luckybob wrote:

and just think, all I wanted was the corsair ram dimms....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/202119853375

That box arrived and I was very disappointed with myself. Those dimms are 1GB. I have 2gb dimms. So now I STILL need to get 2x 2gb and NOW get 2x 1gb dimms. (because reasons)

The box itself was packed... OKAY. The seller literally just stuffed random memory into slots. I found RIMMS in the supermicro board that takes DDR3

I received:
Biostar A780L & athlon 64 x2 5400
Asus P5KC & P4@3.0GHz (SL7PU)
ECS K7S5A Pro & Amd 1700+
Supermicro C2SBX & C2D @2.2Ghz (SLA95) - missing heatsink, but I had a replacemen
Intel D975XBX & 3050 xeon (2.13GHz SL9TY)

The ram was all basic and non-descript save for the corsair and 4x 1gb ddr2-800 dimms in a nice red heatspreader. I now know that RIMMS fit into DDR3 slots. I hope like hell he just plugged them in and never tested them. Thank god the whole box of items only cost $25.

Couple of the boards will need a re-cap. I will likely do that and turn them to pay for other things. I find it quite therapeutic to solder things.

I also picked up a L2 cache card for the Macintosh 68040 series Quadra systems. (700,900,950) For those who are not familiar with Macs, the 68040 is comparable to the intel 486. In particular the Quadra 700 was the computers (in)famously on Jurassic Park. This card upgrades the computer from ZERO L2 cache to 128kb. Probably a decent upgrade.

https://imgur.com/a/YZMTV

probnot wrote:

Just came in the mail today. I'm looking forward to hearing these in person in my SB1.5 :D […]
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Just came in the mail today. I'm looking forward to hearing these in person in my SB1.5 😁

Awesome! I have an SB2.0 upgraded with the CMS chips and it is very cool! I hope to get it into a system soon so I can start using it more fully. 😀

Tested and working according to seller, 386SX 33 motherboard/CPU,4mb RAM, Trident 9000 ISA VGA, Winbond IDE/FDD serial etc i/o card. £36 for the lot.

@ Artex: Awesome 7950GT agp you scored there... I've got the 7800GS agp, 7900GS agp, 7800GS+ Bliss (24pp, 8vs version) but still did not locate the 7950GT, it should be even a tiny bit faster and indeed the fastest (Nvidia) agp card. It can not touch the Radeon HD4670 and HD3850 agp versions but for retro i like Nvidia better. Hope to also find it someday!

Do you also test all your hardware to see if it is working?

And what is so special about that 3200+ DKV4D cpu?

I was stupid enough to sell my 3850 AGP DDR3 from Sapphire, duuhhhh no wonder it sold in like 30 minutes...
What I'm looking for ATM are TOTL ATI 9700/800's but they are quite rare.

I'm also looking at an X1950XT but do they all come with 256MB GDDR3?? I have an EAH X1900XT but it's 512MB.

meljor wrote:

And what is so special about that 3200+ DKV4D cpu?

Athlon XP 3200+ (AXDA3200DKV4D)
Frequency: 2333 MHz
Bus speed: 333 MHz
Clock multiplier: 14

--> Not really common on ebay and other marketplaces...

BSA Starfire wrote:

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Tested and working according to seller, 386SX 33 motherboard/CPU,4mb RAM, Trident 9000 ISA VGA, Winbond IDE/FDD serial etc i/o card. £36 for the lot.

Hey, I have that board ^^ but mine's dead unfortunately (thank to the varta battery 🙁)

BSA Starfire wrote:

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Tested and working according to seller, 386SX 33 motherboard/CPU,4mb RAM, Trident 9000 ISA VGA, Winbond IDE/FDD serial etc i/o card. £36 for the lot.

Sweet... Congrats. 😀
For a new battery as a replacement for the Barrel type, I usually go for this solution.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-LIR2032-Li-ion-3 … 4MAAOSwpDdVGVUE

melbar wrote:

Athlon XP 3200+ (AXDA3200DKV4D) Frequency: 2333 MHz Bus speed: 333 MHz Clock multiplier: 14 […]
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meljor wrote:

And what is so special about that 3200+ DKV4D cpu?

Athlon XP 3200+ (AXDA3200DKV4D)
Frequency: 2333 MHz
Bus speed: 333 MHz
Clock multiplier: 14

--> Not really common on ebay and other marketplaces...

^^ This! Thanks melbar. Fastest clocked Barton.

meljor wrote:

Do you also test all your hardware to see if it is working?

Yep! I do have a test bench where I can quickly swap motherboards based on the generation of hardware I'm testing. I have some hard drives set up with different operating systems and just grab drivers as needed. I wish I had more TIME... 😀

meljor wrote:

Do you also test all your hardware to see if it is working?

