TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Greenslade]

Is there anything lodged inside the drive that might be causing that problem? Perhaps maybe a piece of the drive or disk tray frame is bent?

There is nothing loose in the drive ,i don,t want to open it as it is new.Look at the photo it looks bent to me. I am going to go for a second hand one and ask the seller to show one in the drive ii.444 as far as i can get it in.Surely it should go in with out any force? .I will have to send it back..I can,t believe the disk want go in there.I

I sent a message to a seller on eBay and told him all this and asked him to show a photo of one in the drive.This is his reply
*I Regret that I have got rid of all my old floppy discs so not able to help on that score however if you want to risk purchasing the disk drive I will accept it back from you if you are not happy with it*
It is a very old Sony from 2005?He does say it is working but not used much.It is 11 pounds including shipping .I told a seller on eBay about all this and asked him if he would show me a photo of a disc in the drive.I have decided not to go for the Sony.I have just seen this Perfect working order. Includes protective case/stand. Connects via USB. Model PCGA-UFD5.And it is only £5? At least i will be able to see if the disc fits in it. It looks a dinky little thing. Some people are thick i asked the person what there address was they gave me the name of the road and the postcode ? I guess it must be an old person I just hope the disc fits in it.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Been given a case and a pair of IBM Infinity speakers for free. My BE6-II build practically builds itself.

 

[DR4G00N]

Spent all yesterday afternoon trying to figure out the issue with a P3 Win98 system I put together. It keeps suddenly restarting and I'm not sure why, it's always when trying to open/close something though.
Tried swapping ram/hdd/psu but nothing helped, going to try the cpu next since I've got a stack of them around, might also load up memtest on a cd and actually see if my sdr mems are any good.

Currently:
PIII 650MHz (100 FSB) (probably will run an 866 instead).
PC Partner i815T s370 matx mobo
256MB PC100 SDRAM
Fujitsu 8.45GB MPD3084AT HDD
Quadro2 Pro 64MB (mod to GF2 Ultra)
S3 Trio64V2/DX 1MB (For DOS games, but the Quadro might be better anyway so it might not stay).

 

[Trekkie4]

Been given a case and a pair of IBM Infinity speakers for free. My BE6-II build practically builds itself.

Nice! You really should treat yourself with decent-looking beige/white CD-ROM drives. Modern-day black DVD-RW and Slot 1 do not blend together that easy IMHO.

 

[MaxiPro800]

I'll look onto that soon. I do recall having white/beige faceplates for those LG drives by the way.

 

[DR4G00N]

Seems like this was the issue, I was wondering what that loud pop was and would you guess it it was a teapo. Replaced it with a lelon, not much better but I have a whole bag of them.

So far it's back to working fine, even managed to run 3dmark99 with an ATi Rage Pro Turbo AGP as a quick test.

 

[stinger608]

Spent all yesterday afternoon trying to figure out the issue with a P3 Win98 system I put together. It keeps suddenly restarting and I'm not sure why, it's always when trying to open/close something though.
Tried swapping ram/hdd/psu but nothing helped, going to try the cpu next since I've got a stack of them around, might also load up memtest on a cd and actually see if my sdr mems are any good.

Currently:
PIII 650MHz (100 FSB) (probably will run an 866 instead).
PC Partner i815T s370 matx mobo
256MB PC100 SDRAM
Fujitsu 8.45GB MPD3084AT HDD
Quadro2 Pro 64MB (mod to GF2 Ultra)
S3 Trio64V2/DX 1MB (For DOS games, but the Quadro might be better anyway so it might not stay).

Are there any caps bulging on the motherboard?

Never mind, I see you just posted a picture of a bulging cap. LOL

 

[MaxiPro800]

Seems like this was the issue, I was wondering what that loud pop was and would you guess it it was a teapo. Replaced it with a lelon, not much better but I have a whole bag of them.

