TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

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I think your posters having a stronk

Imagine cops raiding your house thinking theres suspicious packages lining the hallways, and finding nostalgia nerd porn instead of drugs

What's the meaning of having a stronk ?

(sorry English is not my native language and sometimes I have hard time to catch up the correct meaning of some expressions)

 

[MaxiPro800]

Probably meant stroke. As far as my internet slang knowledge goes, stronk = strong.

 

[framebuffer]

Probably meant stroke. As far as my internet slang knowledge goes, stronk = strong.

yep that's what I found too, but can't quite contextualise

 

[Trekkie4]

That is an F'n great statement Lex!!!!!!! I'm going to quote that on the OP!!!!!

And OP edited for that quote.

Also added color and size to help the OP out a little.

Nice!!

 

[MaxiPro800]

One of the few final projects I'm doing before leaving 2 months for college, again. It's a bit of a memorial build, as the specific mainboard came from my dad's ex-girlfriend, who unfortunately passed away from cancer. Most parts aren't original (and I definitely need to replace the CPU as it seems to be throwing bogus 0x000000A5 errors when trying to install Server 2003) but the.mainboard is definitely original (except the HSF which was sourced from a dead ABIT NF7-S)

Specs at this moment:

MSI K7N2-Delta ILSR
ASUS Geforce 6200 128M (originally was supposed to have an ASUS HD3450, but that one needs a heatsink at the moment)
3GB DDR400/PC3200 (originally had 2x256MB)
NEC DVDRW
SB Audigy 2 ZS Dell OEM SB0358
NEC USB2.0 card
Athlon XP 2800+ (bad chip, unfortunately...)
450W Premier LC-8460BTX (modified)
Linkworld 3130E case (originally had an JNC RJA-8673 case that was unfortunately too damaged and dirty to keep anymore)

 

[Trekkie4]

Not exactly nostalgic "hardware", but it's close enough if you ask me... I picked up couple of these for 1.5$ each!

Office 97 Professional Edition


Office 97 Standard Edition


From what I can tell both in mint condition! The 3rd one was also Professional edition but in paper sleeve, so I passed it on to a friend of mine, seeing that I already had a "jewel case" edition at the time

 

[68Olds]

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One of the few final projects I'm doing before leaving 2 months for college, again. It's a bit of a memorial build, as the specific mainboard came from my dad's ex-girlfriend, who unfortunately passed away from cancer. Most parts aren't original (and I definitely need to replace the CPU as it seems to be throwing bogus 0x000000A5 errors when trying to install Server 2003) but the.mainboard is definitely original (except the HSF which was sourced from a dead ABIT NF7-S)

Specs at this moment:

MSI K7N2-Delta ILSR
ASUS Geforce 6200 128M (originally was supposed to have an ASUS HD3450, but that one needs a heatsink at the moment)
3GB DDR400/PC3200 (originally had 2x256MB)
NEC DVDRW
SB Audigy 2 ZS Dell OEM SB0358
NEC USB2.0 card
Athlon XP 2800+ (bad chip, unfortunately...)
450W Premier LC-8460BTX (modified)
Linkworld 3130E case (originally had an JNC RJA-8673 case that was unfortunately too damaged and dirty to keep anymore)

In case you didn't know, there are some gf 6200 models that can be soft-modded into gf 6600. Been ages since I did it, but can confirm it can be done.

 

[MaxiPro800]

In case you didn't know, there are some gf 6200 models that can be soft-modded into gf 6600. Been ages since I did it, but can confirm it can be done.

I know, and mine isn't one unfortunately. IIRC the unlockable ones are marked NV44 and don't have Turbocache, but I could be wrong.

 

[Trekkie4]

More software... Finally I can update my Internet Explorer to the latest version!


They even included this floppy label, for me to make a bootable disk. Have to admit, very convenient


Uhh ... starts where??

 

[MaxiPro800]

Aaand the other machine is done as well! The one left is the CX-6459, which I'm praying to all gods that it will arrive on time and intact.


Specs on this one:

MB - Epox EP-3VCM
CPU - Pentium 3 1GHz (Coppermine, SL5DV)
RAM - 1.20GB PC133
GPU - GF4 MX440 for now, probably gonna upgrade to a Radeon 9550 just for fun
Cooler - custom assembled Titan S462 cooler
Sound - Sound Blaster 128 PCI (ES1373)
NIC - Realtek RTL8139D PCI
HDD - 80GB WDC
ODD - MSI DR16-B2, to be replaced with a H-L DVDRW
OS - Windows Server 2003 Enterprise

 

[Robert B]

What's better than loot? MORE LOOT! Of course.

 

[Audioave10]

8" Floppies and drives?
Love the keyboards!

 

[Robert B]

The floppies are 5.25". I do not own a single 8" floppy yet.

The Tandon TM848E are true monsters and they are the "slim" version aka half height! One is NOS the other two are missing a few ICs but I plan to restore them and then sell the NOS one.

Also I do not have anything to test the 8" FDDs. The power plug is ancient. They look alien and familiar at the same time.

