PD2JK wrote on 2025-06-28, 07:44:

Tnx! Yeah.. DTK, Abit, Epox... All gone... Or merged?

Epox - SuPOX
DFI - gone from retail market, workstation/enterprise only
ABIT - merged with USI, went down in 2009 but the chinese seem to have brought back the universal abit brand back
DTK - unknown

dominusprog wrote on 2025-06-28, 10:08:

Bought these new old stock CD-ROMs. Unfortunately, I found out the TEAC has the silver panel afterward.

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Now you have an excuse to buy a Lian Li case.

Got the ECS Photon KV2 Extreme repaired and cleaned. X2 4800+ was included for pretty cheap, another win in the CPU lottery. 😀

Look at this little disco ball in action.
https://youtu.be/Ms_cMzWX6yY?si=4tA9RevaUXbGtDgw

Masterchief79 wrote on 2025-06-28, 20:17:

Got the ECS Photon KV2 Extreme repaired and cleaned. X2 4800+ was included for pretty cheap, another win in the CPU lottery. :) […]
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Got the ECS Photon KV2 Extreme repaired and cleaned. X2 4800+ was included for pretty cheap, another win in the CPU lottery. 😀

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Look at this little disco ball in action.
https://youtu.be/Ms_cMzWX6yY?si=4tA9RevaUXbGtDgw

Wow, what a crazy board! Lots of questionable early-2000s marketing stuff silk screened on there! Like, what is Dual Channel DDR 999 DIMM? Or PCI Extreme?

All the colorful board lighting is impressive too. This has to be one of the first motherboards with purely cosmetic lighting built in. I have honestly never seen anything like it from that time period.

Such a cool board. And with a 4800+ too! Nice find!

Repo Man11 wrote on 2025-06-28, 18:39:

dominusprog wrote on 2025-06-28, 10:08:

Bought these new old stock CD-ROMs. Unfortunately, I found out the TEAC has the silver panel afterward.

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Now you have an excuse to buy a Lian Li case.

That would be ideal for an early 2000 build 😁.

Ozzuneoj wrote on 2025-06-28, 20:46:

Wow, what a crazy board! Lots of questionable early-2000s marketing stuff silk screened on there! Like, what is Dual Channel DDR […]
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Masterchief79 wrote on 2025-06-28, 20:17:

Got the ECS Photon KV2 Extreme repaired and cleaned. X2 4800+ was included for pretty cheap, another win in the CPU lottery. :) […]
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Got the ECS Photon KV2 Extreme repaired and cleaned. X2 4800+ was included for pretty cheap, another win in the CPU lottery. 😀

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Look at this little disco ball in action.
https://youtu.be/Ms_cMzWX6yY?si=4tA9RevaUXbGtDgw

Wow, what a crazy board! Lots of questionable early-2000s marketing stuff silk screened on there! Like, what is Dual Channel DDR 999 DIMM? Or PCI Extreme?

All the colorful board lighting is impressive too. This has to be one of the first motherboards with purely cosmetic lighting built in. I have honestly never seen anything like it from that time period.

Such a cool board. And with a 4800+ too! Nice find!

Glad you like It <3
The marketing was wild. They even promoted the rounded corners of the board as a feature and designed a logo for it. 😁

The 4800+ is average at best and tops out at about 2650MHz@1.5V. But no matter.
Last pic with my only purple GFX.

I also scored a bundle containing a MSI 848P, 3GHz Northwood (30 cap EE reject), 2x1GB Mem, and most importantly, a working Radeon 9800XXL. The CPU had some bent pins, but I got it working again. Tops out at 3.65GHz@1.625V on my ABIT IC7G.

I always have a soft spot for unusual slim and SFF retro PCs, and when I saw this strange little Fujitsu Siemens "pizza box" when browsing eBay for badly described old PCs, I couldn't resist! Made an offer below the seller's asking price, but probably still paid slightly over the odds for what it is ...

It's an i845 based Pentium 4 in a kind-of-ITX type format, but with dual PCI riser card, slim CD-ROM drive, and space + connector for a slim floppy drive (which are available on eBay in the correct Fujitsu off-black with mounting bracket!). This one has a 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 and 512Mb (2 x 256) DDR RAM.

