Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2016-01-29, 17:54

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by Tetrium

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I had an Aztec unit in my pentium 3 rig. It blew up and killed half my system back in the day. It's been nothing but top-shelf power supplies for me until recently. I bought a Silverstone unit for a friend 6 months agof to save money. He came to me last month crying the computer smelled of smoke …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2016-01-29, 17:44

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by Tetrium

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I'm not sure if all sA boards that actually have this connector, really use the 12v instead of the 5v You're correct, for my Socket A machine a 18A 5V rail was not enough despite the 4-pin 12V connector (Ga-7n400s mobo). The symptoms I experienced with PSU not being enough for the systems were …

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Re: PC100 M747 - The bane of my existence

Posted on 2016-01-29, 06:29

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by Tetrium

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Only memory I have is from 2 websites I visited long ago after I had found a cheap second hand "BX Cel" board (closely related to your board). Can't remember if I ever tried to make it POST, but after I had read someone's question regarding your motherboard on a German forum (basically told the user …

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Re: Dead VLB Cards (bad solder joints)

Posted on 2016-01-29, 06:22

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by Tetrium

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How did you figure out it was the resistor packs? Continuity tests between them and the other joints to where the traces lead? I have a couple of unresponsive VLB cards which I may spend come time on and test each of the individual SMD components for bad joints. I applied pressure to every …

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Re: Moved an old PC around, now won't turn on

Posted on 2016-01-28, 15:25

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. Looking at the below from your manual and your second photo it looks like you have the power switch connected to the wrong pins. There should be an unused pin between the power and reset switch connectors. . Wrong_Conn.jpg Wel spotted! And actually, the second pic seems to be wired totally …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-01-28, 10:14

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Wow, I don't know what happened here. But anyway... PCBONEZ, you know what I mean. Despite what the manual might say, with my exact board it only works the way Malvineous described. With my board, it died. I have to admit that my memory may be flakey and it was in my dawning days of computerbuilding …

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Re: Which one is more important for AA and AF performance?

Posted on 2016-01-28, 06:47

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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote: GeForce 310M uses system memory, does it count as 'integrated' or 'discrete'? Dunno 🤣, but if it's only the RAM that isn't discrete, then I suppose it's only the memory that's discretely integrated (like i740, but that one had memory on the board because...well...I …

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Re: voodoo and sli

Posted on 2016-01-28, 06:44

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by Tetrium

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vetz has a compatibility matrix going on here: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35721 Only four such DOS titles left which won't work with V2. Thanks for posting the link! I know there was a compatibility matrix but didn't know where it exactly was. Looks like I don't have any of the games …

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Re: IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair

Posted on 2016-01-27, 23:44

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Thanks for this info, this would make repairing the FDD a lot easier! I'd need to check if this particular floppy drive actually has caps and which ones it has and how many Cheers! :D No probs. If it does have caps... they'll be around 5 of them. When you open it up you might as well just pull all …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2016-01-27, 23:41

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by Tetrium

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I think by these days, it would be easier to either source an old (but good quality) '5v-PSU' and recap it, or source a sA board that uses 12v (same P4 4-pin connector as the Pentium 4), though I'm not sure if all sA boards that actually have this connector, really use the 12v instead of the 5v Iirc …

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

Posted on 2016-01-27, 23:33

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Well, kinda did a few things. Listening to the Imperialism II OST and afterwards started looking for a map editor. But apparently map editing for Imperialism II can be done using a hex editor...kinda. Should give that a try as soon as I have some more time, and time is something this game will take …

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Re: Does anybody write DOS software for old PC's ?

Posted on 2016-01-27, 23:25

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ramiro77 wrote: I do C/C++ programming for MSDOS console with DevC++. Does it count? 😎 Does it work in DOS? 😜

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Re: Need help with my 486DX4 system

Posted on 2016-01-27, 23:21

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by Tetrium

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In the bios the "Internal Cache" is Enabled, other than that there are no more options. The turbo button jumpers are bridged, so it's always on. Heres' a pic of the board: http://i.imgur.com/n8Zagh0.jpg http://i.imgur.com/DigeeZm.jpg In mine the chipset says BA1915 instead of RC1047, but the rest …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-01-27, 23:16

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by Tetrium

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Are you sure about that? If you short those lithium batteries there is a chance it will overheat so that seems like a bit of a risky solution. I always assumed one of the very first things the BIOS did was check whether the jumper was opened or closed, and if it was open it would load the settings …

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Re: voodoo and sli

Posted on 2016-01-27, 23:14

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by Tetrium

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Voodoo2(sli) is perfect for a fast p3 system. However, since the v2 is a little bit easier on the cpu it will always be faster compared to the v1, nomatter what cpu is used. 1024x768 is a big plus for sli but i doubt your cpu can do much games at that resolution. Wouldn't this make the Voodoo 2 …

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

Posted on 2016-01-27, 19:47

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Damn HighTreason...sounds like you're atm living in a bad tv show. Anyway, been spending over an hour to download well...basically all of it from the SIS driver download "area", but that website's at least as slow as the 6326 I tried out once lol! And one of the pages won't even let me download it's …

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Re: Voodoo3 models overview

Posted on 2016-01-27, 11:17

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by Tetrium

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Just to be clear, it was in another thread maybe a few weeks ago where 2 or 3 members all had problems with their Compaq V3 3500s, all were from the same seller. I think 1 even went for a refund or at least was considering this. I just don't see a reason to own V3's or V4's besides the issue with …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-01-27, 08:34

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by Tetrium

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Too bad I destroyed the board when I tried to power it up with it's CLEAR-CMOS jumper installed...magic smoke and that was it :depressed: Aren't you supposed to do that? Most boards I've used won't clear the CMOS until you power them on with the clear CMOS jumper installed. Are you sure? Which …

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Re: Voodoo3 models overview

Posted on 2016-01-26, 22:14

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by Tetrium

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So what's your Voodoo 3 collection look like? :D Not sure on the memory/speed/type for some of the V3's, but I have pix in my collection link in my sig. In total it looks like I'm up to roughly 80+ 3DFX cards. 3DFX Voodoo3 2000 3DFX Voodoo3 2000 16MB PCI Sealed 3DFX Voodoo3 2000 16MB PCI Bare 3DFX …

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Re: Voodoo3 models overview

Posted on 2016-01-26, 21:31

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I heard about these Compaq V3s, but also some members having troubles with them. Are yours alright? I bought several of these in bulk, and did have a problem with one where I couldn't get it stable. They do get VERY hot... But when they work, they do work pretty well - especially for the price! …

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