Planning ~2002-4 Celeron build (478) - what motherboard?

Posted on 2017-05-15, 17:07

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by PcBytes

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So I've recently planned to do a 2002-2004ish Celeron build with some parts I recently bought. A few specs: Sapphire Radeon 9600SE 128MB V/D/VO (might get a active cooler for it) 768MB RAM JNC RJA-52 case (painted black) Pioneer DVD-117 DVD-ROM Celeron 2GHz (Northwood) Winfast TV2000XP PCI TV-Tuner …

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Re: 2k machine

Posted on 2017-05-15, 16:51

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Well, for 2000 the GeForce 2 GTS/Ultra are the way to go as far as GPUs are concerned, as for audio if you will install 2K Pro you may as well drop in a Live! 4.1 or Value.. I could have gone as low as Xpert2000 or Riva TNT2 M64 32MB but I ended up with the MX440 because it's more available than …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-07, 14:39

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Seems I wasn't so lucky today. I tried hard to search for a better GPU than my old FX5200 64MB (that ABiT Siluro I was talking about having 64MB RAM) and I somehow ended with something worse than that - a Radeon 9600SE 128MB V/D/VO. Not only it's 64-bit - I can't even BIOS mod it (9600s and 9550s …

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Re: 2k machine

Posted on 2017-05-06, 19:05

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sprcorreia wrote: Are you sure it isn't just a Coppermine in fc-pga2 format? The heatspreader doesn't mean that the cpu is Tualatin. Nope, it's a Tualatin 100%. http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL6CA.html

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Re: 2k machine

Posted on 2017-05-04, 17:27

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I don't recall that motherboard being Tualatin compatible. That's why QDI had the Advance 10T. It actually does. I ran a Tualeron 1.1GHz for a while but I needed it for another machine so I put the 850MHz Coppermine in there. The Tualeron came from a ECS P6VXAT motherboard, that also uses the VIA …

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Re: 2k machine

Posted on 2017-05-03, 04:04

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Why server? Install Pro and you wont slow down the system with loading unnecessary services. I would give it a better sound card and you have a nice PC for Win9x games. Or keep the SB16 and duel boot with Win9x, then you can drop back to DOS and also play those 1 or 2 games that refuse to work in …

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2k machine

Posted on 2017-05-02, 19:38

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by PcBytes

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Just assembled a 2k machine after I fixed an Socket 370 motherboard. Case: some random beige Deer case PSU: L&C LC-B350ATX 350W HDD: 8GB WDC Protege (will upgrade it though) CPU: Pentium 3 850MHz Coppermine MB: QDI P6V694X/A10E (694x,Tualatin compatible - has 1 ISA slot,yay) GPU: Palit GF4 MX440 ( …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-04-26, 05:53

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by PcBytes

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Don't worry about that, they're empty 😀 (I don't use floppies at all,mostly CDs.)

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-04-25, 19:53

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by PcBytes

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Well, there's nothing of value on these drives anyways, so I wouldn't really care about it.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-04-25, 17:02

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by PcBytes

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ab0tj wrote: PcBytes wrote: Note the stack of floppy drives under the left speaker 🤣 (and a few HDDs as well) I hope they're shielded speakers 😵 What do you mean?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-25, 16:37

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Thanks but I usually like to get these because I find it's fun to add the components. The end result is a decent 250W PSU. (maybe more for those with real ERL-35 transformers - I cherry-pick these so I know these exist)

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-04-25, 10:29

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Just finished cleaning up. Note the stack of floppy drives under the left speaker 🤣 (and a few HDDs as well)

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Re: vertical lines from new display card

Posted on 2017-04-24, 19:15

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by PcBytes

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I don't have a problem at all with re-capping. I've done way more intense soldering jobs than that, so not worried about it. Looks like this board has 100% through-hole electrolytic, so that'll make it even easier. I did reflow all of the capacitors, and cleaned all my VLB sockets, and the VGA port …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-24, 10:29

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by PcBytes

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Maybe it had memory issues and someone flashed the bios down to only use the first 64MB of RAM? In a less outlandish theory, it's probably just a lesser known variant. There are weird things out there, I've even seen a 128MB Radeon 7500 DDR from Diablotek. RAM on a graphics card is like horsepower …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-23, 16:54

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I just got some stuff today: 350W LC-B350ATX PSU (incredibily dusty) Palit Geforce 4 MX440 64MB (AGP 8x variant, even says so on the VGA BIOS) Hitachi-LG GSA-4167B DVD-RW drive (white bezel - I have the black bezel version on my main PC - this white one went in my P4 2.8GHz machine) Hitachi Deskstar …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2017-04-14, 07:58

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by PcBytes

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HOWEVER be advised that the Phantoms (like other Antecs of that time) were stuffed full of Fuhjyyu crapacitors, amongst the worst and less reliable junk ever laid inside a PSU, which after more than a decade shouldn't be relied upon (to put it softly). Antec Phantom 500 ruined by Fuhjyyu …

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Re: My Intel Tualatin Build

Posted on 2017-04-14, 07:40

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by PcBytes

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If you're going to run UT/U Gold using the GoG installers make sure you have DX9 installed or else you get errors that are annoying to click through before the game launches. Also, NFS Porsche Unleashed was a pain to get working under Win2k for me and it just ended up crashing before each race so I …

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

Posted on 2017-04-12, 14:20

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What is the saddest computer you say? Just look at this... http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah276/krivulak/P_20170402_194900_zpsmrnwqfci.jpg http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah276/krivulak/P_20170402_194848_zpsvlp7qxgk.jpg Every cable was cut. And I mean that every single one was cut in two. …

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Re: XP and 98 rigs

Posted on 2017-04-08, 06:57

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by PcBytes

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As I promised,here are some pictures. Unfortunately the K7VT4A+ died (Super IO gets burning hot and will not spin any fan or anything) and the only KT400A replacement I have isn't POSTing. (Gigabyte GA-7VA) For the time being,I put a Matsonic MS-8137C+ (ECS K7VTA2 rev2.0 (SDR+DDR)/Syntax SV266A - …

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Re: XP and 98 rigs

Posted on 2017-04-02, 04:22

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by PcBytes

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mrau wrote: you use them without any ram at all? 😮 doesnt it slow down sometimes? Whoops! Seems like I forgot to write the amount of RAM - 1GB for each. Amazingly,98SE works fine with 1GB without the need to do that MaxMemory patch. ATI_Loyalist - soon,as today I'm gonna get some more PC stuff.

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