Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-07-14, 22:55

by

by pentiumspeed

in Milliways

in Milliways

I prefer blower type GPUs and remove fan. Make shroud duct and use a larger blower. This will generate more pressure with less rpm and less noise. I'll find out once I have all the goodies in the future. Note, not all blower fans are equal, majority of these on ebay and others are low pressure even …

---

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-14, 15:02

by

by pentiumspeed

in Milliways

in Milliways

I avoid Samsung like I avoid Apple, for doing crap totally their own way and "improving" on standards, or as rational people say, breaking them. ... also don't trust Samsung for SD card issues, I know half a dozen people that have had samsungs corrupt cards on them. uSe a qUaLitY cArD they say, …

---

Re: Windows 95 keeps "losing" my network card

Posted on 2023-07-13, 21:20

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Back in the day, even 98SE we kept losing the drive share link. We had to manually reconnect when this happens. Only happens when PC is started up but intermittently. Don't think it is hardware issue. Cheers,

---

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-13, 20:01

by

by pentiumspeed

in Milliways

in Milliways

Micron 1100 2TB can be had inexpensively, but the wear is open question. Should had waited for Samsung S8 or S9 and put it on protective film and cheap case. Still rocking my S8 bought refurbished, and was me who refurbished that one 4 years ago for sale and wanted it so bought it at work. Or apple …

---

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-13, 19:43

by

by pentiumspeed

in Milliways

in Milliways

Micron 1100 2TB can be had inexpensively, but the wear is open question. Should had waited for Samsung S8 or S9 and put it on protective film and cheap case. Still rocking my S8 bought refurbished, and was me who refurbished that one 4 years ago for sale and wanted it so bought it at work. Or apple …

---

Re: Help on identifying Transcend TS2MCQ0834

Posted on 2023-07-13, 19:19

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

This goes with this S3 GX video card for compaq. http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/368-s3-virge-gx Where did you find these? Cheers,

---

Re: I walked into a junk shop and walked out with a Dynalogic Hyperion!

Posted on 2023-07-13, 19:02

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

256K, odd floppy format and semi compatible with some programs and needs specific DOS. Cheers,

---

Re: Energy efficient old hardware for win98

Posted on 2023-07-13, 18:53

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For modern low power desktop computer for light computing and web gaming, web browsing, I recommend HP Mini series. You can change CPU for 35W instead of 45W or 65W, newer ones takes *Two* NVME M.2 SSDs. But remember, if you going to use windows 11 now or in future and efficient, then must get HP …

---

Re: Defective S3 801 — Any Chips Worth Salvaging?

Posted on 2023-07-13, 14:19

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Brilliant! Cheers,

---

Re: IBM 8513 bad color purity

Posted on 2023-07-12, 21:04

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

8513 ages badly due to awful CRT quality, and another possibility the CRT shadow mask was knocked out of alignment. Shadow mask with frame is designed to be snapped into glass pegs with electrical connection to HV or ground, I forgot, on front glass plate, this was removed and installed several …

---

Re: Energy efficient old hardware for win98

Posted on 2023-07-12, 20:52

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

PIII 533 is about 15W. Cheers,

---

Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-07-12, 01:07

by

by pentiumspeed

in Milliways

in Milliways

Or get a HP Z420 or Z440 workstation and do what other poster did for storage duty and low power CPU, low end GPU like Quadro 600 or K600? The power usage is low due to PSU being 90% plus efficient. Cheers,

---

Re: motherboard repair, ISA pin B05 voltage

Posted on 2023-07-11, 16:31

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not only that, some sound cards and true hard core serial cards. Cheers,

---

Re: Everything DDR3 related.

Posted on 2023-07-11, 16:27

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This shows how great Micron modules and OEM memory in regard, are and I used these Micron and Crucial all the time on my computers. Not overclocking through. Keep in mind that Corsair and others are third party and they do not have the access to top grade chips. They were re-binned from best chips …

---

Re: Voodoo 3 with P3 933?

Posted on 2023-07-09, 19:35

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thermal interface material. Guy was asking about yours is it original or not? Cheers,

---

Re: Pentium MMX Ceramic VS Plastic version

Posted on 2023-07-09, 16:54

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Fake. The way the laser burnt looks wrong and the copyright symbol is too comical. Give it a scrape with sharp knife, the top layer should come off. I have a remarked Pentium 150 as 166 like this. Cheers,

---

Re: Asus USB/MIR

Posted on 2023-07-09, 00:36

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Only connections are needed: four inductors, and they are low ohm will do, and very small value around pf range for capacitors on all 4 signal lines, two each for keyboard and mouse ports. Easy to do. The header and ribbon cable can be made and sourced. Cheers,

---

Re: Question regarding tantalum capacitors on old hardware

Posted on 2023-07-08, 14:53

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

as long as value and voltage is met or exceeded. Cheers,

---

Re: Extra tab on the slot of an ATI Rage 128 pro

Posted on 2023-07-07, 19:07

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yes, that was from a Mac using 24V supply via motherboard's to juice the monitor via the video connector instead of second power cord. Cheers,

---

Re: From best to worst - BX boards

Posted on 2023-07-07, 19:05

by

by pentiumspeed

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Any P2B or P3B. I had P2B with PII 350 since new. Was donated to me for the work for a person. Very stable. Next in quality is Intel made BX boards and 815. Cheers,

---