Re: Okay but did you ever PURCHASE WinRAR?

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Grzyb wrote on Yesterday, 20:59: But it's not personalized for you, is it? It's not, but I just wrote my name on the street front of my house to make it personalized so I'm not missing out. Now everybody's gonna see that it's MINE! 🤣

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Re: Okay but did you ever PURCHASE WinRAR?

Posted on Yesterday, 20:22

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Sure, bought it for $3 used since it's perfectly legal to sell used software and transfer the license here. Ever since the EU kicked software companies in the ass it's easier to buy dirt cheap software instead of dealing with shady torrent versions. My Windows 11 COA cost me a grand total of $5, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-18, 16:31

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My favourite will probably make some people angry, but I like washing things in the dishwasher with no soap. Revived a few things that way. Drying is a matter of taste, really,but as long as it's dry dry after, so what does that. People usually forget that most dishwashers have a built-in water …

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Re: is seeking out a slot 1 celeron worth it?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 18:05

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"Legendary Celeron 300A overclocked to 721 MHz with dry ice cooling & 2,7V" https://muropaketti.com/tietotekniikka/retro- … eron-300alla/5/

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Re: Bad caps

Posted on 2024-05-02, 20:09

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I understand all these points but OP seemed reluctant to change caps so it was obvious that he didn't want to spend money to save a mediocre chinosium board. It's filled with g-luxon(teapo/jamicon) caps so he'd have to spend like $40 to replace all of those with decent Rubycons or Panasonics. He …

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Re: Bad caps

Posted on 2024-04-30, 19:58

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Nah, replacing caps on cheap mediocre boards isn't worth it in any universe. Just buy a working one for $5 and be done with it. 478 is basically trash no matter how we look at it.

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Re: Bad caps

Posted on 2024-04-26, 18:28

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Realistically, you'll probably never use that board for an extended period of time so replacing the cap is pointless (especially all of them), it will probably end up in the trash anyway. From a retro point of view there is no reason to leave it like that because it could cause all kind of weird …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-25, 16:02

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Jccwu wrote on 2024-04-25, 15:42: and more photos Love the Voodoo cards casually piled up like it's nothing. 😁 Great haul.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-04-18, 16:32

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can you tell us if you found out more about that 'myotest scope' from omszov? looks interesting It's a pulse massage machine used for the treatment of chronic pain with multiple waveform modes. It outputs 220VDC on the coaxial ports so I decided not to put the electrodes directly on my heart. XD I …

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Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-18, 07:28

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Now if we could just invent a media that can’t be pirated, was physical Wouldn't change a thing because people won't suddenly shell out money for games that they couldn't pirate. They'll just wait for a crack, move on and download other games. If torrenting a game is impossible then they'll just …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-04-10, 05:49

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Also managed to snag 2 working matrix printers and some weird medical scope thing. It was a good run.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-04-07, 18:50

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It's e-waste season at the local madhouse again so I quickly snatched this P4 IBM with a 9600 Pro. The somewhat interesting part is the flawless battery radio with USB, CD and bluetooth speaker functions and good speaker quality. Maybe the previous owner wanted a better brand. I also found two IBM …

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Re: Computer Won't Turn On

Posted on 2024-04-07, 09:09

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You can use this method to find the short on your board, you need more tools though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp1dPG9_N1w

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-01, 08:49

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Vipachei wrote on 2024-03-31, 17:56: Got this dual Xeon Dell Precision 690. What an absolute monster! Here it is next to it’s little brother, a 1366 Dell Precision T5500. Nice ones, those are getting really hard to find!

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Re: Drive bay extinction in cases, PC chassis, accelerating ???

Posted on 2024-03-22, 04:41

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Most people don't buy a new case for every new build, just reuse the old one until it falls apart. Others use the case that comes with the prebuilt rig and don't care if it doesn't have a drive bay because they don't even know what a DVD is. People who want the best and spend the $$$ will always …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-12, 05:31

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I'm posting this here because it's an almost-bought thing. On a local auction website there is a Voodoo 3 2000 for sale, relatively cheap at about 50€ as an auction. Then looking at the pictures in detail, this card has clearly been messed with. Don't feel too bad, happens to everyone eventually. …

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Re: Identify slot 1 processors without the cartridge

Posted on 2024-02-26, 12:22

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You mean the s-spec? Happened to me and I couldn't figure out a solution. There was a topic here with the same problem and they tried to read the QR code on the chip but it ultimately failed.

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Re: eBay sellers can effortlessly delete their negative feedback

Posted on 2024-02-26, 12:01

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Just don't leave a detailed feedback and you'll be fine, a simple negative is enough without any further comments. It's the same with google reviews, if you leave a wall of text it will be removed 90% of the time. I know people want others to know about the details of their bad experience but it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-20, 18:04

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Got a Core 2 Duo T5470 sample nobody wanted so I sniped it. Nothing special but I have a thing for ES.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-02-17, 20:29

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pan069 wrote on 2024-02-17, 20:09: I am using this very similar looking Microsoft mouse. Looking good! To be honest I'm happy that we don't have to use mouse pads anymore because I hated them with a passion.

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