TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Trekkie4]

Very nice rig, kinda reminds me of my RetroMaster2500 Although it would have been much better if you had wrote description(s), comments for each pic... This way we can only guess what's really going on inside

 

[DR4G00N]

Does anyone happen to have a spare socket 370 tualatin adapter lying around? I just bought a CUSL2 and so I need an adapter to run my PIII-S 1.4GHz on it.

I also got a P4C800-E with a P4 2.6GHz for some socket 478 fun.

They should both be here in a few days, can't wait!

 

[GreiverBlade]

Intel Pentium 3 a 1000Mhz
Kingston PC133 512MB
Seagate 7200RMP 160GB
SoundBlaster SB0100
3dfx Voodoo 5, 5500
Mobo Asus TUSL2-C
Chasis Asus A211
PSU Asus 350W
Cooler Thermaltake Silent Bost

i have the Silent boost cooler, thus "FIRST" ! (joke joke) i use it on my Socket A build (any of them when i feel to )

 

[Mr.Scott]

Does anyone happen to have a spare socket 370 tualatin adapter lying around? I just bought a CUSL2 and so I need an adapter to run my PIII-S 1.4GHz on it.

I also got a P4C800-E with a P4 2.6GHz for some socket 478 fun.

They should both be here in a few days, can't wait!

Those are getting hard to find now. Every once and a while you see a couple pop up......not very often though.

 

[DR4G00N]

Those are getting hard to find now. Every once and a while you see a couple pop up......not very often though.

Yeah, that's why I'm asking here.

I did see someone on ebay selling adapter pcb's that have to be soldered on for $10 each. Though I'm not sure if they allow voltage changes because the discription states "1.45V (fixed)", I will ask them about it later.

You can also buy them already soldered onto a PIII-S 1.4 but they are $40 a piece. :/

 

[stinger608]

I thought at first @DR4G00N , you were looking for the "dead" processor adapter for a dual CPU motherboard.

I've got one of them laying around in my parts bin, but not the CPU adapter.

 

[Aquinus]

This is what I find when I start going through the stuff at the bottom of the closet.

 

[EntropyZ]

This is what I find when I start going through the stuff at the bottom of the closet.

This is what I take the magnets out of if it's dead. I can use those to hold screws, hold old doors so they don't flap about and make nice additions to my metal table.

 

[Ahhzz]

This is what I take the magnets out of if it's dead. I can use those to hold screws, hold old doors so they don't flap about and make nice additions to my metal table.

They're really good for screws if you can get a smaller, heavy duty ziploc bag. Put the magnet inside, and the screws are much easier to get off, and you don't get a collection of metal shavings on it over time

 

[biffzinker]

They're really good for screws if you can get a smaller, heavy duty ziploc bag. Put the magnet inside, and the screws are much easier to get off, and you don't get a collection of metal shavings on it over time

Also handy as a refrigerator magnet. Stuff doesn't fall off once the magnet clamps to the metal exterior of the frig.

 

[Ahhzz]

Also handy as a refrigerator magnet. Stuff doesn't fall off once the magnet clamps to the metal exterior of the frig.

True, but they're so flat, they can be hard to get off something like that heheh. I have a metal back door with a couple on to hold coupons, and they just don't let go of something that large and metal heheh

 

[stinger608]

Found this from another site:
http://www.falconfly.de/directx.htm

It lists all the current and past DirectX installs with links for the downloads.

Added this to the original post as well.

 

[DR4G00N]

The P4C800-E & CUSL2 came in yesterday both work great.

But I borked my 9600 Pro by doing a voltmod (I guess it was just hanging on and the little bit of extra voltage finished it off) so I can't use the P4C800-E ATM. I have a BFG 6600 GT OC on the way to replace it though.

PIII EB 933MHz @ 155x7 1084MHz 1.9V
Asus CUSL2
128MB Infineon PC133 CL3 @ 155MHz CL2-2-2-7



P4 2.6C SL6WS w/ HT
Asus P4C800-E Rev. 2.0
2x Corsair CMX512-3200XL 200MHz CL2-2-2 TCCD



I have a question though, I noticed the CUSL2 has a universal AGP pro slot so is it possible to use an old AGP 2x 3.3V only card like an ATI Rage Pro Turbo in it?

