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

Posted on Today, 16:08

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Removed some caps. A couple leaked hard with damage (see pic). While many were still in range, the 5 that failed had higher than expected values (20/30% more), not a good sign. Others were all in range and with good values. Leaky caps do harm the board on the long run. This board probably rested …

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

Posted on Today, 13:44

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by Nexxen

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Removed some caps. A couple leaked hard with damage (see pic). While many were still in range, the 5 that failed had higher than expected values (20/30% more), not a good sign. Others were all in range and with good values. Leaky caps do harm the board on the long run. This board probably rested …

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Re: Is this Atlon XP 2500+ damaged?

Posted on Today, 00:47

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Those are filtering/decoupling caps, cpu should work even without them but can have some degree of flakiness in operation, depending on how good/bad the motherboard is. BEST OPTION IS TO RETURN IT, but cost is a element also, if you have to pay for returning the product, it might be cheaper (for me …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 16:28

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Got a Proliant ML110 775 + P4 3.4 + DDR2 Nice and clean machine with heatpipes h/s. Have to check if it can house a "C2D instead".

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-07, 23:37

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Bought this fun little oddity off Facebook Marketplace, it's one of these super compact Socket 7 PCs you see on YouTube sometimes. Somehow it has a K6-III in it? PXL_20230607_222404506.jpg PXL_20230607_222419595.jpg PXL_20230607_222733557.jpg PXL_20230607_222928147.jpg Yes, this is indeed very nice …

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Re: ISA card - help with identification

Posted on 2023-06-06, 14:15

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Question: how to I test it without a MFM drive? Kinda guessing I can't :) All you can do is checking the controller's BIOS. That controller is for XT computers - they lack hard disk support in the main BIOS, so the support must be provided by BIOS extension installed on the card. You can install …

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Re: IBM LTO-3 Ultrium tape drive - setup help

Posted on 2023-06-06, 13:29

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I managed to setup fine my Quantum DAT72, DDS ,(on win7x64e, with 7x64 drivers, from hp or dell) but when I got to my cassete's they were for DDS2 ... oh well... how can we assist further? (btw mine had red light on so I used cleaning tape to fix problem). did you try Archive site for aditional …

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Re: ISA card - help with identification

Posted on 2023-06-06, 13:05

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Babasha wrote on 2023-06-05, 22:42: MFM HDD controller model DTC-350 Robin4 wrote on 2023-06-05, 23:54: DTC 5150 CR MFM HDD controller. Same thing different names? Question: how to I test it without a MFM drive? Kinda guessing I can't 😀 Is Windows going to show it?

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ISA card - help with identification (solved- MFM controller)

Posted on 2023-06-05, 22:28

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Again, once more! 😀 Can't find anything. See pics. It looks like some kind of controller, maybe FDD + COM/LPT? Thanks

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Re: IBM LTO-3 Ultrium tape drive - setup help

Posted on 2023-06-05, 16:16

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chinny22 wrote on 2023-06-05, 08:56: Quick look IBM's version of this is called "IBM Tape Diagnostic Tool" found! Thanks

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Re: IBM LTO-3 Ultrium tape drive - setup help

Posted on 2023-06-05, 12:37

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I'll go through a Win XP installation. Yes, the drive is connected and everything is recognized. Just can't make it work out of the box. Does Linux support these drives?

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Re: IBM LTO-3 Ultrium tape drive - setup help

Posted on 2023-06-04, 22:42

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You need a driver for the OS you are using and tape backup to actually use the drive. What OS are you using? I installed W10 for the occasion. As it's a tech dating back to 2005 I guess XP could be a good candidate too (and I could use it my other machines). It's really like " you tell me what's …

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IBM LTO-3 Ultrium tape drive - setup help

Posted on 2023-06-04, 20:51

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Hello! I have 2 units, full and half height. I tried but can't figure out how to setup and or use these units. Youtube (are they taking down stuff?) is useless and I only found guides from manufacturers, no how-to though. Software? Drivers? no clue 🤣 Any guide will help. Thanks

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

Posted on 2023-06-04, 16:11

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Tested some SCSI drives and cards. One cd-rom unit powers on but no reads. Won't even try reading.

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Re: What's this strange SCSI card?

Posted on 2023-06-04, 01:52

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-03, 22:44

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Someone donated a bunch of stuff. AGP, PCI, PCIe video cards. Only three don't work so far, but I believe 2 are for Mac. One has some missing components. Just a few more let. One is missing some components too, FireGL 7350. A huge amount of ram. Won't test as it may take a decade to finish. SCSI, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-03, 22:15

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Someone donated a bunch of stuff. AGP, PCI, PCIe video cards. Only three don't work so far, but I believe 2 are for Mac. One has some missing components. Just a few more let. One is missing some components too, FireGL 7350. A huge amount of ram. Won't test as it may take a decade to finish. SCSI, …

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Re: Windows 2000/XP refuse to run

Posted on 2023-05-29, 10:42

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by Nexxen

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Letting it sit unplugged with the CMOS battery out overnight has not recovered it, so this project is shelved indefinitely. Thanks for the help everyone. Edit: here is the beep code: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/523980393263661056/1112203259915018361/IMG_5515.mov . It flashes num, caps …

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Re: MediaGX motherboard

Posted on 2023-05-29, 09:14

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I can't but believe your willingness in participating in the "rom dump" game. Then you realize how difficult it is to actually dig out the case it is in and simply desist. Happened to me. :) I guess a lot of other people here. Do you have drivers, an old cd that came with it? or anyhting else? Here …

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Re: Less popular Youtube channels

Posted on 2023-05-28, 23:45

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Good, I'm subbed to most of them. Makes me proud 😀

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