Re: Flea Market (Boot Sale) Finds. Socket 370 PC, Motherboards, Games.

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by Horun

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Nice finds but why did you not just add this to the "Bought these (retro) hardware today" topic: Bought these (retro) hardware today ? Just curious...I only been active here a few years but seems that would be the place to post this instead of creating a new topic. Just curious.....

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Re: What is better: used HDD from a server or used HDD from a home computer?

Posted on 2021-06-13, 15:43

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by Horun

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I have some WD WD5000AAKX one from 2011 has 43800 hours and has no defects, the others have 1400 to 20000 hours and also have no defects. The Blue are good drives, almost as good as WD Blacks. Some older Seagates are also very good, have had great luck with the ST31000 series like 333AS and 528AS …

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

Posted on 2021-06-13, 02:09

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by Horun

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edit: Tested some older CF cards, all but one works... edit2: actually the 2Gb Ultra II does work, was not formatted properly for a PC

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Re: Eproming a 386 MBD

Posted on 2021-06-12, 23:17

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by Horun

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My first questions are, why do you need to fill an eprom completely? And what do you fill the rest with? You do not need to fill all ROMs completely BUT most all motherboards need the BOOT code at end of the ROM, which is already at the end of the ROM image. So if putting a 64k ROM image on a 128k …

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Re: I'd like to introduce my new computer buddy.

Posted on 2021-06-12, 23:03

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by Horun

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dionb wrote on 2021-06-12, 22:47: Looks like something you want to keep food and water away from, particularly after midnight. Hahhaaa that is funny 😀

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Re: Looking for a Socket 7 motherboard

Posted on 2021-06-12, 02:07

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by Horun

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No clue, not a fan of DTK boards. Things in Europe are different than my area, mostly much cheaper. Not sure why you cannot find a good socket 7 for $50 ok just rambling and am very tired

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-12, 01:17

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by Horun

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BitWrangler wrote on 2021-06-12, 00:56: How did they pack the 30 pack to have a box that shape? Standard method, that was a side view of the 30 pack, the ten packs are like you are looking at the floppy label. Guess I should have set the boxes the same orientation 😀

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Re: ISA memory card identification?

Posted on 2021-06-12, 01:06

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by Horun

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Hmmm. Does it show as EMS or XMS and what driver was used under DOS ? Appears as 4 banks. Are you sure it is 4MB as it is ? From my experience it should only be 2Mb since 2 banks are unpopulated. Cannot read the DIP's in the picture but would guess they are 1Mbit (511000 or 44256). The nearest I can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-12, 00:03

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by Horun

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Received this puppies today, ~8 USD for both. Seller claimed both work perfectly ( I haven't tested them yet): - Asus P5S-B (Socket 7) - Biostar M7VKQ (Socket A/462 - With ISA SLOT! Actually the first EVER 462 board I've seen with ISA slots for sale around here). Hmmm. At that price is worth if …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-11, 02:01

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by Horun

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Asus P2B-D Nice ! Does it work ? Only thing bought lately is box of NOS 3.5" floppy disks and a few small CF cards (1GB thru 32Gb) all in a bag bundled together for less than a cheeseburger. The CF card-USB reader cable was not in the bag but cost $2 extra. Also bought a reprint of model 721/722 …

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Re: Can't get into CMOS setup on old 486.

Posted on 2021-06-11, 01:43

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by Horun

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I think one of those old BIOS chips have a failed/corrupted section in one of them. Have a P2B bios chip that has a bad spot and would lock during POST, found it with a TL866 when trying to read the contents to make sure it was same as what was supposed to be programmed in it when it failed a flash …

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Re: Can't get into CMOS setup on old 486.

Posted on 2021-06-11, 01:16

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by Horun

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I think one of those old BIOS chips have a failed/corrupted section in one of them. Have a P2B bios chip that has a bad spot and would lock during POST, found it with a TL866 when trying to read the contents to make sure it was same as what was supposed to be programmed in it when it failed a flash …

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Re: Bootdisk for 286 640k ram

Posted on 2021-06-10, 01:34

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by Horun

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vkcpolice wrote on 2021-06-06, 08:20: awesome thanks guys Any luck ? Agree ! problems at that forum should be discussed at that forum (but will most likely get unanswered or the user banned just for commenting, unlike here. )

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Re: Repair of Compaq Armada 7360DT - IC FDC37C951FR

Posted on 2021-06-10, 01:25

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by Horun

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Are you sure it is a FDC37C951FR and not a FDC37C957FR (which is a Floppy-I/O for portable use) ?

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Re: About removing and replacing barrel batteries..

Posted on 2021-06-10, 01:16

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by Horun

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Is it just me, or do some motherboards drain those CR2032 batteries substantially faster than other boards? It seems like I have a few boards in which the battery only lasts a year or two, whereas others last 10 years. Was there that much variance in the circuit (current draw) to hold the CMOS/ …

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Re: Packard Bell Legend 610 pb400 board Isa issues

Posted on 2021-06-06, 20:44

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by Horun

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Yes a ISA diag card could help. Have you removed the riser card and cleaned it's edge connector and inspected the slot for corrosion ?

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Re: Read DD floppy in HD 5.25" drive

Posted on 2021-06-06, 20:42

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by Horun

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Glad you figured it out ! Yeah single sided DD would make it a 160k or 180k disk (depending on 8 or 9 sectors/track) which most 1.2Mb cannot read.

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Re: Bootdisk for 286 640k ram

Posted on 2021-06-06, 20:32

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by Horun

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-06-06, 20:06: Jo22 wrote on 2021-06-06, 15:59: Poor 286. 😢 Why, pray tell? Maybe because it only has 640k ram ? Think the lowest on one of mine is 2Mb of dips (no sip or simm sockets), the others have 4Mb. Just a guess....

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Re: problem motherboard

Posted on 2021-06-06, 19:03

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by Horun

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Have you tried clearing the CMOS thru the CLR_CMOS jumper ? Unplug the computer from wall and put a jumper on those two pins for a few seconds. Pull jumper, plug in and see if it powers up. The jumper is near the battery, between FUSB_1 header and PCI1 slot according to the manual on page 7 and …

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Re: 5.25 floppy drives not reading

Posted on 2021-06-06, 15:56

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by Horun

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Can you read the disks on a different computer ? Those disks must be formatted as 360k type and not 1.2Mb, if you created the disks on a computer with a 1.2MB floppy drive they generally will not work when reading from a 360k floppy drive.

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