TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[biffzinker]

"Curses! You've seen through my web of deceit!"

Don't know how it missed earlier, maybe being sleep deprived had something to do with it.

 

[Bones]

That's OK - Just picked up a NF7 2.0 with all black RAM slots I'll have to fix if possible.
Like it was with the four AN7's I fixed earlier it's just something for me to do.

If I get it running you'll hear about it here.

BTW three of the four AN7's are gone now, sent out to others over deals and such made but keeping the last one.

 

[biffzinker]

Should of hanged on to my Abit NF7-S V2 instead of sending it to recycling. What a noisy chipset cooler it turned into after a few weeks.

 

[Bones]

Should have sold it instead of recycling - That's just another one gone for good.
The stock chipset coolers were known for that, I always set something else in place of those.

 

[Caring1]

You must sort that out mate Just in case...
I'm wishing to find a boxed Abit NF7-S Rev 2 board.. I loved all of the ones I had..

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NOS-NEW...069421&hash=item21549730da:g:uCgAAOSw9qJabYBs

That price though *chokes*

 

[Bones]

Down under, boards like those are much harder to come by.
Two of the three AN7's I sold or traded off went there.

 

[phill]

I see what you did, trying to get @Mr.Scott to send one of his duplicate NF7-S boards.

I've already got a board (another would be nice @Mr.Scott !! but that wasn't my intention!! Damn how sneaky was that??! lol) but I was after trying to find a boxed one.. I loved that board, so great at overclocking and the XP-M CPUs were amazingly tough CPUs.. Remember benching them under water.. 2.3vcore off we went

And a small group of cards

Think some of those have gone now but.. I think there's a few more laying about somewhere lol

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NOS-NEW...069421&hash=item21549730da:g:uCgAAOSw9qJabYBs

That price though *chokes*

If I had the money... I did see one over in the USA.. I wish I had bought it If anyone see's one...... I really do need to put up a wanted thread......

 

[Bones]

All the ones I saw over here earlier were in the $80 or more price range with shipping included in the price.
The board I grabbed yesterday wasn't that cheap for a non-working board but decided to take a chance on it anyway, could be a simple fix like I've found with other Abit boards I've worked on before.

 

[phill]

If anyone see's a boxed Abit NF7-S Rev 2 please drop me a line I've a list as long as my arm for hardware I'm still after, I really do have a problem Sometimes things are just worth taking a chance on.. I really do miss the Abit boards....

 

[s3thra]

I picked up this ATI X800 Pro HIS Excalibur the other week. Man this thing had some vintage dust caked in the heatsink fins, but I cleaned it up nice.

Plays well in my Win98/XP box now. I wish I had one of these back in the day - it's freaking beastly. I still have my both my Radeon 9600 XT and GeForce 6600 GT from that era. I replaced the 9600 with the 6600 to play Doom 3, but these beauties were just out of my price range at the time.

I wish I still had my Abit IS7 to use these on, but it fried about 10 years ago I suspect due to very heavy and prolonged experimental overclocking.

Anyway, pics:

 

[Robert B]

Bad day at the flea market today.....I found a 3dfx VooDoo 5 5500 for little over 1 EURO...

I also found a Medion GF4 MX460. Back in the day I had a GF4 MX460 from Gainward. The MX460 doesn't pop up too often so I bought it.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Shame that 5500 is destroyed.

I've already got a board (another would be nice @Mr.Scott !! but that wasn't my intention!! Damn how sneaky was that??! lol) but I was after trying to find a boxed one.. I loved that board, so great at overclocking and the XP-M CPUs were amazingly tough CPUs.. Remember benching them under water.. 2.3vcore off we went

Like this?
Board is totally volt modded for benching.

 

[Trekkie4]

Shame that 5500 is destroyed.

it would appear that some wiseguy scrapped the card on purpose, recycled it for "gold"... *eye roll* I honestly can't understand why would ANYONE want to recycle /any/ PCB component for gold, as if they don't even realize how much (or rather, how little) gold is inside these things to begin with. And yet, there's a whole bunch of videos on YT, instructing people on how to get rich by recycling old computer parts for gold & other metals.

 

[s3thra]

it would appear that some wiseguy scrapped the card on purpose, recycled it for "gold"... *eye roll* I honestly can't understand why would ANYONE want to recycle /any/ PCB component for gold, as if they don't even realize how much (or rather, how little) gold is inside these things to begin with. And yet, there's a whole bunch of videos on YT, instructing people on how to get rich by recycling old computer parts for gold & other metals.

Oh that's awful

 

[Trekkie4]

Oh that's awful

Tell me about it... If you search for "recycling computer parts for gold" you will get the entire page of pure destruction. All in the name of "getting rich" & other crap...

I recently donated a non-working Voodoo card to a good cause. A fellow forumer wanted to frame the card & put it on his wall (or maybe a desk?), so I gave him 2 cards. Still better than cutting them up with pliers & roasting on the open fire

 

[s3thra]

Tell me about it... If you search for "recycling computer parts for gold" you will get the entire page of pure destruction. All in the name of "getting rich" & other crap...

I recently donated a non-working Voodoo card to a good cause. A fellow forumer wanted to frame the card & put it on his wall (or maybe a desk?), so I gave him 2 cards. Still better than cutting them up with pliers & roasting on the open fire

Absolutely, these things are to be cherished, not destroyed for moronic reasons!

