TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Mr.Scott]

Is it bad that I don't like AXP's these days, only Thunderbird AXIAs?

Nope. Everybody has their niche.
I enjoy both.

 

[Ruru]

Nope. Everybody has their niche.
I enjoy both.

Though I might get into Durons..

 

[Greenslade]

I would also recommend a Gotec floppy emulator. For the most part they are pretty simple to use, and I've never had it fail to work with a system.

I would recommend the software here though. It's easier to use.

GOTEK Floppy Emulator

I've been using the GOTEK USB Floppy Emulator Simulator since the beginning of 2013 and they have never let me down. I haven't encountered a single glitch, bug or issue and can highly recommend them....

www.philscomputerlab.com

There no good for me with nothing on my 40 diskettes

 

[lexluthermiester]

Seller shipped it in a bag, not a box

That would be instant negative feedback for them!

I got a complete refund because of this

Well that's good then!

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

That would be instant negative feedback for them!

Seller had 2 295s, both as "used" not broken. Someone in a discord server I am in bought the other. Was also packaged in a bag and damaged because of that. B core was also dead on theirs, and it later went out with a bang and went short. Terrible seller.


Seller will get negative feedback and never get another dollar from me.

 

[Greenslade]

That would be instant negative feedback for them!

Creative Labs Audigy Sound Blaster Sound Card SB1394 EAX Advance HD SB0090.You talk about that this sound blaster was sent me in just in a jiffy bag. Some people have got no common sence I am surprised nothing has been smashed.“Taken in working order from a working PC but can't guarantee whether it will work*​

It looks like it has not been damaged,weather or not it works is another thing.
It did only cost £7 including postage.It should have been put on a box like 610
There is still toom to packaging in there.There is a pro seller on eBay who puts a DVD in a box like 610.There are three caps slightly bent over,weather or not that will mean it does not work is another thing.

 

[lexluthermiester]

You talk about that this sound blaster was sent me in just in a jtffy bag.

Properly bubble-wrapped, sound cards would be fine but not big, bulky and heavy GPUs. That's just not on..

 

[Greenslade]

Properly bubble-wrapped, sound cards would be fine but not big, bulky and heavy GPUs. That's just not on..

Just thin bubble which is part of the very thin jiffy bag.No extra packing. It must be the thinest jiffy bag i have ever seen.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Just thin bubble which is part of the very thin jiffy bag.No extra packing. I must be the thinest jiffy bag i have ever seen.

That's just messed up. I send things in padded envelopes, always double wrap with newspaper and bubblewrap before putting it into the shipping envelope. Any less is foolish, careless and unacceptable.

 

[Greenslade]

Got a non sandwich gtx295 in yesterday.
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It's in very rough shape. Seller shipped it in a bag, not a box,, so the rear metal is all bent. Also the entire shroud is held on with clips that have all been broken. There is evidence that someone tried to super glue this previously.View attachment 252333

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The card was supposed to be working, but in fact the B core is flakey and crashes to a black screen under any load. I got a complete refund because of this, so I might as well try and fix it up since I've got nothing to lose.

Today's objective is to tear it all apart, clean it up, bend the metal back, find a way to mount the shroud, and clean up the shroud.

Hopefully the b core I can fix, but I have minimal hope.

Why don,t you send it back for a refund?

That's just messed up. I send things in padded envelopes, I always double wrap with newspaper and bubblewrap before putting it into the shipping envelope. Any less is foolish, careless and unacceptable.

Thats what i was saying ,some people don,t have any common sense.All thouse cabals on there i din,t think they are any good for me.What i need os one that goes to the DVD drive there is one in the PC i found the other week.I understand the motherboard want be able to be put in another case.As it is an Hp motherboard,

 

[Audioave10]

More early 90's hardware from Adrian Black...

 

[Ruru]

BTW I hope you don't hate me as I put my 7970 Matrix to its box instead of putting it to use, It's still a somewhat rare one even its'nt a Platinum one?

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

Why don,t you send it back for a refund?

Seller offered to refund without me needing to return the item as soon as I told them the card was crashing. They refunded quickly, which is about the only positive I can say about that seller.

It needed some good dusting. After scrubbing the PCB with IPA and a toothbrush, I repasted both cores, as well as the other bare die chips.

I also removed the stickers and cleaned the shroud up. A pair of pliers fixed the shipping damage to the metal bracket. I think I'll attempt to attach the shroud with double sided tape once I'm done opening it up.

Much better physical condition. As far as functionality goes, it's still not working properly. It's still finicky and does not display every single time I turn the PC on. With SLI off, the card works perfectly.

However it throws a fit with SLI enabled.
Core 1 only runs heaven if underclocked to 300mhz.

I am wondering if this may be due to shipping. Lose solder joint from such poor packaging or something. Will probably try a heatgun tomorrow.

 

[Greenslade]

Seller offered to refund without me needing to return the item as soon as I told them the card was crashing. They refunded quickly, which is about the only positive I can say about that seller.

It needed some good dusting. After scrubbing the PCB with IPA and a toothbrush, I repasted both cores, as well as the other bare die chips.
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I also removed the stickers and cleaned the shroud up. A pair of pliers fixed the shipping damage to the metal bracket. I think I'll attempt to attach the shroud with double sided tape once I'm done opening it up.
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Much better physical condition. As far as functionality goes, it's still not working properly. It's still finicky and does not display every single time I turn the PC on. With SLI off, the card works perfectly.
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However it throws a fit with SLI enabled.
Core 1 only runs heaven if under-clocked to 300mhz.

