TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Ruru]

Damn I used hours just scratching my head why Win10 won't install on my 2nd (X58) rig, I disabled virtualization as mentioned in those tips I read through Interwebz.


....until I realized that Intel VT-d is a separate thing. At least installation of build 1809 starts fine now. I'll make a media of 21H1 and let's see.

And I posted a pic of a X58 rig last time 6½yrs ago

edit: And now it has the most recent build of Win10

 

[Trekkie4]

Half of the parts have arrived!
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ASUS P2B rev 1.02 with HIP6019CB VRM, 400MHz Deschutes SL3EE, Matrox G200 8MB, and a 40GB WD Caviar.

The only thing I have to do the mobo is replace the CR2032 holder and find a new GPU (as I was told, the G200 isn't worth beans in 3D).

A random question... A friend of mine is looking for affordable, standard Asus P2B motherboard with or without the CPU... I don't suppose you (or anyone else who is reading this) can point me out in the right direction? Ebay prices are through the roof, don't know what's going on recently but everything Slot 1 related is becoming ridiculously expensive!

 

[agent_x007]

Buy slotket adapter and S370 CPU.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Mine came off an classified that advertised it as untested and had a damaged CR2032 slot, as you might know from my pics.

So to put it shortly, classifieds might be a good place to look, I guess? At least on our local platform (OLX) I can find a few retro boards that are affordable, currently an babyAT Luckytech 440LX, an EPoX EP-MVP3C and a Fugutech/PCChips M520 mobo.

 

[Trekkie4]

Buy slotket adapter and S370 CPU.

I'm not the one searching for P2B. Personally, I got more than enough vintage Asus boards on my hand ... P3B-F, P4B & P5GD1/VM. This one is for someone else, a fellow forumer from another forum.

 

[Audioave10]

Hello guys! I'm a bit of a Collector and play older games, but not older than about 2000.
I'm building AM2 & AM3 systems and like to stay with PCIE and SATA motherboards. I had a VIC 20 and would type in the game before I could play it.
Then, I skipped about 20 years before I got back into it. ( I do play Unreal & Quake II often. )
I have been lurking for about 15 years and checked ALL pages of this thread.

 

[QuietBob]

All copper HSF - check!
Fan controller - check!
Optical drive - check!

Welcome to the club!



And I also read all the pages in this thread before joining

 

[Audioave10]

All copper HSF - check!
Fan controller - check!
Optical drive - check!

Welcome to the club!



And I also read all the pages in this thread before joining

Thanks QuietBob!

 

[Robert B]

Sometimes I wish that ignorant and stupid people would be struck down from above ... sometimes I wish that ignorance and stupidity would hurt in such a way that people would run on the streets yelling, so that it would be easy to identify the ignorant and stupid ... rant over ... excuse me ... Guns N' Roses - November Rain

Saturday was an epic day. Lots of loot to be found at the flea market.

If you are wondering what made me post this message with such a somber tone, I'll leave these pictures here and let you tell me what is wrong ... swiss cheese! I was too late to save this beauty ...

^$@^$&@*&$^&*@^$*(@&$)@&*()!!!!##!!!!!!!

I'll post pics with the loot later this week. Now I'm in mourning ... Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry

(goes and grabs a beer and ponders at the futility if it all ...) Guns N' Roses - Estranged

 

[Audioave10]

I've read all of Robert B's work log threads and he does some amazing Retro re-work. I feel bad that he feels bad.
subject: Even though my stuff isn't as Retro as most here, I still started with ATI and I miss that Company.

 

[freeagent]

I still started with ATI and I miss that Company

Me too.. I think AMD changed its name to get their name out there more. Really, they should change it back to ATi. But then again its not a Canadian company anymore.. at least we know.

 

[Ruru]

I've read all of Robert B's work log threads and he does some amazing Retro re-work. I feel bad that he feels bad.
subject: Even though my stuff isn't as Retro as most here, I still started with ATI and I miss that Company.

Ruby She was an iconic mascot, Nvidia's Nalu was too (the mermaid).

 

[Audioave10]

Ruby She was an iconic mascot, Nvidia's Nalu was too (the mermaid).

Ha! I still have the notorious "Eye Candy" Dawn Tech Demos on a couple of my PC's.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Sometimes I wish that ignorant and stupid people would be struck down from above ... sometimes I wish that ignorance and stupidity would hurt in such a way that people would run on the streets yelling, so that it would be easy to identify the ignorant and stupid ... rant over ... excuse me ... Guns N' Roses - November Rain

Saturday was an epic day. Lots of loot to be found at the flea market.

If you are wondering what made me post this message with such a somber tone, I'll leave these pictures here and let you tell me what is wrong ... swiss cheese! I was too late to save this beauty ...

^$@^$&@*&$^&*@^$*(@&$)@&*()!!!!##!!!!!!!

I'll post pics with the loot later this week. Now I'm in mourning ... Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry

(goes and grabs a beer and ponders at the futility if it all ...) Guns N' Roses - Estranged

Okay... why on earth would someone drill NOT ONE, BUT SEVERAL HOLES IN A MOTHERBOARD? I wonder if they didn't even disassemble the CPU and drilled that too.

Seriously, some people could go to that mad extents and it's literally making my skin crawl in pain.

