Re: E8600 vs Q6600?

Posted on 2018-10-26, 14:26

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by LHN91

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I'd go to run a stress-test at stock settings, and it would get to something like 50 C, waaaay below the thermal limits, and throttle hard. I managed it for a while with a decent cooler set to run full blast all the time but that's obviously not ideal. It also happened when gaming. I also found it …

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Re: E8600 vs Q6600?

Posted on 2018-10-26, 14:15

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by LHN91

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I've had issues with Q6600 and Q6700's on my P5KPL's. It would drop to low multipliers long before the CPU was even warm enough to spin up the CPU fan. So the fan would be running at essentially idle speeds still but the CPU would drop to 1600 or 800 MHz. It'd probably be the better chip from a …

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Re: Sidewinder 3d Pro Not connected

Posted on 2018-10-26, 02:37

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by LHN91

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Then I still think your best bet is to set a lower Front Side Bus speed. If you have JumperFree enabled on that board it should be simple enough to change in in BIOS. if not, there should be jumpers on the board to set. I know that you'll end up with less CPU speed, but you'll be able to use the …

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Re: What was your first (as in personally owned) PC compatible computer?

Posted on 2018-10-23, 23:58

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by LHN91

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My first "Own" computer would have been a hand-me-down IBM PS/2 Model 55SX in the late 90's from a relative. I would have been perhaps 7 at the time. Came with a Model M and an NEC Multisync 3DS. Eventually it developed problems, and sat in the basement until it was unfortunately disposed of. I …

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Re: Sidewinder 3d Pro Not connected

Posted on 2018-10-23, 23:32

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by LHN91

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The Sidewinder 3D Pro's drivers are all speed sensitive. I believe there's a pack of alternate drivers on VogonsDrivers, but the other option I've had luck with for mine is to get the FSB down to 66 MHz. Anything higher and I've had no luck.

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

Posted on 2018-10-22, 12:21

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by LHN91

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Trying to figure out how the hell the Wyse 286 AT clone I've been working on keeps time. There is no battery anywhere on the board. When the computer is off, there is no voltage coming from the power supply through any of the leads. There is no battery and nothing remotely related to timekeeping …

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Re: Have several old(ish) PCs here - what is useful for retro gaming?

Posted on 2018-10-20, 19:38

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by LHN91

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HI guys (again) I've dug the last old PC out of the loft and got it running. The 20Gb HDD was faulty but I found another old 80Gb IDE and managed to install Win XP on that I did a bit of googling and I believe this PC should run Win 98 and drivers are available? Dell Optiplex GX110 Intel Piii-800 …

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Re: Have several old(ish) PCs here - what is useful for retro gaming?

Posted on 2018-10-19, 22:33

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by LHN91

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Thanks for the quick reply. What games 'era' would be good for the second machine? Some popular example titles.... ? The last one full spec is ASUS Motherboard P8Z68-V Intel i7-2600K @ 3.4GHz 16Gb RAM DDR3 1600MHz Radeon HD 6800 60Gb SSD 2TB HDD Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit I think it's about 6 years old …

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Re: Have several old(ish) PCs here - what is useful for retro gaming?

Posted on 2018-10-19, 18:56

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by LHN91

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Hi! I would say the oldest one *might* be able to run Windows 98/ME. You'd want to drop it to 512 MB of RAM and you'd probably need to find a different GPU to run in it that's compatible with Windows 98. I'm not sure if you can get the Intel 945 chipset to behave in Windows 98, as I don't think …

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Re: Average PC Specs for Low, Medium, and High-End PCs of late 1998 - early 1999

Posted on 2018-10-18, 13:48

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by LHN91

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In late 1998/early 1999 for about $500 Canadian my family got a french-conversion packaged Packard Bell from the Radio Shack Outlet Store. We never applied the French conversion stickers, but it did mean all of the manuals were in french even if the software was ultimately English. Pentium MMX 233 …

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Re: What's your home/everyday PC?

Posted on 2018-10-15, 17:28

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by LHN91

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Well I use essentially 2 main machines and then a couple of occasional machines. Main desktop: i5-2500 Some Acer OEM board from a dumpster 12 GB RAM Radeon R7 265 256 GB SSD and a couple of 1 TB hard drives HTPC: i3-4130 MSI H81i Geforce 560Ti 8 GB RAM 128 SSD and a 500 GB hard drive Occasionals: …

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

Posted on 2018-10-11, 23:16

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by LHN91

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Not really a "dumpster find" but saved from a dumpster - got a couple towers from a coworker. A slim desktop with a decent looking Socket "A" Asrock K7VM2, with I believe some custom software onboard. Not sure what CPU just yet, 120 GB Samsung hard drive. Board has Windows 98/ME drivers available …

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Re: Socket 370 based systems!

Posted on 2018-09-21, 16:36

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by LHN91

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I've always liked using Windows ME on machines that won't be doing much DOS. The built in USB stack saves a nice bit of time, and the networking stack does a better job of handling files on my NAS.

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

Posted on 2018-08-11, 00:33

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by LHN91

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I've had issues with my Toshiba External FDD that I use with my Tecra 500CDT and Satellite Pro 430CDT. At first it was really picky about floppies, then I had to fiddle with it to get it to work, then nothing worked. It seemed like a belt issue - essentially it just sounded like the motor was …

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Re: HP LaserJet 5MP

Posted on 2018-07-31, 16:54

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by LHN91

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If I recall correctly, it was due for toner and a full maintenance kit: https://www.theprinterpros.com/HP-LaserJet-5000-Maintenance-Kit-C4110-690-p/ypc-hp5000-mkit.htm Mine was fairly heavily used before I got it, came in a batch of scrap my aunt grabbed from a business that closed down. I basically …

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Re: HP LaserJet 5MP

Posted on 2018-07-31, 16:43

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by LHN91

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A lot of these older LaserJets are bulletproof workhorses. I had a LaserJet 5000 connected right up to about 2010, connected by Parallel-to-USB adapter. No idea how high the page count was, but it was still printing when I got rid of it, it just needed maintenance I couldn't afford to provide.

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

Posted on 2018-07-21, 03:10

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by LHN91

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I too just finished soft-modding my fat model 30001 PS2 following this awesome guide (note: you have to use the copy of FreeMCBoot he provides; I believe it's a custom version with extra files that enables access to the FreeHDBoot's apps while running FreeMCBoot when you follow his steps). I think …

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Re: Toshiba T1800 386 Laptop

Posted on 2018-07-19, 00:19

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by LHN91

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I've got an almost identical looking, slightly newer unit, the T1910CS. 25Mhz 486, 4 MB of RAM, Colour STN screen. essentially the same chassis though. Looking forward to your teardown and to seeing what you do with it!

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

Posted on 2018-07-18, 01:07

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by LHN91

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Yesterday morning I found this Denon AVR-1800 in the local electronic waste bin. Except for this receiver the electronic waste bin was totally empty and the poor Denon had been trown in front first and were still resting against one of the inner sides of the bin, front down. Luckily the current bin …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-07-08, 01:59

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by LHN91

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Just got back from picking up a Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT. Got it from a guy (now retired) who did a lot of travelling for work and took this with him (company-issued laptop that they let him keep I guess). Came with all the accessories! http://i.imgur.com/rOFxodGm.jpg Mostly in great shape, …

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