TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[stinger608]

PM965 doesn't support Q9000, 9100 or QX9300. 800FSB CPUs are the max it can take, so basically T9500 is the max it will take.

You're probably thinking of the G71G, which does have support for the 1066FSB CPUs like Q9000,9100 or QX9300.

Yeah, I have a Gateway FX7811 that is pretty much that same dang motherboard and I have it maxed with a T9500 in it. The Gateway 79xx series supported the quads but I don't want to
purchase and install that motherboard as it would take away from the originality of the system.
I purchased the 7811 almost brand new and it's still in absolute pristine condition with all the original items and box. Heck, I used that system for about 6 or 7 years all the time and the original battery and power supply are still good.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Yeah, I have a Gateway FX7811 that is pretty much that same dang motherboard and I have it maxed with a T9500 in it. The Gateway 79xx series supported the quads but I don't want to
purchase and install that motherboard as it would take away from the originality of the system.
I purchased the 7811 almost brand new and it's still in absolute pristine condition with all the original items and box. Heck, I used that system for about 6 or 7 years all the time and the original battery and power supply are still good.

Well, happy to hear that!

My G70S was initially a SLi machine w/ Bluray so it's pretty much near the higher end. The highest end this could have is 2x 9800M GTS' in SLi and a T9500 but I couldn't find any 9800M GTS pairs to go with it (T9500 would be easier to find than those lol) and I wasn't really going to order a T9500 solely for a single 8700M GT, when probably a T8300 will just do.

Sadly, whatever monkey owned it before me first off snapped both LCD retention clips (thankfully I restored those using a for parts G70SG I ordered) and literally popcorned both of the original SLi 8700M GTs it had in there. I replaced the HSF and GPUs with a a single 8700M GT 512MB (that was for a different ASUS model but was listed on AliExpress as being compatible for G70S too - the card's origin was surprisingly a F70SL, not the G70SG I harvested it from) and so far it runs great. For the time being I just dropped a T8300 in there, and so far everything works fine. The only thing that bugs me is why the heck is AHCI so slow on a 120GB SSD, given it ran absolutely fine on a Acer 8930G, without any slowdowns under Windows 7. (I dropped a 120GB ADATA SU650 SSD + 500GB Hitachi Z7K500-500 HDD shortly after posting the photos)

Any ideas? BTW I spotted a Packard Bell iPower running a mighty fine P8400 + 9800M GT combo (GPU soldered unfortunately) so might snag it if I can tomorrow.

 

[stinger608]

Wow man, I don't know why it would be running so slow in AHCI mode. That doesn't make any sense. Hmm, maybe one of the others will have an idea. I usually always run the OS's in AHCI mode.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Just searched up the PB iPower GX I am going to buy - it's the same as Gateway's FX line, right down to the casing. Looks similar to your FX7811 but mine should sport PM45, DDR3 and 9800M GTS.

 

[basco]

Old PC - CMOS Checksum Error, please help

I gave an old pc which hasn’t been switched on since 2004 - kept in a dry cupboard - and I want to check what’s on it before getting rid of it - it has turned on and please see screen pic for what it says - I have plugged in mouse and keyboard but it doesn’t seem to be doing anything - is this...

www.techpowerup.com

maybe someone has interest for the hardware ?

 

[stinger608]

mine should sport PM45, DDR3 and 9800M GTS.

The one I have does support DDR3 and has the 9800GTS. I'm not sure what motherboard it has though.

 

[lexluthermiester]

The one I have does support DDR3 and has the 9800GTS. I'm not sure what motherboard it has though.

BIOS will say.

 

[stinger608]

BIOS will say.

Yep I know brother. Just haven't had it fired up in probably 6 months. LOL

 

[Mr Bill]

Wow man, I don't know why it would be running so slow in AHCI mode. That doesn't make any sense. Hmm, maybe one of the others will have an idea. I usually always run the OS's in AHCI mode.

I haven't done this in years, so I've forgotten how. But there's a way you can go into the registry and check to see if it's actually running in the ACHI mode, something along these lines, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Services\ storahci\ I can't remember it all, comes with getting old.

