smtkr wrote on 2022-11-25, 01:17:

TrashPanda wrote on 2022-11-24, 06:26:

Grabbed this Celeron 300A, Abit BH6, 128MB + TnT2 setup for a good price from a local seller here in Australia, seller confirms this Celeron runs stable at 450Mhz @ 100 FSB, going to use this board to see if there is much if any difference between the Slot 1 300A and the S370 300A, got a nice Celeron Slotket ready to go.

300A BH6.jpgTnT2.jpg

Its a nice bit of kit which Ill likely keep for future build.

The one tough thing about these Abit boards is the location of the ATX connector. I wanted to use a modern PSU with a 24-pin connector on mine and realized the 4 extra pins hang off in front of the AGP port. Luckily I have an old PSU from the era that I can use.

Yeah one of the few bad designed Abits. All that space between ram and cpu where the ATX connector should have been (is all that V+ or Gnd plane visible just for looks ?) . Get a short 24pin to 20 pin adapter.....

Horun wrote on 2022-11-25, 01:57:

smtkr wrote on 2022-11-25, 01:17:

TrashPanda wrote on 2022-11-24, 06:26:

Grabbed this Celeron 300A, Abit BH6, 128MB + TnT2 setup for a good price from a local seller here in Australia, seller confirms this Celeron runs stable at 450Mhz @ 100 FSB, going to use this board to see if there is much if any difference between the Slot 1 300A and the S370 300A, got a nice Celeron Slotket ready to go.

300A BH6.jpgTnT2.jpg

Its a nice bit of kit which Ill likely keep for future build.

The one tough thing about these Abit boards is the location of the ATX connector. I wanted to use a modern PSU with a 24-pin connector on mine and realized the 4 extra pins hang off in front of the AGP port. Luckily I have an old PSU from the era that I can use.

Yeah one of the few bad designed Abits. All that space between ram and cpu where the ATX connector should have been (is all that V+ or Gnd plane visible just for looks ?) . Get a short 24pin to 20 pin adapter.....

I have a ATX 20 pin extension that I can use so I can route the wires better so they dont get in the way of the AGP slot...its really a stupid place to put the ATX plug wonder what drugs the designers were on that day.

Got another Pentium 60/66 "gem" from a German guy.
Board is in pretty good condition and even has the voltage regulator section that is missing from most of these - used for providing higher output "needed" by the 66mhz versions.

The original Pentium hardware is my all time favorite and I'll need a nice tower to accommodate this "beast". Unfortunately the 66mhz P5s(SX950?) are hard to come by it seems.

Nexxen wrote on 2022-11-24, 20:52:

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RetroPC_King wrote on 2022-11-24, 18:32:

Nexxen wrote on 2022-11-24, 18:00:

My mistake, I mixed with A7v8X-X.
Took one for the other. 😀

OK. No problem. I also plan to put a modded BIOS by me on that A7N8X-X when I Have time. That ModBIOS 1010 consists of unlocking hidden options like Small Logo (EPA) Show and some overclock options, and also FLoppy DIsk B setting. Should I flash the ModBIOS 1010 made by me on that A7N8X-X?

If you have non soldered BIOS chip, use an external programmer.
If soldered, socket the BIOS and program it.

If you don't have programmer, good luck.
I did it before, tried to mod a bios that ended up not working (a russian utility) and had to desolder the bios anyway.
If you want to do tests a programmer is a must.

For me flashing the BIOS in case when is corrupted is no longer a stress. I have a EEPROM burner (TL866 one) that works, on USB. ASUS A7N8X-X have socketed BIOS chip, so is no stress for me. In case of failing, I will use my EEPROM burner. I flash the MODBIOS using AWDFLASH on the motherboard, modded the BIOS on a A7N8x Deluxe Rev 2.0 and on a A7N8X-E Deluxe, with 100% success rate, and worked. Used a 2007 MODBIN6 utility for it.

RetroPC_King wrote on 2022-11-25, 13:45:

Nexxen wrote on 2022-11-24, 20:52:

If you have non soldered BIOS chip, use an external programmer. If soldered, socket the BIOS and program it. […]
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RetroPC_King wrote on 2022-11-24, 18:32:

OK. No problem. I also plan to put a modded BIOS by me on that A7N8X-X when I Have time. That ModBIOS 1010 consists of unlocking hidden options like Small Logo (EPA) Show and some overclock options, and also FLoppy DIsk B setting. Should I flash the ModBIOS 1010 made by me on that A7N8X-X?

If you have non soldered BIOS chip, use an external programmer.
If soldered, socket the BIOS and program it.

If you don't have programmer, good luck.
I did it before, tried to mod a bios that ended up not working (a russian utility) and had to desolder the bios anyway.
If you want to do tests a programmer is a must.

For me flashing the BIOS in case when is corrupted is no longer a stress. I have a EEPROM burner (TL866 one) that works, on USB. ASUS A7N8X-X have socketed BIOS chip, so is no stress for me. In case of failing, I will use my EEPROM burner. I flash the MODBIOS using AWDFLASH on the motherboard, modded the BIOS on a A7N8x Deluxe Rev 2.0 and on a A7N8X-E Deluxe, with 100% success rate, and worked. Used a 2007 MODBIN6 utility for it.

Took note. I'm going to test that 😀

Got another Roland thing, this time an SCC-1.

Klipsch Promedia THX 2.1. Best speakers I've owned hands down

Flea market find...

