Re: baby AT and voodoo2
Posted on 2021-06-02, 19:59
The case is not very good. It's an Antec ATX case, I might put an other fan in the back it might help a little..
baby AT and voodoo2
Posted on 2021-06-02, 19:32
So I kind of just realized the draw back with a baby AT card. It is the baby part. I had a hard time fitting a voodoo2 into my acorp 5ali61. Only way to do it without modifying the heat sink is next to the agp slot. I have a GeForce 4 Mx there (yes stupidly over kill). I really doubt this is a very …
Re: Bought a box of stuff
Posted on 2021-06-02, 19:02
Ah ok I may (or may not?) have had one of those cards for a while before they improved the encryption. 😉
Re: Bought a box of stuff
Posted on 2021-06-02, 17:54
So the S3 virge/gx2 was quite visible in the first photo. It wasn't very dirty just brushed it off. The mystery card was actually much more interesting than I first thought. It's a GeForce 6200tc se at 64 mb. I don't know much about it but I was actually looking for a card to put in my slim delll …
Bought a box of stuff
Posted on 2021-06-02, 14:23
So I clicked buy again on an auction. Just look at all this crap, it was ca 40$, half the asking price of the voodoo card by itself, so it seemed kind of scetchy... Had no idea if anything worked.. I kind of regretted the purchase for a while to be honest. 419699777_bdb8738c-e0b0-4aa8-98ae- …
Re: Compaq armada 1750
Posted on 2021-06-01, 16:57
I'm not much of a racing gamer to but I remember Microsoft motocross madness being fun. Like many other games I only played the demo though. I had to spend my money on renting star trek voyager on VHS or something instead of games. 😉
Re: Compaq LTE 5400 Laptop - Missing Drive Caddy
Posted on 2021-06-01, 16:08
Cool! Happy to help! I'm looking for a armada 1750 compatible caddy with the connector.
Re: Compaq armada 1750
Posted on 2021-05-31, 17:49
Oh ok. I'm investigating this lack of caddy still.. seems like the list I posted should be complemented with armada 3500 and armada 4100. I've been looking in all the different series' maininrnce manuals and noted the names of the hard drives that they shipped with. No luck on finding one yet. 😒
Re: Compaq LTE 5400 Laptop - Missing Drive Caddy
Posted on 2021-05-31, 17:37
The reason why I sent pm was just because I don't want to advertise.
Re: Compaq armada 1750
Posted on 2021-05-31, 17:03
Cool. What installation did you use? I'm planning on trying out the restore cd or whatever (win 98) I found on archive.org. it should have the drivers preinstalled I guess. But at some point I would probably grow tired of the bloat and install regular win 98 se. Don't think I will dual boot this …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-05-30, 21:13
Attempting to remove a heatsink from some manner of AMD processor. So far I've tried some judicious mechanical leverage, submerging it in boiling hot water (and letting it sit), soaking it in acetone overnight... I'm starting to think this isn't so much a processor and heatsink as it is a single …
Re: Compaq LTE 5400 Laptop - Missing Drive Caddy
Posted on 2021-05-30, 16:19
Sent you a pm.
Re: K6-2+ 500mhz CPU Cooler doesn't start spinning ?
Posted on 2021-05-30, 09:11
Very insightful, would be cool to know if this was the problem. If so I would personally be too lazy to fix it and just power the fans from some other source. (Given that this malfunctioning transistor does not have any more negative effects.) (Because I use a modern psu I got myself a fan …
Re: Compaq LTE 5400 Laptop - Missing Drive Caddy
Posted on 2021-05-29, 15:48
I have had the same problem with a 1750... What is it with people? Oh well.. The part id is usually listed in the repair manual. In my case the caddy, HDD and connector are listed as the same part though.
Re: MFM 5.25 floppy with 5ali61
Posted on 2021-05-29, 13:55
Actually according to seller and documentation it was never used so I doubt it was changed. In that case probably sometime in the 1980s.. I will check for spots, but it's hard to know if it feels ok without experience. Guess I'll just run it and see how it fares. I still have a really hard time …
Re: Compaq armada 1750
Posted on 2021-05-28, 21:25
According to this site http://www.fabiware.com/compaq-caddy-caddie-rack-compaq-armada-1500-1700-1750-p-78.html The following notebooks have the same caddy (as the armada 1750): Compatible: Compaq Armada 1505DM - Compaq Armada 1510DM, 1520DM, 1550DMT - Compaq Armada 1530DM w/MMX - Compaq Armada …
Re: MFM 5.25 floppy with 5ali61
Posted on 2021-05-28, 21:15
Hmm interesting idea. I happen to have an old lightbulb, but my wiring is 50 Hz, and this drive is 360 rpm I believe. (If it matters at all.)
Re: MFM 5.25 floppy with 5ali61
Posted on 2021-05-28, 19:25
Nope not tried it yet. It is a little impractical but I'll get around to it! Might even film it then it's bound not to start smoking I guess. hehe... From your linked floppy.pdf: "Old floppy drives use a DC-motor with a variable resistor to adjust the speed. They often have a stroboscope ring on …
Re: MFM 5.25 floppy with 5ali61
Posted on 2021-05-28, 18:18
So a an update. I got hold of some floppy disks! They are of questionable quality but works for testing the machanics of the drive. Put in a disk and it moved flawlessly and without any effort. Into the drive (it was off). It also ejected without any problems. So I guess that's nice. I have not …
Re: K6-2+ 500mhz CPU Cooler doesn't start spinning ?
Posted on 2021-05-28, 15:45
Maybe stupid question, but is th PSU turning on? Edit:ok it obviously is.
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