Re: Help identifying Matrox card models and years.
Posted on Yesterday, 23:19
Seems that Dell cards end in DELL2, Compaq end (not start as I said above) in CPQ and HP cards end in HP3 (and possibly HP/HP2)
Re: Help identifying Matrox card models and years.
Posted on Yesterday, 22:28
The specs should be the same, even if the layout differs. And yes, the DELL2 will mean it was used by DELL
Re: Help identifying Matrox card models and years.
Posted on Yesterday, 22:01
I'm not sure how all OEM part numbers start, but Compaq cards have model numbers on the stickers that start with CPQ. I'm not sure, but I think the OEM and non OEM versions of the same card only differ in the model number on the sticker. I haven't got round to researching Matrox cards for my website …
Re: Help identifying Matrox card models and years.
Posted on Yesterday, 21:41
The original Mystique was the 1064 chip, and the original Millenium was the 2064 chip. 1164 (Mystique 220) and 2164 (Millenium II) are second generation.
Re: Help identifying Matrox card models and years.
Posted on Yesterday, 21:11
The Mystique was the cheap version of the Millenium (and less powerful). Both those cards are retail and from the same generation.
Re: How do you store your old parts?
Posted on Yesterday, 17:07
I have most of my CPUs in 10 x 6L plastic storage boxes, but now have enough OEM shipping trays to transfer most into the trays (I buy whenever I see them cheap enough, but most trays are over priced). Motherboards are in two sizes of small package shipping boxes. Graphics cards are currently in …
Re: Creating a CD with freeware DOS games - Any game suggestions?
Posted on Yesterday, 12:25
Were there free versions of Lemmings or Tetris, two old classics?
Re: AMD K6-2+ 500 will only run on a 66Mhz FSB
Posted on 2021-04-06, 18:03
Sounds like you were sent a fake, as all K6-2+/500 are documented as running at 5 x 100, and even if it has been thrashed and is no longer stable @100 bus, it should run at 5x. Can you post a pic where we can see the details? Need to see the engraving on the aluminium spreader and the corners of the …
Re: TSENG 4000 VLB - dim picture output
Posted on 2021-04-05, 22:00
I'm no expert, but it sounds like one or more of the caps next to the VGA connector might be leaking current to ground.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-04-02, 21:58
SteveC wrote on 2021-04-02, 20:57: Noooo SSDs can't ever be retro! I thought I drew the line at USB, but surely there's a line at spinning rust disks?! 😁 Surely my revodrives are retro? 😀
Re: Why I do this
Posted on 2021-03-31, 23:46
I just make sure I have all the parts and cases to build a system for every need. One day I'll actually get round to taking pics and building the systems :) Got about 10 AT cases, 20 or more ATX and mATX cases, 125+ motherboards, 500+ graphics cards, over 1K CPUs (plus more on hold with my drop …
Re: Motherboard troubleshooting?
Posted on 2021-03-30, 06:11
After some more fiddling around - I discovered the random freezing issues stop when I disable all onboard devices that I can. I disabled several of these devices when running it as a media server, so that explains why the problems never came up in the time I was using it for that. That sounds like …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-03-29, 21:02
The VGA is 8MB PCI, permedia chip manufactured by 3DLabs. Does the PowerColor card (3D labs only made the chip) have a model name and/or FCC ID on the rear? I'm guessing it's a Permedia 2, not an NT, 2V or 3? I'm adding it to the database that will soon be updated on gpuzoo.com Today I turned on …
Re: What's the state of old PC networking?
Posted on 2021-03-29, 18:36
I can't remember when I last saw a network card, including ISA, that didn't have an RJ45 socket and support ethernet.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-03-26, 21:10
PC@LIVE wrote on 2021-03-26, 20:40: The VGA is 8MB PCI, permedia chip manufactured by 3DLabs. Does the PowerColor card (3D labs only made the chip) have a model name and/or FCC ID on the rear? I'm guessing it's a Permedia 2, not an NT, 2V or 3? I'm adding it to the database that will soon be …
Re: Display Problem with STB Powergraph C33/WD90C33-ZZ VLB Card
Posted on 2021-03-24, 01:00
@debs3759 Awesome! I’m excited to see this project keep growing! 20k cards is quite impressive! How large do you foresee it growing with that third database? The goal is to keep growing it until I run out of places to get new (and old) cards and specs from. My aim is to collect data eventually for …
Re: Display Problem with STB Powergraph C33/WD90C33-ZZ VLB Card
Posted on 2021-03-23, 23:19
The picture was fine, thanks. I have all the data I need from it. Sounds good! I hope this helps! By the by, I checked out your site and quite enjoyed it! I can't wait to see it grow! Thanks. It has over 20K cards listed so far, but only ATI/AMD and NVidia cards at the moment. I'm slowly adding …
Re: Display Problem with STB Powergraph C33/WD90C33-ZZ VLB Card
Posted on 2021-03-23, 22:55
The picture was fine, thanks. I have all the data I need from it.
Re: Display Problem with STB Powergraph C33/WD90C33-ZZ VLB Card
Posted on 2021-03-23, 22:48
Thanks
Re: Display Problem with STB Powergraph C33/WD90C33-ZZ VLB Card
Posted on 2021-03-23, 21:58
If there is any data on the reverse, could you please post a high resolution pic of the reverse? In particular looking for a FCC ID and confirmation that it is a WDC manufactured card with STB branding. I'm adding it to my database for adding to gpuzoo.com, so any data will help me to provide …
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