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Re: Hardware storage

Posted on 2023-08-04, 21:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's a mess. I'm putting up track shelving, though not entirely for PC parts, and from there I hope to get things more organized. I have a dresser full of video cards, sound cards, disks, and some CPU and RAM trays. I put that stuff in there when I moved, and most of it is still there. Some of my PC …

Re: What to build with a Phenom II X4 970?

Posted on 2023-08-04, 08:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I still use a Phenom2 as my main PC, lol. The exact parts are a notch below what you listed. Whenever I retire it from modern duty, my plan is to set it back to high powered WinXP with a GTX285. Which is how it spent most of it's life, anyway. I like the 200 series cards because it was the last of a …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-02, 19:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bought these two ATi beauties, a Radeon 7200 DDR 64 and a Radeon 9100 DDR 128. The 128Mb 9100 is rather unusual as it appears to be a Crucial model . .even has the Crucial sticker on the back, wonder what they changed if anything. I vaguely remember the days when Crucial was advertising video cards …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-02, 06:43

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

TNT2 M64 "Pro" ======================== TNT2_M64 front.jpg This was listed as a TNT2 Pro, and the labeling implies that with the name "G4000 Pro", but it's actually an M64. tnt2M64Pro-driver40.72.gif I think there's such a thing as an "M64 Pro" - an M64 that's clocked slightly higher on the core, …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-02, 06:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Over the last couple weeks I bought a few AGP video cards. Overall the results were good. 1 great find that was under-described, 1 card I thought was unique but was actually quite ordinary, 1 incorrectly described disappointment that's in great condition so I kept it, and 1 cheap as-is I felt …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-01, 23:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Back in the day, it would have been a shame for this card to be stuffed in a restrictive beige box, never to see the light of day until retirement. Back in the day when these cards came out beige boxes were pretty much thing of the past, with silver and charcoal/black boxes ruling the scene. Also …

Re: Help Saving ATI Radeon 9500 128MB AGP Card

Posted on 2023-08-01, 06:39

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I don't have that programmer, but if you're using a programmer to read the chip then you must be removing the chip from the card in order to read it. Is that correct? If so, the complications of the card are out of the equation, so it's hard to imagine why the read would be wrong unless the …

Re: Help with a TNT2 PRO 1 long beep, 2 short beeps... wont post

Posted on 2023-07-30, 19:00

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

At this time overclocking was possible in higher ranges that you can do it today. For me it is no wonder that you can reach these ratings. However, you run them out of spec and this may shorten life. Especially when you do not care about extra cooling. I found out how to expand the range of the …

Re: Help with a TNT2 PRO 1 long beep, 2 short beeps... wont post

Posted on 2023-07-30, 18:51

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

The SDRAM chips are some chinese "brand" of which I can't find any datasheets or info: "VT3664164T-6" I suppose they're 6ns, but who knows for sure? Apparently those are made by "Kreton" who I've never heard of. There's a datasheet here: http://www.datasheetwiki.com/PDF/616429/VT3664164T-pdf.html …

Re: Help with a TNT2 PRO 1 long beep, 2 short beeps... wont post

Posted on 2023-07-30, 00:30

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I tried to dump the firmware from what I think is the same card that bifflog has posted about. This is the info from the back of the card: G4000Pro 32MB W/O NVidia: 180-P0009-0000-C03 PWA-G4000PRO/GRAPHIC CARD The sticker on the Flash ROM is obscured by the heatsink, but I think it says this: …

Re: I got an ASUS K7M 1.04 motherboard recently. Encountering issues

Posted on 2023-07-29, 17:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had a black screen - no display problem with my K7M a few years ago. The cause turned out to be my PS2 keyboard, of all things. When I unplugged the keyboard, it booted fine. It's the only motherboard I ever encountered that didn't like that keyboard, so there's something uniquely picky about it. …

Re: Amd k6-2+ won't run higher than 66 mhz

Posted on 2023-07-27, 18:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The P5M4-M+ is posted on theretroweb: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/tekram-p5m4-m-2 I looked at the pdf manual there earlier. The voltage jumpering is a bit primitive. It seem like it starts with 2,0V as a baseline. Then the four jumpers allow for adding 0,1V / 0,2V / 0,4V / 0,8V. Or …

Re: Amd k6-2+ won't run higher than 66 mhz

Posted on 2023-07-27, 16:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The P5M4-M+ is posted on theretroweb: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/tekram-p5m4-m-2 Reading part numbers on the photo is borderline, but it looks like the voltage regulator chip (upper right corner of the picture) is an LM2637M. Is that the same chip you have on your board? If so, you …

Re: Help with a TNT2 PRO 1 long beep, 2 short beeps... wont post

Posted on 2023-07-25, 10:56

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I made the mistake of buying the same card. It appears to be an OEM card for Compaq. The stickers branding the card say "G4000 Pro" but it's not a TNT2 Pro, it's an M64. The driver and GPU-Z give the name "Model 64 / Model 64 Pro" like those are both valid names. Maybe this is a "TNT2 M64 Pro", if …

Re: Help with GA 686BX Slot 1 motherboard.

Posted on 2023-07-24, 22:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I tried putting an AGP card in there and I realized it is able to power it up because the fan of the card spins. That just means the 12V rail is conducting into the slot. It's not a sign of very much. There are also 5V and 3.3V rails going into the same slot, the fan doesn't confirm those, and we …

Re: Old keyboards

Posted on 2023-07-18, 01:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Finding Alps switches is going to be a bigger challenge - Alps no longer makes them. Matias makes Alps-compatbile switches though so you could look there. However the switches might not be worn, just dirty. Alps switches are notorious for getting awfully scratchy after a while. Disassemble and …

Re: Gateway 2000 Socket 5 MB problem

Posted on 2023-07-18, 00:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Voltages are ok, capacitors also looks ok. Nothing gets hot except for CPU for sure. Chipsets are barely warm. There is BIOS recovery feature that is supposed to flash the BIOS from RAM using the small bootloader that doesn't even support video. As I understand it requires memory to be installed, I …

Re: Gateway 2000 Socket 5 MB problem

Posted on 2023-07-16, 11:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Also look very closely for any physical damage, including to the pins on the surface mounted chips. Do any of the chips get hot? Some board problems could drag down the voltages even with a good power supply.

Re: Gateway 2000 Socket 5 MB problem

Posted on 2023-07-15, 23:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Try checking the other voltages +5V and +12V and the battery. Try removing everything but the CPU - it should still make POST codes without any RAM or cards so it helps eliminate the chance those components are causing some kind of mayhem. Have you confirmed the CPU is good? Jumpers? If the …

Re: Old keyboards

Posted on 2023-07-14, 07:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My favorite old mechanical keyboard came with our Wang PC when I was a kid. I've never been as comfortable typing on anything else. It got stepped on so the space bar is broken. It must be an obscure model because I was frustrated by my inability to find another one. I always wondered if the same …

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