The PSU is by AC-bel (generally good quality for OEMs?) and seems half way between FlexATX and TFX formats - thankfully it has standard 20pin ATX connector + 4 pin CPU power, and checked out nicely with a PSU tester. I had a moment of thinking it was dead, but realised it will only boot with the "tamper" switch shorted. Remarkably (considering the period and the limited airflow) all the capacitors seem fine!

Any tips for removing the CPU cooler? I tried pushing on the levers, but they seemed very stiff, and I heard some ominous creaks! I'm sure it would benefit from re-pasting, but also sure I've seen horror stories of P4 coolers ripping off the CPU from the socket when removing a dried on cooler?

I'm hoping that the Intel 845G integrated graphics would do the job for most Win9x games, and with an SB-Live or YMF744, this little pizza box would do a good job of retro at my main desk - like a thin client type setup - but with original media drives.

justin1985 wrote on 2025-06-30, 14:29:

I always have a soft spot for unusual slim and SFF retro PCs, and when I saw this strange little Fujitsu Siemens "pizza box" whe […]
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I always have a soft spot for unusual slim and SFF retro PCs, and when I saw this strange little Fujitsu Siemens "pizza box" when browsing eBay for badly described old PCs, I couldn't resist! Made an offer below the seller's asking price, but probably still paid slightly over the odds for what it is ...

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It's an i845 based Pentium 4 in a kind-of-ITX type format, but with dual PCI riser card, slim CD-ROM drive, and space + connector for a slim floppy drive (which are available on eBay in the correct Fujitsu off-black with mounting bracket!). This one has a 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 and 512Mb (2 x 256) DDR RAM.

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The PSU is by AC-bel (generally good quality for OEMs?) and seems half way between FlexATX and TFX formats - thankfully it has standard 20pin ATX connector + 4 pin CPU power, and checked out nicely with a PSU tester. I had a moment of thinking it was dead, but realised it will only boot with the "tamper" switch shorted. Remarkably (considering the period and the limited airflow) all the capacitors seem fine!

Any tips for removing the CPU cooler? I tried pushing on the levers, but they seemed very stiff, and I heard some ominous creaks! I'm sure it would benefit from re-pasting, but also sure I've seen horror stories of P4 coolers ripping off the CPU from the socket when removing a dried on cooler?

I'm hoping that the Intel 845G integrated graphics would do the job for most Win9x games, and with an SB-Live or YMF744, this little pizza box would do a good job of retro at my main desk - like a thin client type setup - but with original media drives.

That's a cool little machine! I like the look of it.

Not sure if the PSU could handle it, but it'd be interesting to see how much gaming performance you could squeeze out of it with a PCI video card.

It's been a long time since I've tried to game on first gen Intel Extreme Graphics, but I think the performance is somewhere around a vanilla TNT2 or Rage 128 Pro... but with Intel driver support of course. So, you could drop nearly any PCI Geforce or Radeon in there for a performance boost... it'd just be a matter of when the PCI bandwidth became a limitation. Also, space\heat\power would be a concern. 😀

Or do something crazy and install a PCI HD5450 or GT520\GT610. 😮

Ozzuneoj wrote on 2025-06-30, 15:32:

Not sure if the PSU could handle it, but it'd be interesting to see how much gaming performance you could squeeze out of it with a PCI video card.

It's been a long time since I've tried to game on first gen Intel Extreme Graphics, but I think the performance is somewhere around a vanilla TNT2 or Rage 128 Pro... but with Intel driver support of course. So, you could drop nearly any PCI Geforce or Radeon in there for a performance boost... it'd just be a matter of when the PCI bandwidth became a limitation. Also, space\heat\power would be a concern. 😀

Or do something crazy and install a PCI HD5450 or GT520\GT610. 😮

Thanks! I actually just had a poke around eBay and found an NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 (i.e. FX5200) PCI for pretty cheap (although I had to order a DBS59 adapter cable too). Cooling is a concern though - with the baffles around the CPU and PSU's surprising lack of grilles other than the fan on the end, there doesn't actually seem to be any actual ventilation of the central part of the PC around the PCI slots ... If I also add a better sound card, it would be very tightly packed, and very little airflow ...

