Re: MB-8433UUD Bad BIOS?

Posted on 2023-10-12, 03:42

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by bloodem

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Repo Man11 wrote on 2023-10-12, 01:28: There are motherboards that will not POST if the CMOS/RTC battery is dead. The 8433UUD is not one of those boards, though (I have three of these). It does POST just fine with a dead RTC battery, however you won’t be able to boot into any OS (because it forgets …

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2023-09-26, 19:16

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by bloodem

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@bloodem Could you give your 1400 Thunderbird a short run in Prime95 (in place large FFT's), and measure the 5V rail with a multimeter? Oh, sorry, missed your message (i.e.: forgot about it :-D ). Anyway, I can't test the Thunderbird right now, because it's in storage (in a different city). Glad …

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Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-26, 11:06

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by bloodem

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Seems he doesn't sell in Europe. It doesn't show up when I search on German ebay (It's out of stock anyway, but even in the past auctions it's not there). Seems like someone was faster than you. It was in stock when I pasted the link (btw, I'm also from Europe). :-) Either way, this seller never …

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Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-26, 09:01

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by bloodem

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Unfortunately Ezra CPUs are pretty much impossible to get. (At least that's my experience in the last few years) There was a very reliable seller from China who had a ton of 1 GHz Ezra-T CPUs up until 6 - 12 months ago, but the stock has since dried up. He still has normal Ezra CPUs @ 800 MHz , …

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Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-26, 06:10

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by bloodem

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

PS. VIA C3 has more collectible value than practical value. I think so. It's actually extremely practical. An Ezra-T (with a bit of very easy overclocking) has a top speed similar to a Pentium 3 Katmai @ 600 MHz , and a speed flexibility better than that of a Pentium MMX (you can basically hit most …

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2023-09-22, 11:16

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by bloodem

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@bloodem How are the "Segotep ATX-500WH" PSUs holding up ?? I found (also in RO) this Segotep PSU that is somehow even cheaper :" ATX-500W12 " And somehow states 200W on +5V & +3.3V, although it has the same 30Amps as the "ATX-500WH" which states only 180W . No issues to report! I'm using them in …

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Re: BIOS for Diamond Viper V770 Ultra video card

Posted on 2023-09-22, 04:09

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by bloodem

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks a bunch, man! Appreciate it! 😀

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Re: Athlon64 3400+ / Asus K8V-MX / 5900XT / Audigy1

Posted on 2023-09-16, 12:57

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by bloodem

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Re-pasted my Leadtek 5900XT and lubricated the fan. Just a word of warning to anyone else who may want to do this: Leadtek used some pretty strong epoxy for gluing the heatsink to the GPU. I had to carefully slide a razor blade in-between the two and slowly cut the epoxy away. That weird stuff had …

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Re: BIOS for Diamond Viper V770 Ultra video card

Posted on 2023-09-15, 08:55

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by bloodem

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Hi I will give it another try, but only in about one week or two. I, more or less, paused all my retro activities (testing especially) because i have an exam late September It's difficult to find time to study as a mid 30's adult with work, kids and family. I'm sure i will be able to dump it …

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Re: BIOS for Diamond Viper V770 Ultra video card

Posted on 2023-09-14, 10:50

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Still looking for a good ol' NVFlash BIOS dump, if anybody has it...

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Re: Found in my spare parts box: AMD Slot A K7 1000 - AMD-K7100MNR53B A

Posted on 2023-09-13, 11:38

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Yeah, I saw that it was the first 1ghz, and fastest slot a, but I figured maybe like 50/75 bucks, some higher than the 600 and 700 for example. And is it completed as in sold? Or just ended? Don't listen to him! Your CPU is (maybe) worth $20! And me, being a good samaritan, I'm willing to buy it …

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Re: Hercules Radeon 9700 Pro: weird output

Posted on 2023-09-13, 11:02

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by bloodem

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stef80 wrote on 2023-09-13, 10:42: It's dead, Jim. Use known-to-work aftermarket coolers (Zalman VF700 / VF900 / FC-ZV9 or Arctic ATI silencer 1) or remove the shim. Read the whole thread, Jim! 😉

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Re: Hercules Radeon 9700 Pro: weird output

Posted on 2023-09-13, 08:45

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by bloodem

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Regarding cooking it, perhaps I have not explained myself clearly. When I bought this card back in 2002 the first thing I did was removing the cooler to use good quality paste. Then I saw what ATi/Hercules did and immediatly bought a new cooler. I sanded/carved the edges so that it would make …

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Re: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / YMF719 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155

Posted on 2023-09-12, 15:57

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Love it! Very nice and tidy PC with components that almost look like new - my favorite kind of build! :grin: One thing I'd recommend is a full PSU maintenance (including recap), or maybe replacing it altogether (any good modern PSU would be suitable, since this PC doesn't suck a lot of current from …

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Re: Hercules Radeon 9700 Pro: weird output

Posted on 2023-09-12, 08:52

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by bloodem

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That behavior is usually indicative of broken solder joints (either on the GPU, or its memory ICs). A damaged GPU core is also a possibility, but that usually results in having no display output at all. While the system is running, try and press / gently bend the card in various areas (and press on …

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Re: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 GTO / Audigy2

Posted on 2023-09-11, 15:37

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I've been using GPU-Z for my measurements, so I'm not sure how accurate that is. Anyway, according to the GPU-Z log file, my freshly re-pasted X800 GTO starts off at 39°C when idle and goes up to 79°C under full load. This is with a 26°C room temperature. Thank you! So it's basically in line with …

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Re: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 GTO / Audigy2

Posted on 2023-09-11, 14:02

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Cheers! I managed to clean and re-paste it: Interestingly, it looks like the previous owner (or someone else) had already done this, but it may have been some time ago. Anyway, with fresh thermal paste and a newly lubricated fan, the noise went down about 5% according to my highly scientific …

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Re: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 GTO / Audigy2

Posted on 2023-09-11, 11:42

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by bloodem

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Thanks man! Couldn't have done it without your help! :) BTW, do you have any advice on cooler maintenance for X800 cards? I'd like to re-paste mine and possibly also lubricate the fan, but this thing looks like it wasn't built to be easily disassembled. You're welcome! :-) I was actually going to …

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Re: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 GTO / Audigy2

Posted on 2023-09-11, 10:55

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by bloodem

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Very nice build, congrats! 😀

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on 2023-09-11, 05:20

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by bloodem

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Not to nitpick, but please allow me to modify your original post to better illustrate my point: In the BIOS, set SATA to IDE Compatible mode (I'm using SATA SSDs) and disable all on-board devices including HDA, LAN, Serial and Parallel ports In the BIOS, set the total number of USB ports to 6 ( …

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