TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Trekkie4]

I was given a very generous donation yesterday - a complete Dual HiFi component system from around late 80s or maybe even early 90s!

To make things even more interesting, some of the components are "doubled", meaning I got two amplifiers, and two CD-players, but only one tape deck, one pair of speakers and one turntable. Judging by the manufacturing quality, I'd say these were entry level at the time, but still high-quality comparing to some of the stuff that you see nowdays. Unfortunately, some of the components didn't seem to work (or power up, for that matter), but I already successfully repaired them & got everything working & playing

(2x) CV 6030 Class A Stereo Integrated Amplifier:

CV 6030 (1), focusing on the problem (2 blown 500mA fuses)

CV 6030 (2), again - focusing on the problem (2 blown 500mA fuses)


CC 8010 Stereo Cassette Tape Deck:
(during & after the repairs)


CS 415 Turntable:
Unfortunately, it still has a problem with manual lift control, but automatic ones are working fine


The entire stack together, minus the second CD 1035 CD Player, playing Rolling Stones on the turntable (picture above)

 

[HUSKIE]

Bought this without psu,gpu and hdd.
Will be adding the Motherboard for my ROG Collection.

Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme Performance CPU Cooler

On cooler master HAF case.

 

[lexluthermiester]

This was a thing, and fits very well here. LGR may jest, but I got one of these for a friend BITD and he loved it!

 

[E-Bear]

This was a thing, and fits very well here. LGR may jest, but I got one of these for a friend BITD and he loved it!

With the ashtray keyboard that goes with it

 

[Robert B]

New Hardware Found!

Leadtek Winfast A350XT - FX5900XT - 128MB AGP

 

[Ruru]

i7-2600K is better than I thought, hard to believe that this is a 9 year old CPU. Running with a mild overclock (4.1GHz) since I'm running with stock cooler for now. Still packs more than enough power for HTPC usage and some basic gaming with OC'd GT 1030

New Hardware Found!

Leadtek Winfast A350XT - FX5900XT - 128MB AGP

Heh, I always liked those dust filters Leadtek used back in the day.

This was a thing, and fits very well here. LGR may jest, but I got one of these for a friend BITD and he loved it!

I used to smoke inside on my old apartment, that would've been hella useful for lighting a cigarette and holding my beer

 

[Robert B]

New Hardware Found!

7900GTX PCI-E 512MB TV-OUT 2DVI / NE/79GTX+T352-P348-non GS / Gainward Bliss 7900 GTX

Missing 3 ceramic caps that can be easily replaced. The only problem is a missing solder pad but I have a solution for that also.

Untested.

 

[Ruru]

Soldering SMD's is a total pain in the ass... still done that though, even with my old crappy soldering iron and I've brought hardware back alive. That cooler from 7800 GTX 512/7900 GTX/7900 GTO was awesome, quiet and performed well, there was totally no need to replace that with an aftermarket one.

edit: Oh. Crap.

I just realized that I got a "new" Socket A motherboard, and it doesn't have SATA.. If a miracle is possible and one of those old DiamondMax9 drives work, then I have to use one of the doomed Maxtors.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I just realized that I got a "new" Socket A motherboard, and it doesn't have SATA.. If a miracle is possible and one of those old DiamondMax9 drives work, then I have to use one of the doomed Maxtors.

You should look into one of these;

Compact Flash -> IDE

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or

Amazon.com: StarTech.com 40/44 Pin IDE to Compact Flash SSD Adapter - IDE to CF Card reader - CF to IDE Converter (IDE2CF),Black : Electronics

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And for the above you can get;

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-CompactFlash-Memory-SDCFXSB-064G-G46/dp/B00NUB2RPW

or

https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-128GB-Performance-Professional-CFF/dp/B07M5M5KYZ

SD card -> IDE

Amazon.com: Aneew Secure Digital Card SD to 3.5" 40Pin Male IDE Hard Disk Drive Adapter : Electronics

Amazon.com: Aneew Secure Digital Card SD to 3.5" 40Pin Male IDE Hard Disk Drive Adapter : Electronics

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SATA -> IDE

https://www.amazon.com/HDE-Computer-Drive-Interface-Adapter/dp/B00JVUXMRI

The one below is really handy!

Amazon.com: SYBA SATA II to IDE PATA ATA133 Bi-Directional Adapter for 2.5" 3.5" HDD SSD CD DVD SD-ADA50016,Black: Computers & Accessories

Amazon.com: SYBA SATA II to IDE PATA ATA133 Bi-Directional Adapter for 2.5" 3.5" HDD SSD CD DVD SD-ADA50016,Black: Computers & Accessories

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[Ruru]

Yeah, many retro dudes in Youtube use those, but I dunno.. let's hope that at least another of these work.

Hey, the graphics card matches fine with the MB's PCB I'll probably put a Zalman VF700-Cu to it though.

e: About that adapter:

$9.29 + No Import Fees Deposit & $14.90 Shipping to Finland

...yeaaah, I'll check ebay..

