Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E

Posted on 2023-10-18, 18:34

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Hey, how is that Aopen AK73? Do you like it? I have one and I was thinking about re-capping it. Anything special about it? It is an AK73(A) that is, KT133A+686B. With the latest version of BIOS it does not start with the Athlon XP, which forces you to get one of the few T-Birds that exist with a …

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Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E

Posted on 2023-10-17, 14:15

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My opinion, without being an electronic engineer or anything similar and having a great lack of technical knowledge about electronics, is that there may be more than a hundred threads on capacitors in this forum and more or less the same thing as in this thread are always repeated. Personally, I …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-10-11, 22:49

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This thread is a good reference to establish the price of components, it can be verified by the relationship between views and responses. I bet many sales prices are already established based on what has been discussed here. It's fun to read this thread from time to time.

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Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology

Posted on 2023-10-10, 19:52

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I have been trying my luck with the Mobility Radeon 9000 and I have not been able to get Truform to work, I tried old Catalyst drivers that I got from a package available in Vogons drivers, and I also tried the Omega drivers. I tried version 5.8 first and had no luck, then 5.12 and no luck, I tried …

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Re: Why did NES games generally look less pixelated/lo-fi than CGA/EGA PC games?

Posted on 2023-09-24, 20:12

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Coincidentally, I have been cleaning several devices from the time these days, an Amstrad CPC 464 and a 6128, a SNES and today finally an NES, I tested them all via SCART connection with adapters on a 19" LCD TV and there is a big difference in what the Amstrad computers and consoles look like. The …

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Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology

Posted on 2023-09-21, 22:34

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Thanks, I had already found that program to modify the drivers, now I have to look for different versions of drivers for XP, I suppose the start would be the first version of Catalyst that works with a desktop Radeon 9600. I've already seen that curiosity about weapons and other balloon-shaped …

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Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology

Posted on 2023-09-19, 21:08

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I know, for that reason I mention not having tried other drivers, it is possible that no driver that supports these GPUs has support for Truform. In the case of the Mobility 9700, I hope there are drivers for this GPU and win9x, since I would like to try Windows Me and 98 on that laptop. If I find …

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Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology

Posted on 2023-09-19, 20:58

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OK, I tried the two games, Serious Sam and Return To Castle Wolfstein, on the two laptops, Mobility Radeon 9000 and Mobility Radeon 9700, Catalyst 7.8, Windows XP SP3 and I couldn't activate/use Truform in either game, so neither of the two GPUs seems to support Truform, I did not try different …

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Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology

Posted on 2023-09-18, 21:33

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I recently got a laptop that has a Mobility Radeon 9700, If I have time I'll try Serious Sam on the 9700 and 9000, and Return To Castle Wolfstein if I find out where I have the game..... But the laptop with the 9700 has the hinges broken so it will take a wile.

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Re: ATI Radeon 7500 PCI not working

Posted on 2023-08-17, 19:02

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If it were me and the card was cheap in my opinion, I would keep it, in the end it is a PCI card that can save any computer from being useless to being interesting, if you limit it to DX6 or older games, it will surely give adequate performance not stellar but adequate. For example, if it were to …

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Re: ATI Radeon 7500 PCI not working

Posted on 2023-08-17, 15:04

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It is true that the card is not what was advertised, in case it was only advertised as "Radeon 7500". It is not a "Radeon 7500" it is a "Mobility Radeon 7500" Something like this happened to me with a Radeon 9600 pro that was not the chip of a 9600 pro either, it was a "normal" 9600. In that case …

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Re: ATI Radeon 7500 PCI not working

Posted on 2023-08-17, 13:41

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A very curious card, I personally love these creative solutions from the Chinese, use what they have available and do something useful, I love it, and even if they are salvaged chips, if they do it well, it is better to reuse than recycle. I have two Rage XL PCI cards that work perfectly, and I …

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Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology

Posted on 2023-08-13, 19:42

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In theory, something like this http://www.europcs.net/ftp/marcas/acercomp/portatiles/aspire/aspire1600/aspire1603lc.html The mobility 9000 supports Truform according to GPU database (https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/mobility-radeon-9000.c1595) I have one Aspire 1600 with a desktop Pentium 4 …

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Re: Chicony CH-498B voltage regulator mod help.

Posted on 2023-08-11, 11:51

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My English isn't very good and it scares me a bit to explain what to do, anyway if you don't have soldering practice and some basic knowledge, I wouldn't recommend doing such a modification on a motherboard. I assume that you have some basic knowledge of soldering, use of the multimeter and …

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Re: Chicony CH-498B voltage regulator mod help.

Posted on 2023-08-11, 10:46

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From my experience I decided that it is much better to do it in another way using a modern DC-DC step down with adjustable output voltage, I used one based on an XL4005. These modules are very cheap, cheaper even than the MIC and the resistors, the voltage output will surely be much more stable and …

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Re: Alternative Socket 7 heatsink clamp - spring?

Posted on 2023-08-10, 19:46

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I don't think the socket is glued, the pins are simply pressed into the socket and for that reason it is difficult to lift it, and you also have to exert a lot of force afterward to insert the pins completely into the socket.

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Re: Alternative Socket 7 heatsink clamp - spring?

Posted on 2023-08-10, 19:03

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After protecting the motherboard with adhesive tape I lifted the bottom of the socket prying first with a knife and then with a flat screwdriver, it is not easy because it is quite hard. Patience and care, the danger lies in damaging the motherboard or bending the socket pins. I was going through …

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Re: Alternative Socket 7 heatsink clamp - spring?

Posted on 2023-08-09, 22:02

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The socket can be disassembled and only that part can be changed, the donors can be socket 7 itself, socket S7, socket 370 with small modifications and socket 462 with more modifications, so patience and a little creativity are needed. I did that and showed it in this thread https://www.vogons.org/ …

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Re: Collection rationale

Posted on 2023-08-05, 19:15

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A customer of my last boss lost his Fujitsu laptop and got a nice burn on his table, it burned to the point of melting the casing in the area of the dedicated graphics card, an amazing thing, I can't imagine how it could happen. I don't remember the specific model, it was from the time of the first …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-08-04, 14:46

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In that case, since their business is not sustained, they have to go out of business. I still think that they stole my money, deceiving me by not saying that it was not a sale but a rental under their conditions and keeping them all the power to change the conditions to their sole interest, the same …

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