Picked up a refurbished floppy drive, as part of reviving my 2008 Windows XP machine. 😀

Picked up yet another QDI P6V693A/A5/133E (Advance 5/133E) (https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/qdi-p6 … -advance-5-133e)

This one came as dead but had the same issue I have on another board, if Vcore is > a certain value the watchdog chip (LM80) will prevent activity (no POST codes) or allow just to go to C1 00.
This time I had success using the lowest Vcore available, Celeron 600 1.5V.
Probably there is something wrong from Vcore path from CPU to LM80.

Board works fine with Celeron 600...

Picked these up today.

The P3B-F was my first ever motherboard (Got for free in 2003 I think? maybe 2004.) and I cut my teeth with that. Had a celeron 533, then a faster P3 in a slotket and then a Tualatin Celeron 1.4ghz which was awesome.

And the P5N-D is going to upgrade my XP rig so I can dual boot XP and 7. (Currently A64 3200+ @ 2.55ghz)

FadedSpark wrote on 2026-07-11, 02:52:

Picked these up today.

The P3B-F was my first ever motherboard (Got for free in 2003 I think? maybe 2004.) and I cut my teeth with that. Had a celeron 533, then a faster P3 in a slotket and then a Tualatin Celeron 1.4ghz which was awesome.

And the P5N-D is going to upgrade my XP rig so I can dual boot XP and 7. (Currently A64 3200+ @ 2.55ghz)

Make sure you put a fan on the P5N-D chipset cooler, it gets RIDICULOUSLY hot. Originally it came with one that clips on there.

pete8475 wrote on 2026-07-11, 07:50:

FadedSpark wrote on 2026-07-11, 02:52:

Picked these up today.

The P3B-F was my first ever motherboard (Got for free in 2003 I think? maybe 2004.) and I cut my teeth with that. Had a celeron 533, then a faster P3 in a slotket and then a Tualatin Celeron 1.4ghz which was awesome.

And the P5N-D is going to upgrade my XP rig so I can dual boot XP and 7. (Currently A64 3200+ @ 2.55ghz)

Make sure you put a fan on the P5N-D chipset cooler, it gets RIDCIULOUSLY hot. Originally it came with one that clips on there.

Classic nforce. Will probably replace with a noctua to keep it ugly 🤣

Pair of CT4500 AWE64 Value - sharing with a friend. Funny how different they are in the PCB colour, and different CT1703 revision.

And a CT2950 for me, as I thought it would be fun to mess around with sound card IDE port.

The CT2950

On Tuesday, I bought a Princeton HX-12E monitor and tested it on Friday afternoon with a janky wiring I used until the video cable arrived.

And here it is with the Bondwell B310 laptop connected to it:

Bought a mini batch of AGP video cards a little while ago, I think they are working, unfortunately you can't see it well from the details, and I have the doubt that some SMD may be missing.
Overall they are two fairly common video cards, and suitable for PCs of the end or beginning of the century, from what you read, one is ABIT Siluro T400, the other does not read but I think it is an ATI 9200 or very similar, I imagine they are intended for PCs like Intel P3 or the first AMD 462, for the moment I don't know much else, except that the ABIT had a cable to connect the TV, unfortunately there is not.

PC@LIVE wrote on 2026-07-12, 05:58:

Bought a mini batch of AGP video cards a little while ago, I think they are working, unfortunately you can't see it well from the details, and I have the doubt that some SMD may be missing.
Overall they are two fairly common video cards, and suitable for PCs of the end or beginning of the century, from what you read, one is ABIT Siluro T400, the other does not read but I think it is an ATI 9200 or very similar, I imagine they are intended for PCs like Intel P3 or the first AMD 462, for the moment I don't know much else, except that the ABIT had a cable to connect the TV, unfortunately there is not.

The Siluro cards are quite decent. Yours is 128-bit. Essentially, it's a top GF2 MX card. I also have one 128-bit MX400 and it's missing two SMDs on the back behind GPU, but it works completely fine. Here you have high-res images of that model, so you can check yours for those SMDs:

https://theretroweb.com/expansioncards/ ... t400-64mb

Your second card is an Yuan Radeon 9200 SE. You can check it out here:

https://vgamuseum.info/index.php/companies/it … -radeon-9200-se

Shader_BiH wrote on 2026-07-12, 07:29:

The Siluro cards are quite decent. Yours is 128-bit. Essentially, it's a top GF2 MX card. I also have one 128-bit MX400 and it's […]
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PC@LIVE wrote on 2026-07-12, 05:58:

Bought a mini batch of AGP video cards a little while ago, I think they are working, unfortunately you can't see it well from the details, and I have the doubt that some SMD may be missing.
Overall they are two fairly common video cards, and suitable for PCs of the end or beginning of the century, from what you read, one is ABIT Siluro T400, the other does not read but I think it is an ATI 9200 or very similar, I imagine they are intended for PCs like Intel P3 or the first AMD 462, for the moment I don't know much else, except that the ABIT had a cable to connect the TV, unfortunately there is not.

The Siluro cards are quite decent. Yours is 128-bit. Essentially, it's a top GF2 MX card. I also have one 128-bit MX400 and it's missing two SMDs on the back behind GPU, but it works completely fine. Here you have high-res images of that model, so you can check yours for those SMDs:

https://theretroweb.com/expansioncards/ ... t400-64mb

Your second card is an Yuan Radeon 9200 SE. You can check it out here:

https://vgamuseum.info/index.php/companies/it … -radeon-9200-se

Thank you very much friend, you gave me good information, and thank you for the links.
Probably the ABIT Siluro is much better than other cards with GFMX 400 chips, just for 128 bits, those let's say normal, if I remember correctly they are 64 bit, and therefore it could make a big difference.
Regarding the ATI 9200 SE, I have other identical and similar cards, probably being the SE model, you can't expect great performance.

