Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-04, 07:27

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by Bige4u

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Cool card, man. Word of caution: please oil the fan before powering it on and using the card. Thanks... but the first thing i usually do is run my videocards for a minute or two in the machine to see and hear the condition of the fan, reoil it if necessary, then i'll pull off the heatsink, clean …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-04, 00:23

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

First a DELL version, now a Leadtek Winfast version with all the goodies(vga/dvi/tv).... GeForce2 Ultra 64mb AGP4x

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Re: Win98SE When is the hardware overkill?

Posted on 2019-07-02, 00:07

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by Bige4u

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This is what i think a top WIN98se build should be... Pentium3 1400S Tualatin / Asus Tusl2-c / 256mb pc133 cl2 / Seagate 20gb 7200rpm / GeForce3 Ti500 64mb / SB Live! 5.1 / dvdrom / 3.5'' floppy / Enermax 550w 20pin By all means, this would not be considered overkill, but just right when it comes to …

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Re: Any electronics technician on the forum?: corroded pcb

Posted on 2019-07-01, 01:53

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by Bige4u

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Weird thing about the toothbrush ESD theory.... i've used them dry and sometimes with 91% isopropyl alcohol to clean all types of computer parts and have had zero issues running the components shortly after.

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Re: ASUS TUSL2-C rear USB ports not working - voltage too low

Posted on 2019-06-23, 22:07

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by Bige4u

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My apolagies, for im not much help for an answer to the low voltage situation... but i've used that same motherboard in the past along with WIN98 installed and just added a 4port usb2.0 PCI card, so perhaps forget about using all the onboard usb ports. Just go with a usb2.0 PCI card, works perfect …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-17, 11:42

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

ATI Sapphire HD 3850 512mb AGP8X

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-17, 03:33

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I picked up one of those original nintendo gameboys not too long after they first came out.... i still own it to this day and still looks like new, i've taken very good care of it and always removed the 4aa batteries when not in use.

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Re: Suggestions for my PC setups

Posted on 2019-06-17, 03:19

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by Bige4u

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My ideal cpu and videocard combinations would be... 1: Pentium3 500mhz / Voodoo3 2000 16mb / 256mb pc133 - for early to mid 90s windows/dos gaming (win98) 2: Pentium3 1ghz / gf2 ultra 64mb / 256mb pc133 - for mid to late 90s windows only gaming (win98) 3: Pentium4 3.4ghz northwood / gf6 6800gt 256mb …

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Re: DUDE, show me your Dell!

Posted on 2019-06-14, 01:16

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by Bige4u

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I bought a fully functioning Dell Dimension 3000(XP) from craigslist and repurposed it into a wayback retro win98 gaming machine. I removed all original internals, except for the dvdrom and 3.5'' floppy drives and replaced with all that you see here. Intel Pentium3 1000/256/133 Intel D815BN Crucial …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-12, 00:41

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by Bige4u

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Diablotek ATI Rage 128Pro 32mb Pci video card. Its for an old Dell Dimension L700cx skt370 win98 system from 2000 that has only PCI slots. I replaced the original Celeron 700/128/66 cpu with a Pentium3 500/256/100 cpu, upgraded the original 64mb pc100 mem to 256mb pc133 mem, kept the original …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-07, 00:04

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by Bige4u

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Guillemot Hercules 3D Prophet II GTS 32MB.... notice the length of the PCB, other gf2 gts 32mb cards are usualy smaller in size, this model perhaps built on a GF3 platform?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-02, 13:52

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by Bige4u

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Crucial 9800 Pro & HIS 9800 SE AIW (not sure the added ram sinks were totally necessary in either case, so may remove) Leave the memory heatsinks on... i've read quite a few horror stories from 9800pro cards failing because the memory running hot, or maybe it was from OCing them w/o proper cooling, …

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Re: Fastest AGP GeForce with Official Win98 support, GeForce 6 or 7?

Posted on 2019-05-31, 00:17

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by Bige4u

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The full radeon 8500 is on par with the GF4 ti4400... either way, its still faster than the GF3 series videocards.

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Re: Fastest AGP GeForce with Official Win98 support, GeForce 6 or 7?

Posted on 2019-05-30, 03:21

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by Bige4u

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I've once ran with the same motherboard and OS along with 512mb memory, just go with a GF3 Ti500 like i did... its more period correct and the system will thank you for it.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-05-25, 06:01

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by Bige4u

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My latest, greatest and fastest SLOT-1 retro gamming system to date! Intel 1.0Ghz 133fsb Coppermine Aopen AX64 Kingston 1x256mb pc133 WD 20gb 7200rpm hdd OnBoard Audio(AD 1881) Aopen GeForce2 MX400 64mb agp4x Compaq dvdrom Sony 3.5'' floppy Enermax 550w v1.2 20pin Win98se

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-19, 16:42

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by Bige4u

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keenmaster486 wrote: Ahh, 133 mega of Hertz and 256 mega of Bytes for all your Hertz and Byte needs. You betcha... and it hertz so good!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-18, 01:14

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by Bige4u

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Scored all four.... $20 shipped.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-16, 02:56

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by Bige4u

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https://i.imgur.com/Z9YF4E6.jpg I was pretty stoked to find these today. 3850 AGP and a Gainward ti4200 128MB. Here's hoping they work. I have that same exact GAINWARD GF4 ti4200 video card, but i missed bidding on the ATI HD3850 as shown here because i totally forgot to check it when it was down …

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Re: Looking for a beige case

Posted on 2019-05-13, 00:05

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by Bige4u

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Well now... thats the exact same case that came with my Intel 486DX4-100Mhz system came in back in MAR1996, came with an 850mb hdd, 8mb edo mem, cirrus logic 1mb pci video card, opti931 isa sound card, 4x cdrom, 3.5'' floppy drive, generic AT keyboard, serial 3button ball mouse, 14'' crt monitor, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-12, 17:31

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by Bige4u

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Not in my possesion yet, but on the way... Aopen AX64 + Pentium3 1.0ghz/133 slot1 = wholesome goodness.

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