Re: Covington 266 or 300

Posted on 2024-02-10, 18:52

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by smtkr

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Hi. I have covington 300 slot1 cpu and ga-bx2000 mobo. Using them together, the pc sometimes starts as 266mhz and sometimes 300mhz (same bus 66.66mhz, no overclocking, I am not changing anything in bios or jumpers). Where are you checking the CPU frequency? Windows, or what's reported during POST?

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Re: ASUS CUBX-L (rev 1.01) with Pentium III-S SL5QL ?

Posted on 2024-02-10, 03:17

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by smtkr

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The easiest option, if they are still available, would be to buy a modded CPU from the Korean seller on eBay. There are also some interstitial devices from Powerleap and Upgradeware that you might be able to find if you're willing to spend a LOT of money and be patient Another great option would be …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-10, 03:10

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+1 for feet 😁

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Re: ASUS CUBX-L (rev 1.01) with Pentium III-S SL5QL ?

Posted on 2024-02-10, 00:05

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by smtkr

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Are you using a modded Tualatin, or just plugging an unmodified version in?

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Re: Fan attachment to Diamond Viper V770 ultra

Posted on 2024-02-08, 00:35

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by smtkr

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Do TNT2s get hot enough to need active?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-08, 00:30

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by smtkr

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Those are really cool looking boards

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Re: What hasn’t been done?

Posted on 2024-02-06, 00:38

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by smtkr

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I think the low hanging fruit would be a new slotket that supports coppermine and tualatin CPUs. New old stock '370 Pin PGA ZIF Socket' are $10, same money you buy whole slotket adapter:) solder two wires and you are done converting to tualatin. I guess it could be fun making one, but no economical …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-04, 17:36

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acl wrote on 2024-02-04, 14:14: Turbo -> wrote on 2024-02-04, 11:54: Bought some cards. Nothing tested. Some bent pins and capacitors. I like the ATI 9600 XT 256 card. Is the Creative CT 4670 any good for Windows 98 / are the drivers user friendly? And Hercules GF2 GTS ? It looks like mine, except …

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Re: What hasn’t been done?

Posted on 2024-02-04, 17:24

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by smtkr

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I think the low hanging fruit would be a new slotket that supports coppermine and tualatin CPUs.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-28, 22:49

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by smtkr

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Just won the eBay auction for ATI Mach32, ISA edition. Want to play with its 8514/A compatibility. When I learned Pascal programming back then in school, there were 8514 BGI drivers. Now it's time to try them :) Anything special about these cards? I found an ISA version of this in my childhood 386 …

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Re: ASUS P3B-F Rev. 1.0.4 won‘t boot black screen

Posted on 2024-01-18, 02:27

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by smtkr

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Zerthimon wrote on 2024-01-16, 13:44: danijelm wrote on 2024-01-16, 11:59: your picture, it looks like a blown line here 😀 Incredible spotting. It's almost like we've seen that exact same spot get blown out multiple times before... like in the link I posted above 😁

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Re: ASUS P3B-F Rev. 1.0.4 won‘t boot black screen

Posted on 2024-01-14, 20:10

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by smtkr

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I think I might have good news for you. If you are experiencing this issue, this should be pretty easy to fix. Re: P3B-F stopped working...need help

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Re: 440BX Chipset - Does it support Registered/Buffered Sdram

Posted on 2024-01-13, 01:14

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by smtkr

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Behaviour of registered modules might not be as you expect, even if your board supports them. See this thread: Registered ECC Memory and 440BX Motherboard compatibility

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-01-05, 02:58

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by smtkr

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twiz11 wrote on 2024-01-04, 23:59: Ensign Nemo wrote on 2024-01-04, 01:09: weedeewee wrote on 2024-01-03, 18:42: Why would anyone throw away an SGI Octane. Because Jurassic Park gave them nightmares as a kid? (-: was that the pc the girl was accessing unix on? No, she was using a youneecks system 😁 …

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Re: Could a rage 128 run Halo 1?

Posted on 2024-01-05, 02:55

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by smtkr

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I think it's great that you are experimenting with old hardware. And I think you might like to do some more experimenting. So if you have a reliable way of getting software from the Internet I recommend download some bin/cue images (or ISOs) for games and using disc mounting software to load those …

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Re: Geforce 3 Ti200 Overclock

Posted on 2023-12-31, 22:09

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by smtkr

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Can confirm its overclock friendly, but heat on back side get really high i cant touch long with my finger . So for safe side its better to stick radiator on back side too. Here is my gainward gf3 ti200. What type of memory is mounted on your card? I guess it's not Samsung because 500mhz for …

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

Posted on 2023-12-25, 03:21

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by smtkr

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You have an amazing set of external optical drives.

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Re: Do you have a backup motherboard for your build.

Posted on 2023-12-20, 02:08

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by smtkr

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I have another BX6r2, but it should probably get a recap. And if I ever go there, I'll probably want to explore modding it (potentially better power MOSFETs and a few other things I would change, given unlimited time to experiment). I just don't have the space to have a lot of backup parts. Honestly …

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Re: ASUS P3B-F v1.3 + Slocket with P3 1Ghz and Cooling Options

Posted on 2023-12-03, 19:15

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by smtkr

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The coolers you've posted will work just fine. But I highly recommend the Startech copper cooler. I've never seen that slotket you're using, so I can't comment on that. The silkscreens indicate coppermine compatibility, but usually coppermine slotkets have a voltage clamp IC on them.

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

Posted on 2023-12-03, 01:07

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by smtkr

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Those P3 800s are so power efficient, though. 21W for 800EB vs. 33W for the 1.1GHz.

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