Re: Can I solder this ceramic component be soldered back together to fix?

Posted on Yesterday, 17:54

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by Deksor

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People tell you you can't, but actually I broke one exactly that way, the mobo it came one didn't work well anymore, then I resoldered what was left to the mobo and the mobo worked again, so it can be done ... but they're so cheap you should replace it indeed.

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Re: BIOS image collection - requests, discussion etc

Posted on 2020-04-04, 20:05

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by Deksor

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Yes I did with my HP vectra which has no PCI slots. I used version 1.0 though.

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Re: BIOS image collection - requests, discussion etc

Posted on 2020-04-04, 17:39

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by Deksor

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Hey Uniflash works with 386s and 486s too !

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Re: SIPP Memory Orientation [SOLVED]

Posted on 2020-04-03, 15:15

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by Deksor

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Another indicator to find the orientation : the holes on the sides of the connector, if you pay close attention, you'll see that one is bigger than the other, so if you solder in the SIMM slot, it will go only in one way.

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Re: I think AOpen just nuked their FTP server

Posted on 2020-04-03, 00:14

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by Deksor

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@Cyclone3D 120GB ? Huh, when I archive Aopen.nl I got only 96GB How do you upload things to archive.org ? I keep having somthing that breaks after sending a couple of GB of data ... I use 7-Zip and set the volume size per file and it creates a multi-part zip. Pretty sure I did 4.5GB parts when I …

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Re: I think AOpen just nuked their FTP server

Posted on 2020-04-02, 23:47

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by Deksor

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@Cyclone3D 120GB ? Huh, when I archive Aopen.nl I got only 96GB How do you upload things to archive.org ? I keep having somthing that breaks after sending a couple of GB of data ...

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Re: How to configure this turbo display ?

Posted on 2020-03-30, 00:28

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by Deksor

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Ah I found out how to do it. It wasn't the turbo button, it was the RESET button that I had to hold.

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Re: Trouble with Rhino MVP3-AT build and nVidia AGP cards

Posted on 2020-03-29, 19:56

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by Deksor

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Great news ! Have fun with your K6 😁

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Re: Vogons members average motherboard collection size

Posted on 2020-03-29, 00:58

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by Deksor

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I have 226 pcs of faulty 8088-486 mainboards boxed up. It's not really a collection, just my passion for repairing bad mainboards running wild. I keep buying them but I don't really have the time to actually look at them. When I see a faulty mainboard for $2-5 I just have to buy it. I only have 25 …

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Re: Trouble with Rhino MVP3-AT build and nVidia AGP cards

Posted on 2020-03-26, 16:41

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by Deksor

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It's here : http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm Originally it was a Octek motherboard, but it's identical to the DFI P5BV3+

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Re: Where to get standard ATX I/O shields ? (Pentium 1/II/III era)

Posted on 2020-03-25, 19:46

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by Deksor

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Well back into the pentium 2 era, they all matched (I have many of these boards and few I/o shields and they all match

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Re: How to configure this turbo display ?

Posted on 2020-03-25, 19:19

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by Deksor

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How am I supposed to hold a toggle switch ? On the other side of the display, there's ... the display x) Really nothing of interest there.

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How to configure this turbo display ?

Posted on 2020-03-25, 16:07

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by Deksor

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Hi, I have a case which has a three digit turbo display, and when I wanted to see how to change its settings, I found this : How can I configure it ? It seems the speed is written into that IC ...

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Re: What is your opinion on these two old AT PSUs?

Posted on 2020-03-25, 15:54

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by Deksor

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That reminds me my Intertan DT-88 from which its PSU doesn't even have a dedicated case, the PCB is screwed to the main chassis and there's a cover screwed over it to avoid anyone hurting himself from tinkering with the computer. But that's not a big surprise as it's just a 8088 machine with one …

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Re: Where to get standard ATX I/O shields ? (Pentium 1/II/III era)

Posted on 2020-03-25, 15:51

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by Deksor

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Thanks, but unfortunately I haven't found what I'm looking for there ... What I need is what @Horun pictured.

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Re: PC Chips m912 fake cache/BIOS replacement

Posted on 2020-03-25, 12:59

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by Deksor

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Yeah, the PCChips m912 is pretty good for desoldering things 😀 If you don't have a desoldering iron, the simplest way is to cut half of the pins with a pair of cutting pliers then to break the other half using metal fatigue. Then you can easily remove all the pins.

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Re: Where to get standard ATX I/O shields ? (Pentium 1/II/III era)

Posted on 2020-03-25, 12:54

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by Deksor

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@kolderman The thing is, the ones I need are standard, so any of them should match any motherboard 😁 @Lylat1an Unfortunately recycling facilites don't let people buy stuff from them here unfortunately, if they did, I'd be right there to buy retro stuff from them x)

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Where to get standard ATX I/O shields ? (Pentium 1/II/III era)

Posted on 2020-03-24, 23:51

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by Deksor

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Hi ! I have several i440BX motherboards which all need the same type of I/O shield (2 ps/2 ports on the top, then two usb and finally 2 com and 1 parallel, and sometimes sound), but I haven't been able to find a great source for these even though they're pretty standard. Does anyone have an idea ?

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Re: What is your opinion on these two old AT PSUs?

Posted on 2020-03-24, 15:19

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by Deksor

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Where do you find quality AT psus for 10 bucks ? Well indeed in my case, I simply scavenged parts from another PSU that was decent.

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Re: What is your opinion on these two old AT PSUs?

Posted on 2020-03-24, 13:30

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by Deksor

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Can this kind of PSU become decent-ish if you add the missing components (Y capacitor, coils, etc) and replace the caps ? (I had a PSU like this, and I added them from a good ATX PSU I had that died because of a failing fan)

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