I've been buying up motherboards lately to test my CPU and Graphics Card collections. I have boards for most PC generations from 486 and later, including Mini-ITX boards for some mobile sockets. Only thing I still need is 2GB or smaller IDE drives for 486 and earlier systems 😀 I will have at least 20 test systems when I get the right cases.

Socket3 heatsink with fan. NOS.

debs3759 wrote:

meljor wrote:

Do you also test all your hardware to see if it is working?

I've been buying up motherboards lately to test my CPU and Graphics Card collections. I have boards for most PC generations from 486 and later, including Mini-ITX boards for some mobile sockets. Only thing I still need is 2GB or smaller IDE drives for 486 and earlier systems 😀 I will have at least 20 test systems when I get the right cases.

Compact flash or SD cards work well for old systems.

Artex wrote:

melbar wrote:

Athlon XP 3200+ (AXDA3200DKV4D) Frequency: 2333 MHz Bus speed: 333 MHz Clock multiplier: 14 […]
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meljor wrote:

And what is so special about that 3200+ DKV4D cpu?

Athlon XP 3200+ (AXDA3200DKV4D)
Frequency: 2333 MHz
Bus speed: 333 MHz
Clock multiplier: 14

--> Not really common on ebay and other marketplaces...

^^ This! Thanks melbar. Fastest clocked Barton.

Its SOOOOO bloody confusing the old Thoroughbred & Barton CPUS, did those overclock at 400mhz?

dirkmirk wrote:

Its SOOOOO bloody confusing the old Thoroughbred & Barton CPUS, did those overclock at 400mhz?

It depends to the manufacturing date, that means if you can change the multiplier. If it fixed, i think it's too much for the core (14x200=2.8GHz).
If you can change the multiplier than you can set 12x200=2.4GHz.

Artex wrote:

Hah! Never noticed that but yeah! Here's the 6200 I have. :) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/922/Sqi2N4.jpg […]
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FuzzyLogic wrote:

Apparantly the folks at XFX were into doggies on their boxes

Hah! Never noticed that but yeah! Here's the 6200 I have. 😀

Looks a little bit like a doggy version of Bowser on steroids.

martin939 wrote:

This is the one I have, pretty much in mint condition (already gave it a good wash in soapy water) https://i.imgur.com/0zq7MIZ.j […]
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This is the one I have, pretty much in mint condition (already gave it a good wash in soapy water)

So... is it okay to wash electronic boards with water?

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

martin939 wrote:

This is the one I have, pretty much in mint condition (already gave it a good wash in soapy water) https://i.imgur.com/0zq7MIZ.j […]
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This is the one I have, pretty much in mint condition (already gave it a good wash in soapy water)

So... is it okay to wash electronic boards with water?

No problem at all. Just make sure it dries up completely before running any current trough it.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

martin939 wrote:

This is the one I have, pretty much in mint condition (already gave it a good wash in soapy water) https://i.imgur.com/0zq7MIZ.j […]
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This is the one I have, pretty much in mint condition (already gave it a good wash in soapy water)

So... is it okay to wash electronic boards with water?

Yup as long as you leave it to dry really well and remove any power source(like batteries and stuff).
small boards after being dry on air (and shadow) i usually put them on a box with silica gel to get them really dry.

Some recent pickups... The SCC-1A was a nice surprise as it was listed as a SCC-1. Upon closer inspection, it's the 1A variant with a few more instruments, and BOXED! Other than that, an odd-ball 3DFX Voodoo3 3000, some other 3DFX-related items including some stationary and one of the exit packets employees were given when they shut down.

I've started collecting some additional AMD boards including a KX133 Slot A board that was new in box, as well as the well-known and high-performing Abit NF7-S Rev. 2.0 which was one of the better boards back in the day, also new in box. I hope to use that new Barton in it.

On with the show!

3DFX Exit Packet 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢

3DFX Interactive MousePad (Old Logo)

3DFX Voodoo3 - 3DFX V3000-16 Rev. 1.0 16MB AGP (Boxed) (1999)

3DFX Voodoo Official Magazine Spring 1999

Abit NF7-S Version 2.0 NVIDIA Nforce2 Socket A ATX Motherboard (NOB) (2003)

Eagle JoinData Systems G486SLV Socket 3 with 256KB Cache (NOS) (1994)

EPoX EP-7KXA Via KX133 Slot A Motherboard (NIB) (2000)

Roland SCC-1A (Boxed) (1992)

Zalman CNPS 7000B-Cu LED CPU Cooler (NOS)

3DFX Voodoo2 - Quantum Obsidian2 90-2440 10MB PCI

3DFX Stationary

3DFX 'Take a Ride' Keychain

3DFX Matchbox

3DFX Voodoo5 6000 Case Badge