Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2012-06-11, 14:26
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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2012-06-11, 14:22
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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
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Re: Power Supplies And Age?
Posted on 2012-06-09, 15:25
I see white box case's all the time, with these feather light cheap PSU's in them, and 9 times out of 10 the motherboard will have bad caps. I have also plugged a few up and get treated to a fireball or spark show, and the very few that do pass all that might just run. I have yet to see any make it. …
Re: Power Supplies And Age?
Posted on 2012-06-09, 15:19
I also have a Corsair PSU in my main desktop too. Been a very good PSU( going on a year and half old), I think I read somewhere they are made by sea sonic? I have a Corsair PSU in my newest desktop because I got a good deal on it from Newegg. Otherwise I've sworn them off as just a company that re- …
Re: Power Supplies And Age?
Posted on 2012-06-07, 17:39
Most of the time I judge a power supply on it's weight. If it's as light as a feather then it go's in the scrap pile. The heaver ones I set aside and look at later. Someone once told me that's a good quick way to judge the build quitly .
Re: Power Supplies And Age?
Posted on 2012-06-06, 22:08
Thanks for all the great replies, very helpful! It's nice to know that these dells are built well, I owned a 4100 when they were new, and I also owned the earlier series, an XPS D266.
Power Supplies And Age?
Posted on 2012-06-05, 01:08
Hello everyone, dose anyone here worry about there old power supplies failing and taking out there beloved gaming rig motherboard and all? I know the caps will age. I am thinking it might be time to pull out the one in my dell dim 4100 and install a new one to be on the safe side? It's about 12 …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2012-06-01, 16:17
It's the same series a Dimension 4100. I sold the system in 2001. Don't know what happened to it after that. This system I have now was turned in at an Ewaste event. [/quote] Nice! Did you manage to find the exact same case again? I would've rebuild my first system, if it weren't for the fact that I …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2012-06-01, 15:05
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Own Just Two PC's
Posted on 2012-05-21, 11:58
If you could just have and own two PC's to play all your games on say from the late 80's until 2001. What ones would you have and how would you config them. I say for games from the mid 80's to like 1991, a 386 or a 486 33Mhz. For the rest a PIII say like 800 - 1000Mhz. And slow down programs for …
Re: Windows Millennium Dell CD's
Posted on 2012-05-15, 23:12
Yes I really have a key the system has a Windows Me sticker and a service tag. I filled out the request forum. Drivers are not a problem, I am looking for the OS CD. I don't know were you found a OS images on dell.com. I am highly doubtful that dell still stocks CD's for a 12 year old system.
Re: Windows Millennium Dell CD's
Posted on 2012-05-15, 17:50
I am looking to for anyone that has the disk, for image's they are not a copy right problem as I have full legal key attached to my Dell Dim 4100 system I am looking to build my next gaming system. No any Dell Windows ME CD will do. I am sorry if this is not the right place for this , I don't know …
Re: Windows Millennium Dell CD's
Posted on 2012-05-14, 21:37
Looking to get them or find someone who has them!
Windows Millennium Dell CD's
Posted on 2012-05-14, 02:27
Hello there, Anyone out there have a Dell restore CD of Windows Me? Thanks
Re: Favorite brands for your retro hardware
Posted on 2012-04-29, 16:26
Intel CPU's and Chipsets: Just because, enough said. Toshiba: for sticking to the ATX standard, when Gateway HP Dell Compaq found a way to make something non-standard. 3dfx: For awesome graphics cards. IBM Storage: The Micro Drives, GMR Heads, The Death-star and a few other things . HP: For printers …
Re: How far back do you go?
Posted on 2012-04-29, 15:01
I stick to the windows 98 era 1998-2000, anything older just gets to much of a pain and too primitive, anything newer is XP and up and that's modern, I know a lot of folks who use XP still. I also don't like messing with DOS either. I collect windows 98 stuff because that was my youth and a very fun …
Re: Kmart Blue-light PC
Posted on 2012-04-27, 14:09
Here is a shot of the mobo it's a mircostar I think with a bunch of bad caps.
Re: Where to buy games?
Posted on 2012-04-27, 13:44
Thanks for the tips, I hit the thrift stores monthly and don't seem to run across many boxed games, I have had luck at an estate sales. But for now Ebay seems to the be the winner. Thanks
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