Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-14, 07:02

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by Ydee

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I recently snapped up this Montego II Quadzilla (Vortex 2) still sealed. The wrap is pretty loose, though. I'm curious to see all that's inside, but I don't know if I'll open it. Nice shot, but I don't think it's originally packaged - it seems to me that the box has chipped corners and has been …

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Re: Are these worth anything?

Posted on 2022-08-13, 14:42

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by Ydee

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The 5700LE can usually be overclocked at a frequency of 5700 for a GPU, unfortunately memory doesn't go much higher (some tens of MHz), but it's not that bad a card.

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Re: Powercolor Radeon 9600 Pro?

Posted on 2022-08-11, 16:41

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by Ydee

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It's not very clear on photo, depending on what memory chips are on the card - they are TSOP and they can be both 3.3 ns (then the measure is 300/600DDR) and 5 ns and that is 200/400DDR. Larger memory tended to have looser timings than smaller versions.

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Re: replacement fan for a Ti 4600

Posted on 2022-08-11, 07:10

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by Ydee

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I personally prefer silence over appearance, so I use Thermaltake 1919 Giant III with one (biggest, not "blower") fan on 5V https://www.techpowerup.com/review/thermaltake-giant-3/, but for a more original look I also stock Thermaltake G4 https://www.newegg.com/2-tone-thermaltake-g4-vga-coolmod/p/ …

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Re: Athlon64 3000+ / Asus K8V-MX / GeForce4 / Audigy1

Posted on 2022-08-09, 12:58

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by Ydee

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Yes, I read it before, but personally I'm still "under construction" - I wanted the strongest possible GPU with official drivers for W98SE because I have a dualboot with WXP. If I run into problems with older games, I still have the FX5700 and GF4Ti4200 (like you) as backup. When I'm done, I'll …

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Re: COLORGRAPHIC TWIN TURBO drivers and manual?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 12:27

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by Ydee

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Manual for exactly this card I have no, but here https://oemdrivers.com/graphics-s3-p86c928 is datasheet for S3 P86C928 and some drivers. But I assume you've seen this before.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-09, 12:12

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by Ydee

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Not the very best solution in terms of sturdiness but kind of works for me. Never understood what motivates people to remove slotbrackets from old (working) cards. I mean, are they of some kind of valuable material? It's just some cheap sheet metal, isn't it? Maybe stripped of before recycling or …

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

Posted on 2022-08-09, 12:04

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by Ydee

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JustJulião wrote on 2022-08-08, 14:04: Getting ready to have some Tualafun with what appears to be the Queen of 440BX boards. 20220808_155458.jpg 20220808_155451.jpg Ah, EPOX! My beloved brand in a pretty green color... That copper cooler suits her.

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Re: Athlon64 3000+ / Asus K8V-MX / GeForce4 / Audigy1

Posted on 2022-08-09, 11:29

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by Ydee

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Nice, clean build, enough powerfull for W98/ME. I build something similar, only based on nForce3 and with Turion CPU and Geforce 6800.

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Re: Looking for a CD iso of MSI K7T Turbo2

Posted on 2022-08-07, 17:45

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by Ydee

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Try this: https://archive.org/details/drivers-and-utilities_202202

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Re: Unable to get DELL LATITUDE CPI D300XT to boot into Windows 98SE.

Posted on 2022-08-07, 17:40

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by Ydee

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digicube wrote on 2022-08-07, 02:41: Is there a button cell battery I can replace in old laptops that keeps time? Yes, under palmrest - 7,2V. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btp2pd6Rn8w

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Re: Dealing with energy consumption of old hardware

Posted on 2022-08-05, 10:05

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by Ydee

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The consumption of old hardware has become less desirable, now that energy costs are increasing. I'm just curious how people are dealing with this or have any good solutions. I think we can all benefit from some good advice. Umm, how i deal with this? I simply have no build with P4 Extreme Edition, …

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Re: Gigabyte ga-a5x capacitors 25 amps?

Posted on 2022-08-04, 13:38

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by Ydee

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Here you have picture to help you understand the composition of multilayer PCBs. The holes tend to be metalplated and connected to other layers inside the PCB, making it possible to stack several independent electrical schematics on top of each other to create isolated and interconnected circuits.

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Re: Compaq Portable I - CGA, Motherboard, PSU Tantalum replacement

Posted on 2022-08-04, 10:49

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by Ydee

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Is it not TAN as tantalum, 10% is capacitance tolerance?

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Re: Ali Aladdin V memory benchmark

Posted on 2022-08-03, 14:14

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by Ydee

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I think no, hope 2-2-4 is CL, but who know - in BIOS is only Slow-Normal-Fast setting for DRAM unfortunatelly.

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Re: Gigabyte ga-a5x capacitors 25 amps?

Posted on 2022-08-03, 11:10

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by Ydee

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Negative pole is on the capacitors you have on the board, in that gold band (or white, depending on the type of capacitor). On the board, the position for this pole is usually a white or hatched semicircle. Your positive pole is marked with a small +.

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Re: EXT SMI header/button? PCPartner VIB876S (SS7)

Posted on 2022-08-03, 10:39

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by Ydee

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EXT_SMI: The EXTSMI (External System Management Interface) connector, jumper JXX,is used by some plug-in cards. Certain applications associated with these plug-in cards use the interface for hardware control and queries.

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Ali Aladdin V memory benchmark

Posted on 2022-08-03, 10:21

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by Ydee

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I wonder how Sandra 2001 achieved such results in the memory test in the Ali V chipset tests? Is it with a different CPU (K6-2/3+?) With the fastest memory settings, I'm nowhere near what her database shows and I have no idea why. Is there something wrong with my system?

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Re: K8T800 chipset motherboard.

Posted on 2022-08-02, 12:18

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by Ydee

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BTW, another potential issue with socket 754 motherboards is the problematic support for SATA hard disks and/or SSDs. From what I can tell, the VT8237(R) southbridge only works properly with SATA I drives. If you try using a SATA II or a SATA III drive, you will encounter issues . This was …

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Re: Gigabyte ga-a5x capacitors 25 amps?

Posted on 2022-08-02, 11:57

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by Ydee

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I think low ESR is especially important for PSUs, at the mainboard, it doesn't matter all that much - but that's just my guess. I used to recap various cheaper brands (Elite, Samxon, Samwha or regular Nichicon), just what was at hand and it was always better than the bulging original capacitors on …

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