Re: Where do you get 12-pin at connectors?

Posted on 2023-03-22, 09:46

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by SDumas

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For the power connector i usually use 2 of these : Molex 36642-0001 Mouser 538-36642-0001 https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/36 … tmkhjTfQA%3D%3D https://www.molex.com/molex/products/part-det … ders/0366420001

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Re: DELL 09439 motherboard for Pentium PRO

Posted on 2023-01-23, 09:34

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See this link: https://www.fermimn.edu.it/inform/materiali/e … therbd/au_c.htm

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Re: Identifying Memory

Posted on 2023-01-20, 14:09

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Hi !, I use this board (Terminator SMT486) that tells me the capacity and type of the simm when i dont have the datasheet of the chips. This board has the advantage of working only with 1 simm.

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Re: vintage scanned manuals

Posted on 2023-01-18, 16:50

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Thank you, they have been added to the corresponding boards. Jetway J-756A https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/jetway-j-756a VL/ISA-PB486GRN https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/qdi-v4p895grn-smt Digis 486NL https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/digicom-digis-486nl Digis 486-GL https:// …

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Re: vintage scanned manuals

Posted on 2023-01-18, 16:28

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Scanning manuals is great! And the quality looks also pretty good to me. But maybe archive.org would be a better place so more people could find them (even if this forum might not exist one day). And maybe you should check theretroweb.com first if they are not already available so that you don't do …

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Re: vintage scanned manuals

Posted on 2023-01-18, 16:27

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gerry wrote on 2023-01-17, 16:21: a fine archival, always valuable to get old documents scanned - sometimes when these go the information is forever lost Well, unfortunately you're right. That's why I'm worried about transferring it to file and upload somewhere for all the people who like old PC …

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Re: vintage scanned manuals

Posted on 2023-01-18, 12:22

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Sorry for asking only just now, am I putting these manuals in the right section? If not, tell me where to put them... I could be doing something wrong and I don't know what to do. And please say what you think of this scanning work, is there anything that could be improved? And sorry for my english, …

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Re: vintage scanned manuals

Posted on 2023-01-18, 10:29

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3 IDE controller cards: MIO-550 MIO1020 PTI-227W

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Re: vintage scanned manuals

Posted on 2023-01-17, 16:19

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by SDumas

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OK, 2 rar files...

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Re: vintage scanned manuals

Posted on 2023-01-17, 16:03

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This one have more than 5MB ... Size have to be reduced to less than that...

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Re: vintage scanned manuals

Posted on 2023-01-17, 15:58

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More :

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Re: vintage scanned manuals

Posted on 2023-01-17, 15:55

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More :

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vintage scanned manuals

Posted on 2023-01-17, 15:53

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by SDumas

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Here are some old motherboard manuals scanned by me : Text pages scanned at 300 dpi Motherboard layouts at 600 dpi some critical pages also at 600 dpi

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Re: Bad PSU caps kill a pristine P4 motherboard

Posted on 2022-12-13, 11:20

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Unfortunately, the southbridge appears to be burned out... See the image...

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Re: Old GPU fan headers

Posted on 2022-12-06, 09:48

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First image: Molex picoblade 0533980367 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/molex/0533980367/3263219 You need: Molex 0510210300 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/molex/0510210300/242843 and the terminal 0500798000 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/molex/0500798000/467822 …

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Re: Super Socket 7 Lucky Star 5MMVP4 onboard VGA is VERY dim

Posted on 2022-10-23, 10:27

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Inductor 6 (L21) looks broken. Can you verify ?

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Re: Intel Socket 4 motherboard missing parts mystery

Posted on 2022-09-13, 10:35

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computerguy08 wrote on 2022-09-13, 09:57: The missing resistor is used for the slow fan header. Owner of that 2nd image board on TRW 😜 Yes very, very good photo, we can see all smd component values... And for the resistances, there will never be any doubts about their values...

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Re: Intel Socket 4 motherboard missing parts mystery

Posted on 2022-09-13, 07:49

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by SDumas

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You have the answer on the first photo (second image) of your link. Value 16 ohm and the size seems to be 1210

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Re: What would cause this?

Posted on 2022-07-16, 07:06

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The 4 screws are plastic or metallic ?

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Re: VA-502 motherboard with missing components, see photo

Posted on 2022-03-11, 11:46

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OK, finally i have this motherboard recovered. For information, I received it in the state it was at the beginning : missing the power inductor, 3.3v regulator, a double diode, transistor, some capacitors, 14.318 Mhz crystal,battery holder and 2 inductors near the keyboard connector. For Q9, i used …

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