Re: Found some hardware today

Posted on 2011-04-04, 00:12

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Interesting yeah I didn't even take off the heatsink I just looked at the size and saw when it booted up that it was 1Ghz and assumed. I'm wondering if I should take the CPUs out of some of the boards I have lieing around since they could be put on top of each other then I guess. I also seem to be …

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Re: Pentium overdrive 83 MHz - overclocking options?

Posted on 2011-04-04, 00:08

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by Tetrium

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The "growth of impurities" thing, also called "metal whiskers", is a phenomenon where you get growths of metal on exposed metals over time and it can cause circuit problems like shorts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisker_%28metallurgy%29 This is new to me. Anyway, if I'd ever find that, I'd just …

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Re: Geforce 4 MX440SE or Radeon 7500LE??

Posted on 2011-04-03, 23:48

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by Tetrium

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Back in the days I used cheap Nvidia TNT2's (M64/Vanta). Then I heard good things bout ATI's 9xxx lineup and bought a 9600XT and a 9200SE to upgrade. They did not work for me, the 9600XT gave lockups, the 9200SE DOS VESA and refresh rate support was a step backwards, and In windows I also noticed …

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Re: Asus P5A - undocumented voltage options?

Posted on 2011-04-03, 23:35

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by Tetrium

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I successfully flashed the board! I used UniFlash. UniFlash...interesting. And about those VIA drivers, would there be any problem by just using the MS standard drivers? Btw RG100, you gonna give ME a go on that board, just for comparison? ;) BTW, is there a utility that can read/display/save this …

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Re: 3D Accelerator Comparison Thread

Posted on 2011-04-03, 23:23

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by Tetrium

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TheLazy1 wrote: Mostly because I cannot get a proper passthrough cable or switch box short or cheap enough to be worth while. Can't you just use a monitor cable with the correct thingies on both ends? Perhaps it's longer, but since it's a cable mess behind there anyway...

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Re: old games on windows server 2003

Posted on 2011-04-03, 23:19

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Disregarding all the off-topic stuff, my point was: Server 2003 is not the same thing as Windows XP, and has its own independent compatibility issues... just a lot of them tend to overlap. Are these differences comparable to the differences between XP and 2k? The thing is, I'd think XP and 2k3 (and …

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Re: Asus P5A - undocumented voltage options?

Posted on 2011-04-02, 18:34

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by Tetrium

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I have temporarily abandoned the Asus P5A 1.06 mobo. I am now using a DFI P5BV3+ rev B3 mobo. I notice on that excellent K6+ webpage, there is a link to a Beta BIOS for this mobo. Unfortunately, the link I need is dead. The table entry is: DFI P5BV3+ 11/30/2000 BP5Bx1130.ZIP There are 3 different …

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Re: Asus P5A - undocumented voltage options?

Posted on 2011-04-02, 18:05

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by Tetrium

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Here it is 😉 http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm But most links to the flashers are dead. I downloaded all the BIOS files earlier (in case the site ever decided to disappear) but finding out which flasher you need gave me some real headackes. Feel free to enlighten me! 😉

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Re: Asus P5A - undocumented voltage options?

Posted on 2011-04-02, 17:56

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by Tetrium

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OK, thanks a lot for the info. I notice that Vogons user 5u3 talks about the Asus P5A 1.06 and a K6+ chip, here . He says that it runs slowly. However, I can't get my mobo to POST with a K6+ chip. It works OK with a K6-2. When it POSTed with this K6-2, I noticed that the BIOS POST message said …

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Re: Asus P5A - undocumented voltage options?

Posted on 2011-04-02, 17:45

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by Tetrium

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Afaik the P5A 1.06 won't work correctly with the mobiles :( I'll go look the jumpers anyway, I might have them somewhere... Oh yeah, that's right. Oops. They run really slowly with them? Don't know, I never tried it as I don't own any of the 1.05 or later P5A's Edit: Btw, I reckon there might not …

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Re: Asus P5A - undocumented voltage options?

Posted on 2011-04-02, 17:35

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by Tetrium

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Afaik the P5A 1.06 won't work correctly with the mobiles 🙁 I'll go look the jumpers anyway, I might have them somewhere...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2011-04-02, 15:41

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by Tetrium

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: It certainly is a 2.0, and the box has a 2.0 label near the bottom right side. Whereas the box I received, says "version 1.5" on the bottom left side... Ah, I see! CT1320 vs CT1350! Nice find Maulwurf!

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Re: VLB 486 recommendation required please

Posted on 2011-04-02, 15:27

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by Tetrium

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Eek! I'd be afraid to try such a CPU in any of my precious boards 🤣!

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Re: HDD LED and Green PC on old boards

Posted on 2011-04-02, 15:26

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by Tetrium

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Maybe because they didn't have the harddrive controllers on the board but on separate I/O cards?

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Re: VLB 486 recommendation required please

Posted on 2011-04-02, 14:53

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by Tetrium

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retro games 100 wrote: I didn't adjust the mobo's bus speed, which was 50 MHz. But the top pic displays your 5x86 ran at 133Mhz 😜 Btw, pic of your DX50 chip's underside? 😁

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Re: Pentium overdrive 83 MHz - overclocking options?

Posted on 2011-04-02, 14:50

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by Tetrium

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Yep, it seems often these chips can take it 😉

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2011-04-02, 14:50

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by Tetrium

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Is it the box that came with this one?

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-02, 14:39

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by Tetrium

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Part 2 One of my 2 first lan rigs FSP PSU, probably 300W Intel D815EEA Intel Coppermine 800Mhz 384MB (later 512MB) PC-133 SDRAM Diamond Viper V770 (Riva TNT2 32MB) Soundblaster 128PCI? (was removed later as I needed it somewhere else :P) Some random NIC http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad254/ …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-02, 14:39

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by Tetrium

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Anyway, back to the pics! :D Part one My old former main rig Zalman 300W PSU, brand new Intel D815EEA Socket 370 i815 AGP board Intel Coppermine 1000Mhz 512MB SDRAM PC-133 Geforce2MX 64MB AGP 40GB brand new Maxtor 5400rpm harddrive Some random optical drives Front, being used as a "table", these …

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Re: New Celly 400 Rig

Posted on 2011-04-02, 12:59

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PeteUK wrote: Now what are the chances of me finding a SATA CD-RW/DVD combo with a white bezel? And yes, it was sprayed 😁 Apparently they are being sold here and there, but black bezel is like >95% of all the ones being offered for sale.

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