Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-10, 00:04
The caps are easy enough to get, and pretty cheap. Soldering them on properly takes practice.
Re: My PC journey
Posted on 2016-09-09, 22:29
Nice. Quite a long read, but everyone's PC journey would be a long post. Especially with that many pictures. LOL I wish I had pictures of my older machines, but back then I didn't have a digital camera, and it never occurred to me that I might actually miss my old rigs - or that I'd start …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 22:26
Is there any way it could boot without that cap? and how would i go about such a fix? It might post w/o that cap, but it's unlikely. It looks like it's used to filter power going to the memory chip right next to it. If it does post, it might artifact it 3d. There's 2 ways to fix it: 1. The easy way …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 21:14
Is there any way it could boot without that cap? and how would i go about such a fix? It might post w/o that cap, but it's unlikely. It looks like it's used to filter power going to the memory chip right next to it. If it does post, it might artifact it 3d. There's 2 ways to fix it: 1. The easy way …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 21:03
UPDATE - OK scratch that - I just noticed the card has bits missing. In the last picture you posted you can see in the top left corner a ceramic capacitor (small rectangular brown thing) is missing . Maybe you should cancel the order. qtIhWHn.jpg I'd still be interested in it tough - it's an easy …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 20:56
So i probably paid 7 USD for a broken card? Did you try it with the FDD connector on? It might not display the message on an AGP 3.0 8x mainboard because of the low 0.8v voltage. It needs at least 1.5 (agp 2.0 spec) to post. They are pretty robust cards - it SHOULD work. All the ones I've seen post …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 20:50
So i probably paid 7 USD for a broken card? Did you try it with the FDD connector on? It might not display the message on an AGP 3.0 8x mainboard because of the low 0.8v voltage. It needs at least 1.5 (agp 2.0 spec) to post. They are pretty robust cards - it SHOULD work. All the ones I've seen post …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 20:47
Damn, I'm beginning to think I'll never find an X800 or 9800 for under 10 dollars. :( oh well, maybe itll overclock to 9800 Pro speeds. Otherwise it will likely be traded off or given to a friend. I'd take it off your hands if shipping wasn't a concern - I'd even trade you an X800 for it but again, …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 20:41
Damn, I'm beginning to think I'll never find an X800 or 9800 for under 10 dollars. :( oh well, maybe itll overclock to 9800 Pro speeds. Otherwise it will likely be traded off or given to a friend. I'd take it off your hands if shipping wasn't a concern - I'd even trade you an X800 for it but again, …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 20:36
There was another picture of the back and the label very clearly said "x800 pro". Maybe it's a 9800 Pro? It's not - it's a 9700 or 9500. The x800 PCB looks different. For one it uses either MOLEX power or a 6 pin PCI-E power connector. There are some cards (x800GTO) that do not require an auxiliary …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 20:30
There was another picture of the back and the label very clearly said "x800 pro". Maybe it's a 9800 Pro? It's not - it's a 9700 or 9500. The x800 PCB looks different. For one it uses either MOLEX power or a 6 pin PCI-E power connector. There are some cards (x800GTO) that do not require an auxiliary …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 20:03
First up. We have a x800 Pro AGP that was listed for 7 dollars non working. The seller said he wasn't sure if he had the right aux power. and tbh im confused as to what connector is on it. It looks like a PCI-E 6 pin connector with the top broken off on a AGP card. Weird. Anybody able to identify …
Re: My PC journey
Posted on 2016-09-09, 12:37
It seems you're just as nostalgic about PC's as I am :) I started my PC journey on a 133Mhz 586 with a Cyrix CPU. It was a purely buisness machine, so no sound card, no optical drive and only 8mb of ram. It also came with a 14" Logics monitor and an OKi microline dot matrix printer. Here's the …
Re: Got a NEC Ready 9616 today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 11:55
That WDC Paradise video card is one of the fastest ISA cards you can find - slightly faster then the ET4000AX - but it's too slow for a pentium system. If you have an ISA 486 or a 386 the WDC could be an upgrade.
Re: Best Video Card Choice for 386DX 33
Posted on 2016-09-09, 00:19
Speed star 24x gets my vote. Avoid Oak and Trident. Late tridents (like the 9000i) are fine. They're more then fine actually. If you find a 1mb trident 9000i, go with it. This would be my top for ISA VGA cards: 1. Western Digital WDC Paradise W90C3x (ex W90C33) 2. Tseng ET4000AX 3. Cirrus Logic …
Re: Looking to build high-end 486 - any suggestions?
Posted on 2016-09-08, 00:53
I like the idea of VLB--gives it a unique nostalgic feel. If you can find a nice socket 3 board, you could use a PODP5V83 processor for added uniqueness. Otherwise, I'd go with a 486DX2-50 or 486DX2-66 processor. Not a fan of the DX4's. Stay away from the 486DX-50 to avoid bus speed compatibility …
Re: boot/Maximum PC Dream Machines 1996-2004
Posted on 2016-09-07, 00:51
I find Maximum PC magazine's video card choices questionable at best. Elsa Gloria DCC? Really? What's wrong with a regular GF3? Or even a PRO / GTS for that matter - why a Quadro? ... I get the matrox millenium in the first rig - but the G400Max in the 99 dream machine? I would have picket a TNT2 …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-06, 17:34
Apparently the 3GHz P4 SL7BK supports HT. Nice! I suppose others could have different experiences, but my P4 640 Prescott with HT, always ran like crud with HT enabled. The day I tried running the system with no HT, I never turned back because it was such a significant difference. I've noticed on …
Re: 8800 GTS firmware update for 1gb Palit card.
Posted on 2016-09-06, 17:24
I would just use bios from those other companies. 8800 GTS 1gb cards? I havent found any Well as far as I know the 8800GTS only comes in 320 or 640MB flavours - there's no such thing as a 1GB 8800GTS. - http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-8800-gts/specifications Could you be …
Re: 8800 GTS firmware update for 1gb Palit card.
Posted on 2016-09-06, 08:59
goodtofufriday wrote: 8800 GTS 1gb cards? I havent found any Well as far as I know the 8800GTS only comes in 320 or 640MB flavours - there's no such thing as a 1GB 8800GTS. - http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/ … /specifications Could you be looking for a 8800GT 1GB?
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