Found some time this weekend and printed out motherboard manual and set all the jumpers, new 2032 battery. I installed the cooler, ram, Matrox Millennium II PCI, keyboard . Tested the PSU and it posted perfectly. Now I have to test and clean the floppy and CD I need to clean up the case and get it …

Thank you for the input. The guy is giving it to me , I guess it was his Dad's (my friend and he recently passed). He has been slowly selling his Dad's PC stuff off. I fixed a fantastic build his father put together for him 10 years ago, all high quality components so his Dad knew his stuff. I have …

I pull out any chips, wash with soapy water, and rinse with distilled water. I then blow off excess water and let dry for 48 hours on top of my dehumidifier.

Anyone have experience with this motherboard, ENPC EP-PT11? Is it any good? I looked it up on the retro web and found the manual. I am getting one from a friend I did some work for. He said it has a Pentium MMx in it but never has tried it but said it looks to be in excellent condition. I was …

My life's been a depressing mess, but I'm alive I guess. Haven't really been all that active on these forums either myself, mostly just watch various people on Twitch that call themselves "retro streamers". I've been meaning to get into streaming myself more regularly but finding something to …

I'm a lurker and have been forever it seems. I finally signed up. I just never seem to have anything to add. I am currently working on a Tyan Cub 100 board and got it to post last night. It had some sketchy bodges , poor soldering, and a few bad traces. Also got a A-Trend board to post the other …