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

Posted on 2024-05-07, 07:39

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rasz_pl wrote on 2024-05-06, 15:09: shorting RTC is same as giving it half the cycle, so maybe its not oscillating? I would like to thank you for this most valuable tip. One CUBX-E saved from the trash. Replaced the little 32768 Hz oscillator and it's back alive! Filename DSC_8928.JPG File size 1. …

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

Posted on 2024-05-06, 19:34

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rasz_pl wrote on 2024-05-06, 15:09: shorting RTC is same as giving it half the cycle, so maybe its not oscillating? Tnx, will look into this with the scope!

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

Posted on 2024-05-06, 14:12

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I'm trying to save an Asus CUBX-E board. All voltages are OK, even the right Vcore is being used when I insert a Celeron (2.0V) or a P3 850 (1.7V). Diagnostics / POST card shows 0000, no beeps. The board won't power on when I short the 'power switch' header. Funny thing is, when I short the RTC …

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Re: My retro computer system log

Posted on 2024-04-29, 04:33

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Nice systems you got there. The K8N Neo2 has RoHS solder, it can be a pain to recap the board if you don't have soldering experience. You could try on a much older mainboard first, preferably a dead one. 😉

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Re: Asus K7M HP OEM Motherboard Won't Boot Past POST Screen Logo

Posted on 2024-04-27, 16:38

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by PD2JK

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Can you flash a BIOS image from Asus into the EEPROM? Maybe the POST shows something useful, or even resolve the issue just by reprogramming it. Any beeps from the PC speaker? Or get a (proper) diagnostic card.

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

Posted on 2024-04-25, 20:37

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Crushed the die of an Athlon 700 Slot A Thunderbird last week. I know how it feels. Feels bad.

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Re: PAS16 question

Posted on 2024-04-25, 10:12

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Should be like this. 😀 Filename Pas16-97.gif File size 12.93 KiB Views 189 views

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Re: AMD K7 "goldfinger" cloning thread

Posted on 2024-04-23, 18:32

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Cool to hear from someone who created the original, nice story about the Nortwind-people. 😁

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Re: What are your thoughts about the Gigabyte GA-7IXE mainboard?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 17:34

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by PD2JK

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Sounds like a plan, have fun rebuilding your system.👍😁

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Re: What are your thoughts about the Gigabyte GA-7IXE mainboard?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 11:50

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That PC133 RAM will be clocked to 100 MHz, and should work normal since your Abit board has/had support up to 512MB. 7IXE can use three modules of 256MB each. An SB Live! or Audigy has some bugs with VIA southbridges (686B), but the 7IXE has the Irongate 750 chipset (751 + 756), so no worries. For …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-04-22, 10:14

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Sephiroth, The Great wrote on 2024-04-22, 09:00: https://ibb.co/VvJGpkF Why does it only show 3.18 GB (3264 MB) of RAM instead of 4 GB (4096 MB) of RAM? Could be some memory remapping/translation function in your BIOS you have to disable or enable.

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Re: What are your thoughts about the Gigabyte GA-7IXE mainboard?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 09:29

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Or two systems. 7IXE + 700MHz + Voodoo3 3000 7IXE4 + 1400MHz TB + Geforce 3 / 4 / Radeon 9000 series (some later cards won't fit because of AGP 8x) And before you know it you're down the rabbit hole haha! An 7IXE/7IXE4 lacks AGP 4x, so there are faster and better socket A boards. 😉

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Re: What are your thoughts about the Gigabyte GA-7IXE mainboard?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 07:20

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Are you aware that a GA-7IXE doesn't support Athlon XPs? It's a great board, stable and solid, but overclocking options are limited. If you're into overclocking, look for an Asus K7M. The fastest Athlon for this board is a Thunderbird 1GHz, but that's a bit of a unicorn. VIA northbridges can have …

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

Posted on 2024-04-21, 12:43

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ayandon wrote on 2024-04-21, 08:29: Today, I fixed the Socket-A 4 Lever locking issue. FTFY. Nicely done, I'm curious, do you have any pictures of the slot without CPU?

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Re: Is the core 2 extreme qx 6700 considered a collectable/rare cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 17:18

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Yes. Would you notice it? Not really.

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Re: SRAM testing procedure with TL688?

Posted on 2024-04-15, 19:48

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Should be TL866II (Plus) I guess.👍

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-04-14, 20:38

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dr_st wrote on 2024-04-14, 19:06: Which levels did you play through? We played the first episode, Formerly a Prince, I love the art style depicting the episodes. This one has inspiration from Purple Rain, Jazz sitting on a motorcycle. The title is also referring to his name change(s), the artist …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-04-14, 18:10

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Today I tried two player split screen in Jazz Jackrabbit 2 for the first time, with my 5 year old. A lot of fun. Spaz and Lori make a good team.

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Re: SRAM testing procedure with TL688?

Posted on 2024-04-14, 16:03

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True, I tested some chips using the SRAM test which turns out OK, but didn't work at all in the board. Some ISSI chips, maybe fakes. Threw them away.

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Re: Multimeter recommendation

Posted on 2024-04-09, 04:37

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Ten years ago, I inherited a Fluke 77 series II, ordered new leads for it, and I'm still a happy man. I also have a cheap ass 'Suki', which doesn't entirely suck.

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