Re: Should I attempt to change the TIM on the Northbridge and Southbridge?

Posted on 2023-06-25, 08:04

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by Tetrium

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rasz_pl wrote on 2023-06-24, 23:22: meh, why bother, if it works it works, if it starts crashing you will know its time, if it fries those computers are $10-20 whole If you can prevent the crashing and the frying, you'll save a lot of effort, time and also money. Reapplying TIM is a really trivial …

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Re: Asus TUSL2-C motherboard - no POST - board lights up, CPU heats up, tried several GPUs and RAM

Posted on 2023-06-25, 08:00

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by Tetrium

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This might as well be caused by some PCI / AGP card not sitting perfectly in it´s slot. Often this is not caused by dust or dirt, but occurs because the case´s non-optimal construction prevents the cards from being inserted completely. Make sure the cards are placed orthogonally and inserted …

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Re: PC shuts down after 30 seconds - 1 minute - Solved: Premier LC-300-ATX PSU at fault

Posted on 2023-06-19, 20:39

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The Intel one was removed from a board running a P-iii Coppermine as well. It came directly assembled with it from the PC store. The Chinese one was bought from AliExpress along other stuff, it was made for socket 370 specifically, got it at the time from the same store where I got other stuff that …

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Re: Graphic card and SDRAM recommendation for MSI MS-5158 motherboard

Posted on 2023-06-19, 17:59

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by Tetrium

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Both P133 and P200 have a heat sink but no fan. It is another part that I need to find. Thanks again for the recommendations. Edit: My monitor is not a CRT but a LCD Dell 1708FP in 1280 x 1024 at 60 Hz that I use with a WinXP build. The left CPU is not glued together with such a heatsink from the …

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Re: Graphic card and SDRAM recommendation for MSI MS-5158 motherboard

Posted on 2023-06-19, 17:55

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One of the purpose for building this rig is to manage files in Dos and ability to use old software working only on Win9x to create floppy disk for some 8-bit computer from Japan (Sharp X1, PC-8801, MSX) I can manage most files using either WinXP and Greaseweazle interface but some tools were …

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Re: PC shuts down after 30 seconds - 1 minute - Solved: Premier LC-300-ATX PSU at fault

Posted on 2023-06-19, 17:52

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Any particular thing you watch out for concerning the PSU PCB? I'm quite electrotechnical antitalent, so I don't have any right to teach someone in this matter. But by inspecting PCB board, I've meant, if it is burned (on amber colored PCB, you know, when it is baked), that meant, that it was …

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Re: PC shuts down after 30 seconds - 1 minute - Solved: Premier LC-300-ATX PSU at fault

Posted on 2023-06-19, 17:50

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I was surprised because it was working before closing the case up after checking everything, I was startled by the high pitch code that came from the board for the overheated CPU. I immediately shut it down so the CPU must still be ok, it's a 1Ghz Coppermine. I have another one in any case but I …

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Re: PC shuts down after 30 seconds - 1 minute - Solved: Premier LC-300-ATX PSU at fault

Posted on 2023-06-19, 16:24

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by Tetrium

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I was surprised because it was working before closing the case up after checking everything, I was startled by the high pitch code that came from the board for the overheated CPU. I immediately shut it down so the CPU must still be ok, it's a 1Ghz Coppermine. I have another one in any case but I …

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Re: PC shuts down after 30 seconds - 1 minute - Solved: Premier LC-300-ATX PSU at fault

Posted on 2023-06-19, 13:49

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by Tetrium

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Minutemanqvs wrote on 2023-06-19, 12:11: I wonder if with "L&C" they tried to trick people into thinking it's an LC-Power brand, which is rather ok. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case.

