Re: HP m7000 - P4 3.2GHz HT

Posted on 2015-01-25, 06:17

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I have one of those, my system also came with a P4 3.2. The only thing I have done with it was to upgrade it to a P4 3.8 just to see if it would work (3.4 is the fastest officially supported). It worked great. Its a system I would like to find use for but so far its only collecting dust. I do not …

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Re: New AT compatible cases

Posted on 2015-01-24, 05:16

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True enough. I have not been on the lookout online for systems for a long time TBH, always more looking for that single part to finish off a build and not accumulate any more unneeded parts. Having a box of 486 parts and no AT case gets annoying after awhile! Parts to complement what is already on …

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Re: New AT compatible cases

Posted on 2015-01-24, 05:00

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Around where I live they are pretty difficult to find. People do not hold onto old electronics and we did not start to get real internet service until the mid 2000's, the single oldest pc I have found was a 233 socket 7 pc that was an office machine that someone took home after the business they …

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New AT compatible cases

Posted on 2015-01-24, 04:38

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I was pleasantly surprised to find that the new case I ordered from Newegg is AT compatible. With AT cases getting harder and harder to find I thought I would share which model that is, and maybe start a thread where members could share what new cases in their experiences are AT compatible and/or AT …

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Re: Lets see if Anything Is good.

Posted on 2015-01-22, 20:52

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For 9x keep it at 512mb because you don't need any more and you have to mess around to get over that to work good. Is your Sidewinder the USB model or the gameport model btw? For whatever reason the motherboard may not like one or the other. That SD11 should be a great pair with that Voodoo5 :D I am …

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Re: Lets see if Anything Is good.

Posted on 2015-01-22, 20:05

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I love those old 3com isa and pci cards, IIRC there are drivers in 9x for them already and they have great DOS drivers even. The Voodoo5 is an amazing score, that deserves a fast cpu so the Athlon xp would be a good fit. The ECS board lacks an ISA slot but either that Santa Cruz or AW724 would be a …

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Re: Athlon 1000 vs XP 2000+

Posted on 2015-01-22, 19:43

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I web browse with a IBM Thinkpad 760 (the original 233mmx version) with 232mb of ram (or something like that) running 2k and the other day played YouTube on a P4 524 w/2gb ddr2-400 and a pci Geforce 6200 running under xp. 360p worked great and 480p-720p stuttered using the intel 900 graphics. …

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Re: Time to participate! Long time lurker :)

Posted on 2015-01-22, 08:53

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Welcome! From the spec sheets that HP does not look like a bad retro machine. Max the ram out, drop a Pentium 2 or 3 in there (whatever is supported) new enough that it should not have a problem with large drives. Heck even the Rage ll graphics are not terribly bad. I have a pci Rage ll that I keep …

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Re: Athlon 1000 vs XP 2000+

Posted on 2015-01-22, 03:39

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Depending on where you live if you hunt around a bit you should be able to pick up a half decent dual core machine for daily web browsing. I have been given around 6 xp dual core machines in the past year ranging from 2.0ghz Athlon64's (lot of these) to 3.0ghz Core2Duo workstations. Your best bet is …

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Re: The Core Temps and Fan Speed Mystery Deepens

Posted on 2015-01-20, 01:00

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I can report the same type of experience with my fx-8350. The cpu fan likes to randomly speed up for no real reason. The single cpu fan is louder than my quad 120mm case fans and tri gpu fans put together. Half the time room temp is like 50F. . .

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-11, 09:34

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Brown slot? Could be a COAST slot

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Re: You Know You're a Hopeless Retro Geek When...

Posted on 2015-01-08, 03:29

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Playing Far Cry 3 with my best friend, disabling our first radio tower: "Dude, did he just pull out a random pci card?" Friend: "Yep, that's a pci card. . ."

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-06, 04:49

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Hey I had the tv out version of that SIS card underneath the agp s3 trio 3d! Scrapped it and just used the HS on a southbridge controller today actually. . .

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-01-06, 04:42

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Used up lots of thermal paste on my upcoming Athlon xp machine. For some reason the NB did not have a HSF on it like it is supposed to. Although I have read that the k333 chipset can run passively, I stole the one off my dead 440bx board and threw a dead SIS agp card's HS on the south bridge. Also …

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Re: Advice on a "1999 correct" build "UPDATED" w/parts pics

Posted on 2015-01-04, 08:27

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Ya, I might end up selling my horde of Slot 1 stuff for cheap at some point, I love it but I like the original Pentiums better. Only have so much space and after spending $30 total for a NIB Athlon xp and used but complete Abit kx7-333r (last purchase for a good long while) the Athlon just looks so …

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Re: Advice on a "1999 correct" build "UPDATED" w/parts pics

Posted on 2015-01-04, 04:06

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So some news on this, the original Soyo board I had bought on ebay turned into a mess. The seller never sent it out and abandoned his ebay account as far as I can tell, he never accepted my paypal payment and I am 99.9% sure that I saw it relisted as a $30 buy it now later under a new account. Same …

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Re: Old Socket 939 Computer - What to do

Posted on 2015-01-03, 14:31

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by ODwilly

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That looks like a nice machine! The case is actually not bad even. Little dusting and it looks like you are ready to take it to a LAN party.

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Re: The end of the road?

Posted on 2015-01-01, 02:24

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^+1 you can build a really nice cheap system that will be 100x faster than your current machine.Heck if you want to be quick and dirty do something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883266495&ignorebbr=1 I would go for something with higher specs and a little bit more …

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Re: The end of the road?

Posted on 2014-12-30, 05:45

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Here is an example of random Linux issues. I had a Acer Netbook with a garbage oem install of 7 Starter. When I decided to give Linux Mint a spin on it I got it installed and updated, tracked down all the random drivers and programs like Open Office that I wanted to use. After rebooting I could …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2014-12-30, 05:37

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Just played through Return To Castle Wolfenstein last week, now starting on Wolfenstein: The New Order that a buddy gave me a steam code for. Looking forward to playing the older one on older hardware, there were some weird graphical errors and glitches on my 8 core machine.

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