TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[TOMCAT]

I wonder what this could be...

It is a good digging for nostalgic hardware fans. Espacially if you still have a nForce 4 Board.
It is a Thermalright HR-05 SLI chipset- (better: northbridge-) cooler to replace noisy activ 4cm-fan coolers of that area.

Almost the same version, but SLI/IFX. There are also non-SLI versions of the HR-05.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I already have a 9500GT 1GB for testing. Not sure what would a 64-bit crippled HD4650 help with, but if so, I guess I can scrounge some parts and patch it up to look good enough.

It's a decent enough low profile card, you can always put it in a small-form-factor system that only has IGP.

Autobots, roll out! Sorry but I've never been able to see that as anything other than the Autobots logo.

Wouldn't that be the Decepticons logo?

 

[Terronium-12]

Wouldn't that be the Decepticons logo?

Honestly, I go back and forth.

It looks like parts of both.

 

[Ruru]

I don't have the ZS Gamer anymore. Not sure what happened to it. Maybe it died?

My Audigy2 ZS seems to have died as it doesn't even get detected anymore. damn, it was my favourite soundcard.

 

[lexluthermiester]

My Audigy2 ZS seems to have died as it doesn't even get detected anymore. damn, it was my favourite soundcard.

Those are good cards. Have you visually inspected the card? It might be the caps. Take a photo and let's see.

 

[Ruru]

Those are good cards. Have you visually inspected the card? It might be the caps. Take a photo and let's see.

I'll take a pic later today after I've slept, it's in my AGP GPU box and I'm too tired to search it now.

 

[MaxiPro800]

I'd move it between multiple PCI slots. I had a similar issue with my HP OEM'd Audigy2 ZS and moving it in a different PCI slot made it show up and work as it should.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Bought this and came in yesterday. 890GX Extreme4 + Phenom II X6 1055T - already modded the mobo with the UEFI BIOS from the R2.0 variant. The only thing to test is if the USB3 ports still work (although something tells me they do as USB stuff usually never requires a separate module inside the BIOS to work, unlike PXE ROMs and such.)

 

[Greenslade]

Anyone got one of these, or had one? The machine looks good and well made. It looks more like a well-made HiFi Component.

 

[AMF]

gigabyte

560 sli

 

[Veseleil]

"Fra-gile ... must be Italian" Cracks me up every time, love that movie!

On a side note, I FINALLY found something which I've been searching for over a decade. This:


The model (and brand name) is BTC 8110W. And yes, the keyboard is indeed yellowed pretty badly, which unfortunately someone tried to address with aggressive chemical at some point. Most likely acetone or paint stripper of some sort, because the plastic is literally polished up in some areas & therefore permanently destroyed.

Long story short, I took the whole thing apart, showered all the chunks of dust & debris and then put the whole thing into dishwasher for a full cycle.


After carefully reassembling everything back together again, the finishing result leaves something to be desired even though it's not THAT bad, as it would seem (and appear) on digital camera.


The keyboard is fully operational, all the keys are working OK so now I can only hope to "Retrobrite" rest of the keyboard at some point OR to merge it with another, non-functional one which doesn't have any cosmetic issues. The only problem is that BTC 8110 (or 8140 for that matter) are both incredibly rare nowdays and highly expensive. No one is willing to just give them away (actually someone in here, on this very forum - and I'm not going to say who, offered me one for "free" long time ago, only to suddenly change his attitude towards me & eventually have me blocked), and finding one on ebay with all the shipping & handling would easily cost over $50, and that's without the customs & other fees.

When you mentioned BTC, I remembered having one, I think it's from the late 90's:



Used by my best friend around 10 years, and another 10 by me. Should I say those were the real gaming years, so I can say this is built like a tank. I even lubed it with lithium grease once. It was a mess to clean afterwards
Disassembled and keys washed many times. Dropped many, many times. It's still fully operational, but not in use. It's a damn membrane keyboard. Edit: I remember even washing the membrane few times, as well as other parts (the sides, metal plate).

 

[Greenslade]

I Have just seen this

ASUS P8H61-LX RM Si Motherboard this board is a mini atx will this fit in a full size case?At the top of
Good working condition, no i/o shield”And yet down below he says
ASUS P8H61-LX Motherboard + intel i5 2400 CPU + FAN + 4GB Ram tested to windows environment
Comes with intel i5 2400 + 4GB Ram
i/o shield included?
All expansion slots working
Has the seller lost it since putting picture on there?

