Re: Pentium II slot 1 cooler on a Pentium III?

Posted on 2019-12-19, 17:03

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by TheeRaccoon

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Well it's currently in transit so I don't physically have it yet, the seller said I might need to drill holes in the heatsink to properly fit it to a PIII but I'd really rather not do that 😒 I can post pics later on when I get it.

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Pentium II slot 1 cooler on a Pentium III?

Posted on 2019-12-19, 16:50

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by TheeRaccoon

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Hey all!! I have an extremely nice 3DFXCOOL Alpha that was designed for a Pentium II but I'm really wanting to throw it on my 850MHz Pentium III.. Is there any possible way to get a slot one Pentium II cooler to fit on a slot one Pentium III without modifying the crap out of the heatsink? I'd rather …

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

Posted on 2019-07-03, 17:52

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by TheeRaccoon

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Just got another addition to my Quantum3D collection in yesterday, Quantum3D Obsidian2 200SB! With the rare optional fan rail system! Cleaned it up and erased the contacts to get rid of any oxidization. Played some Half Life and it worked perfect first try. (:

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

Posted on 2019-03-09, 10:55

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by TheeRaccoon

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Played Half-Life and Unreal on my Quantum3D Mercury brick (8 Voodoo 2's in SLI, 2 Voodoo 2 chipsets in SLI on each 200SBi board)

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

Posted on 2019-03-09, 10:53

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by TheeRaccoon

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More scrubbing and cleaning. Another desktop AT case, with a design much like the small tower we used to have at home with a 386SX 16MHz system in it. http://i.imgur.com/hWKQ0gbl.jpg Need to find a way to remove markings like this one without damaging the plastic. So far I have only used soap and …

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Re: "Outrigger" OR840 build

Posted on 2019-01-10, 04:39

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by TheeRaccoon

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On the bench doing some basic functional verification of the expansion cards: Quadro 2 Pro - this card technically became available a month after the Dream Machine 2000 issue, but I figure this is a workstation and therefore deserving of a workstation GPU. Performance should be somewhere between …

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Re: Weird adjustment dials on redundant PSU?

Posted on 2018-12-17, 21:23

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by TheeRaccoon

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elod wrote: Oh my. 50A on the 5V rail... Etasis... perfect for SocketA. It's a beast!! I'm using it for my mercury brick haha (:

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Re: Weird adjustment dials on redundant PSU?

Posted on 2018-12-17, 20:37

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by TheeRaccoon

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realnc wrote: How do you know they're dials and not just screws? 😜 Lol fair enough 😉

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Re: Weird adjustment dials on redundant PSU?

Posted on 2018-12-17, 20:35

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by TheeRaccoon

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They are potentiometers, maybe they are used to fine-tune the output voltages, hard to tell with those pics. That's what I was thinking. I might set up my meter and turn them while looking at the readout! I figured this because x3 would be 3.3v 5v and 12v and a set for each PSU. Then maybe the …

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Weird adjustment dials on redundant PSU?

Posted on 2018-12-17, 15:01

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by TheeRaccoon

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Can anyone give me an idea of what in the world these little Phillips head dials could be used for? I've looked all over for manuals on this PSU with no luck and any help would be much appreciated! TY!

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Re: Most rare and most common 3DFX cards in existence?

Posted on 2018-12-16, 20:39

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by TheeRaccoon

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My Quantum3D Mercury brick is one of the rarest pieces I've ever seen as it's the only known one in existence with this configuration. The black PCB's are from the early revisions while the heatsinks are from the later green PCB revision cards. 3 out of the 4 cards have 100MHz EDO while one of these …

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Re: Win98se essentials for gaming ?

Posted on 2018-07-14, 19:48

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by TheeRaccoon

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If you're using a ball mouse on your old machine like I am make sure to use PS2 Rate. It will smooth your mouse movement and make it feel much better in games!! Just don't go too crazy on the refresh as it can tax your CPU. http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/ps2rate.html

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Re: Restoring a trashed Quantum3D Raven PCI...

Posted on 2018-07-13, 18:40

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by TheeRaccoon

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Awesome job on this!!! Card ended up looking really good!

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Re: Cooling solutions for old PCs?

Posted on 2018-07-13, 00:47

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by TheeRaccoon

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Something I came up with a while back (: Use an expansion slot cover with a steel screw or any other screw that matches your cases thread pitch for the standoff hole. After that, you can mount a properly sized fan on it like this with zip ties. Hope this helps!

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Re: sound popping with old FSP psus?

Posted on 2018-04-28, 08:56

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by TheeRaccoon

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The proper series names for the Fuhjyyu are TN and TM. They add the R when they sell to certain kinds of customers (which is weird) and I know that's what is usually seen in PSUs, but if you use the 3-digit version when you are looking for the datasheets you might never find them. There are some …

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sound popping with old FSP psus?

Posted on 2018-04-22, 05:09

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by TheeRaccoon

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I'm getting a strange popping sound from time to time with any of my older powerman or aopen FSP psu's. I don't get the issue with my dynex unit which is very odd to me.. These were supposedly super high quality units back then so I'm not sure if this is just a normal thing? I figured this would …

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Retro mouse pad? :o

Posted on 2018-04-04, 04:28

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by TheeRaccoon

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Hey, guys, I'm looking for some possible recommendations for cool 90's style mouse pads for my late 98 build. Post them up! (:

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Re: Restoration Tools

Posted on 2018-03-06, 20:59

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by TheeRaccoon

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Cant forget a magic eraser!!! One of the absolute best things to clean up scuffs on cases and clean hard to come off stuff! (:

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2018-03-06, 20:54

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by TheeRaccoon

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KSHIRZA1 wrote: Retro PC (My first PC recreation) finally done with the exception of my Yamaha 719s sound card that's on the way. Perfect additi […] Show full quote Retro PC (My first PC recreation) finally done with the exception of my Yamaha 719s sound card that's on the way. Perfect addition to …

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Re: Super rare Quantum3D Obsidian 2 200SBi?

Posted on 2018-02-24, 19:28

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by TheeRaccoon

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3Dfx is interesting, as the SLI voodoo 2 cards, or this type of brick, or the Voodoo 5 with x2 and x4 chips.. But in the end is really retarded and funny when you realise that 3Dfx was fighting with nVIDIA and GEforce 256 that have only one GPU with modded Avenger chips 2 and 4 of them, and still …

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