Re: Athlon Problems
Posted on 2014-02-01, 07:19
OK, I'm going to search through my big box of parts in search for my old hefty Duron 1.33GHz heatsink. I'll tell you how that goes.
Re: Athlon Problems
Posted on 2014-02-01, 07:01
I think its just stupid to use such `el-cheapo` heatsink on such processor.. If you known better you had bought earlier a more decent cpu cooler.. Didnt know that people where that poor.. Now you need a cpu and cooler instead :kiss: I knew i had some better athlon heatsink around, I was just too …
Re: Athlon Problems
Posted on 2014-01-31, 14:56
There are way too many Athlon XP's in this world (and my basement). I purchased the original 1Ghz Athlon for a board I have that has an AGP Pro slot just to have something different (same reason I purchased a spare Slot-A board in case my other one dies). Also have a Duron 1.2Ghz in the collection …
Re: Athlon Problems
Posted on 2014-01-30, 16:46
You can still find cheap socket A heatsinks on ebay cheap. The last Athlons before they made the XP line run hot as hell, same with the Durons (ceramic chips). Socket A heatsinks are not 100% flat because they have to clear the socket edge on one side. http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Cooling-Fan-Socket …
Re: Athlon Problems
Posted on 2014-01-30, 03:46
TELVM wrote: From the pic the base of that heatsink doesn't look perfectly flat, which is important for good heat exchange. I'd check for flatness and lap the heatsink, then put some fresh decent thermal paste. Lol, just caught that. I'm gonna need some scrap.
Re: Athlon Problems
Posted on 2014-01-30, 03:44
Oh,OK. For some reason the heatsink looked like it was longer in that image. BTW, Athlons of that period were known for having weak thermal protection compared to Pentium III chips of the same period. It only takes a few seconds with a failed fan before you release the magic smoke. Pentium III's …
Re: Athlon Problems
Posted on 2014-01-30, 02:37
Is the fan still turning? That would be the first thing I would check. Also, just because it's been running for 3 years doesn't mean it's been getting adequate cooling all that time. This is why I don't make homemade coolers and stick only to parts made for that purpose. Parts don't always burn up …
Athlon Problems
Posted on 2014-01-30, 01:40
The Athlon series is known for heat issues.. My Athlon 1GHz Processor might have died due to this heat problem. It smells like it, but doesn't feel like it's generating heat. I'm using an Athlon compatible board, and my homemade heatsink has kept it working for 3 years. Help? (p.s, I do have airflow …
Re: Show off your servers!
Posted on 2014-01-29, 17:51
Built this back in 2007. No changes except for hard drives (9 4TB), 16GB of memory and swapped out the desktop graphics card for a fanless ati card. Motherboard is Gigabyte Processor is Core 2 Quad (sorry not a P4!) Don't think plex will transcode blue-ray mkv with a P4. heh. OS is FreeNAS loaded …
Re: The essential 386 list
Posted on 2014-01-28, 06:32
I tried Wing Commander III and Wolf3D and they seem to run ok on my IBM 386. ROTT was well, lets say meh. p.s anyone know if a 486slc will work on an ibm ps/2 70?
Re: Tex's ultimate 386 project!
Posted on 2014-01-28, 03:27
I don't know what to say, other than 40MHz Cyrix FastMath chips go for ~10$. Mind you, I didn't read the entire thread, so if you do have a matching FPU. (also, I want to see someone benchmark a Cyrix 486DLC on one of these boards!)
Re: Simple XP rig
Posted on 2014-01-27, 22:51
Do XP on a Athlon Classic. These CPU's really shine in the gaming department, and my K6-2 600MHz kicks my PIII 633MHz PC's butt. That could be because it has 128MB more ram then the 256MB in the PIII, but who knows. EDIT: ment to say socket 370 celeron. Whoops!
Show off your servers!
Posted on 2014-01-27, 22:42
Can be anything from a 386SX-16 to Brand New dual core Xeons. *Pics are coming, I promise! Dual-core Tualatin PIII 1.26GHz 3GB ECC RAM 6x 34.6GB Ultrawide SCSI Compaq 64-bit PCI Server Intel 10/100/1000 Server adapter (if I can find it) ATI RAGE 4MB Video
Re: Reese's Intel Pentium build!
Posted on 2014-01-27, 22:23
Well I wanted it to have the same IP address, I knew (Well learned at the same time.) it wasn't required. :happy: However I'm considering in buying a D-Link router and have it take control over as far as handling the IPs. :happy: Also, on that Matrox G200, the card seems to be working pretty good …
Re: Reese's Intel Pentium build!
Posted on 2014-01-27, 22:12
I have one of those hot-plug SCSI adapters!
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2014-01-27, 22:05
My poor old IBM needs more loving, I don't have the monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Great looking innards of the IBM! Everything looks to be in great shape and correct. It's worth buying original IBM keyboard and mouse for this. The monitor will be much more of a challenge for sure, but eventually …
Re: Boxed Items
Posted on 2014-01-27, 22:04
Cool you guys! I found a cheap socket 462 board in the garage with a cheap box!
Re: Share your retro rig!
Posted on 2014-01-27, 02:56
IBM PS/2 70 386DX-16 /w Coprocessor 4MB On-Board + 2MB Expansion card 8514/a Adapter (love to know how much video memory!) 1.44MB 3.5 inch Diskette drive 120MB Hard drive -Don't have stock monitor and/or keyboard Running DOS 5.0 and Windows 3. I might experiment with Windows 95 if I can find my box …
Boxed Items
Posted on 2014-01-26, 21:55
Show off your nerdiness by telling us about your boxed peripherals! Nothing past 2004. (they can be games/software.) Here's some of mine, but be warned, the shittness of these photo's is very great! http://i42.tinypic.com/v3g65c.jpg Windows Server 2003 R2 http://i40.tinypic.com/2nun23a.jpg PCCHIPS …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2014-01-26, 21:20
SquallStrife wrote: http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/GGF_SquallStrife/ffdb2a88.jpg […] Show full quote Is there anything cool you can try on a 486 with a silly large amount of RAM? Try Win98 or, if you are brave, 2000. But if you have a Pentium OverDrive benchmark Windows XP.
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