Re: Vinegar syndrome and choosing new polarising film

Posted on Today, 02:40

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by Thermalwrong

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Wanted to share what I ended u going with for my Toshiba T1950CS. After some trial and error with different sticky tapes and polarizers I used contact film (you know the one we use to protect our kids school books) and this polarizer: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09WZSFG6P?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_ …

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Re: Toshiba T5100 - weird expansion card

Posted on 2025-04-14, 16:02

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by Thermalwrong

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Folks, I found this weird expansion card in my Toshiba T5100: https://i.imgur.com/NnSfYzU.jpeg I am guessing this is some kind of expansion interface cards, like some sort of a docking station, but I could not find any more details. Do you have any info on this one? Thanks a lot! Hmm, I thought it …

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

Posted on 2025-04-14, 03:29

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by Thermalwrong

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Nice, I'll have to try something like that at some point (though I have no roland card or real GuS). What's the resource management like, is it using the original software or something like unisound? I bought an untested NEC Versa V/50 laptop the other week which had essentially destroyed its hinge …

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Re: We created with mods a Toshiba Satellite 400cdt with a pentium 100mhz and a 640 x 480 lcd screen. It works

Posted on 2025-04-09, 13:41

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by Thermalwrong

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Hi! I have a few question thanks. 1. Is it ok to use a ML2032 rechargeable battery instead ? ( with a cr2032 socket in the 400cdt) ( if they send 5v i suppose its not a good idea ) ( edit: i just checked the maintenance manual its a 3.6v battery that was there. ) Honestly, not sure, I've never …

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

Posted on 2025-04-09, 13:15

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by Thermalwrong

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P_20250326_225128.jpg I kind of don't know if this counts as "retro" (had to use my camera as a monitor since my other CRT is on the fritz) P_20250326_224213.jpg but I tried that "windows NT4 on Wii" drug it performs just as good/bad as my T4400C cooking with a 25MHz UC'd PODP5V63 and 20Mb ram as …

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Re: We created with mods a Toshiba Satellite 400cdt with a pentium 100mhz and a 640 x 480 lcd screen. It works

Posted on 2025-04-08, 13:13

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by Thermalwrong

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Another thing. Do you know a way to have Keen4 not fullscreen stretching ? with black border in top and bottom instead ? I changed text stretching in bios but it changed nothing about that. It works with top and bottom black border with my compaq Elite cx4/50 wuth a 9.5" 640 x 480 lcd screen. But …

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

Posted on 2025-04-05, 00:44

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by Thermalwrong

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P_20250326_225128.jpg I kind of don't know if this counts as "retro" (had to use my camera as a monitor since my other CRT is on the fritz) P_20250326_224213.jpg but I tried that "windows NT4 on Wii" drug it performs just as good/bad as my T4400C cooking with a 25MHz UC'd PODP5V63 and 20Mb ram as …

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Re: IBM Thinkpad T22 Shuts Down After a Few Minutes

Posted on 2025-04-04, 22:22

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by Thermalwrong

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Check whether the fresh thermal paste is making good contact with the CPU - those thermal pads were usually pretty thick and you might need to install a shim to get the CPU to contact the heatsink fully. I usually use thin copper sheet for that purpose. Have you heard the fan run?

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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 LCD panel problem.

Posted on 2025-04-02, 22:45

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by Thermalwrong

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Do you hear a buzzing when the display is lit? It sounds like the backlight is shutting off perhaps because of too much current required - thought that is just a guess right now. Do you have any other LCD panels that you could plug into the Satellite 4600's backlight inverter? To see if the same …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-04-02, 02:54

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by Thermalwrong

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Some moar boards from the recycler. The list so far got to these: - ABIT VL6 - MSI MS-6309 (the standard 694x version, no ISA but pads are there) - ECS P6ISA-II - Shuttle AE22v11 - Gigabyte GA-6BXC r1.7 - Gigabyte GA-5AA r2.2 - MSI MS-6168 rev2 (yes, I'm fortunate to get a 2nd 6168 :) ) As well as …