So far it's back to working fine, even managed to run 3dmark99 with an ATi Rage Pro Turbo AGP as a quick test.

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Y'know, I felt shivers like Bugs Bunny finding out he's in Hoboken when I heard you have a WHOLE bag of Lelons!

Like, why would you keep those?? They're among the worst caps ever (AOpen mobos were totally plagued by those at one point), right up there with Licon, Evercon (ASRock uses these, along with Taicon ocasionally - some of the Taicons were rumored to be rebranded Nichicons but I never found out if that is true), G-Luxon pre merger (they merged with Teapo somewhere in the early 2000s I think) and GSC.

 

[DR4G00N]

Y'know, I felt shivers like Bugs Bunny finding out he's in Hoboken when I heard you have a WHOLE bag of Lelons!

Like, why would you keep those?? They're among the worst caps ever (AOpen mobos were totally plagued by those at one point), right up there with Licon, Evercon (ASRock uses these, along with Taicon ocasionally - some of the Taicons were rumored to be rebranded Nichicons but I never found out if that is true), G-Luxon pre merger (they merged with Teapo somewhere in the early 2000s I think) and GSC.

I bought them a while ago for just general electronics stuff since they were cheap and wouldn't care about wasting them. They are indeed trash tier but it had the right specs and it's still better than a blown cap.

I'll be ordering some new good caps now that I know the board is working fine and worth recapping.

 

[Greenslade]

I just sent back my floppy disc drive back to eBay ,the disc would not fit in there, with the photo below which i had to resize for some reason ,i have never had to resize photos on there before.Now i am left with 40 floppy discs with nothing to play on them. Perhaps i should not have got more discs before i tried them with the first lot. You live and learn in life. I have just seen this one on eBay £10 make an offer .IBM USB Portable Diskette Drive model MPF82E ASM P/N 39T2508 new condition ,i asked him if he can show a photo putting a disc in the drive i don,t suppose he has any.The person selling the £5 one got back to me hopefully the disk will fit in that drive, fingers crossed. I have been working out my route to get there.Two buses and a five minute walk no Tube stations round that way.I don,t drive, or want to .

 

[lexluthermiester]

I just sent back my floppy disc drive back to eBay ,the disc would not fit in there, with the photo below which i had to resize for some reason ,i have never had to resize photos on there before.Now i am left with 40 floppy discs with nothing to play on them.

Don't let one bad experience discourage you. Get another USB Floppy, enjoy. I have always had good luck with the TEAC branded drives. Try one of those if you can find them in your area.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Slowly taking shape

By the way, the ODDs are both RW drives that Trekkie complained they're black. Now they're white with black trays

Anyways, for now it's in testing phase. 2x LG DVDRWs, a 15GB Quantum (since apparently my 20GB Maxtor just decided to say adios out of the sudden - ), GF4 MX440 64MB, SB Audigy 2 ZS (Dell OEM, unfortunately), RTL8139 NIC, NEC USB2.0 PCI, 98SE w/ KEX 4.52.

I am still quite undecided, I might swap parts with the 6BA +IV build, as much as I wouldn't really have wanted to. The ABIT mobo just has something to it that makes it special, even if technically the 6BA +IV benched better according to Anandtech.

 

[Greenslade]

Don't let one bad experience discourage you. Get another USB Floppy, enjoy. I have always had good luck with the TEAC branded drives. Try one of you can find them in your area.

I am getting the blue one for £5 i showed you eadler on here. Sony Vaio

it also comes with a stand and casr. Someone else on facebook has one for £25? and does not even have a stand or case. The person that is selling the one i am buying has had it on there for 18 weeks The lead looks a bit short.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I am getting the blue one for £5 i showed you eadler on here. Sony Vaio

Ah ok. Nice!

 

[Greenslade]

Ah ok. Nice!

I hope so Lex

 

[MaxiPro800]

This was originally an rather useless Mendocino slotket (and no, it has no identifying marks anywhere. I looked over it numerous times.) up until today.

