX8xxx and lower series (socket AM3+) - what is going on here ?
Posted on 2021-10-22, 04:51
If you aren't putting a Hyper 212 on a FX chip and OCing the Northbridge frequency you aint doing it right A Hyper 212? That is way too wimpy of a cooler for proper overclocking of the higher end FX chips. A Noctua NH-14 or better is really needed. And that is not even thinking about the crazy FX …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-10-17, 11:34
Popped open a fresh stack of Memorex CD-R's.
Re: Help! Pentium II PC doesn't like HDDs
Posted on 2021-10-17, 09:41
While you can do a detect of the drive in the bios, can't you set the bios to just autodetect it on boot? If that's the way it's set and still doesn't boot, just ignore this. :) Well he says it derects it, but has issues. Has a new bios, early CPU to rule out that issue. At least his CF cards seem …
Re: Help! Pentium II PC doesn't like HDDs
Posted on 2021-10-17, 03:34
^ Solid advice. I might also add a bootable pci Sata card. Using modern new SATA drives is really nice, and you bypass any weird issues with the integrated IDE. I have had some boards with just buggy IDE, so a Promise TX150 card ended up being the best option on my Dual Socket 370 P3 (Via). It was …
Re: Help! Pentium II PC doesn't like HDDs
Posted on 2021-10-17, 03:13
You could boot Puppy Linux off a CD-R and check the SMART data of the HDD. Edit: Assuming the cdrom will read discs of course 🤣. Might want to find a cheap spare from Goodwill or your equivalent, its handy having a Puppy disk laying around and spare wifi/ ethernet cards for troubleshooting hardware …
Re: Prices on AMD FX8xxx and lower series (socket AM3+) - what is going on here ?
Posted on 2021-10-17, 02:39
If you aren't putting a Hyper 212 on a FX chip and OCing the Northbridge frequency you aint doing it right
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-10-16, 22:20
I've spent the whole day doing a, er, Spring Clean in October and now I'm sat down with my motherboard that arrived in the post today: an ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe. Considering I usually circle the doldrums of cheap, naff boards on eBay this is quite posh for me! I'm not sure what to put in it; the …
Re: PSU showcase: The worst of the bad
Posted on 2021-10-16, 22:12
maxtherabbit wrote on 2021-10-04, 19:01: even seeing the word Fuhjyyu makes me violently angry Amen.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-10-15, 07:11
I inherited a Toshiba Tecra 8100. Apparently a decent sound chip, a S3 Virge, and a 600mhz or so p3. It turns on, the screen back light turns on, but no nothing. Weird question, but are mobile p2 and 3's interchangeable between laptops? My Dell with a Rage 128 and 300mhz p2 could utilize a better …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-10-15, 06:35
I inherited a Toshiba Tecra 8100. Apparently a decent sound chip, a S3 Virge, and a 600mhz or so p3. It turns on, the screen back light turns on, but no nothing.
Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pie
Posted on 2021-10-15, 06:07
I failed to write a Windows 10 iso to two different brands of DVD's on my main rig. Turns out the 2016 sata drive does not like my no name Dual layer 8x discs or Sony DVD+R's RIP: Coasters 🙁
Re: Help with problematic Asus P3B-F + Celeron 1.3Ghz
Posted on 2021-10-11, 01:13
Does it have the newest bios release flashed? There could be a bug causing issues with the IDE controller. Do you have a pci IDE card to try to use? And have you tried a different HDD? Maybe try finding the latest IDE controller driver and loading it up while installing a fresh copy of windows. …
Re: Got sold a broken Voodoo 2 -- do I try to fix it?
Posted on 2021-10-06, 22:51
I hope you don't mind me asking but how much did you pay for the broken Voodoo on top of the $30 shipping?
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2021-10-06, 18:18
2008 Imac and a 2nd gen i3 HP AIO. Imac works but the HP did not come with a power supply and they appear to be $40 🙁
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2021-10-06, 18:15
2008 Imac with a 2.4ghz Core2Duo, 1gb ram, 250gb hdd, ATI HD 2400. Perfectly working, and a HP AIO. 2nd gen i3, 4gb ddr3 and a 1tb HDD.
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2021-10-02, 03:17
Since it has a single combo ps2 port it might be Am3ish or around there on the intel side. Looks like the IO layout on a lot of lowend AMD boards from the 2010ish area Iv used. The modernish case and PSU design fit right in that era as well.
Re: Does this card exist? Interesting Conundrum....
Posted on 2021-10-02, 00:47
There are pcie FX series cards, Quadro cards, Geforce 6 and 7 series cards. And the x850 on the ATI side.
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