Thats not MY card, same model. Just a image i grabbed since i didnt feel like copying the image off of my phone. HERE is MY card in the highest possible image reselution this forum can correctly display http://s8.postimg.org/i80eoyf39/IMG_20160405_145604.jpg Ultra high res image here http://s22. …

Well i finally got around to tearing down a system that im confident will never run again and found this particular soundblaster card. Couldnt find very much information on it. The term vibra16 comes up alot but im not sure what that means. Anybody got an idea what this cards story is? They seem …

Note: I couldn't find the rule page easily so im leaving this as a fornote if this is against the rules, admin please delete it. or if its in the wrong forum move it. Ive seen people with trade references in there sigs so i assume this is no different. Fornote: THIS SYSTEM HAS NOT RAN IN ATLEAST 10- …

Ok so it arrived. Came with a Preinstalled copy of Windows XP Professional SP3 clean with no bloatware, 2GB of RAM across 4 DIMMs, and a relativly speedy CD-RW Drive along with an 80GB SeaGate Barracuda. Ive installed a GeForce 4TI 4200 128MB into it and am currently running Benchs. No floppy drive …

BSA Starfire wrote: We have one of those at work, been running for years and years, it's never switched off, mostly used to stream internet radio into the workshop these days. P4 2.8, 1 GB RAM, i865 chipset. It's a really solid old machine. Yeah dells are suprisingly solid if you take care of them. …

Make sure you replace the power supply on that thing, if it hasn't already been replaced by an aftermarket one. The PSUs that shipped with those systems were notoriously flaky. Yeah ill definitly be replacing that. Nearly had a cheap chinese build Shark Tech 650W burn down my house because it …

I like the idea of buying an OEM box, then adding parts and modifying it to your needs. Maybe some photos of the build as you go along? Thats why i created this. and yes i do this with OEMs quite often. I have a Optiplex 760 with 4GB of Crucial 800mHZ DDR2 RAM, an 768MB XFX 8800GTX, 3 Hard Drives, …

Windows 98 or XP? Would you prefer bit perfect playback or superior EAX support? This will most likely end up with a Dual Boot of some sort but Windows XP will most likely be the focus since that chipsets Windows 98 support is limited from what i can tell and that proccesor is a tad bit fast for …

Btw does anyone want to suggest an era appropriate PCI sound card? Im thinking either a 24-Bit LIVE or an Audigy

Haha, was going through ebay seeing what older Dells are going for since i need an AGP systems to test some hardware ive had given to me and found a decent deal on a Dimension 4600 ''As Is'' and untested. Has a 2.8GHZ Pentium 4 in it, doesnt specify if it has a hard drive or RAM though. In either …

I find myself going back and forth on this one. On the one hand, I want all my hardware to operate at the lowest possible temps, and I have a big tube of Arctic MX-4 lying around. On the other hand, repasting some components is a major hassle (especially if thermal pads are involved), and the …

Anyone recognizes this IBM laptop? This is the only picture and I guess it's around 1992. How can you not identify a laptop? ... wait, is this NOT something you own? Im guessing this is something he used to own. Not unreasonable of him to ask. Theres an old PIII Gateway with Windows ME i used to …

That error implies that it's having trouble addressing system memory.. Probably either bad SIMM's or the mainboard chipset is failing.. You might try reseating the CPU card. OK beep code error is gone (swapped out the DIMM on the CPU board with another identical one). New issue: Both CPUs are …

Ok, so this is the 2nd time ive posted about this (Last time everyone ignored me) but my Digital Celebris XL590 hasnt wanted to boot for a month now. I checked the Phoenix bios beep code list and the code im getting translates to Check 512k Base Address Lines. Im not the sharpest when it comes to …

Truth be told not sure what i got my hands on. I was going through a lot of 1000 floppy disks i acquired off ebay (i get unwiped disks and archive whatever data is on them for future generations) and found this. All of its PC Software except for this. Its a zip with the 2.1 patch and a zip within …

Ok so i have a slight problem with my Retro machine. It won't boot. It's a Digital Celebris XL 590 with: Twin Socket 7 90MHZ Pentiums 48MB of RAM across 4 slots TRIDENT TVGA 3900D ISA Video Card 1MB NVIDIA GeForce2MX PCI 32MB (No thats not its boot GPU) 2x Broadband Adapters SoundBlaster 16 ISA 2GB …

Ok, so i've been looking for booter images. I came across mention of a site that was pretty much dedicated to Booter images (I know this community is kind of against downloading for whatever reason but as i understand the odds of any working booter disks still existing are 1 in a million due to bit …