oh nice, those heatsinks are NOT common anymore

Stumbled into one of my favorite thrift stores today and found two motherboards. Both appeared never mounted. The ECS K7VTA3 V8 caught my eye as was in original box and the anti-static bag never opened.
The OEM Intel D865GLC also appeared never mounted so bought both AND it was old fart discount day so got both for 1/2 price. Have not tested them yet but know you all like pictures so here you go.
And Am not afraid to tell it cost me $20 for both after discount. Hope they both work, will not know until later when I have a chance to better check them out...

$20 for both boards? That is a bargain.

My first ASUS Media Bus compatible card arrived today.

Expectations are low. Probably a Jack of all trades when it comes to video or audio performance. Just nice to have an AMB card because I never had one back in the day.
I will use it in my upcoming Pentium Pro running NT 4.0 Server (I know, there’s no need for a sound card).

Snatched an ASUS V3800/M32 (TNT2 Ultra) from Ebay, which makes me quite happy because I used exactly that model in the end of the 90s/early 2000s to digitize VHS tapes. Though I used a Hauppauge PVR in the end.
It’s missing the box/cables (I probably still have those somewhere in the basement) and the clonky 3D glasses (they were a pain back then, I won’t miss them).

(Seller’s pic)

wiretap wrote on 2021-02-24, 20:05:

gex85 wrote on 2021-02-24, 19:36:

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-02-24, 14:40:

Awesome find! I always wanted one but sadly couldn't afford one. I keep looking but most people want an arm and a leg for one still.

Yeah I was browsing the local classifieds for a Lian Li case for another build and saw a case advertised with this display in it. I didn't want the case, but the seller agreed to sell the display separately for 15€ + shipping, which is absolutely fair I think.
When I tried to mount it I discovered that the bracket requires some sort of non-standard screws, at least the usual PC screws don't fit. I went through my very extensive collection of screws of varying obscurity and didn't find anything fitting so far... Maybe I will just drill some new holes into the bracket and cut standard M3 threads.

The screw size it takes is 2-56 or M2.5. I had to order some for mine. None of the hardware stores had them either 🤣.

Cool, thanks for pointing that out. I'll go through my various boxes of screws again. In case I don't find anything, I have a well stocked store for screws nearby (it's really a store specialized in screws, which is pretty cool).
Your tower looks fantastic btw, thanks for sharing the picture!

PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2021-02-25, 04:52:

My Socket 604 haul was more of a donation than a purchase :) but still […]
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My Socket 604 haul was more of a donation than a purchase 😀 but still

Complete in box Asus NCCH-DL dual socket server board (in the 'plain' Asus box, rather than the more bling retail one)
Lian Li PC-7 II Plus case
Pair of Thermalright HR-01X tower Xeon heatsinks

Thermalright HR-01X.jpg

luckybob wrote on 2021-02-25, 04:57:

oh nice, those heatsinks are NOT common anymore

Those Thermalright towers are gorgeous.

I have been using their heatsinks since purchasing an SK-7 coupled with a Panasonic Panaflo 80mm fan back in 2002. I went a short stint with a stock cooler a couple times in between, but I have personally owned an SK-7, an XP-90 (my brother had an XP-90C... what a beast that was!) and I was given an Ultra 120 Extreme by a friend online back in 2006, which I migrated through *13 years* of upgrades until I built a Ryzen 5 3600 system in 2019 and coupled it with an ARO-M14G. I still have all of them actively being used to cool systems too (the SK-7 is still in the original system with the same fan).

This is why I never bothered with water cooling. 😁

Bought a slightly bigger SONY tft (SDM X72) for my next project. The good thing is it works and has built-in speakers. The bad thing is the bezel cracked a bit in the top right corner during transport. The smaller brother is a SDM S53.

Fancy. The crack can be fixed with super glue and baking soda with a file to smooth it.

I wouldn't even touch it. It's a hairline crack, any amount of fooling with it it will be worst.

Two pickups

Sound Blaster CT1920 WaveTable upgrade. Never had one of those so only now I realised it doesn't have any audio jack, just a proprietary header. Need to find out how to connect it.

Also Stealth32 VLB without BIOS. Anyone happens to have a copy of ROM? If not I'd need to check if I can get it working with BIOS from one of my other ET4000 W32p cards....

mpe wrote on 2021-02-26, 13:22:

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Two pickups

Sound Blaster CT1920 WaveTable upgrade. Never had one of those so only now I realised it doesn't have any audio jack, just a proprietary header. Need to find out how to connect it.

Also Stealth32 VLB without BIOS. Anyone happens to have a copy of ROM? If not I'd need to check if I can get it working with BIOS from one of my other ET4000 W32p cards....

This thread should help with your ct1920.
Sound Blaster Vibra CT2940 (with OPL3) compatible with CT1922?
There are some pinouts posted there. 😀

mpe wrote on 2021-02-26, 13:22:

Two pickups

Sound Blaster CT1920 WaveTable upgrade. Never had one of those so only now I realised it doesn't have any audio jack, just a proprietary header. Need to find out how to connect it.

You can solder a 3.5mm jack or you can use a cd cable. However i think the ground pin on the card is actually on one of the either sides, instead of the middle (how it should be for a CD analog cable), but it works well. At one point i did this with my CT1920 and connected to the CD IN of my GUS. Alas, not only volume is a little low this card also requires the -5V rail, so keep that in mind.

Warlord wrote on 2021-02-26, 12:38:

I wouldn't even touch it. It's a hairline crack, any amount of fooling with it it will be worst.

I thought it was bigger than a hairline crack and it's best to leave it alone anyway.

I was just bidding this thing up to see how high it would go becasue it was already past what id pay for it since its not even the 24mb version just a shitty 16mb version. Can't believe it went for that. Thats vodoo 5500 territory. Arguably a much more desirable card.

bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-02-26, 21:09:

Warlord wrote on 2021-02-26, 12:38:

I wouldn't even touch it. It's a hairline crack, any amount of fooling with it it will be worst.

I thought it was bigger than a hairline crack and it's best to leave it alone anyway.

Thanks gents. Will leave it be.

Deksor wrote on 2020-10-07, 19:23:

@liqmat actually ECS was decent before they bought PCChips in the late 90's. Now you get why they went downhill afterwards ? ^^

It was more the other way around. Hsing Tech, the parent outfit of PC Chips, actually bought a large stake in ECS before merging with them.

Warlord wrote on 2021-02-27, 00:02:

I was just bidding this thing up to see how high it would go

What's the thinking behind bidding something up that you don't want? Just to be an A-hole?

Indeed, just as bad as shilling in my book.

Got these two external ZIP drives with several ZIP floppy disks. One of them was never used. I've never worked with ZIP drives. Should be interesting.

badmojo wrote on 2021-02-27, 10:30:

Warlord wrote on 2021-02-27, 00:02:

I was just bidding this thing up to see how high it would go

What's the thinking behind bidding something up that you don't want? Just to be an A-hole?

I wanted it at 1st, but then I realized someone put a high bid on it that was more than what I think it was worth IE not being a 24mb version. That person didn't win it anyways. However if youre going to bid $88 dollars for something than you deserve to pay that otherwise don't bid. The person who won it came in at the last 10 seconds. And was willing to pay anything for it apparently. Whats worst? Making someone pay what they bid for something or snipping items that you haven't bid on the last 2nd. Probably better to not try to attach moral authority.