Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pieces.

Posted on 2019-04-07, 18:31

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I nearly killed my SHUTTLE HOT-555A... A floppy molex connector landed right and square on the IDE header, thankfully I hadn't turned the power on!

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

Posted on 2019-04-07, 18:30

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386_junkie wrote: Whats an "Ultrabook"? [sarcasm]The opposite of the "old" ThinkPad, Ultra books are wafer thin enough so a wee bit of wind sends it flying[/sarcasm] In short, a disposable laptop, if Netbooks were not enough...

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Re: Can you save made in U.S.A. 486 ?

Posted on 2019-04-06, 18:36

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Maybe a long shot but have you tried using the 2nd BIOS (since you mentioned this mobo has a 2nd bios... It's possible that the main one got "corrupted" somehow)?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-05, 21:19

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Holy shit talk about a haul! I knew Quantum made SCSI Fireballs but I've never seen them in the wild! (man I like that lil' conner in the corner 😜)

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

Posted on 2019-04-05, 19:33

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Trying to fix my old P133 rig (aka "the tower of pain" because it's troublesome to the point of being painful!) : the floppy drive got stuck (crap), a few drops of silicone-based lubricant on the motor axis and it's good as new! The CD drive (à shitty noname 50x cd drive) had trouble to open, I …

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pieces.

Posted on 2019-04-05, 18:44

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Oh and to add insult to the injury of the loss of my CD drive, I just ripped off the IDC connector from the IDE cable while trying to remove it from said drive. Not my day today 🙁

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pieces.

Posted on 2019-04-05, 16:06

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I just killed a 50x CD-ROM drive while trying to repair it... It often took 3 tries to open, the belt was changed the mechanism was lubricated, no dice. And worse it made a loud grinding noise and it turned out that it gave up the ghost (some gears had broken teeth) I smashed it to bits out of …

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Re: Sony Trinitron G200 monitor strange?

Posted on 2019-04-04, 14:58

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by Vynix

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^ this. My LG 702S does this as well, if nothing is connected on the VGA end it'll turn on and say that there is no signal... ...but when connected without any signal being sent, it'll go to sleep (power light amber) but on some systems it'll act as if the cable is not connected. Does it turns on …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-02, 05:32

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MMaximus wrote: wiretap wrote: This just arrived. ~6500hrs, no S.M.A.R.T. errors or bad sectors. Now to find a case to make a custom mount for to display it. Is it a WD Raptor? Why no label? It is a Raptor X... These were not produced for long and had a clear cover installed from the factory.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-22, 00:45

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[...] Not to mention that plastic gets brittle as rotten paper,, one wrong move and crack you can bring out the MEK Yep. Having fun with my SparcStation in that regard. Just lost two DSIMM eject handles, they just crumbled under my fingers. Ah yeah this happened with my LS-120 drive.. Had to glue …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-21, 15:51

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Speaking of Apple design. I think the PowerPC design from the mid-90's are were Apple made the most awesomme design. Like model 61xx, 52xx and 72xx model's. Especially the pizzabox 61xx machines. Anyway... I like the design of those machines. What is inside is of less interest to me. I am simply …

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Re: My new 486-386 junk boards [IT gore]

Posted on 2019-03-19, 16:15

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Oh my... Talk about Tech gore, it's amazing to see that they still work (after some repairs) despite looking like they're beyond saving... Bon courage 😊

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Re: 80286 Adventures

Posted on 2019-03-17, 20:15

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According to the manual, the drive already has autopark. You can hear that. There are programs to park, but they are not really needed except for drives older than your [probable] ST-251. Afaik autopark was introduced with that model, and Seagate was not the first one to introduce it iirc. Hmm it's …

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Re: Found a vintage Intel 845WV P4 with some unusual parts on it

Posted on 2019-03-17, 20:08

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Hmm I wouldn't call a ATX psu with a pass-through socket "rare" but more like uncommon.. (I had some of these, I believe but ICBW that they were made during the transition from AT to ATX, in a way in the same period where those mobos with both AT and ATX power connectors were made.)

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Re: What type of CPU is this ?

Posted on 2019-03-17, 16:48

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That's still a regular rundown of the mill 486DX... You must be confusing with the Pentium Overdrive which IIRC has a modified Pentium core on a 486 socket. Edit: Woops not exactly a regular 486... These were made to fit in 486 motherboards that had upgrade sockets.. Think of it as one of these 486 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-16, 11:14

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chose007 wrote: Finally I found good MB for my XXXL tower 😀 MB needs some repairs. [snip] Talk about a "Tower of Power", that beats those so-called "Full tower" cases 😜

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Re: Diablo I on GOG!!!

Posted on 2019-03-12, 21:45

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Ooh good catch... Welp I'm getting a copy too (I never played the Diablo series..)

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers welcome. Rest in pieces.

Posted on 2019-03-11, 18:59

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Oh boy another one, probably the one I'm still kicking myself very hard... I had a Indigo iMac G3 (aka of all G3s this one was the bottom of the barrel, mine had a nasty gash in the screen, that I worsened when trying to make it less obvious, the Maxell bomb was long disarmed. (=no PRAM battery)) …

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Stories from autopsy room.. RIP= rest in pieces..

Posted on 2019-03-09, 18:31

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Here's what I remember killing in no particular order: I stupidly blew up a Hitachi UltraStar 15k rpm hdd :( it would not turn on so foutu pour foutu, I opened it up.. Then I killed TWO PCs, every time the mobo fired up but never posted.. I have no idea how I killed them.. I also killed a cheapass …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-01, 17:52

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Intel486dx33 wrote: Yeah, these cases are a little big , but it beats working in those cheap cases. They beat cheap cases on all sides :p The one I have (IIRC the model is PC-7Plus black), is probably the sturdiest and heaviest case I've ever owned.

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