wiretap wrote:

Picked up a Terratec DMX 6Fire w/ front panel today for $28.

The same seller also has a Terratec EWS 88MT for $29 if any of you are looking. Ebay seller is: altairman007

He's got a pretty low number of sold/purchased items, but so far there's been good communication, and he tells me that he's selling off some of his studio equipment.

I built my Terratec Audio studio PC awhile back. That EWS-88MT is missing the rear connector on the bay drive.
But I made a diagram on the pin-outs if anyone is interested.
Terratec EWS-88MT adapter mod advice ?
These Terratec sound cards and drives and terratec apps work good in Windows-XP too but not officially supported.
Just use backward compatibility in WinXP for apps.

SpectriaForce wrote:

Very nice. These cards have the potential to substantially increase in value.

SpectriaForce wrote:

Awesome. You can easily triple your investment if you want to sell it with a little bit of work.

From time to time this hobby seems more like a stockexchange 🤣

Went op-shopping (thrifting) and managed to find two pairs of 10 5.25 double density floppies for 2 bucks each. Normally I don't bother with them, but these were sealed and looked unopened. And being 360K disks, that was an extra bonus. Thank you very much, I'll be taking these. 😈


100% error free certified! Apparently 😜
Now that's something I haven't seen for a while. I guess we'll see if their claim holds up after 35 years in the shrinkwrap.

Being double density, these should work fine on my C64 as well as my 486, should the need arise to use them on the latter. Unfortunately my 5.25 drive in the 486 isn't exactly in the best of working order (needs a good disassembly and cleaning as well as lubrication), so I might keep a disk aside to test with later on. But at least I'll have something to make C64 disk images on.

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Went op-shopping (thrifting) and managed to find two pairs of 10 5.25 double density floppies for 2 bucks each. Normally I don't bother with them, but these were sealed and looked unopened. And being 360K disks, that was an extra bonus. Thank you very much, I'll be taking these. 😈


100% error free certified! Apparently 😜
Now that's something I haven't seen for a while. I guess we'll see if their claim holds up after 35 years in the shrinkwrap.

Being double density, these should work fine on my C64 as well as my 486, should the need arise to use them on the latter. Unfortunately my 5.25 drive in the 486 isn't exactly in the best of working order (needs a good disassembly and cleaning as well as lubrication), so I might keep a disk aside to test with later on. But at least I'll have something to make C64 disk images on.

Nice find - preferably, you should write to and format these disks in a 360 KB drive and not a 1.2 MB drive.

Not too much lately because I am moving to a house next month.
Only some 'recent' HW: XPS M1330 (now I have the 3),a boxed 4870x2 and an Alienware Aurora ALX.

the p120 and the 16m edo in the right place (intel advanced/zp, socket5, 430fx triton)

arncht wrote:

Speed, compared to the triton?

Must be slower than Triton. I will compare the VLB graphics performance to OPTi Python.

I got my Rage Fury MAXX in the mail but it was so fucking TERRIBLY packaged that one of the heatsinks got knocked off..

It was originally glued on with (apparently) thermal epoxy, how do I glue this back on? Doublesided thermal tape? I'm not keen on scraping the residue off the chip..

If you want the heatsink to be in proper contact with the chip you'll have to scrape the leftover epoxy, no way around it. Depending on how well it's bonded it might actually come of the chip easier than the metal part. And if you don't much care for the chip markings then sandpaper is going to make short work of it anyway.
After that it's either glue or strips of doublesided tape - take your pick. Both work equally well and are a pain to undo (well that's the point that it holds the heatsink well). I think tape is easier to work with though.

appiah4 wrote:

I got my Rage Fury MAXX in the mail but it was so fucking TERRIBLY packaged that one of the heatsinks got knocked off..

does it even work anymore? this magnitude of force is more than enough to crack some balls under the chip

rasz_pl wrote:

appiah4 wrote:

I got my Rage Fury MAXX in the mail but it was so fucking TERRIBLY packaged that one of the heatsinks got knocked off..

does it even work anymore? this magnitude of force is more than enough to crack some balls under the chip

I haven't tested it yet.. My hope is that 20 years made the epoxy brittle enough that it broke off without requiring too much force. I will restore it to at least cosmetically fine state, then try it. If it works, great. If not: 🙁

I sincerely hope none of the ball joints are cracked.. Worst case, I will give it a bake in the oven?

appiah4 wrote:

I got my Rage Fury MAXX in the mail but it was so fucking TERRIBLY packaged that one of the heatsinks got knocked off..

It was originally glued on with (apparently) thermal epoxy, how do I glue this back on? Doublesided thermal tape? I'm not keen on scraping the residue off the chip..

This thermal glue can be dissolved by acetone or kerosene. The white paint isn't sensitive to these.

A sharp modeling knife and much patience later:

And voila, one ATI Rage Fury MAXX restored.. But does it work? We'll find out soon enough.

will you be full of fury if it doesn't work?

The amount of *rage* that this card will bring you if broken will go way off the charts (... Get it?)

