TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Ruru]

My Leadtek WinFast A400GT TDH Geforce 6800GT I bought in 2004 which still gives VGA output but sadly no more 3D.
I remember being so hyped for buying this card and at the time it was huge! Almost as long as its title.
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6800 GT was a BEAST back then... actually I've never owned one...

e: I had an Ultra and I fucking hate myself because I sold it...

 

[Apocalypsee]

Im truly devastated by the premature death of my X800XT. I disassemble the card, nothing is burned, nothing looks out of place. The card just dead after I put XT-PE core clock on it and just blck screen on 3Dmark03

Im going to stop coming here for a while because it keep reminding about the card. I dont even finish any of those games I wanted to do with the card. Im both pissed and sad at the same time.

 

[agent_x007]

You could try oven-o-therapy...

 

[Splinterdog]

You could try oven-o-therapy...

I considered that for my 6800GT but chickened out at the last moment because I didn't know how to get all the plastic off the main board.
Would that solve the no 3D output issue, or isn't it even worth bothering?

 

[Apocalypsee]

You could try oven-o-therapy...

Since I got nothing to lose I'll try. Problem is there is way too many guide with different range of temperature and time so I just use what the top of Google search suggest (190C for 10 minutes)

 

[Ruru]

Im truly devastated by the premature death of my X800XT. I disassemble the card, nothing is burned, nothing looks out of place. The card just dead after I put XT-PE core clock on it and just blck screen on 3Dmark03

Im going to stop coming here for a while because it keep reminding about the card. I dont even finish any of those games I wanted to do with the card. Im both pissed and sad at the same time.

To be honest, my X800 Pro AGP also died without warning. It was running stock since I ran it with an Athlon 1GHz. It just died and now I get just artifacts :/

 

[Apocalypsee]

Too bad oven trick didn't work. Uurgh...I just wish someone make Truform wrapper/emulator like nGlide. Don't know who to contact. Game with Truform did make a difference, just like game with EAX just doesn't sound the same without.

 

[Robert B]

Flea market stuff 2day.

1. Spire FalconRock II
2. Spire CopperKing II *** New
3. AMD Athlon XP 2200+ 1.8GHz/266 - Thorton core - AXDC2200DUV3C

 

[lexluthermiester]

search suggest (190C for 10 minutes)

That temp range was wrong, you didn't get it hot enough to melt the solder to the point of free flow, which is what is needed. Proper range for the solder type ATI used requires and oven to be set for 230C for 6.5 minutes. A hot air gun will work too but you have to set the blowing temp to 400C to transfer enough heat energy(this is the way I prefer to do it as I can actually watch the chip to make sure the solder melts and the chip floats freely on the solder). Did you make sure to use lots of solder flux injected under the gpu so the solder will have the proper surface tension? You'll need to find something like the following locally;

30ml Kester (1oz.) 186-18 Liq. Soldering Rosin Flux Needle Tip Bottle No Clean 667952965018 | eBay

We use this flux for EVERYTHING! It's simply the best flux for prototype, production, and re-work. The flux residue after soldering is non-corrosive and non-conductive - no cleanup necessary! The handy bottle dispenser utilizes a stainless steel needle tip for accurate flux dispensing.

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I've done many reflow jobs on NVidia laptop GPU's, PS3s and XBox360s. It takes patience but most of the time it works.

I considered that for my 6800GT but chickened out at the last moment because I didn't know how to get all the plastic off the main board.

The plastics that are non-removable are fine and will not be affected by a heat-gun or oven. If you think about it, they would have gone through at least one oven cycle in the factory.

 

[Ruru]

Put this VCore to a modern CPU... (dunno about that TDP, probably since it's an unlocked CPU?)

Flea market stuff 2day.

1. Spire FalconRock II
2. Spire CopperKing II *** New
3. AMD Athlon XP 2200+ 1.8GHz/266 - Thorton core - AXDC2200DUV3C

Thorton AKA Barton-256 love your finds always! ^^

 

[The Foldinator]

Does this count ? or isn't it clear enough ?

 

[Ruru]

Does this count ? or isn't it clear enough ?

Damn I wanted that case (or a similar one) as a teen

...the possible amount of fingerprints though.

 

[Mr.Scott]

It's not the fingerprints, it's the dust collected by static. It never ends.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Does this count ? or isn't it clear enough ?

Count it! I wanted one of those, I had to settle for something else, which actually worked out well.

It's not the fingerprints, it's the dust collected by static. It never ends.

That was easily solved. Fabric softener in a spray bottle. Spray it on all the parts, wipe them down, then spray and wipe a second time. Static is done for at least a year.
EDIT; Left out a key part of the process, cotton cloth! You have to use cotton cloth to avoid polymeric electrostatic reactions.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Have acquired these goodies over the span of a few weeks

Packard Bell Easynote MB65, ATI Rage Pro Turbo All-In-Wonder and a Powercolor Voodoo II 8MB.

 

[biffzinker]

Packard Bell Easynote MB65

What are the specs besides the dedicated Nvidia GPU?

 

[MaxiPro800]

What are the specs besides the dedicated Nvidia GPU?

Core 2 Duo T6600 in my case, 4GB DDR2-800, Windows 7 on a 320GB HDD. Originally had a T5250 I think, 2GB DDR2 and a 160GB HDD. Oh, and the GPU is a Geforce 8400M G to be exact.

