Re: A7N8X-E Heatsink options

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Alpha PAL8045! After a year of searching I've finally got hold of my favorite Socket A CPU cooler. The Alpha PAL8045. Back in the day this thing was a behemoth, fantastic heat dissipation and looks so industrially hefty. https://www.paradigital.net/ocuk/retrostuff/ALPHA-PAL-8045-1.jpg https://www. …

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Re: [Advice needed] I'm reaching my collection goal and currently considering stopping. What is your goal ?

Posted on 2022-07-18, 12:46

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My long term plan for once I’d collected everything I wanted to collect was to start content creation for the public to consume. This wouldn’t be a replacement for my typical income, just a hobby and a way to ensure that my collection gets rotated in and out of use as and when I create new content. …

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Re: Were serial port to RJ45 cables used for computer networking in the old days?

Posted on 2022-07-15, 20:14

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It’s just a serial cable. The 9-pin goes at the PC end. The RJ45 plug goes into the switch/router/firewall/access point and is simply a serial port presented as RJ45. They don’t connect to ethernet ports at all. There were Cisco devices out there that allowed you to connect multiple network devices …

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Re: Help with Voodoo 3 3500

Posted on 2022-07-06, 17:38

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The adapter will work electrically, but might involve gentle bending of the outer shielding in order to make it physically fit the card’s output. As for active cooling, you can either go Heath Robinson and zip-tie or other method of attaching the fan, you could go for an adjacent PCI slot 120mm fan …

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Re: 20th Anniversary of Vogons

Posted on 2022-07-02, 17:15

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Happy Birthday Vogons! This calls for terrible poetry 20 years have passed, and I'm glad I coud be assed, to join here eventually, after googling you incessantly. many years without posting. so I am glad you are hosting. all the vulminous retro knowledge, and like goldilocks final bowl of porridge …

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Re: Converted an ancient AT case to ATX, is case grounding at motherboard screw holes important?

Posted on 2022-07-02, 16:19

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It’ll be fine, it’s grounded through the PSU and the expansion cards anyway. Even if you were concerned, you could affix a ground strap between the chassis and one of the mounting holes.

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Re: #freshmeatrecovery - Abit VH-20

Posted on 2022-07-02, 08:23

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I assume this is likely an OEM board that was contracted out to Abit. Rather interesting.

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Re: What old hardware you own is yet not found a better modern equivalent ?

Posted on 2022-07-01, 05:16

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As mentioned by W.x above, the first release Roccat Cone mouse is perfect. It also mates fantastically with my Icemat v3 XL from 2004~. Never going to need another mousemat. I’m also convinced that case design “almost” peaked with CoolerMaster ATCS (almost any model, but personally 110 and 111 were …

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Re: How much is worth?

Posted on 2022-06-30, 05:53

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I try to wait out the more bargainous purchases, however there are times that I’ve paid a sizable amount for various pieces, either because I needed/wanted something specific in a short space of time, or because there has only been a handful available and prices are steady. My Voodoo 5 5500 PCI cost …

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Re: Did I just kill my motherboard?

Posted on 2022-06-29, 17:37

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Have you got a POST test card? That’d be my first port of call. Also are you using two CPUs or just one? If the latter which socket?

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Re: Wireless networking under DOS?

Posted on 2022-06-26, 15:30

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I use a TP-Link TL-MR3020 for this. Tiny little router designed for a USB 3G/4G dongle, but also has a bridge mode.

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Re: [Slot1 Mobo] Repair or Trash ?

Posted on 2022-06-26, 09:20

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soldering caps is ok, SMD can be tricky at some point Soldering SMD isn’t too difficult, either with hot air or the slide-in method with a decent iron. Biggest issue with hot air is protecting heat sensitive stuff around the area (like the slots). I’m not likely to be recapping mine, I only bought …

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Re: [Slot1 Mobo] Repair or Trash ?

Posted on 2022-06-25, 15:02

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I’ve got an MS-6166 with ISA. The only difference looks to be ATI Rage 128 vs TNT2 M64. Edit: A few quick photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TjhRd7vJ5JyPicpSA

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Re: [Slot1 Mobo] Repair or Trash ?

Posted on 2022-06-24, 20:00

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Looks like there’s an unpopulated ISA slot. If there’s a variant of this board with ISA, I’d be tempted to add the slot and any required passive parts whilst doing the recap. No AGP is a bit of a downer, but the onboard M64 will be good enough for a lot of games.

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Re: Mattox Parhelia Pci-X on windows 9x/Me

Posted on 2022-06-23, 10:27

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I’d imagine it’s the PCIe variant, not much point in bridging AGP to PCI as they are essentially the same thing. I’m intrigued though, never thought about trying my PCI-X Parhelia in 9x.

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Re: Getting rid of cigarette smell from cables

Posted on 2022-06-23, 08:39

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White vinegar helps neutralise the smell in fabrics, so perhaps submerge the cable for a few days and see if that helps? Can hardly make it worse! Cigarette smoke, bleurgh.

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Re: Intel 440BX, any way to add more CPU support?

Posted on 2022-06-22, 17:55

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depends. the bios is only half of the issue. if the board can't supply the proper voltages that later coppermine or Tualatin require then u would have to use an adapter like the powerleap pl-ip3/t that has onboard voltage regulation. but those are near impossible to find these days and cost an arm …

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Re: AGP video card experts, what would you recommend for this system?

Posted on 2022-06-20, 15:58

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Pentium M has pretty decent IPC, you want the absolute fastest AGP card you can find IMO, which leaves you with GeForce 7800/7900/7950 or Radeon HD3850.

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Re: Parts for old mobos

Posted on 2022-06-19, 07:19

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How old is "old"? That determines both type and tolerance for parts like this. For late 199os you're talking mainly 6.3v-15V 1000-2200uF electrolytic low-ESR caps. Early 1990s would be tantalums, and I still need to figure out whatever the big flimy thing sparking all over the place in my mid 1980s …

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Re: SIMM, DDR, SDRAM slot to m.2 adapter

Posted on 2022-05-31, 06:12

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What I fail to understand is why they bothered with the DIMM pins? Power and data are provided by the SATA connectors in the corner, so why bother with the edge-connector at all? I’d contemplated a similar idea previously, but vertical mounting for two 2.5” SSDs that you simply slot home onto …

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