Re: The mighty beige, now with sli v2's

Posted on 2020-06-30, 15:25

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I wanted to pay particular attention to the cabling including routing, even though there is no window, my ocd knows what's inside so it has to be as neat and functional as can be. Let loose the cable origami! I really appreciate the cabling effort! Folding flatcables is almost an artform! One day …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-26, 23:01

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Got a "scrap" lot for about €40. So far tested and working: ASUS A7V333 with a 2400+ (B step). Epox EP-9NDA3J with an A64 3200+, a few bulging caps but working. Gainward 6600GT AGP (with bridge chip). Some OEM FX 5200, theres always one right? =) ISA 3C509B, cant have to many of those. PCI D-Link …

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Re: Nvidia Geforce 256 DDR -- GPU Cooler Fan Write Up

Posted on 2020-06-21, 22:08

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Found a decent replacement that looks nice and only requires some slight modifications of the cooler to fit: https://i.imgur.com/CMO1T2Cl.jpg The fan/sink combo can be found new under the name "NV-1017". 2 of the holes that secures the plastic fan thingy gets slightly modded to line up with the PCB …

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Re: Y2K classic - Pentium III with voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2020-06-21, 21:11

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Love the case! Reminds me of what the risc workstations looked like at my old job back in the day =) I'd go WinME or 2000 tho, for the extra year 2000 feel !

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Re: Need help identifying capacitor.

Posted on 2020-06-20, 12:56

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If going by this pic found on the eevblog forums: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/need- … ng-a-capacitor/ I should be fine using the caps I already have. Or at the very least the spec wont be so far away as to damage anything.

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Re: Got a Socket 7 PMMX PC for free!

Posted on 2020-06-19, 09:55

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Wow, thanks a lot! I was about to buy a 512Mb sdram stick, but according to the offical website and manual you provided, its maximum main memory tops at 256Mb. It's even worse then that. The TX chipset can only cache 64MB, adding memory above that will slow things down. This limit however will only …

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Re: Got a Socket 7 PMMX PC for free!

Posted on 2020-06-19, 09:45

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Greetings, Glad to be here, I am new to the retro pc scene, been following a few youtubers such as LGR and Philscomputerlab with such entusiasm, that it made me go around and look for a retro pc as well. I got lucky and was given for free at a local antique book shop some vintage hardware, plus …

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

Posted on 2020-06-17, 00:47

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Modded a rounded IDE cable that was as "AvE" would describe it "Stiff as a wedding pr*ck", and sticky too. Almost useless in this state: https://i.imgur.com/GQGWktIm.jpg After cutting away the plastic it becomes a lot more bendable, and that's a metal sleeve wich I'm leaving on: https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Need help identifying capacitor.

Posted on 2020-06-14, 19:29

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Horun wrote on 2020-06-14, 19:20: 330MF 6.3v. Here is a pic of some Sanyo SVPC 6.3V 330UF SMD that have nearly identical markings.. Looks pretty similar! Now I wonder if the letter "E" has any significance, I'd bet it has or it wouldn't be there.

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Need help identifying capacitor.

Posted on 2020-06-14, 18:58

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So a lot of graphics cards was brought home. And theese fellas were found in the box: https://i.imgur.com/qtRhNlUl.jpg They belong on a GF2 Ultra so i kinda want to make it work. But since identifying SMD stuff seems to be a black art I need your help! I'm assuming the "330" is the capacitance, they …

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

Posted on 2020-06-14, 11:06

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Repaired a Gigabyte GA-5AX rev 3.0. It posted as the seller pointed out, but what wasn't mentioned were the 5 broken and 6 _missing_ caps ...... Anyhow it seems to work fine now with a K6-2+@500MHz in Windows 2000. It was supposed to have weird 25v caps (who has those at home!), but probably 16v …

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Re: Epox EP-9NDA3+ manual help!

Posted on 2020-06-08, 12:31

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Thank you guys! Seems to be a really good mobo, and zero issues so far. Maby I should find a faster CPU and let it sweat some more =)

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Re: Epox EP-9NDA3+ manual help!

Posted on 2020-06-08, 04:19

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I think this is what your looking for I hope all goes well with this project. http://www.easyhelpguide.com/manual/Epox-EP9NDA3-Manual.html Ty, but that looks to sketchy for me. My error mess was to simple tho. I had grabbed the closest AGP card I could find, which also needed molex power ....... …

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Epox EP-9NDA3+ manual help!

Posted on 2020-06-08, 01:05

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So I'm getting deeper and deeper in my "to do" pile. And I found this beast of a motherboard. A few fresh caps and it looks ready to go, thing is it gets stuck on error code "25". This is where a manual would really help. Tho as many other manufacturers Epox seems to have gone belly up ages ago, and …

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Re: Fantastic AT case and my mid to late 90's system in it.

Posted on 2020-06-07, 13:45

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This is a really, really nice machine you built there! Love the cable management, too! Something I have been wondering for a long time: Does anybody ever really use those slide-out mainboard trays? I always found them to be relatively useless because you couldn't slide out the tray without removing …

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Re: Fantastic AT case and my mid to late 90's system in it.

Posted on 2020-06-06, 22:54

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Excellent job with your cable management those sleeves look great. How does the system perform? Excellent!, you can see the 3DMark 99 MAX result in the background. A fast and much newer HDD really helps (beta bios allows for a 120GB HDD). Also the K6-3+ makes a world of a difference, tho I tend to …

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Re: Fantastic AT case and my mid to late 90's system in it.

Posted on 2020-06-06, 21:40

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More fiddling and cable management! CPU is now a K6-3+ running at 400MHz (66x6), turns out the T2P4 has an undocumented 2.0v setting. Graphics a VooDoo3 2000 (PCI obviously) with an upgraded heat sink. And the sound card a much cooler SB AWE64. And its now running Windows ME instead of Windows 2000. …

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Re: Save or recycle hardware.

Posted on 2020-06-06, 21:12

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Alright you convinced me, its a keeper and a future project then. The stack of broken 9800 PRO's however is going! Zero chance of fixing those fried GPU's

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Save or recycle hardware.

Posted on 2020-06-06, 19:05

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Going through my stash of "I'll check that later" things. And found this mobo: https://i.imgur.com/AValQa8m.jpg Generally I like Asrock, they tend to do weird and sometimes useful and cool stuff. But to my eyes this is just a cheap generic Socket A with no interesting features. Add bulging caps to …

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Re: Case Slot Fans and the Voodoo 3

Posted on 2020-05-27, 14:32

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let us know how it works. Got it installed today. Overall, I'm pleased with this solution. The fan blows a ton of air down onto the V3, cooling both sides of the card. I'd venture that the fan I ziptied to the heatsink might not even be necessary, but I'll still keep it there. IMG_9524.jpg You can …

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