Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-05, 17:00

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Good looking AT-case with PS and floppy drive Gigabyte GA-586T2 (430TX) and Soyo 5EAS (VIA VPX) Matrox Millennium 4MB + 2MB + 2MB Compaq 3x proper CD-ROM drives and 2x IDE HDD 72-pin SIMM lot: 4 pairs of 32MB FPM + 4 pairs of 32MB EDO + 6 pairs of 16MB EDO + some single 32MB = about 800 MB. Should …

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Re: How do people storage their computer stuff (motherboards, video cards, CPUs)

Posted on 2021-01-04, 16:02

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Any tips on best place to store the boxes? 1. Attic - cold in the winter, could get hot in the summer? 2. basement - not ideal, but if sealed in plastic boxes... 3. under the bed? :) 4. anywhere in the house, but at room temperature Roughly temperature below 14°C is bad for electronics because of …

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

Posted on 2021-01-01, 13:02

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I started writing a table of my retro builds so that I can check where my things are while years go by. About 1/5 ready.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-29, 15:32

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Some of the better half. I really hope 8MB ATI Rage II works...and it does!

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

Posted on 2020-12-28, 18:15

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Attempt to improve Commate S7AX 3V3 power supply be able to handle Voodoo 3 3000 AGP without excessive thermal load. This board uses circuit board as heat sink and it color has already shifted darker. I put up-side (or wrong-side) heat sink for 3V3 FET. The benefit was even less than I expected. …

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How do people storage their computer stuff (motherboards, video cards, CPUs)

Posted on 2020-12-25, 16:34

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While reading thread https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=78312 I was pondering this topic. Couple of cards is like a piece of cake, but how about hundreds of video cards, CPUs, motherboards and so on...? Personally I have collected several old motherboard boxes for video and other expansion …

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Re: 80486 BIOS image collection

Posted on 2020-12-17, 18:47

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#72 Manufacturer: ABIT Motherboard: AB-AX4 Chipset: SIS 401/402 BIOS: AMIBIOS 06/06/92 (different than in #71) edit: corrected numbering

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Re: Can you identify this 486 ISA motherboard?

Posted on 2020-12-17, 18:00

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Soyo SY-020P1/SY-020P2 http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/4661 Thank you! Actually pictures on that page does not match. Jumper set is different. Could be just a different rev. My board (rev 2.2) looks much like the one in the picture. Here are better pictures and a dumped BIOS from 27C512 …

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Can you identify this 486 ISA motherboard?

Posted on 2020-12-16, 19:32

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I found this 486 DX-33 computer that has been lying in my attic for 20 years. Some understadable rust and a leaked battery. Had to fix one broken keyboard trace with wire. It still looks bad but works so far. Just wondering if DX2-66 could be used with this board. Should be possible because DX2-66 …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-12-07, 19:54

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https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=96282&mode=view New 486 dx2/66 built during lockdown ! Um4980 256kb cache 20ns Vl Bus + Isa I486dx2/66MHz 32mb 60ns fpm 6.4gb Seagate St36421A + cf Diamond stealth 64 2mb vram Vlbus Vl bus i/o controller Goldstar prime 2c dual IDE Vlbus Sound blaster ct …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-02, 11:00

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Now I have a feeling I should have been more specific with the statement - Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, nothing special here but for a good price could not miss. That is a great card, I did not mean to criticize... although Voodoo 2 SLI is more interesting to play with. Voodoo 3 just gives me anything new for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-01, 19:04

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Just to participate even once, todays catch is the following... - Hercules Dynamite VL Pro, very nice condition and 4x512kB chips. Perfect for my Shuttle HOT-419R3 + Am5x86 P75 build. - Beige ATX-case, clean and very good condition. I will make some approproate PII or K6-2 build into. Period-wise …

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Re: ASUS PVI-486AP4 motherboard fsb jumpers?

Posted on 2020-11-27, 16:09

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board is stuck at 8Mhz FSB How about the jumper on turbo switch? Maybe it pulls down the same pin6 ?

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Re: argh cannot get this socket 7 to boot MS-5169 ver 4.0

Posted on 2020-11-27, 15:44

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You are right, checked the manual of 4.0. It turns out MSI has upgraded it in a way it no longer supports single voltage processors -> no-MMX Pentiums, Cyrix 6x86 or AMD K5. OT: Actually what did they change to gain K6-III support...?

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Re: argh cannot get this socket 7 to boot MS-5169 ver 4.0

Posted on 2020-11-25, 18:45

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I had the very same issue with Gainward 5VPA with VIA MPV3. It did nothing. After changing FSB/multiplier/memory jumpers back and forth suddenly it just woke up. Those things can be tricky and there are about a million things to check. Maybe I would just remove all jumpers and re-install them …

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Re: argh cannot get this socket 7 to boot MS-5169 ver 4.0

Posted on 2020-11-22, 16:49

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You should also check that the MOSFET is not shorted. Measure resistance across the MOSFET(s), from pin3 to pin2(tab). Also Vcore can be measured without processor installed. I just managed to destroy two socket 370 celeorons due to shorted transistor before I relized what's happening. It was 5V …

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Re: Nvidia nForce 2 & ATI Catalyst Stable Driver Combination for XP?

Posted on 2020-11-03, 14:04

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Replaced MSI K7N2 with ABIT NF7-S2G. At the same time I inspected Barton core under microscope and yes, there is a tiny crack/pit what might cause some issues. So I just hooked another (unborken) 3200+ Barton and X850Pro on ABIT and powered up. Luckily Windows XP was fine with the replacement and I …

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Re: Nvidia nForce 2 & ATI Catalyst Stable Driver Combination for XP?

Posted on 2020-11-01, 19:18

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I'm having exactly the same problem with my MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR and 3200+ Barton. I have so far tested Radeon X850 Pro, HD2600 Pro and three different RAM sticks (Corsair XMS3200, Kingston 400, Buffalo 400. 3DMark 2001 crashes in some of the game tests. If not total lock, then BSOD of 0x0000008E. …

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Re: Desperate BGA reball repair on Riva 128 and Geforce 2 GTS

Posted on 2020-10-27, 16:33

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In general, you should avoid going above 235*C when soldering or reflowing any chip. With that temperature you won't get any BGA's removed, especially aged lead-free things. PCB this size will absorb a lot of heat energy. Actually I can't remember causing IC-damage with excessive temperature, more …

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Re: Desperate BGA reball repair on Riva 128 and Geforce 2 GTS

Posted on 2020-10-26, 17:27

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I'm no expert on this topic, but I understand that non-wetting is caused from oxidation. If there is oxidation on the pad, solder will not stick on if only heated. Purpose of this reballing is to scap off oxidation layers so that solder will stick on the pad with a much higher probability. I used …

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