TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[boomstik360]

Well I received a box full of some ole hardware today. In the box was some motherboards, chips, coolers, memory, and.........................................

Well, open the spoiler and see.

Spoiler: Guess what?

A frigging Voodoo 5 5500!!!!!!!! Wow, been wanting one of these forever to add to my seriously crazy ass collection of nostalgic hardware. LOLOL

Even had the original Quick Install book with it!! Simply amazing.

Wish it came with the original box.......I know, that is asking too much LOL

Lol I was thinking to myself, its gotta be a Voodoo 5500, and boom! It was!

 

[stinger608]

ATI Radeon HD3450 Silent (Not sure if 256megs or 512megs of DDR2

and

3D Fuzion GeForce 6200 LE Turbocache / 128MB DDR / Supporting 256MB with Turbocache

Awesome JB! I added you to the original post man.

 

[boomstik360]

I used to have a 1.13Ghz Pentium 3, I will have to look for it after I get home from the office!

 

[stinger608]

Lol I was thinking to myself, its gotta be a Voodoo 5500, and boom! It was!

That was a good guess Boomstik!

I used to have a 1.13Ghz Pentium 3, I will have to look for it after I get home from the office!

Yea, for sure man.

 

[JunkBear]

Awesome JB! I added you to the original post man.

Thx. I have more but I will have to get out my stuff. Just need a small form factor case to put a skt754 mAtx mobo after it will be posted here and in Project logs.

 

[JunkBear]

MY OLD HARDWARE BACKUP COMPUTER

Compaq Evo D51sff
P4 2.8 skt-478
2 gigs DDR400 Kingston KVR400X64C3AK2/2G
Maxtor DiamondMax 20 Ultra ATA 80gigs
Asus 7100MAGIC/PURE/32M/SE/U
PCI usb 2.0 card
Small pci slot fan
Internal backup on usb key Kingston 8gigs usb2.0 via PCI usb card
USB splitter bar of 7 usb 2.0 ports

 

[stinger608]

Very cool JunkBear!!!

 

[JunkBear]

Awesome JB! I added you to the original post man.

I don't see what's awesome in that it's just old junk cards I put in computer for donation to poor families!

 

[GreiverBlade]

I don't see what's awesome in that it's just old junk cards I put in computer for donation to poor families!

never underestimate the power to be in awe of a Nostalg33k! ... it is GOLD to our eyes and not junk (and also for the families to who you gonna give them) ...

i think i might be able to die happy soon ... i'm waiting on 2 auction's end

while i know what kind of mobo it is (its not the pics of it but of a similar model) the graphic card tell me nothing at all ... and both at 1$ atm ... dream dream dream .... also : the MSI K8D Master3-133 is in a 19" rack/tower convertible. fingercrossed

 

[JunkBear]

It's an ISA card from old server I think. Might be a 1meg up to 4 megs. the metallic connector seems to be for security cams.

 

[Jetster]

Its a AGP card and the MB has 64 bit PCI slots. They are larger than a 32 bit PCI slot

 

[GreiverBlade]

i think its more a PCI-X than a ISA (the output are 2 DVI on it )´AGP Pro in the end

edit : GOT IT !!! (the 19" rack and the mobo + 1 Opteron of 2 inclued) 2chf and... woop woop 17chf for delivery ahah that's hilarious when the buyout price is around 8 time cheaper than the shipping...

i hope the card will stay at 1chf till the end of auction ... or i have another option
a 3Dlabs Wildcat III 6100 DVI oh wait not an option ... the seller state its a AGP Pro 50 connector ... and that mobo doesn't have one of them

 

[Jetster]

Yes thats correct. The card is an AGP Pro

http://archive.totalsem.com/techforum/techfiles/index.php?book=031029agp

 

[GreiverBlade]

Yes thats correct. The card is an AGP Pro

http://archive.totalsem.com/techforum/techfiles/index.php?book=031029agp

yes indeed both card i had in mind are AGP Pro so both no option but i don't care i always wanted a K8D Master3-133 and i dont have a AGP Pro card in my collection

i will need to find a 2nd opteron xD i think i can do a rudimentary file server with it ...

now i just need till i get it shipped to me ... best 2chf spent EVER!

 

[JunkBear]

MY OLD HARDWARE BACKUP COMPUTER

Compaq Evo D51sff
P4 2.8 skt-478
2 gigs DDR400 Kingston KVR400X64C3AK2/2G
Maxtor DiamondMax 20 Ultra ATA 80gigs
Asus 7100MAGIC/PURE/32M/SE/U
PCI usb 2.0 card
Small pci slot fan
Internal backup on usb key Kingston 8gigs usb2.0 via PCI usb card
USB splitter bar of 7 usb 2.0 ports

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I am currently installing Windows 7 pro 32bits on this one. Every drivers got detected fine except the onboard vga just saying it's generic vga. I will put back the AGP after and it should install fine.

