Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-15, 21:28

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doublebuffer wrote on 2023-08-15, 18:06: The beauty pageant of the expansion cards continues as the number #2 contestant, Hercules 3D Prophet II GTS poses in always so fashionable teal blue. Copper or anodized aluminium are the best. I have this card, blue is cool 😀

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Re: Old AT case issues - PSU repair and other AT related stuff

Posted on 2023-08-14, 14:00

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There's plenty of different standoff styles other than screw-in (sprung base, push-thru, self-adhesive etc) which should be more than adequate - have a look at Richco brand at RS-Online... https://it.rs-online.com/web/b/richco/controllo-esd-camera-bianca-e-prototipazione-pcb/distanziali-colonnine …

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Re: Old AT case issues - PSU repair and other AT related stuff

Posted on 2023-08-14, 13:06

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I need to buy double-sided plastic standoffs (or spacers) as the holes are too large to accomodate brass ones. I looked for header on the bottom and threaded on top, but I could only find double-headed. In the pics of the post above you can see 2 still installed, but I need quite a few more to …

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Re: Old AT case issues - PSU repair and other AT related stuff

Posted on 2023-08-14, 11:57

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I need to buy double-sided plastic standoffs (or spacers) as the holes are too large to accomodate brass ones. I looked for header on the bottom and threaded on top, but I could only find double-headed. In the pics of the post above you can see 2 still installed, but I need quite a few more to mount …

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Re: Old AT case issues - PSU repair and other AT related stuff

Posted on 2023-08-14, 11:52

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I have this case, looks perfect for test and quick access to swap parts. I retrobrighted it too (pics in next post 😀). It shows signs of yellow coming back though.

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

Posted on 2023-08-14, 11:39

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Finally have a fresh "512MB Diagnostics CF card" made. Decided to go for FreeDOS 1.3 with few XMS memory managers even for 286. Also contains bunch of diagnostics and benchmark utilities, and games. And on top of it, bunch of NIC packet drivers and MTCP + intersrv to facilitate any kind of …

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Pentium II and !!! Slot1 and K7 SlotA schematics. Do they exist? (boardview and/or pdf)

Posted on 2023-08-12, 16:18

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As I was sorting some slot1 cpus I saw that some have missing smd components, the small ones that I found in the same box they were in. It's just a matter of sorting things but I have this question in mind, if schematics for P2/3 and K7 Athlon are available. Maybe someone has them. Anyway, thanks …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2023-08-11, 12:05

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I'd like to record the retro stuff I do. There are some things I need to take into account? I can see: - Hz of the video output + video capture card accepted inputs - video quality (from low VGA to 1080p); 4:3, 16:9... - physical input (vga/hdmi...) - output format of captured footage Is there …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2023-08-11, 11:01

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I'd like to record the retro stuff I do. There are some things I need to take into account? I can see: - Hz of the video output + video capture card accepted inputs - video quality (from low VGA to 1080p); 4:3, 16:9... - physical input (vga/hdmi...) - output format of captured footage Is there …

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Re: My Retro Gaming Rig

Posted on 2023-08-09, 23:59

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My retro Nindendo/Raspberry PI3 setup ☺️ This is intriguing. Very "eastern" humour. Btw, I hope no texans hop in and show us theirs... LOL I was at a loss for words when this was originally posted but you're right! Not sure why he posted that in this particular thread about my Retro rig. Oh well. …

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

Posted on 2023-08-09, 14:21

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Did you try with a different 32KHz? In my short (3 boards) experience, when you have a crystal behaving like this the SB is damaged or the Xstal is about to die. One case I have a xstal going from 0 to 5MHz (obviously wrong and impossible), needless to say, I need a new SB. Another case it would …

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

Posted on 2023-08-09, 11:25

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1) I tried to reflow a DDR2 chip, pushing on it made Memtest work flawlessly. I failed, as I was checking it I actually pushed it too hard and now I have to reball it. Just more exercise. I don't need a 400mhz 1GB stick :) 2) I replaced a couple of DDR chips on a 9250. It artifacts and I want to …

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Re: ExpertMedia MED1600 Ver1.1

Posted on 2023-08-07, 21:17

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Have you tried Unisound? It should support this Opti 928 card. BTW, I'm uploading my drivers, don't know if they're the same. Mine are from 1994, yours 1995/6. Definitely will try these. Thanks! Any further info on this card? By the looks of it it seems to be OPL3 equipped (LF944). More related …

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Re: PS2-mouse on VTech 35-8258-03 motherboard

Posted on 2023-08-06, 15:43

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

Posted on 2023-08-06, 11:23

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-06, 01:13

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Got a bag full of cards for free. I wouldn't have spent any money on this since they are all in a horrible condition. However at first glance I didn't notice any obvious damage except some bulging capacitors. But all are untested. AGP Sapphire X1550 256MB PixelView GeForce FX5200 128MB ATI All-In- …

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Re: Soltek SL-56H5 - super socket 7 - issues with onboard SRAM cache enabled

Posted on 2023-08-05, 13:46

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Some flux and a hot air wand. Re seat it. But it may be safer to just disable the on motherboard cache if you have a k6-3 the performance difference can be pretty small. Sometimes disabled can actually be faster. Probably not on your motherboard though with 100mhz fsb Try disabling system bios …

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Re: do 16mb sdram modules exist with 133mhz or 100mhz and cl2?

Posted on 2023-08-05, 12:32

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In order to toy with 16MB ram, I was thinking to go with some P-III motherboard with all the parameters user-defined in BIOS. Paired with a Celeron it should be enough to test anything. Test-wise, what do I test with 16MB? The usual Phil pack?

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Re: do 16mb sdram modules exist with 133mhz or 100mhz and cl2?

Posted on 2023-08-04, 22:14

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ram edit: too dark, I'll replace them soon. You got yourself some real unicorns there. 9NS??? , must be early stuff before pc100 was standardized. My PCCHIPS m571 Cyrix with an 83mhz fsb had a 9NS 32mb dimm, it was from 1997 and was not labeled pc100. My guess is 9NS would give you clk3 but who …

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Re: Shuttle SL-56H5 - super socket 7 - issues with onboard SRAM cache enabled

Posted on 2023-08-04, 10:34

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Have you checked L2 cache legs for some cracked solder joints? It's not so uncommon to happen.

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