TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Athlonite]

I think you guys would enjoy this guy's vintage hardware channel

Techmoan I would like to go to his house and see all his amazing vintage stuff It must be like a museum in his house.

Yeah I already watch this guy on YT some very interesting stuff

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

I think you guys would enjoy this guy's vintage hardware channel

Techmoan I would like to go to his house and see all his amazing vintage stuff It must be like a museum in his house.

Techmoan is a great channel. I especially love that outro with funky tech in operation.

Also if you want more history narration style one, my fav is RetroBytes.

 

[Greenslade]

ECS Motherboard KN1 Extreme (rev 1.0A) Socket 939 4 x 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMMECS KN1 SLI Extreme ReviewI have just been to my local market one stall hard loads of unopened boxed motherboard and loads of other vintage computer parts.There was six boxed motherboards i did not know which ones to get ,i ended up getting these two .Sadly i have made a mistake on the Extreme one as it does not have the CPU or the heatsink Fan or the manual.They were just packing up i did not have enough time to have a good look.I have just looked it up and it is reviewed on the number one Tech site that is ours of course. I just looked it up on ebay only one on there opened not used just for £30 I thought it would go for a lot more than that. I should be able to get £15 on there.​

I have just checked eBay for the price of a CPU for the
ECS Motherboard KN1 and this is the one in the Tech review
AMD Athlon 64 3000 ADA3000DAA4BW socket 939 CPU - venice core and it is only £5. I have just checked the other motherboard on eBay and am sad to say that is less desirable than the other one I got today.
PC CHIPS M870 V2.0 ATX Motherboard AHN2800BIX2AX Socket 754 CPU PC Computer £19 plus postage pre-owned no I/O shield. At least mine is ready to go I have lots of Ram. But it is not much better than my Athlon 2400. Mind you can't say much for £5. I thought more would like these two boards i got certainly a bargain

 

[MaxiPro800]

Just got these today. ABIT IS7-E v1.2, and a HIS X1950 Pro in dire need of TLC.

Making progress. Changed the Prescott HT 3.0GHz I initially had in there for a much cooler Northwood HT 2.8GHz - I don't think I necessarily need SSE3 (and I don't really know much apps that use it - feel free to name a few important apps that use it.)

 

[Greenslade]

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Just got these today. ABIT IS7-E v1.2, and a HIS X1950 Pro in dire need of TLC.

Making progress. Changed the Prescott HT 3.0GHz I initially had in there for a much cooler Northwood HT 2.8GHz - I don't think I necessarily need SSE3 (and I don't really know much apps that use it - feel free to name a few important apps that use it.)

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That was another one that was there at the market ABIT and a socket 7 I should have got them. If I had enough money on me at the time I would. But I am happy with the two I got, more so with the socket 939.

 

[dorsetknob]

it's too bent, and the plexiglass had to be removed as it was shattered beyond any salvation.

Replace it with a perspex off cut suitably trimmed to shape

 

[droid-I]

Jetway V266B v3.0. VIA KT266. Appears one cap bulging in storage. Had an XP2400+ in it.

Abit BL7, intel 845 chipset, a Pentium 4 Northwood at 2.8GHz

 

[MaxiPro800]

Replace it with a perspex off cut suitably trimmed to shape

Couldn't find perspex where I live, so went down at Leroy Merlin and bought a 50x50 plexiglass since it was cheap. Just gotta remove that S shape from the panel, sand it a lil' bit, cut the plexiglass to shape, then stick it to the panel.

 

[basco]

what adata vitesta ram is that mr maxipro ?
the one with red pcb?

 

[MaxiPro800]

Standard Vitesta DDR500 512MB, p/n MDOHYBF3H47A0K1G0Z. Got them with a nF4 Ultra build.
They're not Extreme Edition sticks, but still kick ass

As for the silver sticks, they're PQI TURBO PQI3200-1024DPH - Samsung TCCD sticks (according to this thread), except they supposedly clock slightly better than Corsair XMS.

@droid-I What's the AC2001 chip for, controlling the two digit POST display?

 

[MachineLearning]

Soyo P4I865PE Plus Dragon 2 V1.0

 

[Greenslade]

I have been looking for a cheap 939 CPU under£10 on eBay
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ £6 tested working. Is the best one I can see on there in my price range. There are loads of AM2 ones.

 

[MaxiPro800]

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Soyo P4I865PE Plus Dragon 2 V1.0

As blingy as the caps might be - replace them. Every single one. What you have there are GSC/Sacon capacitors disguised as fake OST. (OST never had silver caps)

 

[MachineLearning]

As blingy as the caps might be - replace them. Every single one. What you have there are GSC/Sacon capacitors disguised as fake OST. (OST never had silver caps)

Board has 0 voltage control so I don't really care about it. If I do caps I'd vmod as well and the board frankly doesn't deserve it... Already have IS7-E v1.2 so this is more of a curiosity.

