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So here I am, with an all-new fleet of machines. Some are going to be upcoming, as soon as I get the parts I'll post pictures of them or update you if they are cancelled or anything.

I'm going to list them in order, from "new" to old.

Main machine:

Xeon X5450 OC'd to 3.5
DFI Lanparty DK P43-T2RS
RPC 500W (modified)
8GB DDR2-800 RAM (3x Corsair 2GB & 1x2GB ADATA)
JNC 4JA case with thermal sensors
R7 240 2GB from Sapphire
AVerMedia AVerTV M733A
Sony-Optiarc AD-5200A DVD-RW
1TB Samsung HD103SI
Card Reader
Win7 X64

"K8-III+"
AMD Sempron 2800+
ASRock K8Upgrade-NF3
L&C LC-B350ATX
512MB RAM
some random ricer case
Palit Geforce FX5500 256MB 8x
HL-DT-ST GSA-4167B DVD-RW
80GB Hitachi IDE HDD
Windows XP SP3

"KayEight"

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Skt939
Gigabyte GA-K8NS-939
FSP/Sparkle FSP300-60EP(2)
2GB RAM
K-Mex CX3356 case
ASUS/ATi Radeon HD3450 512MB AGP8x
HL-DT-ST GSA-H10N DVD-RW
80GB WDC SATA HDD
Windows XP SP3

"Blue Falcon"

Pentium 4 2.4GHz
ASRock P4VM890
Delta DPS-300PB-2A
512MB RAM
Delux MT375 case
Manli/nVidia Geforce 7300LE 256MB PCI-E
HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM/CDRW
2x 80GB IDE WDC
Windows XP SP3 and 7 x86 dualboot

"XP"

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ OC'd to 3200+
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe
Allied AL-A400ATX 120mm 400W
512MB RAM
JNC RJA-52 case
Palit Radeon 9550 128MB AGP8x
Hitachi-LG DVD-ROM/CDRW and TEAC CD-540E
2x 80GB IDE WDC
K-World BT878 PCI TV Tuner
Windows XP SP3

"Turbo7"

AMD Athlon 750MHz
Epox EP-7KXA
Torrent Computers LC-B400ATX 400W (modified)
128MB RAM
Frontier black ATX case
HL-DT-ST GSA-H58N DVD-RW
15GB Quantum Fireball lct15 QML1500LC-A
nVidia Geforce MX440 AGP8x 64MB
Realtek RTL8139C NIC
Windows 98 SE

"Code 002"
Pentium 3 850MHz Coppermine
LuckyStar 6VA694+ (VIA 694X)
JNC LC-B350ATX 350W (modified)
256MB RAM
JNC FQ-70 case
Hitachi-LG GCE-8481B
10GB Seagate ST310211A - Windows 98 SE
40GB WD400BB - Windows 2000 Server
40GB Maxtor 6E040L0 - games drive
nVidia Geforce MX440 AGP8x 64MB
Realtek RTL8139C NIC
Sound Blaster 16 "SB16 VALUE" CT2770

"Code 001" (upcoming)
AMD K6-2 500MHz
LuckyStar 5MVP3 (VIA MVP3)
Frontier LC-B400ATX (modified and recapped)
256MB RAM
no case until I find a new one (or will possibly reuse the one that houses the EP-7KXA)
10GB Seagate ST310211A - 98SE Plus!
3dfx Voodoo 3 2000
VIA VT6202 PCI
Intel SB82558B PCI NIC (Compaq OEM)

"United States of Smash" (upcoming)

AMD Duron 1GHz
ECS K7VZA rev3 w/ Chaintech 7AJA2 BIOS (it works and runs MILES better than the original K7VZA bios)
Deer DR-A300ATX (modified)
384MB RAM
again no case
40GB WD400 IDE - Windows ME
MX440 AGP8x 64 MB (I have lots of them)
Realtek RTL8139D NIC

"Grape" (not sure, will post it if I get it)

Pentium III 500MHz Katmai
MSI MS-6163VA MB
192MB RAM
Mitsumi CRMC-FX4820T
8GB WDC Protege
Terratec/ESS TTSOLO PCI soundcard
ATI RAGE Pro 128 AGP (will probably replace it with a Geforce 2 MX400 64MB)

And this is the "mighty" fleet. Will post pictures tomorrow of those that are with me (some are stored away but accessible when I need them) as well as the parts I currently have and the ones I will get (mainly the K6-2) in detail. Feel free to ask me anything and also leave a suggestion if you think I should replace some parts in any of them.
I also have a Celeron 500MHz (Mendocino core) but no mobo to put it in 🙁 Hope I find a 440BX S370 mobo to put it in.

