Re: Total power watt of your systems

Posted on 2017-01-26, 23:52

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by Tetrium

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(I'm talking about >>20 builds here). The only PSU that gave me problems was some Premier that was lighter than air. Replaced that "300W" sucker with an ancient 235W PSU that knew how to get the job done and all problems went flying away! :D I have used many other brands though, but for most of the …

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Re: AMD Athlon WinXP Upgrade Advice

Posted on 2017-01-26, 23:27

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by Tetrium

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This is stated on wiki (wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port). Mark Allen of Playtools.com made the following comments regarding Practical AGP Compatibility for AGP 3.0 and AGP 2.0: ...."Every single video card I could find which claimed to be an AGP 3.0 card was actually a universal 1.5V AGP 3.0 card. …

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Re: Total power watt of your systems

Posted on 2017-01-26, 23:19

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by Tetrium

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Interesting! I never built anything that high level so I always choosed low middle end psu. Actually I've a cheap Corsair VS650 for newer builds and a Enermax EG365 old type for retro builds. The Enermax is great inside with many good components but I don't know about its efficiency. You learn …

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Re: AMD Athlon WinXP Upgrade Advice

Posted on 2017-01-26, 22:20

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by Tetrium

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That's what I'm thinking. The last time this happened, it was a USB 2.0 PCI card that made my ASUS P2B refuse to POST in the exact same way, but that PCI card works perfect fine in THIS Abit KX7-333 motherboard. I think maybe the card was made for an 8x only AGP slot, even though it has the AGP 4x …

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Re: Asrock K7NF2-RAID worth it?

Posted on 2017-01-26, 21:57

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by Tetrium

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Just don't forget that Intel boards tended to be very inflexible when it comes to tweaking. Heck, they even made their boards not POST with certain (faster) processors, even though the boards would support them physically otherwise.

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Re: If you fold paper... (wow!)

Posted on 2017-01-26, 21:52

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Exploding paper, now I've seen it all 🤣!

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Re: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

Posted on 2017-01-26, 20:22

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by Tetrium

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Very nice guide! I wish something like this existed when I built my Win98SE system. :) If you install without ACPI - will you have to manually turn off your computer with the power button every time? Not when using an ATX board I think? Iirc there was some power shutdown bug in 98SE (which annoyed …

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Re: AMD Athlon WinXP Upgrade Advice

Posted on 2017-01-26, 20:18

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Well shit. Got the X700 Pro AGP card today, so I took it out, removed the heatsink and fan, disassembled the whole thing, cleaned out all of the caked-on dust that was everywhere, put it back together, then put it in my system. When I turned it on, the system refused to POST. All of the fans are …

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Re: Total power watt of your systems

Posted on 2017-01-26, 20:04

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by Tetrium

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Interesting! I never built anything that high level so I always choosed low middle end psu. Actually I've a cheap Corsair VS650 for newer builds and a Enermax EG365 old type for retro builds. The Enermax is great inside with many good components but I don't know about its efficiency. You learn …

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Re: Best Drivers for GeForce4 MX-440

Posted on 2017-01-26, 19:32

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by Tetrium

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Yeah, we know... Just like 640KB was the largest memory that anyone would have required for the next century, eh? :lol: To say the truth, GF4 MX440 is from 2002 and they are more than good enough for anything till (and including) 2000-2001, which is marking the end of W9x era for most people, …

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Re: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

Posted on 2017-01-26, 18:56

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by Tetrium

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Or was it compressed (zip) files? That's a component of 98 Plus!, if I'm not mistaken. I'm not terribly fond of that feature. Much more straightforward just to deal with a separate archiver. Cheers :) I might have used an old version of Winzip or Winrar at the time, but I can't remember. But to me …

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Re: Choosing graphics card for Pentium 200 rig

Posted on 2017-01-26, 18:51

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by Tetrium

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kaputnik wrote: Managed to pick up a bunch of graphics card for next to nothing, of which a few were PCI ones. Now I have to choose one of them to replace the Trio64+ in my Pentium 200 rig, its video quality is absolutely horrible. May I ask you what was so absolutely horrible about your Trio64s?

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Re: Recommend me some parts?

Posted on 2017-01-26, 18:48

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by Tetrium

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It's too bad the only sources are international. I don't want to have to deal with the extra shipping, the customs, and the wait time Well I do have other sources than ebay (in fact I almost never bought anything from it) and you can actually find things for cheaper. However you have to be really …

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Re: Total power watt of your systems

Posted on 2017-01-26, 14:43

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by Tetrium

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I used to know the power requirements of my rigs and the rigs of a friend of mine from top of my head (we both measure power consumption at the wall). Obviously PSU efficiency mattered a lot when taking these measurements.

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Re: Sempron 3200+ 1,8Ghz AM2 vs Barton 3200+ 2,2Ghz

Posted on 2017-01-26, 14:34

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by Tetrium

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isnt am3/am3+ backwards compatible with am2 anyway? I theory yes. But before actually buying a chip and a motherboard, it's a good idea to search for a CPU compatibility list for the board you intend to use. This is for 2 reasons: First one is that not all boards support the CPUs with the highest …

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Re: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

Posted on 2017-01-26, 09:20

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by Tetrium

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Which part needs clarification? I added some commentary, but perhaps I missed something that needs to be filled in. My apologies. It was meant to be more of a generic thingy. It gives people who read any guide the option to choose as well as being informed :) There are several foreign language …

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Re: I think I hit the CPU jackpot tonight...

Posted on 2017-01-26, 09:05

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by Tetrium

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Awesome!!! There's even a Socket 4 Pentium goldcap in there! 😁 Have fun testing all of em haha!

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Re: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

Posted on 2017-01-26, 08:50

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by Tetrium

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Didn't the unofficial 98SE SP2.1a already add support for USB mass storage? Or was it compressed (zip) files? And somewhat related, the final 2.x Dutch unofficial SP was 2.0a or something (a very little behind the English one). And in general giving your opinion is perfectly fine, but (as already …

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Re: Recommend me some parts?

Posted on 2017-01-26, 08:40

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by Tetrium

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I looked up the Arctic Cooling Copper Silent 3 holy moly that thing looks alien.. never seen a fan like that, haha. It even kept my Barton 3200+ nice and cool :) And on top of that (and also due to the design of the fan of the HSF), its much harder to have it clog up the top of the heatsink with …

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Re: Sempron 3200+ 1,8Ghz AM2 vs Barton 3200+ 2,2Ghz

Posted on 2017-01-26, 08:33

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by Tetrium

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

isnt am3/am3+ backwards compatible with am2 anyway? I theory yes. But before actually buying a chip and a motherboard, it's a good idea to search for a CPU compatibility list for the board you intend to use. This is for 2 reasons: First one is that not all boards support the CPUs with the highest …

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