Re: What's better then a Ferrari?

Posted on 2021-08-03, 13:34

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Under the hood: The 3000: https://i.imgur.com/rBzBRQPm.jpg And the 3200: https://i.imgur.com/4HdJozTm.jpg.jpg I think most chassi parts are interchangeable. And further disassembly requires the bending of both MB and plastic parts. Which is needed if you want to swap out the CMOS battery (coin cell …

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Re: What's better then a Ferrari?

Posted on 2021-08-02, 01:34

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I worked retail when those were being sold and I remember how sweet they looked up close. Only a few of them ever made it back to the tech benches though, cause they didn't sell well and were rarely seen outside the store. Possibly it was because you could get a similarly specced and, apart from …

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What's better then a Ferrari?

Posted on 2021-08-02, 01:05

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Two of them of course! Presenting Acer's awesome Ferrari 3000 and 3200 laptops. I'll start this of with some pictures and add the usual tech stuff later on. Enjoy! One in good condition, the other is as new!: https://i.imgur.com/uKGBz8Om.jpg The 3000 is as new, even the stickers are flawless: …

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Re: How to clone/replace iMac G5 HDD to SSD?

Posted on 2021-07-20, 12:25

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Hello, i have problem to clone original Sata WD 160 GB iMac G5 to Corsair 250GB SSD.. Original disk is working fine, but clone dont - white screen os booting is not initialized.. I have installed MacOS 10.4 + Linux, there is not bootloader screen visible its booting into MacOS unless some hotkey is …

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Re: 1996 "Workstation," Build Ideas?

Posted on 2021-07-18, 00:56

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-07-17, 19:18: Most likely because nobody really cared I should imagine. Pentium Pros were aim at the emterprise market. True I guess. Tho i saw tons of them in offices. But lets not pretend we didn't drool over them in magazines. Just like the Alphas and Sun's =)

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Re: 1996 "Workstation," Build Ideas?

Posted on 2021-07-17, 14:01

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If someone says "pentium pro" enough in a thread, I get summoned. B) if you are deadset on a dual board, you're going to spend a big premium unless you get lucky. I personally dont know why prices have gotten so high in the last few years. I blame LGR. Haha =) PPro also always catches my attention. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-12, 10:44

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My second dual PII/PIII mother of all boards. It will sit quite nicely near my Super P6DLS . Meet the SOYO SY-D6IBA . An unexpected flea market find dumped into a bag full of other boards. Does anyone have the DRIVER CD for this beast? Looking further into the future we should mirror all the FTP …

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Re: 430fx motherboard supported cpu's for win95 build

Posted on 2021-07-04, 13:53

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If this: https://ancientelectronics.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/g2k1204.jpg Is your MB then it looks a lot like Intels own "Advanced ZP" board as seen here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=21987 http://tulrich.com/tectrixvr/intel_pba-638995_manual.pdf And that suggests p120 as max. But if it …

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Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 13:43

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Guess AMD was a bit behind in tech. Because they didn't include a thermal sensor in their CPUs? Yep. :) Okay, for real, though: was space that limited that they couldn't put a thermal sensor in-die? I guess someone has to be the first one to do it. And this time it was Intel with the coppermine P3 …

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Re: Intel VS440FX help

Posted on 2021-06-29, 11:11

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Hi!I Tried to flash…so i created a Bootable floppy, then bios A: to transfer the new bios (1.00.18 cs1). So i moved jumpers, insert floppy and start…but Nothing happened, no beep no floppy read only black screen…help me!!😅thanks How long did you wait? Took a few minutes for my boards. There was no …

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Re: Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-06-04, 16:24

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I was playing with an nforce 2 board just recently. Epox 8DRA+ or something, having the same errors in memtest86+ test 5 - blockmove. Definitely can confirm that some sticks just don't play nice together. You need to swap them out into you get something that works. Some sticks don't play nice …

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Re: Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-06-02, 23:45

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Further testing with my other board revealed that they both behave identically. Dropped in a Barton M , which gets identified correctly which was neat. Tried lots of different multipliers, no change. Did a lot more testing with different mem settings, no changes in results. Lowering mem frequency to …

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Re: Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-06-02, 10:50

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Diagnostics can help if there is a chance of parts not failing. In case of these capacitors that chance is 0%. It's true with a counterfeit product but not true with an entire brand. The "diagnostics" was made by the seller (board not booting) so that could mean anything: bad HDD, bad OS, bad cable …

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Re: Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-05-31, 22:44

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Great post! Could you kindly share your technique for replacing caps? I have recapped a KT7A but it was a very difficult process , in particular the removal of the old capacitors. A decent iron helps a LOT, and a good tip on it. Add some flux, heat one leg at a time and "walk" the component out …

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Re: Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-05-31, 22:35

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Okay, I accept the points. Also, do repair technicians replace everything to fix a defective part or do they find the defective part and replace it? I know it's a hobby so to each their own. I still believe in diagnostics first. I'm sure that finding the specific component that is causing whatever …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-30, 12:45

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This arrived the other week. Don't really own any high-end S478 stuff but this was cheap and boxed so decided to grab it. Asus P4C800-Gold with a SL7E6 3.4ghz chip https://i.imgur.com/8nF4Hmjl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/VQYJcnMl.jpg Nice board! Got a brand new "P4C800-E Deluxe" in box. Wonder what the …

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Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-05-29, 21:24

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I do like my Abit's. Cant even remember which model was my first one, but I certainly remember the great ones. And the KR7A was absolutely among those! So when I found another one in need of some tender care I just had to grab it. And at about €3 + shipping (and in box too!) it looks like I got a …

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Re: P-III 600 Heatsink Solution

Posted on 2021-05-28, 22:58

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I have P III 600E with an unusual heat sink depicted here - https://i.pinimg.com/originals/12/35/e6/1235e6f8b0151e1d7a8724c92a7521a8.jpg (not my item). No fan can be attached to it as a result. My plan is to modify sheet metal from 5.25 bay to act as a fan holder (for 6 cm fan) attached to case …

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Re: Intel VS440FX help

Posted on 2021-05-24, 20:32

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Oh, I really woulnd't recommend to use the system with WinXP. It's too slow and eats up too much ressources. You can try AntiX Linux if you want a more modern OS on a PPro.. it performs well on this machine. The sweet spot is Windows NT4 , Win 9x also runs great. To answer a few of your other …

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Re: Matrox Millennium II glitching and freezing with drivers installed.

Posted on 2021-05-01, 03:09

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In the Chaintech 5RSA2 motherboard I can see that IRQs 5,9,10,11 are free to use. 5 is already occupied by the onboard ESS Solo1 sound card that I know for sure. Is there a quick way to see IRQ conflicts or a list of what IRQs are assigned to what device instead of going one by one in the device …

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