Re: IBM Aptiva 2144-M51

Posted on 2017-12-08, 07:12

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by kanecvr

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If the system was bought in 1995, it's probably a socket 5 machine. Personally I recall seeing IBM Aptiva machines in this form factor only in socket 5, nothing in socket 7, witch means the pentium 200 will not work on it, since that is a dual-voltage chip. What you need is a non MMX pentium 200 ( …

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Re: Overclocken barrier

Posted on 2017-12-05, 17:21

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by kanecvr

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Asus A7N8X Deluxe This motherboard don't have separate 12v rail for CPU. I don't think it's really stable even on 2600mhz. But that's pretty much all you can achieve even with water cooling. Everything beyond that most likely will require temperatures below zero. The A7N8X is not a great …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2017-12-03, 16:45

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by kanecvr

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Just got a hold of a X79 motherboard yesterday (definitely NOT selling this one) and upgraded my current PC. I also got a hold of some other goodies for black friday - namely a well ventilated, good looking (in my opinion) cheap, compact ATX case (Segotep Halo 5) and a 240mm water cooler really …

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Re: Is this board any good?

Posted on 2017-11-30, 13:25

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by kanecvr

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I am aware 440BX being "the sh*t" but they are rare, in fact any decent pre-2000 era HW is costly here. I bought it though, it has a P2 MMX and some RAM on it. Couldn't resist for 12,50...there is also an ASUS P4B w. Williamette 1.7 included, probably nothing much since it's PC133 SDRAM so that P4 …

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Re: Will a GeForce FX 5500 work in a 2x (3.3v) Slot?

Posted on 2017-11-25, 11:08

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by kanecvr

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The FX 5200/5500 should work fine on a AGP 2x board.

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Re: New board Amptron DX-9700

Posted on 2017-11-25, 11:06

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by kanecvr

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That's a really interesting board. It looks like it has pipeline burst style cache like a pentium machine - would make a great POD5V or Cx5x86 rig. It even has a COAST socket for additional cache. Does it have PS/2 ?

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2017-11-22, 11:17

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by kanecvr

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Andy1979 wrote: IMG_1873.JPG IMG_1878.JPG I wouldn't be keeping that PC in that cabinet if I were you. I don't see any vents and it looks like it could overheat.

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Re: 370 Slotket help

Posted on 2017-11-19, 21:51

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by kanecvr

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Jumperless slotkets were sold back in the day for mendocino celeron CPUs. They usually don't run with coppermine P3 chips, but there are exceptions.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-19, 14:26

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by kanecvr

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Mine is missing the metal shroud. *snip* It seems to work in any gigabyte nforce 4 SLi motherboard. Is it actually limited to gigabyte boards or is it the SLI chipset that's important ? It will work on any motherboard but only one GPU is detected. It will work in SLi mode (both GPUs detected) on …

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Re: DataExpert EXP8449 won't POST

Posted on 2017-11-19, 04:21

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by kanecvr

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I haven't checked for that yet. Even if it is a UMC rebrand, we don't have the UMC 8881/8886 chipsets. One guy on eevblog was saying that this $6 poor-man's logic analyser for $6 could be of use, http://forum.hobbycomponents.com/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=1891 The chipset is ALi. I have an identical …

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Re: Pentium Or 486. Can't Decide

Posted on 2017-11-19, 04:18

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by kanecvr

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clueless1 wrote: None of the games you listed, except for Doom and ROTT, would struggle on the 486. On the other hand, the Pentium can be slowed down via cache manipulation. Doom runs great on a 66MHz 486. It's playable on a 33MHz DX as well.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-19, 00:26

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by kanecvr

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Mine is missing the metal shroud. Here's a pic of the card w/o it's cooler: It seems to work in any gigabyte nforce 4 SLi motherboard.

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Re: Does most ISA video card have tv-out capability?

Posted on 2017-11-18, 18:47

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by kanecvr

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I don't know of any ISA cards with TV out capability. You'll need to capture the output from the VGA connector. I have this one ;-) *snip* Please resize the pictures before posting them, some don't display correctly. As for the card you posted, the metal box makes me think of a all-in-wonder card …

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Re: Building SS7 K6-2 Rig -- video board choices?

Posted on 2017-11-18, 18:26

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by kanecvr

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Geforce would be the most compatible. Compatible with what? All those cards will work fine in most super 7 motherboards. Every card other than the G200 will be bottlenecked by the K6-2. It really is kind of a toss-up after this, my suggestion is to find the one that runs the most stable on this …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-18, 18:13

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by kanecvr

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BitWrangler wrote: xeon3d wrote: Tip: It's a very rare graphic card 😀 Not a WORKING Gigabyte card???!!! (Gigabytch as I like to call them have not been kind to me over the years. 😁 ) I have quite a few gigabyte cards in my collection - all working.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-16, 12:48

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by kanecvr

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TheAbandonwareGuy wrote: vlask wrote: Robotron 1715 with printer, manuals and 4 boxes of floppys. Sadly not working, need repairs... Robotron. Sounds like something I would find in the middle of an abandoned shack in Fallout. And it looks the part as well.

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Re: Best PC the year 2000 could provide.

Posted on 2017-11-16, 02:34

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by kanecvr

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1600x1200 gaming was unheard of in 2000, the fillrate of cards on the market would be hopeless against that many pixels per frame at the framerates you are looking for so that is no wonder. 1280x1024 was a luxury, I could barely run some things at 1280x960. 1024x768 was the norm. I remember. In …

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Re: ASUS-P2b - 133 MHZ FSB?

Posted on 2017-11-15, 20:12

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by kanecvr

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The only slot 1 i440 board I know that will safely work @ 133Mhz is the ABIT BE6II. As far as I know the P2B does not support 133Mhz FSB, but later revisions should come with an overclocking option for 133MHz. I'd advise against it, since you will be running AGP out of spec.

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Re: Best PC the year 2000 could provide.

Posted on 2017-11-15, 07:59

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by kanecvr

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After trying some period correct year 2000 hardware - socket 423 1.5GHz willamette and a 1300Mhz athlon (don't have a 1266Mhz version) with a geforce 2 Titanium I came to the conclusion that the best PC for year 2000 games is a 2002-2003 PC. Wile all games I tried are perfectly playable at 1024x768, …

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Re: Looking for BX440 or S370 with ISA and AGP MB

Posted on 2017-11-13, 01:52

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by kanecvr

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Abit BE6-II

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