What's with the tape you ask?
This link should pretty much solve all your questions:

krick.3feetunder.com/370mod/

Basically I pinmodded a old slotket to run Coppermines all around. The only one I couldn't get working is a 1100MHz SL5QW, though I'm not sure if it's the CPU or the mobo (ABIT BE6-II r1.0) that doesn't support it (it has 133FSB support tho, and it booted straight away with the SL4C8).

Now to find a lower profile HSF....

 

[WhitetailAni]

Altar of Apple

Spoiler

Can you name the devices?

 

[oobymach]

Add another old timey music playing device to the pile, bought after finding it on kijiji, works fine. (click to enlarge)

 

[Greenslade]

All good Lex But i did have a 10 minute when i got off the buss.It took me over an hour and a half to get there ,it is the other side of London.And so much traffic and road works going on, there forever digging up the roads here.Glad i do not drive.I should have thought about the very short lead on it.At least it is working ,i put a game on one of the diskettes to see how much i can get on one 193kb what is the maximun i can get on one?.I am glad the one i got from eBay was Faulty ,i saved £8 buying this one for £5.I will now be able to put in a review of the Floppy Diskettes i got from eBay I don,t have to pay any fares because i get a free buss pass.

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[Trekkie4]

Slowly taking shape

By the way, the ODDs are both RW drives that Trekkie complained they're black. Now they're white with black trays

Anyways, for now it's in testing phase. 2x LG DVDRWs, a 15GB Quantum (since apparently my 20GB Maxtor just decided to say adios out of the sudden - ), GF4 MX440 64MB, SB Audigy 2 ZS (Dell OEM, unfortunately), RTL8139 NIC, NEC USB2.0 PCI, 98SE w/ KEX 4.52.

I am still quite undecided, I might swap parts with the 6BA +IV build, as much as I wouldn't really have wanted to. The ABIT mobo just has something to it that makes it special, even if technically the 6BA +IV benched better according to Anandtech.

Oh, yeah!! You can't have a proper Slot 1 without white optical drives & Quantum hard drives And Maxtor sucks ... period. Except for those "slim" units - oddly enough I've never had one of them go bad

Now it only needs a 3dfx card of your choice & you're good to go!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Except for those "slim" units - oddly enough I've never had one of them go bad

Yeah those slim drives were great! They performed well and were reliable.

 

[Greenslade]

Does anyone know how to open Bin and Diz files?

 

[Trekkie4]

Does anyone know how to open Bin and Diz files?

Bin & Cue files are virtual CD/DVD images ... and you should open both with virtual drive and/or burning software. Not sure about DIZ however

 

[QuietBob]

Does anyone know how to open Bin and Diz files?

In DOS days *.bin was a type of binary file containing the actual logic of a program. You shouldn't have to open these, unless for some hex editing ("hacking" the code). *.diz was a text file containing a brief description of the accompanying software. It can be viewed with any text editor.

i put a game on one of the diskettes to see how much i can get on one 193kb what is the maximun i can get on one?

Unless the floppy has been pre-formatted by the manufacturer, you will need to format it in DOS or Windows. As has been pointed out, a standard 3.5" formatted floppy is 1.44 MB.

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

New acquisition! It's an original Asus Striker Extreme complete with the matching Asus Supreme-FX sound card and IO shield. Atop it is I believe a QX6800 Extreme Edition, stock cooler, and 1gb of Corsair XMS2 ram.

To the right is my faulty Striker Extreme. That board looks like it's been stored in a moist basement perhaps and you can see how tarnished the heatpipes are.

Was sold as untested from a recycler who apparently pulled it from a recycled PC. Was a $27 auction snipe. Will be thrilled if it works.

It works

In case anyone is wondering, it does indeed work with 45nm quad cores, despite none being on the supported list.

Now I can do some SLI tests on 775, that's really nice.