Re: creative prodikeys
Posted on 2010-08-11, 07:26
wd wrote: when I had coffee on my keyboard again I bought a small stack of brandnew Dell/IBM keyboards at PC Dumpdag (RIP) for like €2 each...and running out of keyboards faster then I would like!
Re: Slow task switching with windows 7
Posted on 2010-08-11, 07:25
If you have 1 stick of 2GB, try getting an identical one and you'll get ganged mode as a bonus 😉
Re: p4 with 3 pci: graphics cards?
Posted on 2010-08-11, 07:22
Or try a Voodoo 4 or 5 PCI ;D
Re: cleaning old computers
Posted on 2010-08-10, 18:31
I cooked a sound card for 15 minutes once. I was actually trying to kill the microwave, which was 20 years old at the time and not very powerful anymore, but the thing didn't die. The sound card got welded to the back of the microwave tho and various components blew up and desoldered. :D Yeah, but …
Re: Recommend me a motherboard for...
Posted on 2010-08-10, 18:29
Yup, but the Voodoo 4 brings little extra's over the Voodoo 3 while the latter is WAY more available (and much cheaper), and it's passive too 😉
Re: What is your dream computer?
Posted on 2010-08-10, 12:34
Many of those chips didn't support multipliers over 2.5x though while others may have only the 3.5x multi disabled. You'd be limited to fsb overclocking (not a problem on the P5A-B though 😁 )
Re: cleaning old computers
Posted on 2010-08-10, 12:29
Good tips! I always shake them out and then put them next to a big fan to try and dry them. Anyone ever tried drying some computer hardware in a microwave? 😜 😜 😜
Re: Recommend me a motherboard for...
Posted on 2010-08-10, 11:36
I'll second the Voodoo 3, it's the best choice for optimum compatibility and they are easy to find (Voodoo 5 will be expensive to find). Only thing I have with the Voodoo 3 is that the little heatsink next to the GPU heatsink can get VERY hot, especially when using a PCI Voodoo 3. If you're gonna be …
Re: What is your dream computer?
Posted on 2010-08-09, 13:28
My dream rig is to rebuild my first computer that died long ago. Pentium 166mmx ASUS P5A-B Riva 128ZX 3dfx Vodoo 2 10gb Hard Drive Windows 95 128mb PC100 This was my first PC I got it Christmas 1998 and loved it. It died in 2000 a very sad day, it had been upgraded to a K6-2 450 and a 30gb Hard …
Re: Where to find a collection of old PC post screens?
Posted on 2010-08-09, 13:12
Except google images, where I have looked, does anyone have specific links to this type of sites? I am wanting to see some old VGA startup banners... Thanks Jack I could post a couple if you want ;) Yes, please. Do you have all or many old vga banners to show? like s3, chips and technologies, …
Re: Where to find a collection of old PC post screens?
Posted on 2010-08-09, 00:32
lucky7456969 wrote: Except google images, where I have looked, does anyone have specific links to this type of sites? I am wanting to see some old VGA startup banners... Thanks Jack I could post a couple if you want 😉
Re: Just what does that 4 pin cable do?
Posted on 2010-08-08, 00:55
Wouldn't attaching this cable help in lowering data having to move through the IDE channel, thus helping improve system performance a bit?
Re: creative prodikeys
Posted on 2010-08-07, 21:20
Davros wrote: Simon wrote: Anyway, The s,e,z & d buttons dont work, Then how did you type that 😒 copypaste? 😜 It's what I did once when I had coffee on my keyboard again
Re: cleaning old computers
Posted on 2010-08-07, 21:18
I bet your computer smells loverly ;) Actually (lmao in my head already), when I clean cases, I first 'demount' then fully (front bezel, metal parts and everything electronix like LED's and the pc speaker) and wash them (not the electronic parts obviously) in my bathroom with an old very big sponge …
Re: cleaning old computers
Posted on 2010-08-07, 10:50
Fortunately the tap water in the Netherlands is very soft 😀 For cleaning I either use a paintbrush for dust and rubbing alcohol + paper tissue for cleaning contacts. If retrobright is something you're not willing to try, theres always teh good paintjob 😁
Re: Why it is impossible to run WinXP on a 486
Posted on 2010-08-07, 10:45
I've browsed their forum a couple times for some good reads :) Unfortunately for many here the forum is in German A couple good reads (but in German!): http://www.winhistory-forum.net/ms-dos-windows-1-x-3-x-9x-und-me.html http://www.winhistory-forum.net/retro-pcs-von-damals.html Thats one of the …
Re: Why it is impossible to run WinXP on a 486
Posted on 2010-08-06, 15:33
ppgrainbow wrote: It is impossible to run Windows XP on a processor older than a 75 MHz Pentium Well...it is kinda possible, but you won't like it! 😁 http://www.winhistory.de/more/386/xpmini_eng.htm
Re: Recommend me a motherboard for...
Posted on 2010-08-06, 15:24
My personal reccomendation would also to go for a BX (though I've had little trouble using the VIA P3 chipsets myself...not that I used them very much) with 4 DIMM slots and as many ISA as you can get. Also try not to get a non-standard ATX board. And about the chipsets, it basically comes down to …
Re: Need a Toshiba 486 laptop? Got half a million dollars?
Posted on 2010-08-06, 15:06
I've been seeing a lot of strange auctions like that... absurd prices for random old (and newer) computer parts, from sellers with little or no feedback, and the bidders always have little or no feedback. Best I can figure is that they're trying to use the auctions to cover up some shady …
Re: Recommend me a motherboard for...
Posted on 2010-08-06, 00:55
Simon wrote: IRRC intel never did a chipset that supported 133fsb did they? Despite the cpus sporting it? i815 boards...
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