Re: IBM Thinkpad 380ED Specifications question

Posted on 2013-11-06, 01:22

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by Old Thrashbarg

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I did some looking into swapping the screen on my 380ED. It is possible to do it, since the TFT models use the exact same motherboard and such... but the catch is that it requires changing out pretty much the whole lid assembly. The inverter, cables and bezel are all different. In other words, I …

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Re: Pentium Pro CPUs are NOT flat!

Posted on 2013-10-31, 02:06

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For the past couple years I've been using this . I see no reason to use anything fancy... the 3-4 degree difference between the cheap stuff and the high-end 'enthusiast' compounds means exactly SFA in practice. If that little of a temperature difference is enough to cause a problem, you have an …

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Re: Pentium Pro CPUs are NOT flat!

Posted on 2013-10-30, 20:42

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Is this one of the black PPros, or the gold-capped type? My gold capped PPro is a little concave, as most CPUs are, but it's not too bad... it did take a fair bit of thermal compound to get full coverage simply due to the surface area of the thing, but it wasn't that much more than I'd normally use …

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Re: What upgrade path should I go with for my LGA775 box?

Posted on 2013-10-28, 16:17

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I have an Alienware laptop with a first-gen Core i5, and it doesn't run as nicely as my Pentium Dual Core box. That's not surprising. The mobile chips suck compared to their desktop counterparts... even the best mobile i5 of that generation can only barely edge out the lowest-end desktop i3 chip. …

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Re: What upgrade path should I go with for my LGA775 box?

Posted on 2013-10-28, 12:56

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Any of the wolfdale CPUs would offer a nice speed boost without shelling out too much cash. They overclock like no ones business too. Except that he already has a Wolfdale. With a pretty good overclock on it.

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Re: Thank God for Spare Parts

Posted on 2013-10-28, 00:44

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Usually when there's a power spike, it's the MOV that goes first, which then takes the fuse along with it. Check both.

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Re: What upgrade path should I go with for my LGA775 box?

Posted on 2013-10-27, 16:48

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The problem with a CPU upgrade is that you have a P965 board (at least according to your sig). It only really supports the 1066FSB, whereas most of the newer dual and quad core chips use 1333FSB. Now, it may be able to run a 1333FSB chip at stock speed, but there wouldn't be much headroom for …

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Re: ISA limitations

Posted on 2013-10-27, 16:29

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There is only going to be a single ISA bus regardless of how many slots the board actually has. (With the possible exception of some special server boards or whatnot.) So board with 8 ISA slots is still going to be running them all off the same shared bus... no different than a board with a single …

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Re: Velocity 100 memory expansion

Posted on 2013-10-27, 14:40

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Probably not. The 16MB SGRAM versions had 8 chips and a different PCB.

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Re: Best DOS antivirus?

Posted on 2013-10-26, 17:02

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I've gotta admit, I'm a bit confused here... what's the point in having a 'modern' DOS antivirus program? It seems to me like anything with definitions from ~1998-2000 would be more than enough. It's pretty unlikely that you'd run across a DOS virus newer than the mid '90s anyhow. And even if you're …

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Re: 586 Motherboard with a burnt diode ?

Posted on 2013-10-26, 01:51

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If it were me, I'd check the resistance/inductance of the component in circuit with an LCR meter first. That's great if you have an LCR meter. Most people don't. You don't really need to know the actual inductance anyhow... with those things, they're either good or they're dead, there's not much in …

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Re: 586 Motherboard with a burnt diode ?

Posted on 2013-10-25, 23:22

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by Old Thrashbarg

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On that green component, I see 3 or 4 colour bands, which is indicative of a resistor. No, it is not indicative of a resistor. Inductors use the same color codes.

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Re: 586 Motherboard with a burnt diode ?

Posted on 2013-10-25, 21:59

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Yeah, those sorts of things can often go shorted without any visible signs. What's the part number on it? And do you have a multimeter (or ohmmeter)?

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Re: 586 Motherboard with a burnt diode ?

Posted on 2013-10-25, 20:54

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UMM... No. Its a resistor. UMM... No. It could be either, but it's probably an inductor. Usually the green color indicates an inductor. However, there are green resistors in existence too, so there's really no way to tell for sure without being able to see the printing on the PCB. But regardless, …

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Re: Wireless Earphones Recommendations?

Posted on 2013-10-25, 15:51

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None of them are all that great, but out of the available choices I'd probably recommend the Sennheiser RS110 or RS120. I have a couple older model Sennheiser wireless sets, and they work pretty well. I believe the only real difference between the RS110 and RS120 is that the latter has a recharging …

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Re: How do you / tips for storing / organising your vintage parts

Posted on 2013-10-20, 15:20

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need to burgle Thrashbarg's house and steal one of those model m keyboards Not shown: the other 26 of them. 😎

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-10-19, 21:59

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That is an epic case. A pretty damn nice system inside it too. I like how it has the two fake floppy bezels in the 3.5" bays, and yet they mounted the actual 3.5" floppy drive in a 5.25" slot. 🤣

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Re: CF-IDE troubles with old Phoenix 486 BIOS

Posted on 2013-10-19, 20:08

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What does it matter if it's "magical"? That does not in any way mean it's misinformation. He had success with a particular method, and was sharing that method in case it helps someone else. That's far more productive than anything you've contributed to the discussion.

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Re: How do you / tips for storing / organising your vintage parts

Posted on 2013-10-19, 15:33

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We've been doing a bunch of work on the house, so stuff is shuffled all over the damn place right now, but here's an area where you can still see some semblance of my previous organization methods, hidden under/behind the piles of extra crap. :lol: http://i42.tinypic.com/jq6dy1.jpg Eventually I'll …

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Re: i486 Pentium OverDrive system found in Pristine condition

Posted on 2013-10-19, 14:20

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It's definitely an Intel board... it bears an intel part number - when I google that, it comes up as a Gateway board. Ah, wait, it's probably the 'Aladdin' board, then. Which was an OEM-only thing, AFAIK.

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