TheAbandonwareGuy wrote on 2022-08-13, 01:19:

These caps were full on vented. Like you don't need a PHD in electronics to know caps shouldn't look like THIS: […]
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Thermalwrong wrote on 2022-08-12, 23:20:

TheAbandonwareGuy wrote on 2022-08-12, 17:38:

On a side note, literally just received the G6600. "Works great" yeah I'm sure it did, with the 5 vented capacitors on the front. Obviously was never tested (or at least not within the last decade). Why are there so many dirtbag sellers in the retro computer parts space?

Eh, I don't think they're that bad, folks selling broken from use / worn out stuff is better than sellers that are selling things with crushed cores and loads of missing SMD components.

Really though I think even spotting 'bad fan' / 'bad caps' is a lot of ask of most sellers, but it's nice they're still selling these things rather than putting them out for scrap, especially where there's an obvious fault (that hopefully hasn't lead to worse faults...).

These caps were full on vented. Like you don't need a PHD in electronics to know caps shouldn't look like THIS:

If they were just bulging or hairline vented I would be more understanding but these have gone full blossom. Like this objectively a level of failure you should recognize if your selling electronics in any capacity.

This being said the seller did issue a full refund fairly quickly, so I'll probably still leave positive feedback. I might try to recap this piece of shit at some point, I need to order caps for a 6800GT I've had for years anyways (I hate ordering caps, such a pain)

This is electronics maintenance that I don't think most folks could / would want to do for the price points they're selling at. Eventually everything's gonna be broken like this if it's not cared for / repaired right and the numbers will keep dwindling, more so for cards that were run fairly hard in their lifetime e.g. GF6800 & Radeon 9700/9800. Just, personally I don't think an obvious fault like that is that bad. Much better that than a bad BGA RAM chip, although that could be a resulting fault from running with ruined capacitors.

For bad sellers though - I bought a job lot of old electronics with a mix of 70s PCBs, a PC Chips M919 and a Kapok 6200 laptop's mainboard, the seller only sent me the 70s PCBs, ergh, not so useful to me.

I recently snapped up this Montego II Quadzilla (Vortex 2) still sealed. The wrap is pretty loose, though. I'm curious to see all that's inside, but I don't know if I'll open it.

Meatball wrote on 2022-08-14, 00:15:

I recently snapped up this Montego II Quadzilla (Vortex 2) still sealed. The wrap is pretty loose, though. I'm curious to see all that's inside, but I don't know if I'll open it.

What did you pay for it? Just Curious xD

Thermalwrong wrote on 2022-08-14, 00:06:

TheAbandonwareGuy wrote on 2022-08-13, 01:19:

These caps were full on vented. Like you don't need a PHD in electronics to know caps shouldn't look like THIS: […]
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Thermalwrong wrote on 2022-08-12, 23:20:

Eh, I don't think they're that bad, folks selling broken from use / worn out stuff is better than sellers that are selling things with crushed cores and loads of missing SMD components.

Really though I think even spotting 'bad fan' / 'bad caps' is a lot of ask of most sellers, but it's nice they're still selling these things rather than putting them out for scrap, especially where there's an obvious fault (that hopefully hasn't lead to worse faults...).

These caps were full on vented. Like you don't need a PHD in electronics to know caps shouldn't look like THIS:

If they were just bulging or hairline vented I would be more understanding but these have gone full blossom. Like this objectively a level of failure you should recognize if your selling electronics in any capacity.

This being said the seller did issue a full refund fairly quickly, so I'll probably still leave positive feedback. I might try to recap this piece of shit at some point, I need to order caps for a 6800GT I've had for years anyways (I hate ordering caps, such a pain)

This is electronics maintenance that I don't think most folks could / would want to do for the price points they're selling at. Eventually everything's gonna be broken like this if it's not cared for / repaired right and the numbers will keep dwindling, more so for cards that were run fairly hard in their lifetime e.g. GF6800 & Radeon 9700/9800. Just, personally I don't think an obvious fault like that is that bad. Much better that than a bad BGA RAM chip, although that could be a resulting fault from running with ruined capacitors.

For bad sellers though - I bought a job lot of old electronics with a mix of 70s PCBs, a PC Chips M919 and a Kapok 6200 laptop's mainboard, the seller only sent me the 70s PCBs, ergh, not so useful to me.