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[68Olds]

I Have just seen this

ASUS P8H61-LX RM Si Motherboard this board is a mini atx will this fit in a full size case?At the top of​

Good working condition, no i/o shield”And yet down below he says​

ASUS P8H61-LX Motherboard + intel i5 2400 CPU + FAN + 4GB Ram tested to windows environment​

Comes with intel i5 2400 + 4GB Ram​

i/o shield included?​

All expansion slots working​

Has the seller lost it since putting picture on there?

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Yes, it will fit. Just got to match up the stand-offs. Easy.

 

[Greenslade]

Yes, it will fit. Just got to match up the stand-offs. Easy.

So i see i thought is was a mini one.But looked it up.I bought the inel one but saw this one as i can get higher CPU,s on it.But if it does not have the I.O Shield i want bother .I don,t know why he says no i,o shield at the top, and yet down below in the advert it says it does, plus the fact it shows the i.o sheld in the picture

 

[68Olds]

His ad says he's selling an ASUS P8H61-LX RM Si, but the picture is of an ASUS P8H61-MX. I would move on from this seller.

 

[AMF]

hehehe who remembers this? https://oldcomputers.net/atari800.html

 

[Greenslade]

His ad says he's selling an ASUS P8H61-LX RM Si, but the picture is of an ASUS P8H61-MX. I would move on from this seller.

Yes i just looked no wonder he said it did not include the I.O Shield.Thanks for that 68olds.It all gets confusing with some many different modals of the same board.The Intel board only has PCI 2 I should have done more researchI see PCI
3,0 provides twice the performance of PCI 2.

 

[68Olds]

If the plan is still a vintage gaming PC the PCIe 2.0 shouldn't be a problem.
Drivers for the Intel board might be problematic though. Seems Intel doesn't have drivers for their board on the support site anymore. It may be a search, but should work out okay.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Wouldn't that be the Decepticons logo?

indeed ... that's what i always saw when looking at the mega[tron]halems ...

 

[AMF]

i have 2 of these

 

[Greenslade]

If the plan is still a vintage gaming PC the PCIe 2.0 shouldn't be a problem.
Drivers for the Intel board might be problematic though. Seems Intel doesn't have drivers for their board on the support site anymore. It may be a search, but should work out okay.

Well i would like to go for the Asus one if he has the shield.I see that this the modal that he mentions it is very tiny ASUS P8H61-LX RM Si that is a very tiny board .It has better specs than the MX one he has for sale. though.but the only advantage

over the Intal

 

[lexluthermiester]

It looks more like a well-made HiFi Component.

That was what they were aiming for.

I'll take a pic later today after I've slept, it's in my AGP GPU box and I'm too tired to search it now.

So have you looked at the caps?

 

[framebuffer]

aand with this Ti 4600 and G400 DH I'm done buying video cards (unless I literally see someone throwing away a 3dfx or similar)
400 is crazy enough

 

[Trekkie4]

When you mentioned BTC, I remembered having one, I think it's from the late 90's:

View attachment 278073View attachment 278074

Used by my best friend around 10 years, and another 10 by me. Should I say those were the real gaming years, so I can say this is built like a tank. I even lubed it with lithium grease once. It was a mess to clean afterwards
Disassembled and keys washed many times. Dropped many, many times. It's still fully operational, but not in use. It's a damn membrane keyboard. Edit: I remember even washing the membrane few times, as well as other parts (the sides, metal plate).

You mean, this keyboard right here?


Yes I actually had one, myself! As you can probably tell from the photo, it was used in parallel with the other BTC keyboard, the one I recently found & restored.

 

[Greenslade]

I have just bought this Asus P8H61-MX with a i5 2400 and a want to update the CPU at a later date.What i want to ask is the difference between a CPU with s. at the end of the CPU?I managed to get another £1 off on top of the £4 he had offered me. i Have just looked up the CPU,s this board can use
Asus p8h61-mx-mx it suports
i5 3570k 3,4g. L3 6M. IGPU 4C, REV E1
and yet does not mention this one Why?
Ausus p8h61
i5 3570 3.4 g. L3 6M. IGPU. 4C REV NO?
i was hoping to get this one H3570
Rev no. mean?
On my motherboard it says
rev 1.o1
If i got the i5 3570k i would need a better cooler is that right?The one is as much as i want to pay for a CPU £14 at CEX.Both the i5 3550 and the 3550s. are £12 there.
The 3570 is £11 on eBay.I see that the 3550 is 2% better than the i5 3570 k
UserBenchmark

Motherboard: Asus P8H61-MX​

KOR-User, 12 months ago.Core i5-3570, GTX 1070-Ti So it does work with the motherboard Battleship - 76

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