Re: PC tower cases by year

Posted on 2022-01-14, 12:18

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I once found a Cyrix M2 unit on the side of the road with a similar case. Many were similar to that. It was just a very cheap basic computer, probably found it between 02 and.04. Couldn't beat the price. I already had multiple computers at that point, including laptops. I always had a fondness for …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-14, 08:33

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So the xseries 350 memory boards aren't exactly scarce. Finding 1 at the right price could be a bit challenging. A guy in Israel had 1 with a gig of ram for 35$ shipped. But it sold.

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Re: ultra320 scsi termination

Posted on 2022-01-13, 21:57

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The Intel scb2 has a 2 channel ide connector. I was able to install, from an optical, and am able to boot win2kas. Now I have to spend mo money to get the scsi drive.to work. Not sure if it's worth it. My ibm x350 mobo may not have the same facilities (oftentimes ide is single channel, no?). …

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ultra320 scsi termination

Posted on 2022-01-13, 19:33

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It goes w/o saying these drives need termination? A neighbor gave me an old Dell server w/6 160gb drives, and a 7th when I asked if he a proper cable to use one of those drives in a different computer (?). As I understand it the PE 2600 uses ultra320s with 68 pin connectors. The dell drives do not …

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Re: PC tower cases by year

Posted on 2022-01-13, 10:13

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It's a very standard generic baby AT case from Taiwan, used by a lot of small computer builders at the time. Don't expect miracles, but the cheap cases from that time are usually still 100x better than cheap modern cases.. I'll admit I wish I'd held on to my old NYCE mid tower atx case I got in …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-12, 06:50

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Some people would have us believe multiple cpu systems will be phased out. The way I see it the need to make as much processing power as possible fit into a single box isn't going away. But what do I know. Back when I found I bought my lga2066 mobo, you had to have the c422 chipset to run xeons. …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-11, 20:45

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I'm often tempted to buy something newer. My current xeon isn't old at least not by my reckoning. It's just not sota. Sure was 4 years ago ... the cpu was in fact pulled from a 6000$ iMac pro. But newer intel boards and chips certainly are tempting. I'm a fan boy for the time being. I'll hold.off …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-11, 18:57

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I was under no delusion that either of these boards were standard in any way. Hence the challenge. But personally I prefer an actual intel server board first, followed by ibm. Nothing against other companies. My most modern build has a Supermicro lga2066 board. A guy was selling non xeon dual piii …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-11, 07:30

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Actually it appears that connector applies to the service processor card. Oi vay what have I gotten myself into?

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-11, 06:31

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Some of the holes may mirror atx. But the dimensions are way bigger. Memory board? What memory board? Crap now he tells me. Let me guess, it mounts in the lower left corner? I will point out the board seems to take a 24 pin atx power connector, similar to my Intel scb2 dual piii (non-xeon) server …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-11, 06:00

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The IBM board persists in showing itself twice, the 2nd time where it shouldn't be. The Intel board shows up at the end. I tried to fix it, but it won't obey.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-11, 05:57

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Yeah ain't that something??? What a rude, course sort of ruffian I am! IBM x350 quad p3/xeon board: s-l1600(61).jpg Intel S4600lh quad xeon e5-4600 v2 family: s-l1600(61).jpg Mind you the Intel board really really should be mounted in it's own chassis, being exceptionally non industry standard. (and …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-10, 17:55

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I bought a 4 cpu motherboard today, Intel s4600LH, e5-4600 v2 family. That's in addition to the quad pIII/xeon board I bought last week. Yes I'm insane. It's official.

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Re: old big scary monochrome monitors

Posted on 2022-01-07, 06:51

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They be scary coz they're big. People are ascared of big things.

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Re: do slot 2 xeons run only at their rated speed?

Posted on 2022-01-07, 05:56

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And just bought 4 possibly incompatible cpus. I have pertinent server memory already, I think. We will see what happens.

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Re: do slot 2 xeons run only at their rated speed?

Posted on 2022-01-07, 05:23

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So I bought 1 of those mobos off ebay. It's huge ish and kind of beautiful. 15 5/8" x 15 3/8", roundabout. I don't have an atx board or case to peruse at the moment, so don't know if the holes match the atx format at all (wouldn't matter as even an ssi eeb compatible case would have portions of the …

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old big scary monochrome monitors

Posted on 2022-01-07, 04:23

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What do you think of them? Personally I love them. Had one connected to a Mac many years ago. The whole deal was a package. Despite the obvious heavy use, the phosphorus were well worn, the graphics were still sharp as a tack. I actually have 1, an old HP 19" (98788a iirc) which strangely takes an …

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Re: do slot 2 xeons run only at their rated speed?

Posted on 2021-12-29, 00:18

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OK good to know. But as to the original question, should the 1ghz cpu work?

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Re: do slot 2 xeons run only at their rated speed?

Posted on 2021-12-28, 22:26

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Large cache Xeons run whatever you feed them. They are just specified to run at 100 MHz bus by Intel and small cache ones are specified to run at 133 MHz FSB. I have ran PIII Xeon 700/2M/100 easily at 133 MHz FSB on my Asus XG-DLS, I tested from 4-7 (533-933 MHz) and it worked well even without …

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Re: do slot 2 xeons run only at their rated speed?

Posted on 2021-12-28, 12:43

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So the rambus issue is a function of the chipset apart from the cpu, or do certain cpus/chipsets (which would mean.the cpu itself) mandate rambus memory? Iow do 1ghz p3s have to have rambus irrespective of what they're running in? More modern boards seem to run with xeons or core series, especially …

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