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Re: PC shuts down after 30 seconds - 1 minute - Solved: Premier LC-300-ATX PSU at fault

Posted on 2023-06-19, 13:34

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by Tetrium

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Had this PSU, worst I ever saw. I've never had courage to run it. Opened it, it was really bad. Everything cheap, lots of stuff missing. It was also lightest power supply out of all I had and passed through me (about 30 pieces). You dont have to dump every old PSU. I have old Nexus from 2003, heavy …

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Re: Graphic card and SDRAM recommendation for MSI MS-5158 motherboard

Posted on 2023-06-19, 08:01

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by Tetrium

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Hi, I plan to build an old configuration based on MS-5158 Socket 7 with a Pentium BP80503200 or A80502133 which are already available. For the OS I am considering Win 95/98, maybe the later because I already have a NOS 80gb IDE HDD. I would like to seek recommendation for the RAM and Graphic card. …

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Re: ASUS P4P800 disaster

Posted on 2023-06-18, 20:07

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2023-06-18, 12:14: Tetrium wrote on 2023-06-17, 21:50: Not sure in how much the USB ports behind the i/o shields are affected btw. AFAIK the main culprit is front IO port(s). ATX IO is shielded better. It may not be enough. A USB card will still be a better option …

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Re: PC shuts down after 30 seconds - 1 minute

Posted on 2023-06-18, 20:04

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Finally installed the new PSU and checked everything. For completeness' sake and for future users searching for solutions to a similar problem: 1. The original PSU suddenly shut down by itself mid-use, blinking one light in the front panel constantly, as if it was in standby mode. From that point …

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Re: ASUS P4P800 disaster

Posted on 2023-06-17, 21:50

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Ok. I found explanation for this weird sequence. Original text form ixbit forum says "Serial numbers of faulty chips". But later on this topic they ran into same trouble as we did :) So other guy corrected this statemen. It's not "serial number of chip" it's "serial number of ASUS motherboard". …

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Re: Socket 370 repair, restoring a missing tab

Posted on 2023-06-15, 18:49

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-snip- This is very neat! And a good read as well 🙂 You show some real creativity here. Like rasz_pl, I've also tried to use a 3 hole clasp but it didn't work out for me as the assembly was just too unstable as many of the older boards don't have 3 tabs per side, but just 2. And using only one side …

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Re: Athlon XP 3000+ machine - quiet CPU cooler recommendations

Posted on 2023-06-14, 13:21

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Also, I find it interesting that many people here tend to favor different CPU HSFs which imo is a good thing as good sA HSFs are hard to come by these days and it's good to have multiple options for the people who these days are looking for one. It is not only a good thing that people tend to favor …

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Re: Athlon XP 3000+ machine - quiet CPU cooler recommendations

Posted on 2023-06-14, 10:58

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by Tetrium

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For stock speeds in a relatively well cooled case the stock heatsink should be good enough. Many of the later stock AMD coolers had a copper slug in the center (and yours looks like one of those) - when combined with good quality thermal paste and the right Noctua fan you should be able to keep the …

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Re: ASUS P4P800 disaster

Posted on 2023-06-13, 11:07

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It's assumed that both Intel and motherboard manufacturers had collective fudge up. Which southbridges were affected by this anyway? You mean revision number? Not sure, but every working ICH5R board in my possession (including ASUS P4C800-E Revision 2.0) has SL742. Asrock LGA775 boards have SL7YC ( …

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Re: What's your absolute favorite piece of retro hardware?

Posted on 2023-06-12, 15:40

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I thought about this for a long while. I don't have a -the- most favorite pieces of retro hardware. There are multiple that I like a lot but there isn't a single one lonely at the top for me. Stuff that I like are good boards with 440BX chipset or i815 chipset, as these tend to just work. Cards like …

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Re: Athlon XP 3000+ machine - quiet CPU cooler recommendations

Posted on 2023-06-12, 15:22

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quiet CPU cooler recommendations My favorite for sA is the Arctic Cooling Copper Silent 3 (aka Copper Lite). It cools decently (don't try to overclock beyond 3200+ though, it probably won't get very far beyond that) and is relatively quiet. Disadvantage is that when finding this HSF second hand, …

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