Always keep an eye out for good DOS/conrol (single core + serial) systems, I grabbed this one for $20 when it appeared on "marketplace" only about 20 mins away!

ASUS A7V mainboard
Athlon 1100, 128m PC133 memory
PS2 Kbd + PS2 Mouse ports
2 Serial (COM) + 1 Parallel (LPT) ports
Floppy + CD-ROM + 40g IDE HD
AGP Video card
Intel PRO100 Network card
Audio Card(?)

(?)Can anyone provide mode detail (Make/Model, suitable drivers) on this audio card?
It has "YAMAHA YMF-724F-V" chip
Connectors along top: "TAD CD-IN VIDEO AUX SPDIF(unpopulated)"

Everything works - system has what appears a "fresh install" of Win98
(It shows unknown "PCI MULTIMEDIA" card)
I was able to boot DOS from floppy & access network via "packet driver"

DaveDDS wrote on 2026-07-12, 10:30:

Always keep an eye out for good DOS/conrol (single core + serial) systems, I grabbed this one for $20 when it appeared on "marke […]
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Always keep an eye out for good DOS/conrol (single core + serial) systems, I grabbed this one for $20 when it appeared on "marketplace" only about 20 mins away!

ASUS A7V mainboard
Athlon 1100, 128m PC133 memory
PS2 Kbd + PS2 Mouse ports
2 Serial (COM) + 1 Parallel (LPT) ports
Floppy + CD-ROM + 40g IDE HD
AGP Video card
Intel PRO100 Network card
Audio Card(?)

(?)Can anyone provide mode detail (Make/Model, suitable drivers) on this audio card?
It has "YAMAHA YMF-724F-V" chip
Connectors along top: "TAD CD-IN VIDEO AUX SPDIF(unpopulated)"

Everything works - system has what appears a "fresh install" of Win98
(It shows unknown "PCI MULTIMEDIA" card)
I was able to boot DOS from floppy & access network via "packet driver"

Google pointed to a Labway card. Here's a Retro Web link for a card that looks like yours:

https://theretroweb.com/expansioncards/s/labw … ration-xwave576

I think a lot of manufactures used the Yamaha reference design for YMF 7x4 cards. Drivers are pretty interchangeable for the YMF7x4 cards.

Thanks @fosterwj03!

That does look like exactly the same card, I'll try the drivers from RetreWeb.

Another one came in...

An SiS 6326

Not the top model, but it looked nice and in decent condition. Completes my SiS lineup. I will probably use it in 1st gen 3D comparison videos...

fosterwj03 wrote on 2026-07-12, 13:24:

Google pointed to a Labway card. Here's a Retro Web link for a card that looks like yours: […]
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DaveDDS wrote on 2026-07-12, 10:30:

Always keep an eye out for good DOS/conrol (single core + serial) systems, I grabbed this one for $20 when it appeared on "marke […]
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Always keep an eye out for good DOS/conrol (single core + serial) systems, I grabbed this one for $20 when it appeared on "marketplace" only about 20 mins away!

ASUS A7V mainboard
Athlon 1100, 128m PC133 memory
PS2 Kbd + PS2 Mouse ports
2 Serial (COM) + 1 Parallel (LPT) ports
Floppy + CD-ROM + 40g IDE HD
AGP Video card
Intel PRO100 Network card
Audio Card(?)

(?)Can anyone provide mode detail (Make/Model, suitable drivers) on this audio card?
It has "YAMAHA YMF-724F-V" chip
Connectors along top: "TAD CD-IN VIDEO AUX SPDIF(unpopulated)"

Everything works - system has what appears a "fresh install" of Win98
(It shows unknown "PCI MULTIMEDIA" card)
I was able to boot DOS from floppy & access network via "packet driver"

Google pointed to a Labway card. Here's a Retro Web link for a card that looks like yours:

https://theretroweb.com/expansioncards/s/labw … ration-xwave576

I think a lot of manufactures used the Yamaha reference design for YMF 7x4 cards. Drivers are pretty interchangeable for the YMF7x4 cards.

Oh that would definitely be a Labway. As a rule, any card that bears that LWHA number as the FCC ID is guaranteed to be a Labway card. Even if rebranded. (e.g Hercules and Addonics.)

Bought an early 2000s Winbond AH/BH-5 (AH/BH75) on a 266MHz 512MB, which is quite rare today:

Shader_BiH wrote on 2026-07-14, 14:42:

Another one came in... […]
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Another one came in...

An SiS 6326

Not the top model, but it looked nice and in decent condition. Completes my SiS lineup. I will probably use it in 1st gen 3D comparison videos...

Where they trying to make it look like a 3Dfx card with that font or what

SlowA wrote on Yesterday, 07:42:

Bought an early 2000s Winbond AH/BH-5 (AH/BH75) on a 266MHz 512MB, which is quite rare today: https://i.postimg.cc/W4DrS5Dz/Winb […]
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Bought an early 2000s Winbond AH/BH-5 (AH/BH75) on a 266MHz 512MB, which is quite rare today:

BH-5 ram is all over ebay if you know what to look for. Not rare at all.

Picked up 2 NIB FireGL V7100s. In 98 these cards punch way above what I was expecting, way faster than a 7950gt in Phils doom benchmark.