The first gen integrated Intel graphics are actually pretty capable, as long as you don't throw anytime too demanding at it. There are drivers for Windows 98 and performance is also very acceptable in DOS. It's highly underrated, although never competitive with whatever was contemporary from NVIDIA or ATI at the time.

At school we used to play the Soldier of Fortune LAN demo on similar spec machines. From what I remember, it wasn't a slide show. So yeah, great little machine which can handle quite a lot.

Bought this D-Link USB 2.0 card.

Nice little card, VIA chip I suppose given the number on the sticker?

Reminds me of sourcing some lower than 50MHz XTALs for the dual Pentium system to do some serious underclocking for passive cooling them.

PD2JK wrote on 2025-06-28, 07:44:

Yes that's the plan. I'm somewhat obligatory now to find a Chieftec with side window. 😆 […]
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gmaverick2k wrote on 2025-06-28, 06:59:

do you have plans to glow it up? I have a lanparty 939 nforce3 ultra but havent done uv lighting before

Yes that's the plan. I'm somewhat obligatory now to find a Chieftec with side window. 😆

Ydee wrote on 2025-06-28, 07:20:

Tnx! Yeah.. DTK, Abit, Epox... All gone... Or merged?

meh, used a lot of uv led strip inside a plastic container for winter retrobrighting my atari st 1040stfm. the plastic had broken so had chucked it all out into garage. just ripped off the led strips (stubbornly stuck onto foil) and tested to see glow effects. it's alright i guess

PD2JK wrote on 2025-07-01, 12:37:

Nice little card, VIA chip I suppose given the number on the sticker?

Reminds me of sourcing some lower than 50MHz XTALs for the dual Pentium system to do some serious underclocking for passive cooling them.

Thanks 🙂. I didn't find the exact revision, but it probably is a VIA chip. I hope it works on Windows ME. Yes, I love any card with a big ol' crystal like some revisions of VIBRA16😁.

PS. It seems the chips is a OPTi 82C861, which is great since it works fine on Windows ME.

Masterchief79 wrote on 2025-06-29, 20:12:

Glad you like It <3 The marketing was wild. They even promoted the rounded corners of the board as a feature and designed a logo […]
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Ozzuneoj wrote on 2025-06-28, 20:46:

Wow, what a crazy board! Lots of questionable early-2000s marketing stuff silk screened on there! Like, what is Dual Channel DDR […]
Show full quote

Masterchief79 wrote on 2025-06-28, 20:17:

Got the ECS Photon KV2 Extreme repaired and cleaned. X2 4800+ was included for pretty cheap, another win in the CPU lottery. :) […]
Show full quote

Got the ECS Photon KV2 Extreme repaired and cleaned. X2 4800+ was included for pretty cheap, another win in the CPU lottery. 😀

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Look at this little disco ball in action.
https://youtu.be/Ms_cMzWX6yY?si=4tA9RevaUXbGtDgw

Wow, what a crazy board! Lots of questionable early-2000s marketing stuff silk screened on there! Like, what is Dual Channel DDR 999 DIMM? Or PCI Extreme?

All the colorful board lighting is impressive too. This has to be one of the first motherboards with purely cosmetic lighting built in. I have honestly never seen anything like it from that time period.

Such a cool board. And with a 4800+ too! Nice find!

Glad you like It <3
The marketing was wild. They even promoted the rounded corners of the board as a feature and designed a logo for it. 😁

The 4800+ is average at best and tops out at about 2650MHz@1.5V. But no matter.
Last pic with my only purple GFX.

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I also scored a bundle containing a MSI 848P, 3GHz Northwood (30 cap EE reject), 2x1GB Mem, and most importantly, a working Radeon 9800XXL. The CPU had some bent pins, but I got it working again. Tops out at 3.65GHz@1.625V on my ABIT IC7G.

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How did you make that Noctua cooler fit on the 478 socket ??
Which model is it ?

I have not posted in a looooong time. Mostly due to lack of interrest in old school gaming and computing as such...... However.

Sold my Fat Playstation2 with extra's (HDD, network adapter and more), and bought this one (Picture below) for the money I recieved.
The Xbox comes with a modchip, though it working, it really need some love and fixing up.

