Re: How far back do you have to go for a graphics card not selling for an inflated price?

Posted on Yesterday, 21:54

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Its not that they are in vogue ... Thinking about it though, in true "Perfect Storm" fashion, just as crypto demand peaked, plague disruption hit, guess who was getting big into PC gaming after it was almost looking like dying out... Gen Z... all that Fortnite, LoL, Rocket League type stuff. Now …

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Re: Sound Blaster CT1600 overheating

Posted on Yesterday, 21:15

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To be honest, I don't think all three are defective at once. It is possible but unlikely. There must be another reason. Especially since it also affects different types LS244 and LS245. The only thing that suggests that all three have a defect is that they appear to be from the same manufacturer. …

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Re: How far back do you have to go for a graphics card not selling for an inflated price?

Posted on Yesterday, 20:34

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I found a gpu that always seems to be in stock https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-nvidia-quadro-gv100-32gb-graphics-card/apd/490-benn/parts-upgrades?gacd=9646510-1025-5761040-266794296-0&dgc=st&ds_rl=1282786&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7avZzqDV9QIVgSCtBh0viQ--EAQYByABEgLqX_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&nclid=n_ …

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Re: Sound Blaster CT1600 overheating

Posted on Yesterday, 20:30

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if these chips get extremely hot then there is some issue - maybe they are to blame or something else heatsinks will hide the problem for a while but it has the danger or reaching a point where a bigger damage will be done better find someone to replace the chips and have a look on the card IMHO …

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Re: Sound Blaster CT1600 overheating

Posted on Yesterday, 19:23

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Im guessing they are some kind of memory/cache IC's, its possible they are simply getting old and need to be replaced. I would slap some heatsinks on them and see if that helps but I would also start looking for a replacement.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 18:46

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Philips P3238: Siemens 80286-12 / 2x 1MB RAM / ST157A https://tweakers.net/fotoalbum/image/ALk3WToESJKVWiPtwGxfc2hS.jpg -Clean / retrobright the crap out of that mouse I actually like that aged urine yellow mouse. I found a similar colored Tandy mouse years ago. No body shaming my mice. LOL SBDEV2. …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on Yesterday, 14:04

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My Dreamblaster X2GS arrived today from Belgium so Ill be setting up the CT2230 tomorrow in a P3 1ghz rig to test it out ! Itll do till I can get an Orpheus.

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Re: Tell me the OS to install on my retro PC

Posted on Yesterday, 13:34

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Windows 2000? For gaming ? Would work for coding well enough. I actually do most my Win9x gaming in Windows 2000 now. 100 times more stable then even the most stable 9x install and slightly better compatibility and much more lightweight then XP for older 9x games. Although personally I consider it …

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Re: Help Identifying Computer Case from CompUSA

Posted on Yesterday, 12:44

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Definitely a collectors item, they look cheap which I guess we can blame apple and salad bowls for.

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Re: Broken Super(?) Socket 7 motherboard need help with identifying broken component

Posted on Yesterday, 10:15

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Am I the only one taking about the capacitor? Desolder that capacitor and check it for short. Yeah, I see that burnt trace, I bet that capacitor did it, suspecting bios is fine. Replace cap and link and clean it up and maybe you are good to go? There are two traces leading away from the burnt …

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Re: Help identify and troubleshoot this 486 board

Posted on Yesterday, 10:14

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8 + tag is correct. Tag is often identical on those boards. I'm still pretty sure this is fake cache. The question is wether it can be removed and replaced with real cache chips. I keep reading your name as Door Kaat Meow ! Still better than Basement Cat. all the traces under them look to be …

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Re: Help identify and troubleshoot this 486 board

Posted on Yesterday, 10:04

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I'm curious how 9 chips can amount to 256k of cache, since 256 doesn't divide to 9. 8 + tag ? Likely another way to tell its fake . .the tag chip sis identical tot eh cache chips :/ 8 + tag is correct. Tag is often identical on those boards. I'm still pretty sure this is fake cache. The question is …

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Re: Help identify and troubleshoot this 486 board

Posted on Yesterday, 09:57

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kolmio wrote on Yesterday, 09:56: I'm curious how 9 chips can amount to 256k of cache, since 256 doesn't divide to 9. 8 + tag ? Likely another way to tell its fake . .the tag chip is identical to the cache chips 😒 Edit - God my spelling is bad.

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Re: Broken Super(?) Socket 7 motherboard need help with identifying broken component

Posted on Yesterday, 09:33

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Just checked under the bios chip and i can vaguely see a blacked(burned?) trace. Probably killed the bios chip. Gonna remove the socket and see what i can do about the trace. Can i flash a new bios on an eprom chip or do i have to use something else? You can if you can get hold of a blank eprom …

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Re: Tell me the OS to install on my retro PC

Posted on Yesterday, 09:30

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Jo22 wrote on Yesterday, 09:30: Windows 2000? For gaming ? Would work for coding well enough.

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Re: Broken Super(?) Socket 7 motherboard need help with identifying broken component

Posted on Yesterday, 09:22

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Doornkaat wrote on Yesterday, 09:20: Geofand26 wrote on Yesterday, 09:01: Its C21 for sure Not to be a dick but it isn't. I shouldn't but im laughing right now cause you are factually correct That's clearly not a C, I cant help but hear that in Johns voice. Ill show my self out.

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Re: Broken Super(?) Socket 7 motherboard need help with identifying broken component

Posted on Yesterday, 09:15

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0 stands for 0 ohms You should be able to solder it shut Best I can see, that pad is set up in a T configuration to where you could put the link in one of three ways, or it ‘s meant to hold a link or a three legged component of some type, my bet is it’s set up as a switch, and that bridge is the …

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Re: Tell me the OS to install on my retro PC

Posted on Yesterday, 08:17

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98se would run ok, XP might if enough ram was available but even with 128meg it might not be a great experience. IF you are going to code you might want to dual boot 98 with Linux and use Linux for your coding but it really depends on what language you intend to code with.

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Re: Help identify and troubleshoot this 486 board

Posted on Yesterday, 07:40

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Sounds like a fake to me, with no cache its really not useful for much and that DX4 would be served by a better board.

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Re: How far back do you have to go for a graphics card not selling for an inflated price?

Posted on Yesterday, 02:53

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So basically in these modern times it’s like we are back to playing Quake on 386sx25’s w/ 387 because that is what we own. The very reasonable alternative is to *give up* modern gaming because it's no longer a "fun" hobby, but has now become too expensive, and a 'chore' to justify the outrageous …

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