cyclone3d wrote on 2020-09-10, 21:20:

Personally I wouldn't really mention it to the seller lest you destroy your chances of buying similar "scrap" lots in the future.

Last time I tried to tell a seller about how they destroyed a good card by cutting off the edge connector they told me they received it that way... yeah, right....

I would be more happy if the systems would still be in one piece than buying cheap scrap lots...so maybe next time he will offer the whole PC. I wouldnt buy it for 2000€, but others for sure...

but at least pretty much all the parts are still there ^^ pretty sure the PPC was part of the tower system too.

Yes...but as far as I can see this can only be build in this special tower which seems to be hard to get...

nothing a bit of modding can't fix ^^

dionb wrote on 2020-09-10, 08:22:

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kolderman wrote on 2020-09-10, 08:03:

This.

Re: Year 2003 Athlon XP Build - CoolerMaster Wave Master *Photo Heavy*

Whoa, that's a monster.

No, I was talking much simpler design:

BTW, you messed up your photo embed from Google.

If it's hosted on Google Photos, try this: Re: Televideo Telewave Audio 32 sound card, questions about its onboard wavetable ROM

If it's on Google Drive, there's something else to do instead.

OR you could always attach the photo.

Bought an usb floppy drive because I didn't have one...

.. and 35x disks because I didn't have enough 😏😁

20€ total, that 's ok here.

appiah4 wrote on 2020-09-08, 11:26:

Teapos from 14-15 year ago are the epitome of capacitor plague in my experience, all my Socket A stuff with Teapo caps bulged and leaked.

Teapo low/ultra low ESR caps are crap. More general purpose Teapo caps are better.

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-09-10, 03:40:

The smaller one has thin fins so it wouldn't surprise me if it cools better. The big one has a thicker base so it will probably take longer to heat up and the temps will probably stay more steady but the CPU will probably run hotter overall.

Prepare to be surprised. I did a test, and the outcome was no surprise to me. I ran Prime95 for over an hour with both coolers installed, all else the same, using Arctic Silver 5 on both. The AX7 was 10 degrees cooler, while still being less noisy.

AX7:

Adaptec:

Repo Man11 wrote on 2020-09-11, 02:14:

Prepare to be surprised. I did a test, and the outcome was no surprise to me. I ran Prime95 for over an hour with both coolers i […]
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cyclone3d wrote on 2020-09-10, 03:40:

The smaller one has thin fins so it wouldn't surprise me if it cools better. The big one has a thicker base so it will probably take longer to heat up and the temps will probably stay more steady but the CPU will probably run hotter overall.

Prepare to be surprised. I did a test, and the outcome was no surprise to me. I ran Prime95 for over an hour with both coolers installed, all else the same, using Arctic Silver 5 on both. The AX7 was 10 degrees cooler, while still being less noisy.

AX7:

Adaptec:

Very cool 😁. Not what I was expecting.

U got programming mags from early 90s? I got programming mags from early 90s.

Predator99 wrote on 2020-09-08, 19:12:

Saved in cooperation with imi (THANKS again!). Who spots the most valuable item? Sellers pics. s-l1600 (3).jpg s-l1600 (1).jpg […]
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Saved in cooperation with imi (THANKS again!).
Who spots the most valuable item?
Sellers pics.
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box 1 continued...

Somebody spots something else interesting on the overview photo? Think the remaining parts are standard/trash...

Repo Man11 wrote on 2020-09-11, 02:14:

The AX7 was 10 degrees cooler, while still being less noisy.

Is AX7 the big or the small one?

Predator99 wrote on 2020-09-11, 07:57:

box 1 continued... IMG_1015r.jpg IMG_1019r.jpg IMG_1023r.jpg IMG_1025r.jpg […]
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box 1 continued...
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Mind adding some description for those of us not versed in MCA? I mean, one of them says "Ram Expansion", so no questions there, but the others I have no idea what they are.

devius wrote on 2020-09-11, 08:51:

Predator99 wrote on 2020-09-11, 07:57:

box 1 continued... IMG_1015r.jpg IMG_1019r.jpg IMG_1023r.jpg IMG_1025r.jpg […]
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box 1 continued...
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Mind adding some description for those of us not versed in MCA? I mean, one of them says "Ram Expansion", so no questions there, but the others I have no idea what they are.

Also no expert and have to google. But the most important everybody should know is the original IBM 8514/A 😉
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_8514

devius wrote on 2020-09-11, 08:51:

Mind adding some description for those of us not versed in MCA? I mean, one of them says "Ram Expansion", so no questions there, but the others I have no idea what they are.

#1 IBM 8514/A One of the very first VGA cards with some form of 2D acceleration
#2 probably a parallel port card - i'd have to google the 40-pin dip chips to be sure
#3 2-8mb expansion board. Probably designed for the 386 IBM model 80, but would fit most ps/2 systems with a 32-bit MCA slot.
Also, those 72-pin simms that were in that same lot of items, go in that board. Its special ram.

Predator99 wrote on 2020-09-11, 07:58:

IMG_1026r.jpg IMG_1028r.jpg […]
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Somebody spots something else interesting on the overview photo? Think the remaining parts are standard/trash...
s-l1600 (1) (1).jpg

There is an Amiga accelerator in there, looks like an 020 or 030 for an A1200?

The rest is certainly not standard/trash either IMO..

kolderman wrote on 2020-09-11, 06:02:

U got programming mags from early 90s? I got programming mags from early 90s.

I collect Dr Dobbs magazine and my oldest is 1986.

appiah4 wrote on 2020-09-11, 09:20:

Predator99 wrote on 2020-09-11, 07:58:

IMG_1026r.jpg IMG_1028r.jpg […]
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IMG_1026r.jpg
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Somebody spots something else interesting on the overview photo? Think the remaining parts are standard/trash...
s-l1600 (1) (1).jpg

There is an Amiga accelerator in there, looks like an 020 or 030 for an A1200?

The rest is certainly not standard/trash either IMO..

yeah we already went through the amiga/zorro stuff in the last few pages ^^

there's this weird card on top that looks like a modem but has a simm-slot??
and there's a Leadtek Winfast Geforce 2 Pro/Ti?

imi wrote on 2020-09-11, 10:27:

appiah4 wrote on 2020-09-11, 09:20:

Predator99 wrote on 2020-09-11, 07:58:

IMG_1026r.jpg IMG_1028r.jpg […]
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IMG_1026r.jpg
IMG_1028r.jpg

Somebody spots something else interesting on the overview photo? Think the remaining parts are standard/trash...
s-l1600 (1) (1).jpg

There is an Amiga accelerator in there, looks like an 020 or 030 for an A1200?

The rest is certainly not standard/trash either IMO..

there's this weird card on top that looks like a modem but has a simm-slot??

Yes, this seem sindeed to be a strange modem-card. With or without simm-slot without use. Can post a photo later...