First the three 3000uF 6,3 Volt cap's at the CPU socket are bulging, but the clock cap have been removed.
The 20gb harddrive are not in the best shape, but I have found a way to clone it on the console it self. I have a 120gb on hand.
Next up, I will be building a controller converter/adaptor, that are multi-console compatible, using a PI-Pico.
(I have also bought a USB converter cable for the OG Xbox)

brostenen wrote on 2025-07-01, 22:50:

I have not posted in a looooong time. Mostly due to lack of interrest in old school gaming and computing as such...... However. […]
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I have not posted in a looooong time. Mostly due to lack of interrest in old school gaming and computing as such...... However.

Sold my Fat Playstation2 with extra's (HDD, network adapter and more), and bought this one (Picture below) for the money I recieved.
The Xbox comes with a modchip, though it working, it really need some love and fixing up.

First the three 3000uF 6,3 Volt cap's at the CPU socket are bulging, but the clock cap have been removed.
The 20gb harddrive are not in the best shape, but I have found a way to clone it on the console it self. I have a 120gb on hand.
Next up, I will be building a controller converter/adaptor, that are multi-console compatible, using a PI-Pico.
(I have also bought a USB converter cable for the OG Xbox)

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Have fun!

The original Xbox is great for emulation of a variety of old systems.

pete8475 wrote on 2025-07-01, 23:49:

brostenen wrote on 2025-07-01, 22:50:

I have not posted in a looooong time. Mostly due to lack of interrest in old school gaming and computing as such...... However. […]
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I have not posted in a looooong time. Mostly due to lack of interrest in old school gaming and computing as such...... However.

Sold my Fat Playstation2 with extra's (HDD, network adapter and more), and bought this one (Picture below) for the money I recieved.
The Xbox comes with a modchip, though it working, it really need some love and fixing up.

First the three 3000uF 6,3 Volt cap's at the CPU socket are bulging, but the clock cap have been removed.
The 20gb harddrive are not in the best shape, but I have found a way to clone it on the console it self. I have a 120gb on hand.
Next up, I will be building a controller converter/adaptor, that are multi-console compatible, using a PI-Pico.
(I have also bought a USB converter cable for the OG Xbox)

The attachment xbox.jpg is no longer available

Have fun!

The original Xbox is great for emulation of a variety of old systems.

Thanks.
But the the only reason I bought it for, are to play one title called Outrun2 SP. I have an original, but it plays poorly on my 360. Emulation are done on my Wii anyway. Else I have a Super Nintendo too, but with one of them cartridge that uses SD cards. It is just cool that the Xbox have a bootchip. 😀 Gives me more and better choices, to preserve the HDD.

bestemor wrote on 2025-07-01, 17:07:

Masterchief79 wrote on 2025-06-29, 20:12:

Glad you like It <3 The marketing was wild. They even promoted the rounded corners of the board as a feature and designed a logo […]
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Ozzuneoj wrote on 2025-06-28, 20:46:

Wow, what a crazy board! Lots of questionable early-2000s marketing stuff silk screened on there! Like, what is Dual Channel DDR 999 DIMM? Or PCI Extreme?

All the colorful board lighting is impressive too. This has to be one of the first motherboards with purely cosmetic lighting built in. I have honestly never seen anything like it from that time period.

Such a cool board. And with a 4800+ too! Nice find!

Glad you like It <3
The marketing was wild. They even promoted the rounded corners of the board as a feature and designed a logo for it. 😁

The 4800+ is average at best and tops out at about 2650MHz@1.5V. But no matter.
Last pic with my only purple GFX.

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I also scored a bundle containing a MSI 848P, 3GHz Northwood (30 cap EE reject), 2x1GB Mem, and most importantly, a working Radeon 9800XXL. The CPU had some bent pins, but I got it working again. Tops out at 3.65GHz@1.625V on my ABIT IC7G.

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How did you make that Noctua cooler fit on the 478 socket ??
Which model is it ?

I didn't, it's mounted by gravity 😁
Should be an NHD-14 which absolutely does not fit on 478 boards of you try and mount it properly.

For a quick OC Test this is always great though.