I am wondering if this may be due to shipping. Lose solder joint from such poor packaging or something. Will probably try a heat-gun tomorrow.

Thats fair enough It is worth all the work you put in to ir to get it back to working condition.This guys good ,very informative videos ,but you would expect that from someone doing it for training pauperises

and this one is relavent to me. I am going to get this one for two HDDs.

45CM IDE Ribbon Lead - Connect IDE Devices to Motherboard with 80 CORE Cable it is my price point​

£2.89 ​

 

[Ruru]

To be honest, I don't miss IDE stuff at all.. those cables and molex power connectors... nah, those suck.

 

[Greenslade]

To be honest, I don't miss IDE stuff at all.. those cables and molex power connectors... nah, those suck.

I agree with you,plus the fact they are ugly the IDE cables that is.So you don,t use systems that have AGP slots?I am having a seconed atempt to get XP on the drive with the IDE SATA Adapter ,keepong my fingers crossed.It got stuck at the last step last time. Registers components it got stuck here at the same spot before..

 

[Ruru]

I agree with you,plus the fact they are ugly the IDE cables that is.So you don,t use systems that have AGP slots?I am having a seconed atempt to get XP on the drive with the IDE SATA Adapter ,keepong my fingers crossed.It got stuck at the last step last time.

Yeah I don't currently have an AGP system, I put together an i5-2320/8GB/660 3GB previously on this week.

 

[Greenslade]

Yeah I don't currently have an AGP system, I put together an i5-2320/8GB/660 3GB previously on this week.

Any idea why it stops at this point. Registers components less than a half way through it? Could it be the disc?Exactly at the same point as list time.
Both stopped at the same spot exactly. If this going to be this hard to get XP on here whats it going to be like putting an earlier system on there.Trying a different DISC and drive.Unless it is the DVD drive, if it is i,m stuffed. Lets see where it stops this time.Shame the seller did not send me a boot disc.That one failed

 

[Ruru]

How long you've waited?

 

[Greenslade]

How long you've waited?

About ten minutes ,the last one came up with screen of death

 

[Ruru]

About ten minutes ,the last one came up with screen of death

Hmm, weird. Have you tried burning an another XP install cd?

 

[Greenslade]

Hmm, weird. Have you tried burning an another XP install cd?

These are burned discs all have workred befote on SSDs.I am tryIng to get XP on my oiher PC on the drIve i hope will work on the Retro PC.I will see if it works here.If it installs on the Dell i will know if ir os a problem with the Retro PC.It is not off to a good start.

The drive with the Adapter keeps on falling to get XP on the drive .The first disc came up with a message saying there was an errer in the disc.The Second Disc i tried stoped at exactly the same point the two times i tried it.
609 was the first time 611 second time i tried it.The third disc i tried after saying getting things ready went to the blue screen message.I am now trying the third DISC on my Dell PC to find out if it is the something on the Retro PC that is the problem.It has gone past the the point of the two photos below as it is the same disc. So it is someone to do the Retro PC. I don,t know how that can be resolved..any ideas?
I doubt if the disc will work in the other PC anyway. Everything is so bloody slow on the Retro PC ,it is like watching paint dry. This particular one os the Integral Edition this one takes a fair bit of time on here.I have put it in the Retro PC and got the error below.How do i run CHEKDISK on the Retro PC? It did a cheak on the DELL everything is fine on there,Put the drive back in the Retro PC it comes up with the same message as below.

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I actually like molex. Sata connectors have a zillion pins for no apparent reason, and the connectors are so long and flat they break if you pull up or down on them. Molex is simple, just 4 large pins, plus it's super durable. It just can be a pain to connect sometimes.

 

[Greenslade]

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I actually like molex. Sata connectors have a zillion pins for no apparent reason, and the connectors are so long and flat they break if you pull up or down on them.

Do you know anything about my problem xp in the drive with this adapter?.I am trying to get XP on my ATHLON 2400 PC with this
Has anyone on here got one?If so has anyone managed to get XP on it?Is it posible ?

 

[Ruru]

These are burned discs all have workred befote on SSDs.I am tryIng to get XP on my oiher PC on the drIve i hope will work on the Retro PC.I will see if it works here.If it installs on the Dell i will know if ir os a problem with the Retro PC.It is not off to a good start.

The drive with the Adapter keeps on falling to get XP on the drive .The first disc came up with a message saying there was an errer in the disc.The Second Disc i tried stoped at exactly the same point the two times i tried it.
609 was the first time 611 second time i tried it.The third disc i tried after saying getting things ready went to the blue screen message.I am now trying the third DISC on my Dell PC to find out if it is the something on the Retro PC that is the problem.It has gone past the the point of the two photos below as it is the same disc. So it is someone to do the Retro PC. I don,t know how that can be resolved..any ideas?
I doubt if the disc will work in the other PC anyway. Everything is so bloody slow on the Retro PC ,it is like watching paint dry. This particular one os the Integral Edition this one takes a fair bit of time on here.I have put it in the Retro PC and got the error below.How do i run CHEKDISK on the Retro PC? It did a cheak on the DELL everything is fine on there,Put the drive back in the Retro PC it comes up with the same message as below.

Try making an USB version with Rufus.

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I actually like molex. Sata connectors have a zillion pins for no apparent reason, and the connectors are so long and flat they break if you pull up or down on them. Molex is simple, just 4 large pins, plus it's super durable. It just can be a pain to connect sometimes.

I do agree with the durability though.