BTW can anyone suggest me a low profile AGP 4X able card for this setup? It's not for game but backup and maybe business I would like to start from home. Thx !

 

[GreiverBlade]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MATROX-G5...Graphics-Card-Dell-05M801-2xVGA-/400447448439
eventually
http://www.amazon.ca/Jaton-GeForce-...89431715&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=low+profil+agp
not bad but the pricing make me tics
http://www.amazon.ca/Axle3D-Geforce...id=1389431792&sr=8-6&keywords=low+profile+agp
same here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VisionTek...-AGP-Gaming-Graphics-Card-DMS59-/310801001428
he labeled it "gaming" ahahha but the price and delivery price is not bad
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASUS-AH34...raphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item35d0a468a9
wanna laugh?

 

[JunkBear]

Pricing is crazy even on eBay. As soon as you go low profile 128megs people put starting bid at 40$. That's around 70$ with shipping for a used card.

 

[GreiverBlade]

ahahahah ... again in switzerland we are more lucky ... its around 1chf to 30chf with a 9chf max shipping fees ... greedy greedy worldwide seller ...

also on ebay i find some 2.99gbp cards + 2-3gbp shipping but again : same continent

 

[JunkBear]

I have this 32 megs then i will keep it.

 

[GreiverBlade]

i don't remember if i posted my old logi mouse ...


or that one ...


edit i have found a seller who has some ECC DDR 333 ram available but only 512mb stick
still 12 of them would cost me 24chf (29chf with delivery) and make 6gb out of the 24gb max of what the K8D allow

wait ... paying 12time more for the ram than for the server board/cpu/rack? MADNESS!

 

[GreiverBlade]

i double post for a bump ...

i might be able to get 2 Opteron 246 HE for cheap from a UK Ebay seller ... but i need to get the server at home so i can see what Opteron he has already in (maybe i will need to get only 1)


new slogan: "a personal home server: has a cost, a personal Nostalg33k home server : IS PRICELESS! old hardware FTW!"

funny, how even if im broke i can make some cash... i resell 20 to 30% above the price i paid and i have enough to cover my actual debt and a bit more to get some drugs ... aherm i mean hardware, to thinker with... broke but not resourceless, never underestimate a Nostalg33k

 

[Bones]

I have several Opty's here, all being 939 chips and except for the pair of 146's I got them all new.
Began messing around with the A7M last night and it's not wanting to boot ATM but I believe I can get it running soon. After that, I'll toy with the Premio to see what it does. I did try it last week and it was not recognizing my drives but believe the drives were too large for the BIOS to use them so I'll have to make a small partitition with an install and see if it picks up my drives or not.

 

[stinger608]

I have several Opty's here, all being 939 chips and except for the pair of 146's I got them all new.
Began messing around with the A7M last night and it's not wanting to boot ATM but I believe I can get it running soon. After that, I'll toy with the Premio.

Bones, have you got any Opty 185's? Any one of them you would part with?

 

[GreiverBlade]

I have several Opty's here, all being 939 chips and except for the pair of 146's I got them all new.
Began messing around with the A7M last night and it's not wanting to boot ATM but I believe I can get it running soon. After that, I'll toy with the Premio.

im quite impatient to get the K8D at home ... i seek mainly 940skt so the 246 HE might be fine still the seller can't tell me the one he has already on the board ... dang it only take to remove the heatsink to give me a answer
also order on 12x512mb DDR 333 ECC placed i wait on the answer of the seller (local seller this time) too bad he didn't had 1gb or 2gb, i have to satisfy myself with 6gb instead of 12-24gb


hey stinger608 bro' in 5... thanks i will be at 608 thanks received ... golden number?

 

[Bones]

Bones, have you got any Opty 185's? Any one of them you would part with?

Sorry, I was hoping one of you had an 185 I could get.

That's the one I'd love to find and try out along with a 170, I have the other three models here and all are good BUT I did botch the 165 while delidding it. Still works and runs cool but doesn't want to run certain benchies without throwing errors all over the place, with others it does well.

AM2 Optys are cheap chips to get if you know where to look and I do. Processors, Memory, SSD, Computer Parts, wholesale price|Starmicroinc.net
Be sure before ordering that you carefully check the product description and the price - Sometimes the prices are really good, sometimes crazy and they could also have a given model chip listed wrong in the description so make sure with each selection you check it to know what you are ordering when you do. I normally go to CPU World and enter the "Model" number of a chip to confirm what it is and the like.
BTW I don't know if they ship internationally and that's a question you'd have to ask them.

EDIT: Got the A7M to boot.