 

[biffzinker]

Since you have almost two identical DiamondMax Plus 9 HDDs you could try out RAID-0. I did that with the same drives on a Socket A build although the motherboard I used was an Abit with the integrated supplementary Highpoint controller. You'll be limited to 80 GB on the 120GB if you pair the two together in RAID.

 

[Ruru]

Wasn't RAID-0 that one which boosts speed? 80GB is enough for S462 test bench, if they both work.

I'll be testing tomorrow maybe, did some cleaning on my apartment and of course I packed all the stuff lying around in boxes and and put them in a closet, of course my old test-PSU was there too.

e: BTW, does anyone remember why nForce 2 chipset was placed in 45 degree angle? I can't remember myself.

 

[biffzinker]

Wasn't RAID-0 that one which boosts speed?

Yes, if a drive goes kaput though the data is gone unless you have it backed up. Surprisingly it never happened to me even with the two Maxtor's that were known for failure of a component on the controller board. I think it was a MOSFET or some other power related component would go in a puff of smoke/burned PCB.

e: BTW, does anyone remember why nForce 2 chipset was placed in 45 degree angle? I can't remember myself.

Shorten the traces to the DIMM slots is the reason I think. I could be wrong though.

 

[lexluthermiester]

e: About that adapter:
...yeaaah, I'll check ebay..

Maybe you could check Finlands Amazon site..

 

[Ruru]

Well, there's going to be nothing important there more than benchmark screenshots, so I guess I'll try it, I guess that board supports it.

Damn, I can't even remember when I last time played around with a nForce 2 board.. dual channel isn't anything special, rather for the GF4MX IGP with the IGP version of the chipset. IIRC with the "normal" nForce 2, the boost was about 5-10% vs single channel?

 

[biffzinker]

Damn, I can't even remember when I last time played around with a nForce 2 board.. dual channel isn't anything special, rather for the GF4MX IGP with the IGP version of the chipset. IIRC with the "normal" nForce 2, the boost was about 5-10% vs single channel?

The performance boost depended on the workload of the program. The IGP though did get a bigger performance boost because of the increase in bandwidth.

nForce2: single-channel mode vs. dual-channel mode

There was a Soltek NF2 board limited to single channel.

 

[Ruru]

That Soltek board sure is a weird one.. I liked back then when manufacturers used more creativity with colours in hardware than these days.

 

[lexluthermiester]

There was a Soltek NF2 board limited to single channel.

What was the bloody point of having an NForce2 chipset for single channel? For that you'd be fine with a VIA chipset. Total nonsense..

 

[biffzinker]

What was the bloody point of having an NForce2 chipset for single channel? For that you'd be fine with a VIA chipset. Total nonsense..

It was faster than the competing dual channel VIA chipset.

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Soltek's overall performance lead is not earth shattering, but like everything else in this industry, perception is everything. Of the 14 benchmarks that were run, Soltek's board won 11 of them, drew 2, and lost only one. For the record:
Quake 3: Evenly matched results
UT 2K3: 5.5 to 11.1% lead
3D Mark 2K1: Wins by a nose
PC Mark 2K2: Two out of three is good enough.
SiSoft Sandra 2K2: A win in memory, but ties in CPU
Cachemem: 5.7% to 9.3% lead
Business Winstone 2K1 & 2K2: A win in both
CC Winstone 2K1, 2K2, & 2K3: Soltek takes the Triple Crown
SPECviewperf 7: Asus' only win
ScienceMark: Pretty much a draw

Supposedly the Alpha EV6 FSB was incapable of utilizing all of the available memory bandwidth of a dual channel bus. Perhaps a dual Socket A motherboard would of put that dual channel bandwidth to better use?

 

[lexluthermiester]

It was faster than the competing dual channel VIA chipset.

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Still a bleeding waste as there is no real point to it.

 

[Grog6]

I have several 20+ year old maxtor drives that still work fine, and the smart data still looks good.

I would not go raid-0 on them; that's just asking for disappointment, lol.

I also have 2x st-225 drives still running, but that's just a miracle.

 

[Ruru]

Moved to my main PC, and in general usage, that 2600K @ 4.1 feels as snappy as R5 2600 @ 4.025.

Simply amazing that a 9 year old CPU is still so damn good.

 

[hat]

I still use a 2600k in my main machine. Still does everything I need it to.

 

[Ruru]

I still use a 2600k in my main machine. Still does everything I need it to.

It shows it's age with newest games with everything maxed out, but yeah, overall still a fine CPU.

Wouldn't have any problems using that as an "emergency rig" paired with 980 Ti if needed.

 

[lexluthermiester]

It shows it's age with newest games with everything maxed out, but yeah, overall still a fine CPU.

If you turn off or down the CPU heavy stuff, it's a great CPU.