Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2020-01-02, 03:39

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I use a 21-inch CRT monitor and the new design is VERY fatiguing on my eyes after only about 2 minutes. And I used to read stuff sometimes for hours on here on the old format without issue. I changed the color scheme and that helped somewhat. IF you can add more themes for users to choose from once …

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Re: HP t5720 PCI riser

Posted on 2019-11-26, 22:47

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The official PCI expansion module w/ PCI Riser for HP Compaq t5720 Thin Client card (and expansion cover) are available on ebay for $19 plus shipping The seller does ship to China.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-24, 16:46

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Sounds like some people here don't know what they're talking about with regards to ebay rules. On the buyer side, the ONLY thing that is against ebay rules in the context of seeking out items a seller has to sell is to ask the seller to complete a transaction off of ebay. There is nothing wrong with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-24, 04:06

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tyan tiger 133, dual piii 866 cpus and 1gig pc133 for my y2k workstation build. tyan.tiger.133.jpg That's a sweet looking board (I see they don't sell for cheap, either). Especially with that ISA slot, it looks like a perfect fit for a hybrid DOS/98/2k or xp build with that extra CPU giving a …

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Re: Upgrading graphics on a Presario 2240

Posted on 2019-11-24, 03:55

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I remember not having much luck with an FX5200 in my Pentium 2 rig. It ran fine in a p3 machine but in a 300mhz p2, it ran quite slow. I ended up going with a Quadro card in that build, which ran much better.

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Re: Need help identifying a capacitor

Posted on 2019-11-22, 17:35

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Ok so now I feel like an idiot.....🤣 yes, its on the other side....6.3v 1500uf

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Need help identifying a capacitor

Posted on 2019-11-22, 17:04

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I have some motherboards with a bunch of faulty caps....and they're all the same culprit: Evercon 125 degrees C E67A http://breakingnewsfeeds.com/media/evercon-cap.jpg Now I'm not a capacitor expert. Nowhere printed is the capacitance rating. Google searching was mostly fruitless EXCEPT one lone …

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Re: Ethernet over a USB 1.1 port via adapter - speed?

Posted on 2019-11-19, 05:42

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I found some really cheap unbranded ones on ebay. ASIX dm9601 chip. Never heard of ASIX before, but these apparently have Windows 98 support. For just $4 I'll give one a try.

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Ethernet over a USB 1.1 port via adapter - speed?

Posted on 2019-11-19, 04:57

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So today I received some Pentium 3 motherboards I recently purchased, and one thing I guess I completely overlooked is the lack of onboard ethernet. There's a phone jack but no ethernet. And there's only 2 PCI slots, which will be filled with a sound and a video card, so I have no other room for …

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Re: AMD equivalent to Intel Core Duo

Posted on 2019-11-18, 14:37

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Well it looks like you practically have a whole new computer in your closet, all that is missing is the case, ram, hard drive, and optical drive. If it were me, I would just buy those parts new and build it from scratch. And with that high-end of hardware, I would definitely go with a solid state …

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Re: AMD equivalent to Intel Core Duo

Posted on 2019-11-18, 05:01

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Here's pretty much exactly what you're looking for if you want something that'll fit your case, is AMD, and is at least somewhat close to Core 2 Duo in performance, and isn't super power-hungry. You get: -a Biostar AM2 motherboard (K8M800) -2 GB of ram -an X2 CPU/heatsink/fan (unsure exactly which …

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Re: AMD equivalent to Intel Core Duo

Posted on 2019-11-17, 21:31

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What all parts are you looking at re-using vs. replacing? Are you keeping just the case or do you want to re-use the motherboard as well? It would be helpful to know what model of motherboard you have as the XP2000+ had several variations.

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Re: Cmedia CMI8738 - maybe its Biggest Secret

Posted on 2019-11-16, 02:38

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I have an old Bki810 bookshelf PC (Socket 370 Celeron) with no expansion ports but it does have a CMI sound chip: SoundPro HT8738AM / PCI M7H31-033C So I'll be curious to see if you ever get this figured out.

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

Posted on 2019-11-15, 23:18

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I'm just reinstalling Windows 2000 Professional from scratch with VMWare, and applying all the updates I can. And I want it to stay vanilla, so no kernel extenders for now. Next on my list is to find a decent browser - I believe my best candidate is Pale Moon 26.5... Then I will install all my old …

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

Posted on 2019-11-15, 16:27

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Recapped 7 motherboards - all from some new-old-stock HP T5700 thin clients. I hand 8 of these altogether, and 7 had the same 2 bad caps. Of those, 5 wouldn't even post to BIOS. But now with the new Panasonic caps, all 7 boards work perfectly! This is my first attempt at recapping anything. Luckily …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-14, 16:59

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Scored a box of 11 brand-new (old stock) Pentium-III PGA 370 motherboards for $92, so that's just over $8 per motherboard. These are OEM Gateway boards with 2 PCI slots, made by MSI, model MS-6312. Unable to find out much about this board online other than a lengthy thread suggesting that these …

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Re: Readily available motherboards with ISA slot and faster CPUs?

Posted on 2019-11-14, 04:04

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Here are a few more from Ali Express. I may have to pick up one of the G41 boards at some point. If you don't want to mess with ISA, the G41 chipset works great with the Yamaha YMF724/744 PCI sound card using DSDMA. Find a board with at least one traditional PCI slot (2 slots if the onboard …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-14, 03:55

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Box of 170 random new-old stock I/O shields for $21. About 12 cents a piece. Quite a bit of variety of stuff in here. While some of it is for newer boards, there's a fair amount for motherboards made before 2005. You can never have too many I/O shields when so many people sell boards without them. …

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Re: Late 90's hardware, is it worth it?

Posted on 2019-11-11, 17:13

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Another good cheap option for upgrading that video card, if you decide to upgrade it, is an nvidia Quadro2 MXR. I have one in my Pentium II, 300 MHZ rig and it works great. It is basically a slightly overclocked GeForce2 MX400. Can be had for around $10. The Quadro workstation cards are very stable …

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Re: Sil3112 Windows 98se drivers

Posted on 2019-11-10, 15:06

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Try this: https://web.archive.org/web/20070226043008/http://www.siliconimage.com/docs/SWD-003x12-00W-1361.zip Google Chrome may not like that file and give you a warning - just choose "keep." EDIT - also had to do a little searching - but here is the BIOS file you will need to update the BIOS …

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