 

[Robert B]

Today I found these puppies. 4 sticks of 2GB DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 1.9V - APOGEE - AU2G732-1G6H001

I don't know it they are any good but what the heck, they look awesome!

 

[Mr.Scott]

Today I found these puppies. 4 sticks of 2GB DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 1.9V - APOGEE - AU2G732-1G6H001

I don't know it they are any good but what the heck, they look awesome!

Fairly common in the EU. Don't know if they were ever released in the US. I've never seen a set here.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Figured out why my G70S was running slow.

It wasn't the AHCI causing it strangely - it was the T8300 that didn't play nice. I replaced it back with the original T7700 it had and it's running snappy now.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I've never seen a set here.

I have, once. It was OCZ in a friends system. The timings were 5-5-5-18(@2.10v) though.

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P10664GK - Newegg.com

Buy OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P10664GK with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

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I bought some 1200mhz for one of my systems, 5-5-5-18@1.85v(much better set in my opinion).

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1200 (PC2 9600) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P1200LV4GK - Newegg.com

Buy OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1200 (PC2 9600) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P1200LV4GK with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

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Wish I still had that set.

 

[Ruru]

Heh, I finally found use for an Asus blower fan like this:

Fits on the VRM heatsink on P5Q Pro and there's even "PWR_FAN" header. Also it has a jumper to allow even more vcore if needed. I've been playing around with a Pentium E5200 and began testing with 4.18GHz (12.5x333), cooled with Mugen 2. Though I have only 380W Antec as a test PSU so I probably won't be testing with a GTX 570 but with a HD 6870 instead..

 

[lexluthermiester]

Figured out why my G70S was running slow.

It wasn't the AHCI causing it strangely - it was the T8300 that didn't play nice. I replaced it back with the original T7700 it had and it's running snappy now.

That kinda sucks..

 

[Mr Bill]

Heh, I finally found use for an Asus blower fan like this:

I have the Asus P6T Deluxe V2, is that fan very loud?

 

[Ruru]

I have the Asus P6T Deluxe V2, is that fan very loud?

Not actually, audible mut not annoyingly loud

 

[MaxiPro800]

That kinda sucks..

I know. I'm also thinking of ordering a T9500 and try that.

 

[stinger608]

I know. I'm also thinking of ordering a T9500 and try that.

They certainly are cheap enough now. I'd go for it.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I know. I'm also thinking of ordering a T9500 and try that.

They certainly are cheap enough now. I'd go for it.

I was going to suggest that, but they live in Romania, so cheap is relative.

 

[dorsetknob]

Heh, I finally found use for an Asus blower fan like this:

its used when you water cool CPU on Asus boards

 

[Ruru]

its used when you water cool CPU on Asus boards

Well, I benchmark that P5Q Pro on air, at least no worries when cranking up more vcore

 

[MaxiPro800]

Snagged this oldie while at a car boot.

Slight corrosion on 3-4 SB pins (cleaned up with Kontakt spray lol) but it booted first try, w/ P166 non-MMX (yes, that chip over there is not MMX) and a S3 ViRGE/DX PCI.

Also @stinger608, does your Gateway P-7811FX by any chance say Godzilla 1.5 in the BIOS or CPU-Z? If so, this means that both your P-7811FX and my Packard Bell GX-M-100FR are the same machine.

 

[Ruru]

P166 non-MMX (yes, that chip over there is not MMX)

Yeah, weird how there was MMX ones with a ceramic package and non-MMX with a heatspreader. For long I thought that only MMX ones have heatspreader and non-MMX are ceramic.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Snagged this oldie while at a car boot.
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Slight corrosion on 3-4 SB pins (cleaned up with Kontakt spray lol) but it booted first try, w/ P166 non-MMX (yes, that chip over there is not MMX) and a S3 ViRGE/DX PCI.

Nice! Replace the 2032 cmos battery ASAP.

Yeah, weird how there was MMX ones with a ceramic package and non-MMX with a heatspreader. For long I thought that only MMX ones have heatspreader and non-MMX are ceramic.

Yeah the P166's were a weird product line. IIRC, it had to do with a shift in manufacturing locations.