 

[dorsetknob]

AGP cards are backward and forward compatible within limits. 1.5 V-only keyed cards will not go into 3.3 V slots and vice versa, though "Universal" cards exist which will fit into either type of slot. There are also unkeyed "Universal" slots that will accept either type of card. When an AGP Universal card is plugged-into an AGP Universal slot, only the 1.5 V portion of the card is used. Some cards, like Nvidia's GeForce 6 series (except the 6200) or ATI's Radeon X800 series, only have keys for 1.5 V to prevent them from being installed in older mainboards without 1.5 V support. Some of the last modern cards with 3.3 V support were the Nvidia GeForce FX series (FX 5200, FX 5500, FX 5700, some FX 5800, FX 5900 and some FX 5950), Geforce 6 Series (6200, 6600/6600 LE/6600 GT only) and the ATI Radeon 9500/9700/9800(R350) (but not 9600/9800(R360)). Some Geforce 6200 and Geforce 6600 cards will function with AGP 1.0 (3.3v) slots.

AGP Pro cards will not fit into standard slots, but standard AGP cards will work in a Pro slot. Motherboards equipped with a Universal AGP Pro slot will accept a 1.5 V or 3.3 V card in either the AGP Pro or standard AGP configuration, a Universal AGP card, or a Universal AGP Pro card.

from AGP Wilki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port

 

[DR4G00N]

from AGP Wilki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port

Thanks, it works perfectly. Not even as powerful as the integrated but should take some stress off the system bus. It's only temporary anyway.

 

[Komshija]

Remember these? I think mime are from 1984.

 

[DR4G00N]

I happened to stumble upon a couple more video cards while looking through some boxes of old hardware.

Number Nine SR9 S3 Savage4 Xtreme 16MB SGRAM AGP 4X (Unsure if it's the 166 or 143 model).







ATI Rage 128 16MB SDRAM.





The S3 is really nice when the drivers are not bugging out, unfortunately that is a very common occurrence.

Need to get my joystick hooked up so I can play some Freespace 2 with the Rage 128 (The S3 hangs on the mission loading screen for some reason).

 

[deflipe]

I buy for US $15 :

- Pentium 3 @933Mhz
- 512MB RAM (1 256 / 2 128)
- Intel MB D815EEA2

 

[Trekkie4]

Cool find! Got two of these Coppermines, which (oddly enough) ended up being paired with the same motherboard(s). 1st pair was just random, with the CPU from one source and mbo from totally different one, but the other pair came already pre-installed inside the case, in a fully working system which I then, eventually converted into 8MB Voodoo2 SLI rig.

Speaking of old systems, it's time for me to get back in the game... I'm about to pick up (for the price of 3,50USD) an old rig one of these days, which according to the seller seems to be working except it's missing two ODDs and PSU. But that's fine, I got both of these in stock & will see if I can make it work. I'm expecting Intel system, unless someone swapped the board and CPU inside it (standard mATX case) More updates soon!

 

[deflipe]

Well, after following some advice, I realized that I was taking the romanticism out of this project by putting pieces from other generations like Abit's glorious NF7, so I made a lot of modifications.

Replace the following:

Motherboard: Before Abit NF7, Now Intel D815E (beautiful by where they look at it)

- Processor: Before AMD Athlon XP 2.2+, Now Intel Pentium 3 @ 800Mhz

- Video Card: Before nVidia GF5200 Custom Cooler ThermalTake, Now Diamon Viper V550 16MB

- Sound Card: Before SoundBlaster SB0090 Audigy, Now SoundBlaster Live CT4830 (this change hurt me, but for the SB0090 natively there are no drivers for Win98, only emulation and it is not the same)

- LAN: Before TP Link WN851n (WIFI), Now D-Link DFE-538TX

- HDD: Before Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200RPM, Now Western Digital WD WD400 7200RPM 40GB

- CPU Cooler: Before Thermaltake Volcan0 12, Now Thermaltake Silent Boost

- Memories: Before Kingston DDR 1GB (the Supertalent Died), Now 512MB Kingston 1 256, 2 x 128

It keeps:

- Cooler Master Centurion 5 Cabinet

- STB Blackmagic Voodoo II (x2)

- TOP POWER 350W

- LG Optical Drive

 

[erek]

I recently purchased this nVidia GeForce FX 5800 Ultra (BFG Asylum), and for those jerks who question my authenticity: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/25uqf

 

[stinger608]

That is frigging awesome @erek !!!!!!

 

[Mr.Scott]

I recently purchased this nVidia GeForce FX 5800 Ultra (BFG Asylum), and for those jerks who question my authenticity: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/25uqf

I can't believe you found one. What did you pay for that?
Seriously, it's easier to find a VooDoo 6000.

 

[Komshija]

@erek : Yep, Big Fucking Gun tech.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Not really retro,but I just changed some stuff in my LGA775 main system (my daily driver actually) - I replaced the CPU (a old Pentium E2180) with a Pentium E5200 2.5GHz.

The thing that makes it quite overkill? I replaced my aged GT210 1GB GPU with a Radeon R7 240 2GB. The crazy thing? It does boot and works fine. It's pretty fast now compared to how it was working before with the E2180. We're talking about DDR2 stuff here