On the subject of Voodoo cards - I recently acquired a Voodoo 5500 from my friend. He actually just gave it to me. He knows how much they're worth now, but he just wanted to see it go to someone who is interested in getting it back up and running. I was so stoked.

Now my challenge is to pair it with a decent motherboard that is compatible with the 3.3V requirements. I have a Pentium 2 350MHz on a an Intel 440LX motherboard that will be electrically compatible, but the P2 is way under-powered for what this GPU can deliver. I managed to track down and buy a 440BX motherboard so I could then potentially pair it with a Pentium 3, but unfortunately it has freezing issues, so it's relegated to my "working but glitched" pile.

I'm hoping to track down something from the 2000-ish era with a universal AGP slot to test this bad-boy out properly, but stuff from back then is so rare and expensive most of the time. I'll keep an eye and out get there eventually though.

 

[Trekkie4]

Absolutely, these things are to be cherished, not destroyed for moronic reasons!

On the subject of Voodoo cards - I recently acquired a Voodoo 5500 from my friend. He actually just gave it to me. He knows how much they're worth now, but he just wanted to see it go to someone who is interested in getting it back up and running. I was so stoked.

Now my challenge is to pair it with a decent motherboard that is compatible with the 3.3V requirements. I have a Pentium 2 350MHz on a an Intel 440LX motherboard that will be electrically compatible, but the P2 is way under-powered for what this GPU can deliver. I managed to track down and buy a 440BX motherboard so I could then potentially pair it with a Pentium 3, but unfortunately it has freezing issues, so it's relegated to my "working but glitched" pile.

I'm hoping to track down something from the 2000-ish era with a universal AGP slot to test this bad-boy out properly, but stuff from back then is so rare and expensive most of the time. I'll keep an eye and out get there eventually though.

Wow!! I've never had a friend who would do something like that... And yeah, I was going to recommend the same. Socket A (462) or 370 board, with universal AGP slot. I got loads of them in all shapes & forms, I even have an older Asus S478 board with universal AGP interface, that would accept Voodoo5. So you got multiple options to choose from

 

[s3thra]

Wow!! I've never had a friend who would do something like that... And yeah, I was going to recommend the same. Socket A (462) or 370 board, with universal AGP slot. I got loads of them in all shapes & forms, I even have an older Asus S478 board with universal AGP interface, that would accept Voodoo5. So you got multiple options to choose from

I have a nice Intel P4 845 Socket 478 board, but unfortunately it appears to be 1.5V only. Interesting about the 478 board that you have though - I think even the 423 boards that came before it were for the most part 1.5V AGP only. Do you know what the chipset is on your board?

 

[Trekkie4]

I have a nice Intel P4 845 Socket 478 board, but unfortunately it appears to be 1.5V only. Interesting about the 478 board that you have though - I think even the 423 boards that came before it were for the most part 1.5V AGP only. Do you know what the chipset is on your board?

I'm trying to find the board model number as we speak... I got loads of them, too many to remember which. At least I think it's universal slot (pretty sure), it's been a while... Will update my post if & when I find something

Edit
Found it!


So, the model number is P4SE/U2, using SIS chipset. Ironically, I don't think I have this board any longer, I think I gave it to someone... (It's been sitting around for ages, doing absolutely nothing)

Also, it would appear that SOME revisions of P4S533-MX also have universal AGP slots, but you need to be careful with those, since the newer revisions only had the "4X" one

 

[s3thra]

I'm trying to find the board model number as we speak... I got loads of them, too many to remember which. At least I think it's universal slot (pretty sure), it's been a while... Will update my post if & when I find something

Edit
Found it!


So, the model number is P4SE/U2, using SIS chipset. Ironically, I don't think I have this board any longer, I think I gave it to someone... (It's been sitting around for ages, doing absolutely nothing)

Also, it would appear that SOME revisions of P4S533-MX also have universal AGP slots, but you need to be careful with those, since the newer revisions only had the "4X" one

Nice find with the P4SE/U2! Thanks! Just did my research on this board and yes, definitely a universal AGP on its SiS645 chipset.

I'll add this to my things to keep a look out for.

Cheers.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Asrock AM2NF3- VSTA board for the AGP 5500.
if you have a PCI 5500, you can run it in almost anything.

 

[agent_x007]

Asrock AM2NF3- VSTA board for the AGP 5500.
if you have a PCI 5500, you can run it in almost anything.

Nope. nForce 3 is AGP 2.0 only (1,5V/0,8V). PCI is fine in anything

 

[Mr.Scott]

My bad. You are correct. I had a PCI 5500 in that board. Just found the pic.

 

[agent_x007]

I have a nice Intel P4 845 Socket 478 board, but unfortunately it appears to be 1.5V only. Interesting about the 478 board that you have though - I think even the 423 boards that came before it were for the most part 1.5V AGP only. Do you know what the chipset is on your board?

ECS P4S5A/DX+ (LINK)

 

[phill]

Like this?
Board is totally volt modded for benching.

View attachment 119355

Well as the board has been modded, I'm not sure if I could offer you full price, so say about £5??
What voltages are able to be changed with the modifications @Mr.Scott ??