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Re: Problem with opl3-sax on toshiba s320cds

Posted on 2025-03-29, 19:29

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by Thermalwrong

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Hello, I get 2 toshiba satellite 320cds in bad condition, one had his hard drive broken and the other could start with win95 but the screen is difficult to read, blurry and not much light, and the keyboard works anyhow (double or wrong keys etc…). So I removed the disk from the computer with …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite 200CDS

Posted on 2025-03-29, 19:12

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by Thermalwrong

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My Toshiba Tecra 710CDT had a similar issue. A high pitched whine and an occasional but rare interference pattern across the screen. The CFL inverter board is slightly different (model name UA0392P03). IMG20250328184155.jpg These two electrolyte capacitors needed replacement. IMG_20250328_184619. …

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Re: Problem with opl3-sax on toshiba s320cds

Posted on 2025-03-28, 15:36

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by Thermalwrong

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I think also that the BIOS on the Toshiba laptops initialises the OPL3-SAx chip so unisound or setupsa are only needed if you want to modify the IRQ / DMA settings from the BIOS ones. The BIOS defaults for SB Pro are IRQ5 and DMA0, Address 220. However it does the initialisation, it's normal for …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CDT external floppy drive disassembly

Posted on 2025-03-28, 15:23

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by Thermalwrong

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Hi all, I've recently acquired a Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CDT laptop. The computer by itself works great, although I had to change the two green batteries inside (they fortunately did not leak). The issue is, the external floppy drive is not working (and have no model number written anywhere...). …

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Re: I just bought a T2150CDT 486 dx4-75mhz laptop. which external fdd is compatible ?

Posted on 2025-03-28, 14:32

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by Thermalwrong

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I read somewhere that the 410CDT external floppy is compatible with the T2150CDT. And is it possible with a T2150CDT to swap the internal cd-rom for a internal floppy drive ? 410CDT floppy drive will work on the T2150CDT. The original drive is the PA2652U but they're belt driven and pretty rare. …

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Re: I just bought a T2150CDT 486 dx4-75mhz laptop. which external fdd is compatible ?

Posted on 2025-03-28, 03:58

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by Thermalwrong

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I read somewhere that the 410CDT external floppy is compatible with the T2150CDT. And is it possible with a T2150CDT to swap the internal cd-rom for a internal floppy drive ? 410CDT floppy drive will work on the T2150CDT. The original drive is the PA2652U but they're belt driven and pretty rare. …

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Re: Dell Dimension L866R - Power Supply

Posted on 2025-03-20, 19:49

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by Thermalwrong

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I was thinking about trying to get a new PSU for the Dell Dimension L866R I have. The power button is connected to the motherboard and it has an ATX connector and an AT connector. Is it possible to get a new PSU like this? Here is a picture. Unless the power supply is failing to work, it's best to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-03-18, 03:55

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by Thermalwrong

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#1. Compaq Armada 7730MT P166, 64MB, 1.4GB. Purchased the lot for this. GFX issues in ad, hopefully caps. Worked well during testing. 20250314_150622[1].jpg ---------------------------------------------- #2. Compaq Contura 430CX Not sure about CPU (can't get into BIOS), but has 8MB RAM, and a …

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Re: Need help with IBM Blue Lightning system information

Posted on 2025-03-10, 01:18

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by Thermalwrong

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Here are some pictures of the box after being mishandled for 5 months by UPS and US Customs! Wow, thank goodness it survived! It looks like it bounced around multiple warehouses for a few months Great news that it's still working in spite of all that. And to its credit although I bet the standoffs …

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 PCI SGR rev. C3 rescued - running but missing 2 tiny smd capacitors and some video corruption

Posted on 2025-03-09, 02:24

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by Thermalwrong

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Hello folks, I'm a 3dfx fan since the original relase. Still have my Voodoo 3 3000 AGP boxed bought back in 1998 safely stored. Back during the mid 2000's I got a Voodoo5 AGP and another Voodoo 3 3000 for little money. I recently rescued a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI (got it for like US$ 50), I knew the card …

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