Re: IBM 350 motherboard repair
Posted on 2020-06-22, 02:31
The motherboard looks like an Intel Advanced/MN (Morrison32).
Re: When do you throw in the towel on an old piece of hw?
Posted on 2020-06-17, 18:25
I gave up on a Macintosh Performa 400 that had a leaky battery, the motherboard was just obliterated by the acid. to the recycling container it goes, I got that mac for free anyway, the damage was too much, It couldn't be fixed since the acid ate many of the traces and the ICs were corroded to hell. …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-06-15, 19:18
I would never trust an AT PSU personally. Recap it if you want, but honestly assuming it's not a case that needs one of those weird nonstandard PSU positions or anything proprietary, I'd rather just grab a At-ATX adapter and go from there. I don't know where this myth that AT units are much more …
Re: How to know which hard drive limit my BIOS has?
Posted on 2020-06-11, 22:15
A DDO is something like OnTrack or EZ-Drive, the DDO works great for using up to 40 GB on my TC430HX.
Re: AT PSU worth it for AT computer?
Posted on 2020-06-11, 21:26
I had one AT PSU bite the dust catastrophically, it made a bang, and smoke came out. It did that as soon as i tested it with a HDD. I opened it up and one of the capacitors blew up, I'm gonna recap it at a later date.
Re: Trying to restore my childhood Packard Bell....Varta Battery
Posted on 2020-06-11, 07:25
derSammler wrote on 2020-06-11, 07:16: No way. Even in this tiny section, you have dozens of traces to rebuild. And he did not even show the whole mainboard. traces.jpg As sad as it is, but that board is done. Time to recycle it sadly, RIP Packard Bell. those batteries are timebombs.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-06-10, 08:15
my no-name CRT just bit the dust so I switched to a Dell Ultrasharp 1704FPV monitor. It's 4.3 aspect ratio and looks decent with retro PC graphics.
Re: Duty cycle for long term health
Posted on 2020-06-10, 07:55
Nothing lasts forever, everything has a lifespan. Everything will bite the dust inevitably. That's why emulation and preservation is important I bet in several decades or centuries, emulation will evolve to be as good as the real thing. and there are also the FPGA devices like the MISTer and the …
Re: Is there any way how to return elasticity to old Plastic ?
Posted on 2020-06-04, 00:44
I hate that the plastic on old laptops are crumbling. the plastic on the screen part of my Gateway Solo 2500 just snapped so it's now a "Half-top". the LCD panel is fine.
Re: Which hard drives can you use with a Pentium 75 (socket 5) computer?
Posted on 2020-06-02, 04:15
My TC430HX that i got off of ebay has a custom BIOS logo too.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-27, 17:26
Things I did today: found some bad caps on my Pentium2 motherboard :( IMG_3447.JPG IMG_3444.JPG IMG_3443.JPG Box was flickering on/off on boot, I vaguely remember it doing something similar ten years ago. Luckily I have a spare that someone else repaired so going to swap them over. Ordered some …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-26, 05:31
bjwil1991 wrote on 2020-05-26, 04:45: Ouch. I was thinking of also installing a PSIO into my dead SCPH-1001 and a GC Loader into my dead Gamecube.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-26, 04:29
There are adjustment potentiometers for the laser, I believe for both CD and DVD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tvwdel1XuA I did that before, no dice. It's dead as a doornail, I am thinking of going with a hard drive/Free HD Boot/OPL instead of replacing the laser, i know it's a common issue …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-26, 04:00
I dug out my old PS2 the other week (fat model). I never played much games on it when I first got it in 2005 (I was in my early 30's and too busy with other things). However, I saw a video of Tomb Raider Anniversary and that looked good for a PS2 game so I ordered a copy PLUS a PS2 to HDMI adapter. …
Re: Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 high pitched whine when playing Midi files and buzzing when moving cursor in Windows 95
Posted on 2020-05-07, 05:14
I removed the CD audio cable and that fixed it, the CD audio was making the sound card make a loud hum and static. also happened on a different board (Intel Advanced/ML)
Re: help me with pinout of this ATX PSU
Posted on 2020-02-25, 16:55
It's AT, buy an ATX to AT adapter and a ATX Power supply to test it. many Pentium 1 boards are AT, LPX also uses the AT power supply as well.
Re: any use for broken hard drives?
Posted on 2020-01-25, 20:14
my Maxtor 4GB drive in my Pentium 1 machine finally gave up its ghost, R.I.P. 1997-2020. It had rough bearings, had many bad sectors, it was just not healthy, one day when i was going to power up to play some DOS games. i heard odd sounds and it just hung there on the BIOS. I just pulled the HDD out …
Re: Is this Mac Se (likely) repairable?
Posted on 2020-01-21, 18:23
I had a Mac Classic that's like that. i took it apart thinking it was just the typical leaky caps issue but it was much worse, the battery has leaked. i just chucked it, it was no use. got a Mac IIci to replace it. the IIci only had bad caps but i cleaned it and recapped it and it's now working.
Re: Someone Brute-forced a motherboard standoff into one of my Advanced/ML's parallel port and it's bent.
Posted on 2020-01-21, 05:55
i just bent the parallel port back into shape with pliers and it finally fits into the ATX case fine. i just didn't bother and made do with that brass stand-off. heres a pic, the brass stand-off is on the bottom of the parallel port on the picture and theres a bit of a bend. https://i.imgur.com/ …
Someone Brute-forced a motherboard standoff into one of my Advanced/ML's parallel port and it's bent.
Posted on 2020-01-21, 02:18
I have a intel Advanced/ML that i ordered off ebay but i noticed something strange, part of the parallel port is bent and it can't fit in any cases, it turns out that there's a brass standoff screw brute-forced into there and it's a PITA to remove. any tips of removal? it still POSTs though and …
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