 

[Dinnercore]

I always wanted one of the DFI Lanparty boards in my collection, but they are usually overpriced due to collectors grabbing them where they can. If an offer pops up it gets sniped within an hour typically.

When I found a DK P45-T2RS Plus for a decent price in working condition I instantly went for it. But... the price might have been so low because the seller knew this board was sketchy.

First start up and it stuck at code 88. Not a good sign. Tried different CPUs, RAM and GPU. Even no GPU, no RAM but still instant 88 and stuck.

Grabbed my SPI flasher and read the bios:


Turns out it was definitly corrupted, single bits were corrupted all over the usually empty blocks. The battery was at 0.2V too :/
How can you sell this as working?

Now trying to find the latest bios for this board was slightly more difficult compared to other vendors but I found it. Flashed it and tried my luck again.

This time I got to C1, RAM init. Instantly stuck again tho... I tried a few tricks that I read about these boards like trying to post with no RAM, force shut-off, plug in RAM in slot 2 and try again. That got me all the way to codes 25/26/27 but on each of those it halts and reboots, getting finally stuck in a loop at code 27.
According to the manual this is PCIe / Display adapter startup so I tried both PCIe slots and a different GPU (even tho I know this 9600GT is working) with no luck.

So I decided I'll try a CMOS reset. Cut power at the PSU, removed the battery and set the clear CMOS jumper. Reversed everything and tried again: Now there is no power. The standby-LED lights up, but not the RAM-LED and pressing the power botton or shorting the power pins did absolutly nothing. It was completly dead.

Once again I cut power, this time removed every component and cable from the board, set the reset CMOS jumper one more time and kept it there for a whole minute. Now it does power-on again, the RAM-LED is on again but I'm stuck in the same 25 -> 26 -> 27 boot-loop...

I heard stories about these DFI boards being tricky, but never thought a physical piece of hardware based on defined states could behave so erratic.

Anyone here ever had one of these boards and might now another thing to try, except grabbing the hammer?

 

[MaxiPro800]

Have had one (though working). It's absurdly picky with RAM. I've had random crashes with Corsair XMS2 RAM which tested good on other boards (ASUS, ABIT, Gigabyte).

The only stuff it ever POST'd with from first try was usually those craptacular DDR2-667 modules (Kingmax, Sycron and such). If you have such kind of DDR2 sticks, try them.

As for GPU, any of these should work for testing:
-7300LE
-Radeon X600
-8400GS (both cores work - G86 and G98 based cards work)
-9500GT (G96)
-Radeon R7 240 DDR3

 

[Dinnercore]

Have had one (though working). It's absurdly picky with RAM. I've had random crashes with Corsair XMS2 RAM which tested good on other boards (ASUS, ABIT, Gigabyte).

The only stuff it ever POST'd with from first try was usually those craptacular DDR2-667 modules (Kingmax, Sycron and such). If you have such kind of DDR2 sticks, try them.

As for GPU, any of these should work for testing:
-7300LE
-Radeon X600
-8400GS (both cores work - G86 and G98 based cards work)
-9500GT (G96)
-Radeon R7 240 DDR3

Thank you, I tried around some more and got it working with a different CPU and RAM. It liked my dual-sided Crucial Tracer and I had to change the CPU from an E8400 to an E8600. It does not run with my E8400 and I have no idea why. I switched back and forth and it's definitly the CPU it hates.
It also does not like lower FSB CPUs like E2XXX, I guess I'd have to try setting it up manually with the jumpers.

Probably needed the extra lights on the RAM, lanparty boards need to be dressed in a flashy manner or they won't cooperate

The flash was successful.

Now I need UV lights.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Glad to hear. Mine worked for at least 2 years with mixed modules after the first successful POST - 3x Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2-800 + ADATA DDR2-800 2GB (the ADATA stick had the same specs as the Corsair sticks, much to my amazement) with random crashes occasionally.

I finally sold it when I upgraded it to the now current i5-3470 + 16GB DDR3. It had a Xeon X5450 and a huge ass Cooler Master HSF.

I also have another board that is as picky, but is a beautiful gem once it works right - ABIT IP35 Pro. I am currently undecided between a Q9400 build with this or a humble HTPC with a i3 550 + H55M-S2V.

You could try a X5450 assuming you can find a modded BIOS for it. I'm pretty sure it should work as that's what I used for quite a long time before I got this i5.

 

[Bungz]

Hey guys

Since intel took their entire bios library offline I have come unstuck trying to find a bios for a board.

D815EEA, I need the P10 bios.

Quite a common board but I cannot find it online now, prob due to always being on intels support page. Still cannot get my head around how they scrubbed all their support from the web.

Don't suppose anyone had a achieve of it?

**Found them all on archive.org some absolute star has uploaded everything.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Hey guys

Since intel took their entire bios library offline I have come unstuck trying to find a bios for a board.

D815EEA, I need the P10 bios.

Quite a common board but I cannot find it online now, prob due to always being on intels support page. Still cannot get my head around how they scrubbed all their support from the web.

Don't suppose anyone had a achieve of it?

 

[Bungz]

Ah that's super as well.

Many thanks

 

[jlewis02]

This count?
Msi r9 290x lightning.