I don't expect them to repair it, I expect them to either not sell it or sell it at a price that reflects the fact it doesn't work (10-25 percent of working value) and clearly state it as such. Its scummy and lazy to sell stuff you haven't tested as working. There is zero excuse for it. I should go back to my old policy of always leaving negative feedback for sellers that do this.

Meatball wrote on 2022-08-14, 00:15:

I recently snapped up this Montego II Quadzilla (Vortex 2) still sealed. The wrap is pretty loose, though. I'm curious to see all that's inside, but I don't know if I'll open it.

Nice shot, but I don't think it's originally packaged - it seems to me that the box has chipped corners and has been wrapped in foil as an afterthought.

Ydee wrote on 2022-08-14, 07:02:

Meatball wrote on 2022-08-14, 00:15:

I recently snapped up this Montego II Quadzilla (Vortex 2) still sealed. The wrap is pretty loose, though. I'm curious to see all that's inside, but I don't know if I'll open it.

Nice shot, but I don't think it's originally packaged - it seems to me that the box has chipped corners and has been wrapped in foil as an afterthought.

Nah thats not right, happens from time to time. I own a myself bought PS One and a PS2 original Sealed in a Box never Opened i bought them for the Idea
of Price Raising back then. They are both well Stored, but the PSX Package has chipped Corners and is somehow...well not as good looking as it should.
Overtime the Cardboard get "Structure Failures" of the Weight and the Point Keeping it up..It Takes Years to happen but it happens. You could
maybe avoid it by turning the package evry 1 or half year and flip it..but who does that?

Ydee wrote on 2022-08-14, 07:02:

Meatball wrote on 2022-08-14, 00:15:

I recently snapped up this Montego II Quadzilla (Vortex 2) still sealed. The wrap is pretty loose, though. I'm curious to see all that's inside, but I don't know if I'll open it.

Nice shot, but I don't think it's originally packaged - it seems to me that the box has chipped corners and has been wrapped in foil as an afterthought.

It's understandable to suggest since I wasn't clear with my wording.

It's original, the wrap is loose because it has a T-split and rip at the entire seam of the bottom, and the entire length of the box has somewhere between minor and middling concave crush damage. It has the same consistency as the wrap of the box on the right and the corners are tight. It's because of the size of the split and the big chunk missing off of the front which makes me think I might as well open it. Then I can straighten out the box (crushed boxes bother me to no end...)

Finally found a boxed rampat! Plus that might go into a Tandy 1000TL/2

3DFX Voodoo Rush - Skywell Magic 3D Rush (Lite) 4MB PCI (1997)

3DFX Voodoo2 - Gainward Dragon 3000 12MB PCI (Boxed) (1998)

Asus SK8V-UAY Socket 940 Motherboard (VIA K8T800) (2003)

Creative 3DO Blaster (Boxed) with CR-563-B IDE CD-ROM Drive

Artex wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:08:

3DFX Voodoo Rush - Skywell Magic 3D Rush (Lite) 4MB PCI (1997) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/924/I9b2V6.jpg htt […]
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3DFX Voodoo Rush - Skywell Magic 3D Rush (Lite) 4MB PCI (1997)

3DFX Voodoo2 - Gainward Dragon 3000 12MB PCI (Boxed) (1998)

Asus SK8V-UAY Socket 940 Motherboard (VIA K8T800) (2003)

Creative 3DO Blaster (Boxed) with CR-563-B IDE CD-ROM Drive

WOW the 3DO Blaster is rly nice, but the Dragoon 3000 is weird 8 or 12 MB....so its a luck what you get?

When Artrex comes out with that Bling! Nice purchases mate!

Artex wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:08:

Asus SK8V-UAY Socket 940 Motherboard (VIA K8T800) (2003)

It's a bit weird seeing a plain unboxed motherboard is in the middle of an impressive post like that 😅 I can't really see what's so special about it, so can someone enlighten me?

Artex wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:08:

3DFX Voodoo2 - Gainward Dragon 3000 12MB PCI (Boxed) (1998)

interesting, didn't the gainward 3000 cards usually have green heatsinks and a different PCB layout?

imi wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:46:

Artex wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:08:

3DFX Voodoo2 - Gainward Dragon 3000 12MB PCI (Boxed) (1998)

interesting, didn't the gainward 3000 cards usually have green heatsinks and a different PCB layout?

Mine has a different lay-out but no heatsinks (or someone removed them…). The part number is ICUVGA-GW803N whereas Artex’ card doesn’t have the N-suffix. So perhaps the Gainward card was available with both PCB designs.

