Re: The millenial troll PC - A Socket 423 Rambus build

Posted on 2021-11-10, 11:04

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Have thought about upgrading to 2ghz cpu? I had a similar build some time ago and XP SP2 was running well on that cpu. Just a thought. Those are rare and expensive, unfortunately. It seems that by the time the 2GHz model became available, people moved on to S478. I have since turned it into a Y2k …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-10, 07:13

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dulu wrote on 2021-11-09, 21:40: Pictures of the seller, symbolic price so there is no loss, but was there a voodoo 2 with no memory on the back of the card? The solder points appear factory-tinned. You got a later card with 1MB chips instead the usual 512K.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-04, 09:12

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WJG6260 wrote on 2021-11-03, 22:28: it dates to 2/10/95, so it's apparently a very late VLB-only chipset The chipset looks like it was made in 1999 (week 44), so it is VERY late Filename 2021-11-04_11-07.png File size 138.02 KiB Views 549 views

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

Posted on 2021-10-29, 15:09

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Not very warm out here in October, around 10 degrees C, but still quite sunny, so I decided to try out retrobrighting for the first time. Got some 12% salon peroxide for my yellowest AT panel and left it out for 5 hours. Still needs more, especially for the sides, but Im quite pleased with the …

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

Posted on 2021-10-26, 10:59

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Decided to get into some 90's Linux and installed 6.1 Mandrake on a Pentium 2 PC. Install was successful, however note of the graphical environments want to launch. I'm guessing it's because I didn't install any 8 bit pallet modes? Given the reputation of 90's Linux I guess I shouldn't be too …

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-20, 10:03

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It's really annoying that HD TVs bought for big money early last decade can no longer use internet services like YouTube. Was it so hard for YT to maintain compatibility with these devices? I know. I bought mine specifically to use Skype with my Mom who lives 3000 miles away- Paid extra for a …

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-17, 18:23

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In the end, RtoR only provides choice. It does not in any way take away anyones choice to bring their broken devices directly to the manufacturer. It only stops companies from locking away products that belong to someone else (their customers).

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

Posted on 2021-10-15, 14:13

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Pretty sure someone is just posting nonsense to get some replies.

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

Posted on 2021-10-15, 12:56

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Bruninho wrote on 2021-10-15, 12:35: Right to Repair is illegal. End of story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCU36pkH7c

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

Posted on 2021-10-15, 11:06

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People forget that RtoR is a thing with cars and people who drive them are all better for it. It's the reason why I happily drive my 1997 Audi and can bring it to any repair shop when something breaks, instead of being forced to use their official service centers who would "repair" it for me for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-13, 17:01

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Warlord wrote on 2021-10-13, 17:00: got this to satisfy a curiosity of mine. Will it run on a 440bx... more to come. From what I understand they do not run on LX or BX chipsets. Really want to be proven wrong, though.

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

Posted on 2021-10-11, 13:08

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I've got a 72Watt 1400MHZ Thunderbird build and I never needed to use fancy top-end paste or sanding. Just make sure to use a decent cooler (larger fan, copper slug, etc.)

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-03, 15:30

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For 5Euros each I couldn't resist - ZX H55-m ITX motherboard made by some unknown company. Its LGA 1156, but the manufacture date is late 2019, so I assume it's one of those motherboards made with recycled chips The guy I got it from assured me that it works, but even if not, for the price I'll take …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-03, 15:15

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Saw a beat up beige box that looked like it was a boring office machine with some boring socket A or S478 board in it. Was going to pass , but then I spotted the outputs on the back: P_20211002_124527.jpg P_20211002_125907.jpg Besides a S370 that's needs a recapping, Radeon 7000VE, SB Live SB0220, …

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

Posted on 2021-09-24, 12:09

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gerry wrote on 2021-09-24, 07:43: indeed, if no spares will you use CF or SD? Got spares, luckily. Have some CF cards and adapters too, but it's not the same w/o that old spinning HDD sound.

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

Posted on 2021-09-23, 08:10

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Pulled a Pentium200 PC from storage for a Win95 install. During Windows and other installations I got some error messages about not being able to write to disc C, as well as the drive just being sluggish in general. Ran checkdisk and found this: P_20210922_204918.jpg OOF. When 1 appears, more will …

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Re: that Quake Remake just freezes after the logos.

Posted on 2021-09-15, 11:13

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Dancsi40 wrote on 2021-09-15, 11:04: it's the video card that must support vulkan 1.1 not your CPU. The AMD A10 7000 is a CPU not a video card AMD A10 has an integrated GPU based on GCN2. From what I hear, the Quake remake has quite a few issues that still need to be fixed.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-09-14, 13:09

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And lastly - a SS7 board. MVP3 chipset, 128MB of PC100 memory, AMD k6-2 300, ATI Rage-II card, a CMI PCI audio card and a network card. The cooler was missing, so I added an Intel stock one for testing. No hard drive in this one, so no peeping into someones files this time. And yes, I do wipe all …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-09-14, 13:07

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Nabbed some good stuff at the flea market this weekend. All came in some really beat up and rusted beige boxes, but the contents were almost intact! First is a 486 machine - VLB board with an early AMD dx2-66, S3 86C805-P VLB video card, 20MB of memory (4x1MB + 4x4MB), winbond ISA controller card, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-09-09, 08:14

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bearking wrote on 2021-09-09, 07:08: It doesn't have the auxiliary AT style power connector. I have a few boards with one and none of them require it. A socket 423 board among them too. Works with current ATX PSUs just fine.

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