Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-16, 22:20

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I got this "gamer" case: https://preview.ibb.co/bHPm2K/Case1.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/h2Dh9z/case2.jpg It has a lot of rust and scratches, but for 2 dollars it was a great find. I will use for my win 98/xp ultimate build. Haha, this got me thinking: the RGB craze of the 2010s will look just as …

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Re: Is this totally hopeless?

Posted on 2018-09-16, 22:07

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by appiah4

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You could simply get a card printed for this purpose that is just an ISA16 connector with a small PCB containing 98-pin headers, one for each ISA connector trace. Then use an appropriate 98 wide ribbon cable to route that to the Sounscape card, and solder the wires to the test connectors on the …

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Re: Micro-ATX motherboard with AGP and ISA slot for Windows 98 SE & DOS?

Posted on 2018-09-16, 21:53

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Only one I know are MSI MS-6160, but forget Tualatins it's a 440LX board so you are limited to 66MHz FSB (i.e. Celeron 533 max). It happens to have a Creative Audio PCI onboard soundcard that you can couple with the ISA sound card. I am on the lookout for one of these, no luck so far though. For …

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Re: Best AGP card for a Socket 754 system?

Posted on 2018-09-16, 16:04

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candle_86 wrote: x1950 Pro, the HD3850 was marketed more towards peoiple with 939 AGP rigs with an X2 or folks with a PentiumD/Core2 build on AGP This is what I ended up doimg.. X1950 in S754, HD3850 in a future S939 and the 9800 in a Socket A build..

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Re: ASUS K8V-MX No Video, No Post, Help?

Posted on 2018-09-15, 20:51

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I tried everything, and nothing worked, so I went out and bought a new board, the K8V SE Deluxe. Same thing. Just as I was about to go crazy I tried something, I plugged into the system the RAM that came with the board (2 sticks of 256MB DDR400) and it booted up just fine. Now, I know that the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-15, 20:41

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Got these motherboards and CPUs on Friday. All tested and working, even though the little Athlon chip has had a lot of chipping.. https://s5.postimg.cc/gur9wyyvn/AMD_Athlon_800.jpg https://s5.postimg.cc/x5rdtaj37/AMD_Athlon64_3200.jpg https://s5.postimg.cc/43d3qhc8z/Gigabyte_GA-7_ZX.jpg https://s5. …

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

Posted on 2018-09-15, 08:47

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Got these printed: 😀

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

Posted on 2018-09-14, 14:32

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Since I had a rather idle night yesterday, I did the cleaning, retrobrighting, repairs and restoration to original config for my Compaq Deskpro EP-DT. https://s5.postimg.cc/5u4v0ejzn/Compaq_Deskpro_EP-_DT_01.jpg https://s5.postimg.cc/mhwd2wmgz/Compaq_Deskpro_EP-_DT_02.jpg https://s5.postimg.cc/ …

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Re: Trash to Treasure side project: Voodoo 3 3000 Restoration

Posted on 2018-09-14, 13:06

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stamasd wrote: I would try the 47nH. I ordered 50 82nH 0805s from Aliexpress.. another month of waiting before I am finished with this project *le sigh*

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Re: Trash to Treasure side project: Voodoo 3 3000 Restoration

Posted on 2018-09-14, 11:07

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SSTV2 wrote: appiah4 wrote: What inductance? 68 or 82 nH should do fine. My inductors came in, but I made an oops and got 82uH 0805 inductors 🙁 I can find 47nH 0603 or 150nH 0805 inductors locally, would either of these work?

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

Posted on 2018-09-14, 08:58

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Wow, the ATARI 800XL, my first computer.. Hope to get one some day.

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K8T800 and DDR compatibility? (Was: ASUS K8V-MX No Post)

Posted on 2018-09-13, 23:16

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Put together a Socket 754 system: ASUS K8V-MX (Rev 3.0), Sempron 3000+, 2x512MB DDR400, Radeon 9800, Audigy 2 ZS, Seagate 120GB IDE HDD, LG 16x DVD-RW, USB 2.0 bracket. The system booted, but there was no video. No POST codes, nothing. The power light comes on, the fans spin, the HDD light comes on, …

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Re: Warcraft III on Voodoo II?

Posted on 2018-09-13, 18:56

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I'm having issues running Warcraft III on my Voodoo II. It says it can't detect Directx 8.1, even though 9.0c is installed. I know an 8MB ATI Rage card can run this, so any ideas? I believe Warcraft 3 requires not only DirectX 8.1 but a card capable of DirectX 8.1, so the Voodoo 2 can't play it in …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI and 1024x768

Posted on 2018-09-13, 18:49

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Where abouts are the texture processing units on the cards? If its easy to describe, I'd appreciate it. As far as an SLI cable, I only have one...how do you make a new one? While in SLI it says in the driver "Sli detected" and I do notice an uptick in processing power on a PC Mark 99 bench while in …

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Re: Best AGP card for a Socket 754 system?

Posted on 2018-09-13, 18:44

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But if you're also building a socket-939, perhaps the 3850/4650 are better matched to that. Yes, I think all the cards except the 9800 would be bottlenecked by any Socket 754 CPU, but you probably already know that. In my experience, the HD4650 AGP sucks if you have a DDR2 version because it's …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI and 1024x768

Posted on 2018-09-13, 14:22

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Damn, well I thought I had found the issue :( When my new one comes in I will still try it in there and see if I can get the high resolution to go or not. As far as swapping it, if its a trivial piece since theres no memory there, I will probably just leave it. Thanks! Do check the texture …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI and 1024x768

Posted on 2018-09-13, 14:12

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It's a capacitor, and even though I can not view your images at work, if the solder pads are in place yes it is easily servicable and replacable; you just have to figure out what value and size capacitor you need there. Thankfully, you have a working card so you can measure from that.

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Best AGP card for a Socket 754 system?

Posted on 2018-09-13, 09:28

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In 2005 I went straight from Socket A straight to Socket AM2 so I missed 754/940, and 939; in time I want to build systems for each of them. The first of these will be a Socket 754 PC. I'm building it with a Sempron64 3000+ as it's all I have for this socket currently but I will upgrade it to an …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-12, 09:06

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Yes, Then sell the FX5800 on ebay for a big profit. I know it is unpopular to say such things, but I'd do the same thing in an instant if I didn't want the FX 5800 but could get one for $15. Oh well, grabbed it. I may end up selling it on Amibay or something, then using the proceeds to do this on …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-12, 06:16

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I found a working FX 5800 Ultra for $15. I have no use for the card, and I actually hate it, but maybe I should buy it because it will get super rare?

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