Search \ VOGONS

Login

Login

Username

Password

2FA token (optional)

Remember me

Hide my online status this session

Lost password
Send activation email

or Create a new account
Create a new account

Common searches

Active topics

Search results

Display options

Re: Olivetti PCS33 (386 SX)/M-300 - Repairing

Posted on 2021-07-16, 09:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

@user33331 Hello :) That's a funny story, i wish i could go back in time and buy one of these too! :-p haha Do you still use it for retro dos gaming? :) May i ask if you had a PSU to sell by any chance? ^^ I never bought the Olivetti back then. I now have a generic "ACT-brand" PC-Chips 386 …

Re: Olivetti PCS33 (386 SX)/M-300 - Repairing

Posted on 2021-07-15, 12:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Same PCs that were on my elementary school about 1993-1998 in Finland when I was +7 y.o. starting school. 386 Olivettis were the first PCs I saw. I still remember those. Olivetti PCs were not rare back in 1990s. In Finland the Italian brand was pretty common. People bought Olivetti because they had …

Re: Unease feelings on other forums visited ?

Posted on 2021-07-14, 06:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It might be that electric and mechanical people need certain acquired knowledge to handle things or they are so similar as persons. + Oh and those camera/photo/film forums are too kind of elitist forums. A lot can go wrong in those. - In some forums there are members that make their account look …

Uneasy feelings on other forums visited ?

Posted on 2021-07-14, 05:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is the best forum on web. I don't know if it is because people are kind of young or so similarly technically oriented but,...Ever visited to some other "specified" forum and felt unwelcome and unease ? I have multiple times be that: a Rock/Mineral/Gem, Coin, Microscope, Gaming software, Stamp, …

SIS530/MATX manufacturer or where pulled from ?

Posted on 2021-06-17, 09:53

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Any idea from what PC this unbranded socket 7 motherboard was pulled from ? Compaq, IBM or such ? SIS530/MATX. SIS5595. - Came with AMD K6-2/500AFX. - All black rear connectors. (Usually rear connectors are colored.)

Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-11, 08:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sound cards: ISA: Any: "ESS", "1868/1869", "Crystal" and such all cheap 15-25 euros and sound very good to me and are very easy to install. PCI: Any Sound Blaster: PCI/128/Vibra/16PCI, Live!, Live! 5.1, Audigy 1, Audigy 2,... all similar to me. "Live! value" was a very common card in many PCs back …

Re: Bulging Caps or just fat caps????

Posted on 2021-06-09, 09:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is there a coarse age when to expect electronics are long gone and nonfixable ? +40 year old electronics pre 1980s ? - I have a complex digital weight from 1980s which is still working. - Some consoles and PCs are about 30 years old, never done any repairs, original state and still working as new. …

Re: Bulging Caps or just fat caps????

Posted on 2021-06-07, 09:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I too think "bulging/exploding caps" are bought a little bit to extreme. ( John Haynes car books recommend changing transmission oil at least every 5 years. Have you done it ? ) I have never replaced capacitors or any circuit board parts apart from CMOS-battery and I have multiple fully working PCs …

Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-07, 08:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For me processors above 1,5 GHz are too fast. Old slow Durons are nice for socket A/462. (+ Intel P3 is a good alternative.) I use sega rally 1 to test. If it shows speed issues and is unplayable the processor is too fast. Fastest I have that is not too fast is P3 Tualatin 1333 Mhz. For a coarse …

Re: Life expectancy of an "old" HDD

Posted on 2021-04-22, 07:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

" I used to swear by Seagate in the early 2000s with the 40 and 80GB drives. But then a few years later their latest drives were failing left and right, so we all started buying WD." - I stopped buying Seagate HDDs around 2010 because they were so bad. Once I had a xbox 360 Seagate 320GB external …

Re: Seemingly hard to find video cards like Radeon 9700, what the reason?

Posted on 2021-03-25, 10:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

"The 9600s almost all worked flawlessly but the 9700s and 9800s. All dead." I have same too: - 3 pcs 9600 SE/Pro all working. - 2 pcs 9800 Pro dead=no picture coming.

Re: How to open 1995-96 IBM soap box mouse ?

Posted on 2020-06-20, 06:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ok. It was that 1pc front hook that was super tight. Never opened I quess but now it is open. PCB says Logitech LTD. Kind of squaky plastic buttons on this mouse because of the design.

How to open 1995-96 IBM soap box mouse ?

Posted on 2020-06-19, 14:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello 93F2379 How to open the soap box IBM mouse ? - There is only 1pc screw but the top plastic is still attached with some kind of plastic clips on the cable side. - Worried I'm going to break those clips.

Re: Bulking parts on GF5 LE chip ?

Posted on 2020-06-10, 08:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks.

Re: Bulking parts on GF5 LE chip ?

Posted on 2020-06-10, 08:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?02/68/46 Here is a FX5700LE chip photo from ixbtlabs.com.

Bulking parts on GF5 LE chip ?

Posted on 2020-06-10, 08:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello Is this Geforce 5 FX LE safe to use ?

Re: New Corsair RMi PSUs shipped with solid 24-pin cable ?

Posted on 2020-05-27, 10:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

"Perhaps you need to be more careful in selecting your sellers on Ebay..." It was a totally new PSU that cost me nearly 200 euros Rm850i. So not a random ebay buy. I ordered myself an 10 euro adaptor but Corsair did not do anything to help me.

Re: New Corsair RMi PSUs shipped with solid 24-pin cable ?

Posted on 2020-05-27, 10:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What is that on the Corsair Rm850i box's photo ? - I'm sure they have 20+4-pin with detacheable 4-pin. 6 office days gone and no answer for me. Well I'm not buying anymore from Corsair. They can keep their junk in the trunk. 🙁

Re: Last time ordering from electromyne :-(

Posted on 2020-05-25, 13:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ok if it works 100% I'll refurbish this myself. Would have liked an original A310 with those nice Winfast cooler designs and all. I'm planning to add a proper copper Titan-cooler and tastyful heatsinks on memory chips both sides: top+bottom. - I think this graphic card has suffered already so much …

Re: Last time ordering from electromyne :-(

Posted on 2020-05-25, 12:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

"🤣, welcome to stuff that happens on ebay." www.electromyne.de. should be a professional IT store or so it seems ? I don't know anymore.

Page 1 of 20

Go to top of page Go to top of page