 

[Audioave10]

Okay... why on earth would someone drill NOT ONE, BUT SEVERAL HOLES IN A MOTHERBOARD? I wonder if they didn't even disassemble the CPU and drilled that too.

Seriously, some people could go to that mad extents and it's literally making my skin crawl in pain.

I wondered what the heck that was for! You had it looking almost like new too. Very sad. I meant Robert B had it looking good.

 

[QuietBob]

Ha! I still have the notorious "Eye Candy" Dawn Tech Demos on a couple of my PC's.

By "eye candy" you surely mean the naughty version/hack?

 

[Ruru]

By "eye candy" you surely mean the naughty version/hack?

There was one for Nalu too IIRC

 

[debs3759]

Sometimes I wish that ignorant and stupid people would be struck down from above ... sometimes I wish that ignorance and stupidity would hurt in such a way that people would run on the streets yelling, so that it would be easy to identify the ignorant and stupid ... rant over ... excuse me ... Guns N' Roses - November Rain

Saturday was an epic day. Lots of loot to be found at the flea market.

If you are wondering what made me post this message with such a somber tone, I'll leave these pictures here and let you tell me what is wrong ... swiss cheese! I was too late to save this beauty ...

^$@^$&@*&$^&*@^$*(@&$)@&*()!!!!##!!!!!!!

I'll post pics with the loot later this week. Now I'm in mourning ... Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry

(goes and grabs a beer and ponders at the futility if it all ...) Guns N' Roses - Estranged

WTF! WHY would anyone do that kind of sh!t?

 

[Peter1986C]

"Yeah.. Yeh know, Ah was un Facebook the other day 'n' some dude sedd yah need to make holes in ya hard drive if yah do away yer old computer. Cuhs yeh know, them thieves of yer data that ya hearin' so much eh-bout these days".
All mockery aside, I have met people who thought I was a thrift store or recycler (in my teens, I believe they were some distant aquintances of my mum) bring their e-waste to my parents' house with the "hard drive" (read: PSU) removed because of "their data". Needless to say, that was the least of what they seemed to have done to it (leaking caps, corrosion I seem to remember although I made be wrong since it was more than a decade ago). Dad quickly resolved the matter by saying that if their data is so precious to them; why did the PC sit in an attic or basement for at least a few years, and why did they come "dump" it at a place obviously not a thrift store or e-waste recycler?
Because I was not really into computers deeply enough to have had a purpose for pre-1995 hardware, and because the machine was obviously not in a very repairable state, we had to let mom call them to make sure they came back to pick up their stuff. Even today I am not sure how much I would have been able to salvage from it.

 

[Audioave10]

By "eye candy" you surely mean the naughty version/hack?

Back in the day yes...but just the regular version now. I wouldn't remember which files to remove.

 

[MaxiPro800]

"Yeah.. Yeh know, Ah was un Facebook the other day 'n' some dude sedd yah need to make holes in ya hard drive if yah do away yer old computer. Cuhs yeh know, them thieves of yer data that ya hearin' so much eh-bout these days".
All mockery aside, I have met people who thought I was a thrift store or recycler (in my teens, I believe they were some distant aquintances of my mum) bring their e-waste to my parents' house with the "hard drive" (read: PSU) removed because of "their data". Needless to say, that was the least of what they seemed to have done to it (leaking caps, corrosion I seem to remember although I made be wrong since it was more than a decade ago). Dad quickly resolved the matter by saying that if their data is so precious to them; why did the PC sit in an attic or basement for at least a few years, and why did they come "dump" it at a place obviously not a thrift store or e-waste recycler?
Because I was not really into computers deeply enough to have had a purpose for pre-1995 hardware, and because the machine was obviously not in a very repairable state, we had to let mom call them to make sure they came back to pick up their stuff. Even today I am not sure how much I would have been able to salvage from it.

Basement storaging was probably the case with my GP6-400 too. The case does have some pretty nasty corrosion spots. Thankfully tho, both board and P2 400 were working fine, the only damage being an unusable 2nd RAM slot.

 

[Trekkie4]

Okay... why on earth would someone drill NOT ONE, BUT SEVERAL HOLES IN A MOTHERBOARD? I wonder if they didn't even disassemble the CPU and drilled that too.

Seriously, some people could go to that mad extents and it's literally making my skin crawl in pain.

I'm guessing someone wanted that motherboard to never work again due to one reason or another, those were specifically made on purpose. As for "why?", I suppose we'll never find out for sure... A shame either way

 

[MaxiPro800]

Gärbäge Inc. rescue

Radio works, tape however... not sure. It had some generic music tape inside but I probably didn't notice it had about 10 or so seconds of dead air at the beginning.

 

[Trekkie4]

Gärbäge Inc. rescue
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Radio works, tape however... not sure. It had some generic music tape inside but I probably didn't notice it had about 10 or so seconds of dead air at the beginning.

You may want to check (and replace) the drive belts inside this thing, especially if you're planning to use it. Also, wipe the pinch rollers with either alcohol or tape cleaning solution

 

[MaxiPro800]

The only issue is the 1st deck (which doesn't record anyways). 2nd deck works fine and I expect it to record audio fine. Wasn't very dusty but the buttons were pretty loose.

EDIT: nvm, it fixed itself