Artex wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:08:

3DFX Voodoo Rush - Skywell Magic 3D Rush (Lite) 4MB PCI (1997) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/924/I9b2V6.jpg htt […]
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3DFX Voodoo Rush - Skywell Magic 3D Rush (Lite) 4MB PCI (1997)

3DFX Voodoo2 - Gainward Dragon 3000 12MB PCI (Boxed) (1998)

Asus SK8V-UAY Socket 940 Motherboard (VIA K8T800) (2003)

Creative 3DO Blaster (Boxed) with CR-563-B IDE CD-ROM Drive

Remember man, your mission is to destroy all alien invaders in Egypt. Your weekend is full.

devius wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:33:

Artex wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:08:

Asus SK8V-UAY Socket 940 Motherboard (VIA K8T800) (2003)

It's a bit weird seeing a plain unboxed motherboard is in the middle of an impressive post like that 😅 I can't really see what's so special about it, so can someone enlighten me?

Socket 940 based consumer/prosumer boards are a bit rare. You can use it with an Opteron and the FX-51.

PD2JK wrote on 2022-08-14, 17:01:

Socket 940 based consumer/prosumer boards are a bit rare. You can use it with an Opteron and the FX-51.

Yup! That's the plan - It's "Hammer Time" with the FX-51 I'm going to use here.

Peter.Mengel wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:16:

..but the Dragoon 3000 is weird 8 or 12 MB....so its a luck what you get?

This one is the 12MB variant.

Bancho wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:21:

When Artrex comes out with that Bling! Nice purchases mate!

Thank you!

liqmat wrote on 2022-08-14, 17:00:

Remember man, your mission is to destroy all alien invaders in Egypt. Your weekend is full.

Hahah - so classic. Cheers Liqmat!

Artex wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:08:

Creative 3DO Blaster (Boxed) with CR-563-B IDE CD-ROM Drive

Always nice to see a 3DO Blaster, I really like the whole concept of "run actual console hardware in your PC". Too bad it never really took off.

I wonder how it would have performed commercially if they bundled at least one really good game in the package. SSF2T for the 3DO is an amazing port, and at the time it would have been a "killer app" to justify the high price of the product.

Artex wrote on 2022-08-14, 16:08:

3DFX Voodoo Rush - Skywell Magic 3D Rush (Lite) 4MB PCI (1997) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/924/I9b2V6.jpg htt […]
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3DFX Voodoo Rush - Skywell Magic 3D Rush (Lite) 4MB PCI (1997)

3DFX Voodoo2 - Gainward Dragon 3000 12MB PCI (Boxed) (1998)

Asus SK8V-UAY Socket 940 Motherboard (VIA K8T800) (2003)

Creative 3DO Blaster (Boxed) with CR-563-B IDE CD-ROM Drive

Lol the Creative 3DO Blaster, that shit is expensive AF... Last time i saw one with box did cost up to 1000$.... But guess u got urs for this 600$ price..

I got the same Voodoo Rush some months ago, looks very nice (did think it may have more memory, but seems nah), the oriignal box is for sure ugly, at least the card itself looks very nice..
BTW dont use imageshack, is crap site, imgur is better, but anyway i prefer to upload everything to the forum directly, that nothing will ever dissapear..

I got some cool looking 'ears' for my laptop 😁

It's an IBM Portable Stereo 20x CD-Rom drive - a PCMCIA CD-ROM with an integrated ES1688 soundcard. It came boxed and accessories are all there although it's clearly used, lots of cables to connect up the power and the speakers all at once.

The sound is working in Windows with the original driver disk and it sounds pretty good! Sadly the support for games is pretty abysmal in my experience so far:
- It has a DMA emulation driver in Windows, so sound works in Windows and it can play wave files.
- It can and midis in Windows 95, nice! ESFM sounds pretty good on these speakers.
- But it doesn't map the FM 0x388 port at all so there's no real adlib / fm support in games. Maybe general midi could work but I haven't got that working with anything yet.
- And I haven't yet been able to get digital audio working in any games yet, but that might be dos4gw and Windows games could work

Has anyone else tried out the soundcard features on the 1969-111/011 or 1969-109/009?

edit: ah, the readme files clears it up, at least they were honest:

8. Sound with the 20X Max Portable Stereo CD ROM Drive is
supported in a native Windows 95 environment. Sound is
not supported in a DOS application within Windows 95.