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HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
Since it finally has a proper backplate, re-posting my K6-2 Voodoo/SLI system.
The case was repurposed from a P4. It badly needs a retrobright, and I will get to it come summer. Otherwise, I thought it looked enough like the K6-2 cases of Presarios and Aptivas and whatnot that had doors on the front.. Fitting case? Bad idea? You tell me Vogons 😀
Away on holiday for New Year, brought my (trans)portable retro gaming rig.
That Sound Canvas PCMCIA card is a nice touch.
Discord: https://discord.gg/U5dJw7x
Systems from the Compaq Portable 1 to Ryzen 9 5950X
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/retropcuser
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
Very nice! What model Thinkpad is it? (can't make out any model number in the picture)
486DX2-66/16MB/S3 Trio32 VLB/SBPro2/GUS
P233 MMX/64MB/Voodoo2/Matrox/YMF719/GUS CD3
Duron 800/256MB/Savage4 Pro/SBLive (IN PROGRESS)
Toshiba 430CDT
It's a 370C with a Dock I. DX4/75 with 20MB, Colour TFT, CF hard disk, SB16 in the dock with a SCSI CDROM.
That is one decked out laptop.
Discord: https://discord.gg/U5dJw7x
Systems from the Compaq Portable 1 to Ryzen 9 5950X
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/retropcuser
wrote:Away on holiday for New Year, brought my (trans)portable retro gaming rig. […]
Away on holiday for New Year, brought my (trans)portable retro gaming rig.
Yeah! A great RetroStation!
I don't see Skeletor?
asus tx97-e, 233mmx, voodoo1, s3 virge ,sb16
asus p5a, k6-3+ @ 550mhz, voodoo2 12mb sli, gf2 gts, awe32
asus p3b-f, p3-700, voodoo3 3500TV agp, awe64
asus tusl2-c, p3-S 1,4ghz, voodoo5 5500, live!
asus a7n8x DL, barton cpu, 6800ultra, Voodoo3 pci, audigy1
wrote:Away on holiday for New Year, brought my (trans)portable retro gaming rig.
That's a lovely notebook 😊
I own a new (or almost new) TP 380E, only needs a new clock and backup battery. It has a DSTN screen, but I have a couple Toshiba's that are more suitable for gaming. My plan is to restore all my laptops to fully working condition this year.
wrote:I don't see Skeletor?
Purple tentacle is an evern bigger threat.
eisapc
Purple Tentacle is an acceptable substitute.
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
Well, hello there!
This is my first real post in this forum, although I have been a reader for a while. Today I finished my first retro rig! Most parts I got cheap on eBay, some I had l lying around.
ASRock P4-478 Combo Motherboard
Intel Pentium IV
1GB DDR 400 RAM
Mitsumi 1.44 Floppy Drive
Gotek USB Floppy Emulator
4 GB SD card in SD to IDE converter for the OS
150 GB Seagate IDE HDD
TEAC DVD Drive
LG DVD Recorder
ATI Radeon 9200
Creative Sound Blaster Live!
Windows 98 SE
I would have gone with a Pentium III but I just got this motherboard together with the processor dirt cheap.
Unfortunately the PSU fan speeds up and gets very loud as soon as I start 3D hardware accelerated games like Jedi Knight or Unreal Gold (the only two I tested so far actually). I wouldn't have thought that the PSU would get under that much load with this setup. This is really annoying. Any tips? Will a better PSU resolve the issue?
Otherwise I'm quite happy and I especially like how the case looks. I'm not that happy with the SD to IDE converter just dangling there. But so far I haven't found a good way to secure it. Maybe I'll switch it for one of those CF-IDE brackets.
1. You have two bad caps near the CPU socket
2. Where's the heatsink?
"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB
wrote:2. Where's the heatsink?
I thought this too at first, but it turns out that motherboard has a really weird layout; there is an Intel s478 stock cooler hiding underneath that snarl of cables just behind the FDD.
Really, with that in mind, it's not surprising at all the PSU fan apparently gets loud at load, even considering that OP didn't tell us which P4 they're using. I don't see any case fans in there, either, so naturally it's up to the PSU fan to exhaust all that Netburst heat.
wrote:1. You have two bad caps near the CPU socket
2. Where's the heatsink?
Wow, how can you tell they are bad from this blurry photo? But you are right. I just took a closer look and their end caps look a bit bulgy. And those two are not the only ones 😢
The heat sink is on the right. This is one of those weird double socket boards and my processor is in the right socket. The left one is empty.
wrote:Wow, how can you tell they are bad from this blurry photo?
Simple, I can notice the different reflection on those two as opposed to all other caps.
ASRock boards from that era tend to develop bad caps quite a lot.
"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB
wrote:Really, with that in mind, it's not surprising at all the PSU fan apparently gets loud at load, even considering that OP didn't tell us which P4 they're using. I don't see any case fans in there, either, so naturally it's up to the PSU fan to exhaust all that Netburst heat.
The CPU is an Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz. Yes, adding some fans seems like a good idea 🤣 . I just tested the same games with the case open, thus letting more cool air get to the parts. This brought some relief already.
wrote:wrote:Wow, how can you tell they are bad from this blurry photo?
Simple, I can notice the different reflection on those two as opposed to all other caps.
ASRock boards from that era tend to develop bad caps quite a lot.
So... is it worth to change the caps or better just through the whole board out? I am quite handy with a soldering iron.
