Story about 3 P3 CPUs (DIY cooling, temps and yellow crusty substance included)

Posted on 2020-09-05, 16:21

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by vutt

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

While I have been happily using my P3 sytem with dirt cheap 650E/100FSB P3 CPU overclocked at 866MHZ for some time I have been thinking about upgrading it. Abusing old hardware by running it hot doesn't feel right. Step 1: I stumbled upon cheap 9€ genuine 866Mhz/133FSB offering on ebay. Near top CPU …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-11, 19:06

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by vutt

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Talking about near fail ebay purchase. I wanted to to add for my recently purchased SB CT3670 ram modules. Well description was clear - single sided 30-pin SIMM. Note next to picture was little bit concerning - "Example Picture - Image similar", but seller was well known german shop elecromyne. What …

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Re: Repair or not damaged but working PCB tracks

Posted on 2020-05-30, 14:26

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well I made my move. Good news - it's still working. Bad-ish news - solder didn't stick uniformly. I need to find a way how to clean traces and/or practice more SMD soldering. It's probably more about latter ;) Also i realized that it could be good to add some sort of microscope to my working bench. …

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Repair or not damaged but working PCB tracks

Posted on 2020-05-30, 10:48

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by vutt

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So I managed to score working Sound Blaster CT3670 with visible damage (see attached pic) but fully working card. First thought. Use electric contact cleaner, then flux and solder exposed tracks over with help of desoldering braid. My concern here is also how to clean tracks so solder will stick. …

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Re: CT4500 making pulsating noise

Posted on 2019-12-27, 07:11

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Thanks for replays. Muting unnecessary inputs was my first step. I actually used 90-ies audio cards back in the days so I'm doing it automatically even on modern PCs where it's not necessary. :happy: Also I don't think it's normal noise. None of my other ISA audio cards YMF719s, ES1868f or even …

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CT4500 making pulsating noise

Posted on 2019-12-25, 16:22

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So my newly acquired AWE64 is making pulsating noise when I crank up sliders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdztvC5-dfk Actually at normal everyday mixer levels I can't hear it with external speakers. It is somewhat audible with headphones though. Also it's present from both line out and spk out …

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2019-11-07, 09:05

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by vutt

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Slightly off topic but still relevant enough I think. Use case: I have my X3M connected to Yamaha MU50 via MIDI pass-trough connection. With external audio mixer I can dynamically slide in and out between two MIDI modules. Problem: appiah4 your X3M profile is fantastic one but in my use case …

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Re: [Advice needed] Yamaha MU50 and "illegal data"

Posted on 2019-10-20, 16:09

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Update: It turns out that all my PCI sound cards are giving me that error. I tested it with Aureal Vortex 2 card. I even tested it on my Core 2 Quad rig - same result. All ISA cards are working just fine. Weird...

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Re: [Advice needed] Yamaha MU50 and "illegal data"

Posted on 2019-10-14, 19:17

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The weird part is that regardless of my button pushes error message doesn't go away. It shortly flickers normal screen and then message is back. At first I thought that card keeps sending junk, but even when I shut my PC down message stays. Only MU50 cold power cycle helps. Also unit doesn't play …

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[Advice needed] Yamaha MU50 and "illegal data"

Posted on 2019-10-14, 09:07

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by vutt

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Hi! I'm getting following error on my Yamaha MU50 as soon as I power on my PC with AOpen AW744-II PCI sound card on i440BX system. mu50.jpg It looks like erroneous midi data from sound card causes this according to manual. To make it more confusing my MU50 works fine with my other YMF718-S based ISA …

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Re: The Grand OPL3 Comparison Run!

Posted on 2019-10-14, 08:49

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by vutt

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I stumbled upon small YT channel with quite many FM sound card examples: https://www.youtube.com/user/B20A916VDOHC/videos While there are a lot of sample compilation resources around Internet what makes this one in my opinion unique are slow_mo close up shots of the cards. True visual feast for …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2019-09-29, 16:29

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

WOW! That was fast! Yes startup problem is fixed. HW info in my case is showing up correctly. However it looks like it gets confused by my "SINTECHI HighSpeed SD to IDE" adapter. I'm running entire system off the SD card without physical HDD. In benchmark section my Disk bench option is disabled. …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2019-09-29, 11:04

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by vutt

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tried on my w98SE rig. It crashes. At CPU detection it seems. I'm using latest beta BIOS so I can use higher clocked Coppermine CPUs Yeah I'm running my 650Mhz(100FSB) P3 at 133FSB speed, but it have been rock stable over 4 months. So it can't be the issue.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-28, 12:58

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Well I’m using 12V 6A (total overkill) power brick from one of those RGB led strip kits. It gives me 12,89V without load. I guess it’s down to circuit design then. Anyways I managed to brake one of the pins on original adapter. Case looks glued so no easy repair. Also using modern adapter feels …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-28, 09:20

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While I have Serdaco X3MB which should be Sound Canvas replica I felt I need little-bit more bling and alternate GM sound. So I bought this one off the ebay. mu50.jpg "Thanks" Hermes/DPD for nice delivery across Europe. :-/ I managed to straighten them up. Then checked for short with multimeter and …

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Re: What 9x Software is Essential

Posted on 2019-09-20, 11:26

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So noone have mentioned benchmarks/stress testing: tools -3dmark 99 -3dmark 2k -3dmark 2001SE 3dmark03 latest version isn't working. You need to use earlier version. I also use Everest for sysinfo. Also since I use stable 45.23 Nvidia drivers for my gf4 I also like to keep period correct DX version …

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Re: A tale of 2 Slot1’s or my attempt to relive glorious past

Posted on 2019-08-24, 14:03

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A little update! PC2.jpg + Gainward Dragon 3000 (12MB Voodoo 2) - since I got it working + Soundblaster 16 Value (CT2770) - since I want 16bit card in DOS mode + Samsung SH-S182 IDE DVD device - It has dedicated audio out for DOS red book CD games and it's IDE. Less clutter, no need for SATA-IDE …

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Re: A tale of 2 Slot1’s or my attempt to relive glorious past

Posted on 2019-08-19, 10:39

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Well it looks like my 3dfx side story developed a twist! It's literally twist, because if you look closely at upper Gainward card top chip with heat sink is little bit twisted. I noticed that when I bought it, but at that time I missed the fact that 4 legs were also detached. I noticed it only …

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Re: A tale of 2 Slot1’s or my attempt to relive glorious past

Posted on 2019-08-18, 09:48

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in Marvin \ System Specs

part 2/2 Slot1 ver 2.0 spec: CPU: 650MHz Slot1 Coppermine @ 866Mhz (w/o voltage increase, full load temp ~50C) MB: Asus P3B-F RAM: 2 sticks Infineon 128 MB SDRAM PC133 CL2 (Yeah another upgrade because I can ;) GPU: MSI 8872 - G4Ti 4600-VTD (4x AGP) Sound: AOpen AW744-II, Serdaco X3MB and CVX4 Net: …

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A tale of 2 Slot1’s or my attempt to relive glorious past

Posted on 2019-08-18, 09:48

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by vutt

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TLDR - my little story how I ended up with 2 retro rigs while attempting to relive my youth. And despite some frustration and excess costs (of course) I loved every bit of it. Entire adventure described below lasted almost 12 months. Mission statement: Build retro rig for authentic DOS gaming based …

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