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Re: Pentium Pro hardware lot inventory. Pics for kicks.

Posted on 2018-12-13, 13:17

by bjwil1991

liqmat wrote: Used mint condition M-Tech R418W2. Have only a few of these. Some with fully populated cache, some with half populated cache and some with no cache and missing BIOS. All boards are in mint condition otherwise. m-tech_r418w2.JPG That motherboard looks amazing.

Re: Pentium Pro hardware lot inventory. Pics for kicks.

Posted on 2018-12-12, 19:43

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Before the merger from what it looks like. EliteGroups didn't merge with PC Chips until 2005. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elitegroup_Computer_Systems I also have a PCChips Socket 754 motherboard (M871G) from 2005 that was around that time the merger was about ready to start. In fact, I …

Re: identifying a (pcchips?) motherboard

Posted on 2018-12-12, 19:38

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Do you have a picture of the board itself?

Re: Pentium Pro hardware lot inventory. Pics for kicks.

Posted on 2018-12-12, 15:10

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Interesting.

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

Posted on 2018-12-12, 15:02

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That looks interesting. Which system do you use for the NAS OS? I remember using NAS4Free on my Socket 7 machine and a worn down Compaq Presario C700 several years ago.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-11, 01:59

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I found a 486 laptop with a soundcard :D 20181210_224659 (Custom).jpg The "FMA9500" - I've actually had this a few days now and have been trying to get a few parts working, replaced its dead CMOS battery and reconfigured the hard drive. Surprisingly the hard drive still works, though sadly the …

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

Posted on 2018-12-10, 04:26

by bjwil1991

in Milliways

Fixed the toilet with a new flapper since the old one was a hit and miss. Took a few attempts for a good slack for the chain and it's working without issues.

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

Posted on 2018-12-10, 04:24

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Looks like a custom built case. Heavy AF, but, looks pretty cool.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-07, 22:52

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ah, Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428. My Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus has that integrated (VLB) onto the motherboard. Planning on upgrading the video memory to 2MB using the ZIP memory.

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-07, 21:02

by bjwil1991

in Milliways

Bought a new ASUS M5A97 R2.0 on eBay (15% off + an additional 10% with the coupon code) for my main PC since the board has a USB issue (randomly shuts off/disconnects for no reason and the board is installed properly in the case with none of the solder joints touching the case itself). ***NOTE:*** …

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

Posted on 2018-12-07, 20:13

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Didn't know that. That's rather interesting.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-07, 19:44

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That OAK card looks pretty good. How much video memory does it have on there?

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

Posted on 2018-12-07, 16:05

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Optical drives, I'm afraid since there's no way to boot off of a hard drive connected to it, however, somebody with more experience with SCSI drives can provide a better answer than me.

Re: The Weekend Thread (Fri-Sun)

Posted on 2018-12-07, 04:16

by bjwil1991

in Milliways

Weekend plan: Friday: nothing in particular, except for testing a few things here and there and buying a replacement motherboard Saturday: bowling, thrifting, and replacing the gas cap on my car Sunday: watching football and laundry day

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

Posted on 2018-12-07, 03:50

by bjwil1991

in Milliways

Installed the new external USB Sound Blaster Surround 5.1 Pro sound card on my desktop with the software and drivers, as well as upgrading the drivers to the latest to be on the safe side and it works great!

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-07, 03:48

by bjwil1991

in Milliways

Purchased a Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro external USB on Amazon last Friday during the Cyber Week sales and received it today. Installed the device on my desktop, installed the software and drivers, and it works great. Planning on getting a better motherboard for my system since my current …