Re: Sudden death of tnt vanta pci
Posted on 2023-10-27, 19:03
Can't tell you what sort of BIOS chip it had as i sent the card back for refund. On the chip it self there was no sticker/label or markings what so ever also no uv "erase window".
Re: Sudden death of tnt vanta pci
Posted on 2023-10-24, 16:56
What intriges me is what sort of mailfunction of vga in PCI slot prohibits boot even if one has set in BIOS as primary video output an Oboard vga or AGP vga and also hook monitor on either of this two as PCI vga in such configuration is not intialized as video output device at this early stage? I …
Re: Sudden death of tnt vanta pci
Posted on 2023-10-24, 16:02
Problem is that system hangs before post beeps even happen so i dont get any "info" from the motherboard hence why post card would be usefull
Re: Aptiva 2170 v75m usb hub pinout
Posted on 2023-10-24, 07:38
I checked USB HUB with multimeter and the pins are in non standard USB layout as follows: pin 1/2 - data (white) pin 3/4 +data (green) pin 5/6 gnd (black) Pin 7/8 is not present pin 9/10 5v (red) hence why it killed 2 of my USB sticks. It still puzzles me why if i want rear usb to work pins 1&2 (- …
Re: Sudden death of tnt vanta pci
Posted on 2023-10-24, 07:26
Ok, will invest in diagnostic post card, do you have any recommendations from what seller on ebay i should get as there are heaps of them there to be get and i guess not all POST cards are alike. I field a claim on ebay for return (em 2days over return window) so will wait if seller will accept the …
Re: Sudden death of tnt vanta pci
Posted on 2023-10-23, 21:53
PC starts , HD (led blinking) and cd rom initiate as well as cpu fan spins. Howevere there are no post beeps of any kind and it looks like the system hangs before beeps hapen. The behaviour is same even if i select integrated gpu to be the first video output or if i instal other pci gpu and hookit …
Sudden death of tnt vanta pci
Posted on 2023-10-23, 19:29
Hello, I got following problem with one of my tnt vanta pci ( no name china knock of) i recently acquierd of ebay. It stoped working after reboot without any prior artefacting or other sighns of trouble then again it had only aroun 10 working hours after i got it. It is instaled in ss7 sis530 sistem …
Re: Aptiva 2170 v75m usb hub pinout
Posted on 2023-10-06, 19:52
I took a look with multy and found that what i thaiugt was ground acctually was 5v power line. I'm stuck now o. How to determine what pin the ground is. Any way to find this?
Re: Aptiva 2170 v75m usb hub pinout
Posted on 2023-10-06, 18:15
Indeed it looks like propietary pinout as the pins 7 and 8 are not present and not the standard 8/9 pins usb connection found on most motherboards. I will check the pins vith multimeter. Is there anything i hav to watch out for so i do not fry something while mesouring live usb contacts? Also when i …
Aptiva 2170 v75m usb hub pinout
Posted on 2023-10-06, 15:23
Hi, Anyone knows v75m motherboard usb hub pinout? I cant find any reference on the net. Sofar i fried 2 usb memory sticks when coneting them to frontpanel usb port. Front panel is connected to usb hub pins in following way (regular usb pinout) : pin 1/2 5v (red) pin 3/4 - data (white) pin 5/6 +data …
Value of SMD Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor
Posted on 2022-03-15, 14:18
Greets, Any of you knows the values (capacitance & voltage) of C17 capacitor on diamond viper V550 PCI. The capacitor is light brown and around 2mm x 1mm (migt be a bit smaller).
Re: Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-19, 10:54
I'm scouting ebay daly over a year now and up to date i only found 1 pci TNT for around 40€ that i also bought every other pci example of TNT ot TNT2 that pops every now and then on ebay is priced well above 120€ or even 200€ and for that price it's easyer to find pci Banshee or V3.
Re: what will you do when your last hardware fails?
Posted on 2022-01-17, 14:48
There's more than black an white to retro and vintage computing. First we must distinct this two terms that we all use for the same as they describe different things and the way we think about and use old software and hardeware as in the end most of us use our systems to run this old programs albait …
Re: Stumbled upon a interesting Pentium 3 PC: worth 100+ euros?
Posted on 2022-01-17, 08:34
As other mentioned it's a P1 not PIII system. It should run win games released up to 1998 fairlly deacent at 640x480 res. If you'd want to build similar system by buying all components separatlly you would shell well over 200€ by current Ebay prices so if it would rock your boat then it's a very …
Re: Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-16, 10:59
From what i gather from the web there was only one version of the riva TNT NV4 chip (no "m64" cut down as with TNT2 NV5), is that correct?
Re: Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-16, 10:52
OK, thanks The Serepent Rider ;) , i hope there was no PCB trace damage done by baking the card in an owen as all other components can be trasnplanted from donor AGP cards. On ebay there are only few PCI riva TNT's available and all are well over 120€ while you can get an AGP version for les then 10 …
Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-14, 15:51
Greets, i got hold of PCI riva TNT that was botched by "oven" accident. Basically previous owner tried to reflow the card but the exeriment went bad as it resulted in one desolderd ram and a moved nv4 chip. I dont know if the chip survived but will try to reball the chip and resolder the ram and …
Re: Slot A thunderbirds
Posted on 2022-01-10, 13:10
BTW, hang on to your V3 PCI as it's getting rare and worth much more than AGP. I was on a look up for one of those for my ss K6 system that lacks AGP slot but had to go for V2 + TNT pci combo as it was much cheaper this way. Did manage to find cheap V3 AGP for s478 P4 frankenstin i'm building. I …
Re: Slot A thunderbirds
Posted on 2022-01-10, 12:58
100€ for a pair of V2 is a steal these days. On ebay it's hard to find anything bellow 120€ for a single V2. I do share your pain in finding old pre 2000 pc parts localy here in Slovenia 😉 Lp iz štajrskega konca
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on 2021-12-20, 13:58
As some have mentioned there's still some good somwhat cheap old PC parts to be found on Ebay. What i noticed though not all that is on sale on ebay can be found on their main site but you need to scout the localized ebay sites(.de, .it, .fr...) as well. Just today i found at ebay.it a PCI Diamond …
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