One chip in particular an Intel D8748H is missing on both. The main problem is getting a programmer that supports the D8748H to at least copy the info from the NOS one. One that doesn't cost an arm and a leg that is ...

The keyboards are mechanical but with a German layout. Even if I like more the US layout these puppies are a treat to type on!

 

[MaxiPro800]

I absolutely and positively despised cleaning this keyboard (you have no idea how filthy it was!) but in the end it paid off, I now love using it even if it's an XP era keyboard.

 

[Trekkie4]

Any of you like the Voodoo cards?


I know, I know ... the real question should be who doesn't - right?! I picked it up recently for around 63$, which (IMHO) was a sweet price when it comes to 3dfx as most of them recently went up & through the roof!

 

[MaxiPro800]

You were saying?

V3 3000 16MB. Except mine was a technically free find in a shoebox full of GPUs.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Any of you like the Voodoo cards?


I know, I know ... the real question should be who doesn't - right?! I picked it up recently for around 63$, which (IMHO) was a sweet price when it comes to 3dfx as most of them recently went up & through the roof!

Beautiful card!

 

[Trekkie4]

Beautiful card!

Agreed! And you know what, I have to be honest with you ... I've had this particular Voodoo card for some time now but it did not technically belong to me. So when the real owner finally dropped by (expecting to pick it up), I asked him if he'd be willing to sell it to me. And obviously - if "yes" for how much. I just couldn't force myself to give it back, it was too painful!

 

[Mussels]

What's the meaning of having a stronk ?

(sorry English is not my native language and sometimes I have hard time to catch up the correct meaning of some expressions)

Probably meant stroke. As far as my internet slang knowledge goes, stronk = strong.

 

[delshay]

Nope - Mine died of MOSFET failure too in the VRM setup but the chip itself was fine afterwards.
The MOSET in that board's VRM died for the reasons I gave, not strong enough in the VRM/Phase dept to keep up with the strain of the chip while it was being stressed tested and the strain eventually caught up with it.

Instead of fixing that mess just to lather, rinse and repeat these results get a board that's capable of handling it reliably.

I'v decided to repair the motherboard. This is due to I have a large amount of MOSFETS "all brand new" still sealed in the original package when I bought them around 5+ years ago.

I also have a number 939 motherboards all working.

The question is, should I upgrade all my old classic motherboards with better MOSFETS. The only thing I fear here is, will it de-value the motherboard. Every motherboard that I have upgraded sofar where the MOSFET has changed, there is a change in performance, not so much in clock speed, but massive drop in voltage required at the same clock speed.

I have already removed the power connector, but i'm out of flux to remove all MOSFETS. I will be removing most MOSFETS, this includes power for Northbridge/southbridge/Hypertransport/Memory & minor rails.

Below is the PDF Docs for the new replacement MOSFET for the CPU only "High & Low side". This will be the first time I have used these MOSFETS as I normally use the 70A MOSFET from the same range.

 

[onemanhitsquad]

Definitely recap that beauty. I'm seeing Jackon capacitors that are utter garbage, even if they're new.

My BE6-II surprisingly came with Tayeh caps. Maybe the earlier rev 1.0 boards had Tayeh all round and switched to Jackon (plus that slightly cheesy "BE6-II (RAID)" sticker, so you couldn't really tell which HPT controller you had - 366 or 370.) though neither are good cap brands.

I have one in this thread recapped and running...

 

[Greenslade]

Heres some cool Retro mouse Mats.

 

[MaxiPro800]

After a lot of fiddling (curse you Dell for making your own EEPROM for the SB Audigy 2 ZS!) and removing RAM sticks (because apparently I have 2GB worth of bad DDR400/PC3200 sticks , and the only good ones are a PC3200 and a PC2100. Great.) as well as replacing the CPU without knowing it wasn't the culprit...

I've finally gotten it to run.

Final specs for now:
MB - MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR (with Fasttrak 376 controller)
RAM - 1GB DDR400 Single Channel (basically a single stick of 1GB worth of DDR400)
CPU - Athlon XP 2500+ Barton @ 1.8GHz
GPU - ASUS Geforce 6200 TC 128MB AGP8x
ODD - NEC/Optiarc ND-3540A
HDD - 160GB WDC
PSU - Premier LC-8460BTX 450W (modified)
SPU - SB Audigy 2 ZS SB0358 (Dell OEM, I someday hope I'll find a retail Audigy 2 ZS EEPROM image to flash on it.)
Case - Linkworld 3130E
os - Windows XP Pro SP3

 

[Trekkie4]

Willamette P4 restoration project is coming along nicely...

Update #1
All the cards had been re-installed & cable management restored. Well, some of it anyway:


Update #2
Power supply had been replaced, the replacement unit has been hooked up & tested.


Update #3
Power supply cable management had been taken care of, but I still have to replace the CMOS battery & restore all the plastic trims & face plates:

 

[agent_x007]

It's been a while since I posted in here
Here's my (probably ?) 200-th "GPU" :