EVGA e-GeForce 6800 GS 256 MB DDR3 AGP

Not retro, but I bought 16GB kit of DDR4 for my modern rig tu upgrade it to 32GB total, and... I wasn't expecting that style of packaging from Adata 😁. It reminds me of that time, when every gpu maker had to have some virtual chick on the box or the card itself (or both). It's interesting, because 3 years ago, as I was building my current rig, picked up the exact same kit and it came in more generic looking package. A surprise, to be sure... but a welcome one 😀.

Stuff like that makes me wish that the K-On ASUS HD4870 would have actually existed.
What's nice is that it looks like actual anime rather than mid-late 2000s CGI.

Included in my pile of parts for $50.00 was a 6800 Ultra. I was warned that it had heating issues...

Even after a very through cleaning and fresh thermal paste (Deepcool Z5) it's still a hot running card. It's CPU limited in my KT600 Socket A system even with the Sempron 3300+ @ 2.325 GHz.

Grabbed a couple of Vipower removable PATA HDD bays when I saw them in a thrift, nice to have in your tweener box for prepping HDD. The rear pusher 40mm fans on them look kinda useless though with about 3/4 of their swept area blocked... maybe those will end up on 486 DX4+ sinks.

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day so I took a ride to the recycling center. This is what I got:

Voodoo 3 PCI:

Gainward Voodoo banshee - odd looking for a banshee.

Unidentified AGP card - judging by the heatsink I'd say riva 128zx, but the 6ns memory seems a bit fast for a ZX, it's got an agp 4x connector and it seems to have the option for dual VGA outputs. Could be an S3 Savage or a SiS 305/315 I guess...

VLB Cirrus Logic card:

SiS chipset multi I/O card:

8 bit seria controller (I think)

Azza VIA MVP3 super-7 board

Some 386 motherboards. Some were covered with dirt, others have corrosion. Hopefully I can get at least one going. One of them is an Asus ISA-386C - I have high hopes for this one, it's not corroded or banged up.

MSI MS6167 slot A board with 550MHz CPU

Two intel VS440FX socket 8 ATX boards and one fujitsu siemens, probably off a Scenic system. Spent years looking for a socket 8 board and now the retro gods bless me with 3 of them. Hopefully I can get at least one going.

Socket3 wrote on 2022-11-27, 09:41:

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day so I took a ride to the recycling center. This is what I got: […]
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Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day so I took a ride to the recycling center. This is what I got:

Unidentified AGP card - judging by the heatsink I'd say riva 128zx, but the 6ns memory seems a bit fast for a ZX, it's got an agp 4x connector and it seems to have the option for dual VGA outputs. Could be an S3 Savage or a SiS 305/315 I guess...

Maybe TNT2 M64, have same with 6ns VT SDRAM.

Ydee wrote on 2022-11-27, 10:30:

Socket3 wrote on 2022-11-27, 09:41:

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day so I took a ride to the recycling center. This is what I got: […]
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Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day so I took a ride to the recycling center. This is what I got:

Unidentified AGP card - judging by the heatsink I'd say riva 128zx, but the 6ns memory seems a bit fast for a ZX, it's got an agp 4x connector and it seems to have the option for dual VGA outputs. Could be an S3 Savage or a SiS 305/315 I guess...

Maybe TNT2 M64, have same with 6ns VT SDRAM.

Spot on. It's an M64/Vanta.

BitWrangler wrote on 2022-11-27, 06:21:

Grabbed a couple of Vipower removable PATA HDD bays when I saw them in a thrift, nice to have in your tweener box for prepping HDD. The rear pusher 40mm fans on them look kinda useless though with about 3/4 of their swept area blocked... maybe those will end up on 486 DX4+ sinks.

I have one running in my BE6-II/P3 650 machine w/ a 80GB WD. I eventually managed to replace the fan with something less of a screamer, and it's been smooth sailing ever since.

My only complaint about mine would simply be the black color - I have yet to be able to find a standard beige one, and considering the case is a mix of gray (roof) and white, it doesn't quite look all that well, at least for me.

This PCI card which I'm not sure what kind it is... Video card or MPEG 2 hardware decoder, or both? Manufactured 1998.

OMORES wrote on 2022-11-27, 13:02:

This PCI card which I'm not sure what kind it is... Video card or MPEG 2 hardware decoder, or both? Manufactured 1998.

Maybe A-TREND Speedy TVDPM2T:
Image decoding
Full DVD and MPEG-2 quality decompression
Video CD and MPEG-1 playback
Full screen video playback in 800x600 resolution at 30 frames per second
PAL and NTSC TV output
Scalable video pane
Support for both 16:9 and 4:3 screens
Audio sound decoding
Real-time synchronization of audio and video
Dolby Digital (AC-3) 5.1 audio decoding
Convert to 2-channel analog SRS TruSurround
Convert to analog Dolby Prologic Surround Sound
SPDIF digital output
MPEG-Audio 2 channel audio decoding
3D graphics
Advanced 3D graphics processing with full DPS support and Windows 95/98 GUI acceleration, all 3D effects available
Over 500 points in 3D WinMark
DirectX 5.0 support
2D graphics
resolution 1600 * 1200 16-bit high-color 58 Hz
screen refresh rate 200 Hz
NOTE: The adapter works with Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows 98

Well, good news, it's a PCI video card first, then a MPEG2 decoder. (S3 GX/2 probably)

I think those are Rambus ram, so not S3, something weird