Re: Quad boot... is possible?
Posted on 2023-11-19, 06:04
Plop boot manager may be an option. https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/intro.html
Re: Retro motherboards with onboard video and audio.
Posted on 2023-11-18, 21:12
The most curious motherboard with everything integrated that I have is in an Intel DOT station 2300 (http://www.museohc.com/blog/paquito.html). The motherboard is an Intel MO810E (https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/intel-d810emo-mo810e-montereal,-intel-dot-s). With a Celeron 600Mhz and 256MB RAM …
Re: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 not recognizing my 3½ floppy drive
Posted on 2023-11-08, 11:53
On my ASUS M5A99x EVO I had to downgrade the BIOS because the implementation of UEFI at that time was quite defective on several motherboards I worked with, although that is not the problem, it may be that if only UEFI boot is used or that it is simply activated UEFI boot, the floppy drive may not …
Re: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 not recognizing my 3½ floppy drive
Posted on 2023-11-08, 10:57
Even with Windows 7 64-bit, the floppy drive did not work well for me thirteen years ago on GA-MA770T-UD3 and a Phenom II 1100T, I also had the wonderful idea of buying 16Gb of RAM and the logical thing was a 64-bit operating system but the problem was precisely the 64-bit operating system. Since …
Re: Fix for a CPU Socket 370 with broken heatsink/fan clips/mounts
Posted on 2023-11-03, 07:49
This may help. Heatsink glue for Pentium 233MMX?
Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E
Posted on 2023-10-23, 09:04
An intresting video that I think is aplicable to al the A7N8X motherboards. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y671jiXgYjc
Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E
Posted on 2023-10-22, 09:56
So, from what I think I'm understanding, the typical switching frequency of voltage regulators from the era of the capacitor plague should be around 100khz or 150khz, usually less. I don't have an oscilloscope, so I try to look for a general rule of thumb to take into account, even if it is not …
Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E
Posted on 2023-10-21, 14:59
Matsuhita acquired Siemens=Epcos, Kemet acquired Epcos, Yageo bought Kemet. Siemens has been making capacitors longer than I've been alive. They think so https://static4.arrow.com/-/media/Arrow/Images/Miscellaneous/0/0223%20Why%20choose%20an%20aluminum%20polymer%20Body%20Image%206.png https://www. …
Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E
Posted on 2023-10-20, 15:45
Hopefully the current KZGs are better than those of the first decade. As I already mentioned, I almost never buy capacitors, I take them from damaged motherboards and check them on an ESR meter, I am realistic and the hours of use that I give to many things that I repair will not be the cause of …
Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E
Posted on 2023-10-20, 11:02
That seems like a very good explanation, and this thread does seem aimed at explaining how to change capacitors on old motherboards with a point of view from the second decade of the twenty-first century. So is it possible that in the A7N8X-X in which I use the three 470uf 16v capacitors, these …
Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E
Posted on 2023-10-19, 17:04
@shevalier. Appearance doesn't matter to me at all, I prioritize performance. But above all, thank you very much for the explanations. It would be interesting to have a calm, detailed explanation, avoiding technicalities as much as possible, about the real importance of ESR and even ESL, and also …
Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E
Posted on 2023-10-19, 09:37
Well I see some mistakes. On yellow boards, capacitors with blue markings do not look good - only with red and black ones. On blue ones - everything except with green markings. And everything is fine. :-) Because everything else is "urban legends" about the instability of the voltage regulator. PS. …
Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E
Posted on 2023-10-19, 09:32
Ah, my mistake, it is the AK77-333 I own... You mean T-Bred, not T-Bird, big difference. But I have some advice for you nevertheless: 1) Get *any* thoroughbred you want, doesn't matter which, and mod it to a Mobile. I've done this, works perfectly fine. 2) Use bios patcher on your BIOS. Only do …
Re: Do you think prices will stay high?
Posted on 2023-10-18, 19:00
Easy, if you think that something is too expensive, don't buy it, if the demand lowers the price lowers. I didn't buy anything for some time, it's old hardware after all. If the sellers think that they have gold in their hands, great. I have thrown away so many hardware components over the years …
Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E
Posted on 2023-10-18, 18:34
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 …
Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E
Posted on 2023-10-17, 14:15
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 …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on 2023-10-11, 22:49
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.
Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology
Posted on 2023-10-10, 19:52
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 …
Re: Why did NES games generally look less pixelated/lo-fi than CGA/EGA PC games?
Posted on 2023-09-24, 20:12
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 …
Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology
Posted on 2023-09-21, 22:34
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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