Also a virtual cookie to anyone who recognizes the names of the Coppermine, K6-2 and Duron machines.
hint: recent anime shows, 2016 and 2018 respectively

Last edited by PcBytes on 2018-07-07, 03:31. Edited 1 time in total.

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 1 of 12, by PcBytes

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Just converted a CuMine only mobo (the 6VA694+) into a Tualatin compatible board!

I used the Soyo SY-7VBA133U BIOS - it works just fine, and now the board POSTs happily with a Tualatin P3 at 1.1GHz.

Just a heads up - if you have a VIA 694X motherboard and a Tualatin, don't skip the 694X! I might be able to help you convert it to a Tualatin compatible board by just flashing a BIOS meant for 694T! They're the same chipset, with the only difference being the 694T supports Tualatin while 694X does not, otherwise they're 99% the same and compatible between each other (as long as the BIOS is coded to support Tualatins, that is)

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 2 of 12, by kixs

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Wasn't there also a bit different socket? At least when people did the mods, the pins had to be rewired. Most probably for proper voltage as Tualatins need only 1.5V.

Requests are also possible... /msg kixs

Reply 3 of 12, by PcBytes

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Great news!!!

The K6-2 is going to arrive here on Monday!

In the meantime, what would you suggest I should do to it once I get it? I already planned to install 98SE w/ Plus, but other than that, what would your ideal 98SE drive would include? I was thinking of 98lite (for some performance boost) and a Unofficial Service Pack 3.

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 5 of 12, by PcBytes

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oeuvre wrote:

skip the SP3 honestly, it has caused me grief in the past

Okay, noted.

What should I look into then? Any hotfixes I should be looking into specifically?

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 6 of 12, by oeuvre

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Directx june 2006 redistributable
IE 6.0 SP1
TweakUI 1.33
InstMsiA.exe
MDAC_TYP.exe
unicows.exe
vbrun60sp6.exe
Windows Media Player 9
WMI9X.exe

HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
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Reply 7 of 12, by PcBytes

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oeuvre wrote:
Directx june 2006 redistributable IE 6.0 SP1 TweakUI 1.33 InstMsiA.exe MDAC_TYP.exe unicows.exe vbrun60sp6.exe Windows Media Pla […]
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Directx june 2006 redistributable
IE 6.0 SP1
TweakUI 1.33
InstMsiA.exe
MDAC_TYP.exe
unicows.exe
vbrun60sp6.exe
Windows Media Player 9
WMI9X.exe

Okay, although wouldn't IE6 not work? I plan on using 98lite to slim the main install down.

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 9 of 12, by PcBytes

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98lite replaces explorer with the 95 version.

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 10 of 12, by PcBytes

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...aaand the K6-2 500 arrived!

One dented Tayeh cap (only a bit) but otherwise it POSTs fine and works as it should. Didn't get a successful boot into 98 but I suspect that being a conflict as the HDD came from the 7KXA machine.

I discarded the K7VZA machine for a KT400-based configuration with the Gigabyte GA-7VAX (KT400, DualBIOS). The only thing left to do on it now is to get it to run Athlon XPs. For some weird reason any 333 Athlon will shut down a few seconds after powering on. Semprons and Durons POST fine though.

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 11 of 12, by PcBytes

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Some pics of the K6-2 machine.

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    The motherboard, a Lucky Star 5MVP3 Rev2.1.
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"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 12 of 12, by PcBytes

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Updated the soundcard in the K6 - now it sports a Yamaha OPL3-SAX ISA Soundcard (from Labway).

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

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