Re: good cheap 775 heatsink for 80mm fansz

Posted on 2016-11-17, 06:25

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I'll have to agree with the other posters. You might want to rethink your strategy, I too believe it'll be hard to cool an 80W CPU silently with 80mm fans. Many modern tower coolers can be fitted on s775. A few cheap but really good ones: CM Hyper TX3 Evo - Using this one with my 120W TDP Xeon X5470 …

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Re: What is the turbo button on my pentium 166 going to do? Manual says not to use it when it's on.

Posted on 2016-11-11, 16:16

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The manual for my GA-586HX says the same thing. If I remember it right, it doesn't threaten with anything worse than lockups etc. Managed to switch it accidentally a few times when the computer has been powered on though, and it seems to work just fine at the new clock afterwards. That being said, I …

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Re: Is it possible to smoke a hard drive?

Posted on 2016-11-09, 06:59

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The drive can't fry because you connected it to a PSU being capable of delivering a high amperage alone. As long as the power source delivers the correct voltage(s) and the drive's rated amperage or higher (which it probably does since your other drive works fine with the same PSU), there must be …

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Re: Pentium 4 motherboards thread

Posted on 2016-11-08, 03:38

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That is what mine did, until I reseated the cpu about 5 times, and has worked perfectly ever since. Maybe some isoprop in the socket pins might help. Too late now, gave up and recycled it a while ago. Good thing I tried with a few different CPU's before at least, can probably rule out oxidation or …

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Re: Pentium 4 motherboards thread

Posted on 2016-11-08, 00:03

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From my knowlegde I know about two socket 478 boards are actually have great quality, these are ASUS P4P800-E and Abit IS7 865PE. Both boards have excellent performance and stability. The P4P800 series are great performers, but they are far from reliable. I've based past 478 rigs on these boards, …

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

Posted on 2016-11-06, 04:12

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Nice, I have a kvm switch but causes a lot of interference with the audio for some reason, it's so bad I was considering using a mechanical type of switch. Have you tried using a shorter cable to connect the audio receiver? Had the same problem with my Aten CS62S, lots of interference, but it all …

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Re: External battery on 486 motherboard

Posted on 2016-11-05, 23:38

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The internal and external batteries are more or less guaranteed supposed to be connected in parallel. Just do continuity tests between the internal battery poles and each pin, and you'll find out which pole of the external battery to connect to which pin :) Any .10" hole pitch connector will do, the …

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

Posted on 2016-11-04, 06:09

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Went to recycle some electronics stuff at work (doing it myself instead of delegating it since I got bitten by the retro bug :D) and scored this gem: DSC_0604.JPG A Black Box SW622A-R2 4-port KVM switch. Its exterior was quite dirty, but otherwise it is as good as new. Found it with only two KVM …

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Re: Socket 7 cpu with passive cooling

Posted on 2016-11-04, 04:02

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If there aren't lots of peripheral components protruding from the mobo close to the socket, you could always use a Socket 370/A heatsink with Socket 7. There are plenty of large and effective models around, that probably could handle the heat even from higher clocked Pentiums without a fan. If not, …

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Re: DreamBlaster X1 : a rare card

Posted on 2016-10-30, 11:13

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Didn't even know this project existed until now. Looks like I'll have to pick up the X2 when released, assuming that the X2 sounds at least as good as the X1. And yes, a few grab bag samples from Duke3d and Doom would be really nice 😀 Edit: had to pick up an S1 while I wait 😁

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Re: Gravis Ultrasound Classic problems

Posted on 2016-10-29, 20:55

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This dirt doesn't look like the usual dust. Maybe you should clean the board with water, soap and toothbrush. After that, dry at 100°C. Remove all socketed chips before doing so. I removed all the chips, including the big GF1 mofo. SOme of the pins (or contacts or whatever they are called) of that …

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

Posted on 2016-10-28, 21:48

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clueless1 wrote: Nice 😀 I didn't' see what cpu you are using, but that is such a cool setup. Makes it look like an industrial system. It's a Pentium 200, so it's possible to use all settings without overclocking. Thanks 😀

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

Posted on 2016-10-28, 21:33

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Was originally gonna replace the FSB frequency and multiplier dipswitches with pinheaders on my Gigabyte GA-586HX board, to be able to connect external FSB/multiplier switches, but turned out there are revisions of the same board where you set those with jumpers. The jumper headers were there on my …

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Re: A3D 2.0 and EAX cards together in one machine?

Posted on 2016-10-27, 23:48

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Sorry for late replies, some bad mojo popped up in my life. Posting from my phone, PCs are packed away currently. The CS4630 was stated to have full acceleration, and the CS4624 was stated to have partial acceleration, not entirely sure what is and isn't. Sensaura sounds really good, but A3D 2.0 is …

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Re: Are Geforce 256s rare or hard to find?

Posted on 2016-10-27, 11:37

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Why do you want a GF256 specifically? Is there anything it can do that a GF4 card can't? The latter is both easy to find and way more powerful. Replaced the GF256 in my PIII/W98 rig with a Ti4200 a while ago, haven't run into any problems so far anyways. Also, the GF4 series card are compatible with …

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Re: Last parts for vintage gaming rig on their way!

Posted on 2016-10-24, 11:28

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Oh, jeez... Yeah. I see it now. My bad. :facepalm: Hehe, shit happens :) Would be great if you could do some compatibility tests once you got it all up and running, interesting to see how the P3C compares to 440BX boards in that respect. May I ask what you paid for the board aswell? Never even seen …

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Re: Last parts for vintage gaming rig on their way!

Posted on 2016-10-23, 21:55

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On a related note, you've made a small typo in the OP. P3B-L should be P3C-L :) Ah, you are correct. It's confusing, because the version with LAN, SCSI, or both, is the P3C (-L, -S, or -LS,) where the version with neither is the P3B... The P3B is the exact same physical board, just guaranteed …

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Re: A3D 2.0 and EAX cards together in one machine?

Posted on 2016-10-23, 15:29

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Very interesting read! Got a Santa Cruz with the Crystal CS4630-CM EP chip, that I thought was kind of useless for retro purposes. Got it when a friend called to tell me he had found three soundcards that looked really old in a thrift store, and asked if I wanted him to pick any of them up for me. …

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Re: Last parts for vintage gaming rig on their way!

Posted on 2016-10-22, 18:04

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Absolutely awesome system, would probably put together something like it if I decide to build the retro rig of my dreams without a budget at some point. The mobo alone is worth killing for 😁 On a related note, you've made a small typo in the OP. P3B-L should be P3C-L 😀

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

Posted on 2016-10-17, 13:48

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Pin modded a SPC370 slotket to accommodate for Tualatin CPU:s. Might be easier to do parts of the mod on the the CPU instead, but slotkets are kind of cheap, and doing it all on the slotket makes future CPU swapping easier, as you just have to fit the new CPU without insulating any pins on it. …

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