Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-17, 20:31

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bmwsvsu wrote: -5.25" Bay fan (the CPU's run a little warmer than I'd like with just heatsinks and no fans) You're... going to need it, yes. Honestly I'd also point a fan or two at those CPUs, especially if they are the original Klamath core ones with the ~43w TDPs.

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Re: Some interesting question for Athlon64 users

Posted on 2019-02-17, 19:20

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Was it a P4 with HyperThreading (HT)? Such chips will show lower CPU usage in such older games because the games aren't designed to utilize more than one thread. Yes. Is that just difference for HyperThreading CPU and no-HyperThreading CPU? Difference between HyperThreading-supported and/or multi- …

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Re: The Recycle Center 1995 build - or thereabouts.

Posted on 2019-02-16, 19:57

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CPU : Pentium MMX 200 (would upgrade to 233 if given the chance). Has a passive cooler (original cooler had a broken fan on it) Word of warning; that's going to run very hot, and the heat will radiate all over the MB and surrounding cards. I'd try pointing a low-speed 80mm fan at the heatsink …

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Re: Some interesting question for Athlon64 users

Posted on 2019-02-15, 19:40

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... What i want to say even if i get Pentium4 2,4GHz (for example) it will show less frames per second in any quake3 test. But CPU usage will be 60-65% maximum. ... Was it a P4 with HyperThreading (HT)? Such chips will show lower CPU usage in such older games because the games aren't designed to …

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Re: Hardware that enhance games?

Posted on 2019-02-13, 22:08

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... later turned out PCI card was actually slower than running same algorithms on CPU (cracked "PPU-Only" Cell Factor demo), card was just a DRM piece :) OK, but... source? And which CPU? Naturally a newer CPU will likely be faster than the discrete PhysX card, but what about CPUs available during …

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Re: Windows XP slow boot on SSD

Posted on 2019-02-10, 21:17

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Side effect of this is that BIOS is stalled for a long time while it looks for IDE devices, which is weird considering I am only using the hard drive as IDE Primary Master. ... Check if the HDD has a separate jumper setting for "single" or "master without slave" mode. See this example for WD drives …

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Re: HP Vectra VL2 4/66 Hard Drive Access "Stuck" Issue

Posted on 2019-02-10, 19:08

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Sounds like HDD is failing, OP. Then again... Maybe dx50 is your problem. 50 Mhz fsb is problematic. Isn't the DX-50 2x 25 MHz? There is a DX-50 at 1x50MHz and a DX2-50 at 2x25MHz. When people leave out the "2", like OP may have done, things get confusing. Either way, a 50MHz bus could be a source …

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Re: Rendition Verite Cards?

Posted on 2019-02-09, 20:45

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chinny22 wrote: Verite 2200 I used to own one of the QDI card pictured here. The other examples on that page are mostly no-name, but QDI was somewhat well-known for motherboards during that period. Maybe you have heard of them.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-07, 21:38

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A couple very old hard IDE hard drives Hmmm, which Deskstar is that? Looks like one of the infamous 75GXP DTLA models from this side. The other one should be a 4500RPM Seagate. About the bags, anti-static is of course preferable over the transparent ziplocks, but I'd rather have the ziplocks than …

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Re: Best motherboard for a retro build?

Posted on 2019-02-07, 03:41

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You don't specify whether that Voodoo 3 1000 is the PCI or AGP version, and I find it more likely you want to use an ISA SB16 with your setup, not a PCI one. Next thing I'll do is question whether that RAM is actually DDR or not. Please clarify these points.

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Re: What is the (real world) difference between these CPUs

Posted on 2019-02-06, 20:23

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P series == 25w TDP (as opposed to 35w) and always 45nm. I'd say, if your MB/laptop uses Socket P, you have no reason to use T7xxx or T5xxx C2Ds (all 65nm) and any Pentiums/Celerons, unless you have some on hand. And, if your MB/laptop doesn't use the crippled GL40 chipset (limited to 800MHz FSB), …

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Re: Pwer supply gurus, help and advice needed

Posted on 2019-02-05, 18:54

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Use a multimeter; never trust what the SuperI/O chip on the motherboard (from which most of the various voltage/temperature/etc readings are derived for display in the BIOS and utility programs) is reporting, with an eye on even 75% accuracy to what the real values are. Also, a 750w PSU ought to be …

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Re: Quality mid to late 90's CD/DVD drives?

Posted on 2019-02-04, 20:49

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... A friend, however, donated his old Pentium 70 Hewlett Packard PC and it has the EXACT same CD drive but a quad speed so double the speed. Turns out it's a Mitsumi drive (mind was branded IBM with no other brand on it). https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/7L0AAOSwzDFb8tbX/s-l1600.jpg And not just …

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Re: Hilariously bad stock images of vintage hardware

Posted on 2019-02-03, 23:39

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Maybe not especially hilarious, but. Filename 8513919.jpg File size 68.61 KiB Views 1556 views File comment Whoops. Some really great photos in this thread... lol @ that corkscrew.

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Re: Thinkpad A20m - what should I do with it

Posted on 2019-02-02, 21:41

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... I want to be able to put it in my backpack, go about my day to day business, ... If you'll actually be able to do that, then I admire your physical fitness. :p I don't know about the A20m but my A30 weighs ~3.30kg (with battery in and only the DVD drive) and I just can't realistically imagine …

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Re: Found the vintage PC motherlode...

Posted on 2019-02-02, 03:11

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Looks a bit haphazard... boxes stacked upon boxes stacked upon monitors stacked upon boxes. Wonder how much of the stuff is actually salvageable. That last photo looks especially dire.

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Re: Windows 95 or 98 for 66mhz 486?

Posted on 2019-01-31, 20:46

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I've run Win98SE on a DX2-66 in the past. It was miserable!!! 95 was much better, but (as already mentioned) I would recommend the OSR2.x updated versions over the original release. Win98 on a Ti486SXL-40/Cx387DX-40 with 16MB is truly miserable. I can't expect that even with the DX2-66 it was that …

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Re: Western Digital rpm class?

Posted on 2019-01-30, 21:05

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The "5400 RPM Class" Blues are basically the Greens; WD dropped the Green branding a few years ago for whatever reason and started calling all of its mainstream HDDs Blues. I would like to think the "7200 RPM Class" ones actually run at 7200 RPM. If WD was my only choice, I'd personally step up to …

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Re: Windows 95 or 98 for 66mhz 486?

Posted on 2019-01-30, 03:05

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I've run Win98SE on a DX2-66 in the past. It was miserable!!! 95 was much better, but (as already mentioned) I would recommend the OSR2.x updated versions over the original release.

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Re: 486 Saved from the skip... please help identify a couple parts.

Posted on 2019-01-29, 21:13

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... This is from around 1992/3? Seems like it's all over the place, really. The motherboard and CPU/FPU carry 1994 date codes, the I/O and VGA cards look to be from 1991, the NIC appears to have been made in 1993, and the AC2850 HDD you didn't receive was available around 1995~1996. I can imagine …

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