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First post, by PC@LIVE

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I've had the Office PC on the bench for too long, today it's time to transfer it to a case 🏘, I have a free one that fits quite well, inside it says Antec design, I have no idea if it means it's produced by Antec or others (?), the total black exterior, it will make a nice contrast with the interior, between blue MB, red Enermax power supply and other details like RAM, in short, you feel the lack of a window, and in any case I won't make cuts to get one.

If in the future I found another one (case), with a windowed side door, then I could transfer the HW inside the one with a window, and I would reuse this for other PCs while waiting for a case.

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AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
AMD K62+ 550 SOYO 5EMA+ and many others
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Reply 1 of 9, by PC@LIVE

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I'm almost done assembling everything, as you can see, I make a summary of the configuration:
ABIT IP35 (775)
CPU Intel Core2 Duo E4600 @ 2400 MHz
4 GB RAM DDR2 CL4-5
GF GT620 2 GB 🇬🇧 PCI-E
HD Seagate 500 GB SATA
Enermax Coolergiant Total Power 600W
LG SATA 5.25 Disc drive

AMD 286-16 287-10 4MB HD 45MB VGA 256KB
AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
AMD K62+ 550 SOYO 5EMA+ and many others
AST Pentium Pro 200 MHz L2 256KB

Reply 2 of 9, by PC@LIVE

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If you have any questions or suggestions, I really appreciate them, or if you want you can point out what can be better, compared to 🫡 the current configuration.

Thank you very much ☺️

AMD 286-16 287-10 4MB HD 45MB VGA 256KB
AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
AMD K62+ 550 SOYO 5EMA+ and many others
AST Pentium Pro 200 MHz L2 256KB

Reply 3 of 9, by chinny22

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Guessing this is a WinXP build?
Personally I like a Creative card for EAX support, ideally a SoundBlaster X-Fi for WinXP.

Reply 4 of 9, by soggi

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I like the ABIT IP35 and hopefully you have flashed the latest beta BIOS!? 😀

kind regards
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Vintage BIOSes, firmware, drivers, tools, manuals and (3dfx) game patches -> soggi's BIOS & Firmware Page

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Reply 5 of 9, by PC@LIVE

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chinny22 wrote on 2024-11-18, 02:43:

Guessing this is a WinXP build?
Personally I like a Creative card for EAX support, ideally a SoundBlaster X-Fi for WinXP.

Well at the moment for this PC I loaded Windows 7 X86 (32 bits), and the PC is used for Office, which I loaded into the disk, there is a program to write, spreadsheet, database, and more, I connected the microscope 🔬, a cheap version that only serves to see on the screen, unfortunately there is not enough space to be able to work, the distance is small, unfortunately!
As for the audio, at the moment I use the one supplied with the MB, but in the future I could follow your suggestion, I have a couple of SB X-Fi, which I keep aside to put one in a PC.

AMD 286-16 287-10 4MB HD 45MB VGA 256KB
AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
AMD K62+ 550 SOYO 5EMA+ and many others
AST Pentium Pro 200 MHz L2 256KB

Reply 6 of 9, by PC@LIVE

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soggi wrote on 2024-11-18, 04:19:

I like the ABIT IP35 and hopefully you have flashed the latest beta BIOS!? 😀

kind regards
soggi

Honestly I can't tell you if the BIOS is the latest version, but I can check in the next few days, I should start it to do some bench, at the moment I'm working on other PCs or motherboards, for example I'm preparing an ECS NForce3-939A with Athlon 64 3700, with an NV6800GT, the goal is a Game PC with Windows 98SE.

AMD 286-16 287-10 4MB HD 45MB VGA 256KB
AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
AMD K62+ 550 SOYO 5EMA+ and many others
AST Pentium Pro 200 MHz L2 256KB

Reply 7 of 9, by PC@LIVE

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Bought these, for a similar HW use, in reality they are chair feet 🪑, but the use I will make of them is different, they will go to the Antec case, of the originals there are only two left, at this point, I replace them all with these, they are made of hard plastic, but they will be fine, I have two alternatives, use the double-sided, or different screws, with a nut 🔩 at the other end.

AMD 286-16 287-10 4MB HD 45MB VGA 256KB
AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
AMD K62+ 550 SOYO 5EMA+ and many others
AST Pentium Pro 200 MHz L2 256KB

Reply 8 of 9, by PC@LIVE

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Small update, I installed only two of the new feet, because the front ones are difficult to reach, but I will remedy it as soon as possible, the result in my opinion, is quite good, considering that the new ones were certainly not designed, for Case PC use.

AMD 286-16 287-10 4MB HD 45MB VGA 256KB
AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
AMD K62+ 550 SOYO 5EMA+ and many others
AST Pentium Pro 200 MHz L2 256KB

Reply 9 of 9, by PC@LIVE

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Today I finished assembling the new feet, the rear ones were very easy to put on, the front ones were even too difficult 😫, I had to use some tools 🎸 🎷 🥁, but it was really complicated, the space was extremely tight, and the total impossibility of creating a maneuvering space, it almost made me give up, but I did it!
Now I have all four new feet, and I hope 🤞 not to have to change them in the future, in other cases 🏘, it wouldn't have been difficult, because the support for the drives doesn't come that low, however the final result, for me is perfect 👌
Before closing the PC, I noticed a pin of the 34 pin (floppy) port, crooked and that seems to be in contact with the nearby one, maybe 🤔 this explains why the PC turns off at startup and then turns on again, I fixed it, but I haven't tried the PC, if it starts without turning off, I think I solved the problem, I'll let you know about this soon.

AMD 286-16 287-10 4MB HD 45MB VGA 256KB
AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
AMD K62+ 550 SOYO 5EMA+ and many others
AST Pentium Pro 200 MHz L2 256KB