Maxximum Rage.. (No I haven't tried it yet, don't have a build with an AGP slot around and won't have one for a few weeks..)

appiah4 wrote:

Maxximum Rage.. (No I haven't tried it yet, don't have a build with an AGP slot around and won't have one for a few weeks..)

Ooh, good luck - I was going to add that there is superglue / epoxy debonder that disolves the glue, but maybe that's just kerosene? I have a 20 year old bottle of it that was used to clear the epoxy off of my ATi Radeon DDR 64MB. I have a recollection of clearing off that white thermal glue with that stuff, and about the same way you did overall.

Intel486dx33 wrote:

I built my Terratec Audio studio PC awhile back. That EWS-88MT is missing the rear connector on the bay drive. But I made a diag […]
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wiretap wrote:

Picked up a Terratec DMX 6Fire w/ front panel today for $28.
The same seller also has a Terratec EWS 88MT for $29 if any of you are looking. Ebay seller is: altairman007
He's got a pretty low number of sold/purchased items, but so far there's been good communication, and he tells me that he's selling off some of his studio equipment.

I built my Terratec Audio studio PC awhile back. That EWS-88MT is missing the rear connector on the bay drive.
But I made a diagram on the pin-outs if anyone is interested.
Terratec EWS-88MT adapter mod advice ?
These Terratec sound cards and drives and terratec apps work good in Windows-XP too but not officially supported.
Just use backward compatibility in WinXP for apps.

That case setup looks amazing 😀 I really like the choice of DVD drive as well, I was tempted to pick one of those up when I first saw it, very fitting for that case design. Do each of those cards work together without fighting for resources?

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Today, I received a completely broken motherboard! The one motherboard I've been seeking out for a few months because I have a special adapter, for this very specific motherboard. That the seller chose to package in just bubblewrap, going across the oceans, hundreds of miles, just arrive looking like this. Doesn't work at all...

edit: somehow within 5 minutes of contacting the seller about this, I found the same motherboard, weird that I couldn't find it before? (though this one is more expensive, but down the rabbit hole I go)

Thermalwrong wrote:

Ooh, good luck - I was going to add that there is superglue / epoxy debonder that disolves the glue, but maybe that's just keros […]
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appiah4 wrote:

Maxximum Rage.. (No I haven't tried it yet, don't have a build with an AGP slot around and won't have one for a few weeks..)

Ooh, good luck - I was going to add that there is superglue / epoxy debonder that disolves the glue, but maybe that's just kerosene? I have a 20 year old bottle of it that was used to clear the epoxy off of my ATi Radeon DDR 64MB. I have a recollection of clearing off that white thermal glue with that stuff, and about the same way you did overall.

Intel486dx33 wrote:

I built my Terratec Audio studio PC awhile back. That EWS-88MT is missing the rear connector on the bay drive. But I made a diag […]
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wiretap wrote:

Picked up a Terratec DMX 6Fire w/ front panel today for $28.
The same seller also has a Terratec EWS 88MT for $29 if any of you are looking. Ebay seller is: altairman007
He's got a pretty low number of sold/purchased items, but so far there's been good communication, and he tells me that he's selling off some of his studio equipment.

I built my Terratec Audio studio PC awhile back. That EWS-88MT is missing the rear connector on the bay drive.
But I made a diagram on the pin-outs if anyone is interested.
Terratec EWS-88MT adapter mod advice ?
These Terratec sound cards and drives and terratec apps work good in Windows-XP too but not officially supported.
Just use backward compatibility in WinXP for apps.

That case setup looks amazing 😀 I really like the choice of DVD drive as well, I was tempted to pick one of those up when I first saw it, very fitting for that case design. Do each of those cards work together without fighting for resources?

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Today, I received a completely broken motherboard! The one motherboard I've been seeking out for a few months because I have a special adapter, for this very specific motherboard. That the seller chose to package in just bubblewrap, going across the oceans, hundreds of miles, just arrive looking like this. Doesn't work at all...

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edit: somehow within 5 minutes of contacting the seller about this, I found the same motherboard, weird that I couldn't find it before? (though this one is more expensive, but down the rabbit hole I go)

I had the same issue with a Intel Advanced/ATX (Thor) 430FX board, the seller only shipped it in a thin layer of bubblewrap and it was dead as a doornail, no posts, nothing. got a refund for shipping damage. I later got another one which works fine, even was packaged much better, with more layers of bubblewrap and some newspaper outside of it, even has a MR BIOS installed on it.

Thermalwrong wrote:

Today, I received a completely broken motherboard! The one motherboard I've been seeking out for a few months because I have a special adapter, for this very specific motherboard. That the seller chose to package in just bubblewrap, going across the oceans, hundreds of miles, just arrive looking like this. Doesn't work at all...

That doesn't look too bad, there shouldn't be anything there to cause the mobo not to work unless the inside layers copper got exposed and is shorting to something. If you can't return it then I'd suggest to file this corner down a bit with sandpaper. Then you can apply some clear coating to prevent further shorts and oxidation from creeping in.