Re: P4/Netburst Build - Equal Amount Pleasure and Pain

Posted on 2015-12-11, 23:06

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TELVM, how do you take those thermal images? I wish I could say I took them, that'd mean I own an IR camera, which sadly ain't the case :depressed: . Just collected that and many other great IR pics of PC components in my travels around the web. Thermal images are just awesome for identifying hot …

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Re: K6-III+ 450 fastest overclock

Posted on 2015-12-10, 21:29

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... That MOSFET with the Macgyvered heatsink screwed to it did not get cooler when the whole PCB isnt cooling it anymore, I got a nice burn when I was using my finger as temp sensor. http://u.cubeupload.com/jonaz81a/GigabyteGA5AXcooling.jpg Just imagine the temps bare FETs can reach, you could be …

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Re: Spelling and grammar pet peeves around here

Posted on 2015-12-09, 12:48

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Re: P4/Netburst Build - Equal Amount Pleasure and Pain

Posted on 2015-12-09, 12:11

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That yellow fan helps on cooling a mobo area that warms up like an oven (courtesy of blazing non-heatsinked VRM FETs and scorching toroid coils). http://i.imgbox.com/BmmFxh2v.png http://i.imgbox.com/qXnHq2Qs.png I'd either add another 92mm fan below it or either cover up the lower rear fan station, …

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Re: Make my PC faster and quieter.

Posted on 2015-12-07, 11:11

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Cut to shape pieces of camping mat also work fine as DIY sound dampening material.

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Re: Spelling and grammar pet peeves around here

Posted on 2015-12-05, 22:07

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... Actually, when learning english I found it to be so much simpler than portuguese. Verbs in portuguese have a form for every tense and person (simillar to spanish), whereas english has a LOT less variation ... Agreed, as indo-european languages go English is relatively easy, even for people …

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Re: New Old Stock Build Pentium III @ 800 MHz w/ ISA Slots

Posted on 2015-12-05, 12:51

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by TELVM

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- StarTech 250W ATX Power Supply, new, from Newegg Probably asking for too much but there is any chance of you removing the PSU cover (after unplugging from wall and leaving it at rest for half an hour) and taking pics of the Startech ATX 250W guts like borgie83 most kindly did on his Startech AT …

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Re: Athlon XP vs Athlon 64 build choice

Posted on 2015-12-05, 10:42

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A friend of mine had a more modern PSU die on him when he used it to power on one of his Athlon XP systems and it destroyed it's 5v rail, even though it had listed something like 25A on the 5v line. It was not some El Cheapo PSU, it should've been decent, was around 600W and had powered his A64x2 …

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Re: Make my PC faster and quieter.

Posted on 2015-12-05, 09:35

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Thermal paste on the center and drops of super glue on the corners work like a charm. http://www.overclock.net/t/163286/old-vram-he … ck#post_1809264

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Re: Make my PC faster and quieter.

Posted on 2015-12-04, 22:25

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Faster: - Get some PCI SATA card, plug in some cheap SSD, install OS in the SSD. Even handi-capped by the PCI bus the system will fly. - Get a couple Tuallys 1400-S, hack until they run, and OC the hell out of them. Quieter: - Get some case with provision for at least one 120mm fan front intake and …

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Re: Spelling and grammar pet peeves around here

Posted on 2015-12-04, 11:31

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Stiletto wrote: ... (and therefore posting in other languages is pretty much forbidden) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5hWns8EzE 🤣

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Re: Dual Pentium 3 build in the works.

Posted on 2015-12-04, 11:20

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^ Nichicon HZ?

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Re: A humble Pentium III system

Posted on 2015-12-04, 11:11

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PCBONEZ wrote: ... I read somewhere that the Pentium III 450 with sSpec SL35D was blessed with the same cache chips as used on the 600MHz Katmai and because of that it will run at 600MHz just fine. Yep:

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Re: Scariest Level Ever?

Posted on 2015-12-03, 00:16

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The vents in Alien: Isolation - Crew Expendable, the stuff of nightmares: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as4XoRg67e4&t=12m21s

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Re: Asus P3B-F 1.04 and P3 1000EB

Posted on 2015-11-30, 14:18

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by TELVM

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alexanrs wrote: While the BX chipset never officially supported an 133MHz bus, it is perfectly capable of running at 133MHz ... And then some.

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Re: Looking for Pentium 4 motherboards

Posted on 2015-11-30, 11:00

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^ Same here, always run an earth wire to ground to chassis any 'floating on plastic' USB front ports.

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Re: Pentium III-S (1400/512/133) @ 100mhz FSB?

Posted on 2015-11-27, 10:55

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Dant wrote: ... the P3-S is intended for a 133mhz FSB, is the processor forced to run at the higher FSB speed and will not allow the machine to go to POST at a lower speed? ... Nope, Tualatin 1400-S runs OK @ 100MHz FSB, see here: Re: Powerleap slot-1 adapter

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Re: A tale of two PSUs

Posted on 2015-11-23, 17:35

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Not to argue on scatology but I've heard that AsiaX = Fuhjyyu.

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Re: What to do with old broken HDDs?

Posted on 2015-11-21, 11:41

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Re: A tale of two PSUs

Posted on 2015-11-21, 11:12

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... Step 1 in any kind of recap job is to make a Cap-Map . - NEVER EVER SKIP THE CAP-MAP! - Sh*t Happens! ... To illustrate the point here's a fine example of CAD-designed, laser-printed cap-map courtesy of NASA-JPL :lol: : http://i.imgbox.com/GQvfk3Ah.png ... I only have AsiaX ,Sanyo,Panasonics …

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