 

[droid-I]

What's the AC2001 chip for, controlling the two digit POST display?

Not really sure, I had some thought of it being an audio chip, Realtek/Avance Logic ALC201. The Abit TH7II used the same AC2001.

 

[Greenslade]

No one puts there thermal paste on like this do they?

wih the

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ which looks like the one i will get for my socket 939​

good. way to do it ,to put the front panal cnnecters on before you put it in the case ​

 

[Magic Cube]

Jetway V266B v3.0. VIA KT266. Appears one cap bulging in storage. Had an XP2400+ in it.

Abit BL7, intel 845 chipset, a Pentium 4 Northwood at 2.8GHz

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I once had Jetway motherboard with KT266 chipset. Which revision and exact model was, I don't remember anymore. But my brain remembers that this motherboard was slow because memory interleaving was off. There was no setting for it in bios. You had to use WPCREDIT tool to change PCI Configuration Register's to enable it.

 

[MachineLearning]

The Soyo board unfortunately is limited to 232MHz max in BIOS but at least it can achieve it stock.

Intel Pentium 4 @ 3015.87 MHz - CPU-Z VALIDATOR

[a35tew] Validated Dump by MachineLearning (2023-04-21 08:21:58) - MB: soyocomputer P4IPE - RAM: 256 MB

valid.x86.fr

 

[Greenslade]

Does anyone use eBay on here I keep getting this message asking me to verify my account with my phone number I press verify they say they have sent me a code but they don't.

Help us secure your account​

For your security and to ensure only you have access to your account, please verify your identity.
Edit phone number
We sent a text with a security code to my number
I have had the same phone number since I signed up for eBay.The only thing I can think is I don't have a Smart /I phone.
My email is fine.
I see from typing in this problem a lot of people are having the same problem. Only two stalls at the market today not surprising as it was a wet day today Hopefully it will be a better day tomorrow.

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Just got these today. ABIT IS7-E v1.2, and a HIS X1950 Pro in dire need of TLC.

Making progress. Changed the Prescott HT 3.0GHz I initially had in there for a much cooler Northwood HT 2.8GHz - I don't think I necessarily need SSE3 (and I don't really know much apps that use it - feel free to name a few important apps that use it.)

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This heatsink Fan looks a lot better in design. I might try the way he has put the thermal paste, it looks very good.

Mind you the one I want to put on has no shroud on it. I managed to get it off I see it is a SEMPRON 2400.I have done it is a bad design .Weather or not it works is another thing, see 1389.

 

[Audioave10]

LGR surely has the most toys!

 

[MaxiPro800]

Scored a rather neat and small 9800GT card that not only it does not require a PCI-E connector, but is also a "low profile" design - even the heatsink is slim.

Unfortunately, the original fan was broken, so I managed to ghetto rig the base and blades (with careful pliers action on a old 754/939/AM2 fan) from a AMD heatsink, and super-glued it to the plastic shroud after precisely aligning it. Higher CFM on the AMD fan (it was supposed to cool a 90nm CPU at the very least, so no wonder it's pretty loud) but at least it does a better job at cooling the 9800GT core, considering the slim heatsink used.


Test machine: A8N SLI, A64 3200+, 4x512MB DDR (2x ADATA Vitesta DDR500, 2x PQI Turbo PC3200), 420W Spire SP-ATX-420WTN-PFC "Jewel 420W". Didn't add a HDD since it's late in the night here and I'm a bit tired.

And the A8N SLI is finally rebuilt. I replaced the sticks with slightly mundane Kingmax and Sycron sticks, just because I had those being more stable at CL2.

 

[Greenslade]

LGR surely has the most toys!

Cool fromt panal design with the dvd .cd , Good ole ClintI got one motherboard working All thoough i need to get either the Heatsink that fell of which i would have toglue on because one of the connecters fell off .Or take the one off 1386 Biostar which i failed to get to work..

I need somrthing to format IDE Drives mi Arhlon 2400 does not show when i put them on the PC i am using a sata drive on there.Can i use one of these to delete the drives and format them so i can use them on the motherboard showm on here. one of these docks. i have never used one before.And our old mate Phil

noy yjis one though the one i thinking anout is the cheapst one i could see on Ali fexpress.

1 X SATA Data Cable
1 X USB To IDE/SATA Cable Adapter
1 X AC To IDE Power Converter
1 X IDE To SATA Power Cord
1 X AC Adapter
This is the one i am going to go for USB 2.0 to SATA PATA IDE Hard Drive Adapter Cable Kit with UK Power Adapter cheapest price £11.20. UK.There are to many hidden prices on Ali Express

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yeah I already watch this guy on YT some very interesting stuff

TechMoan is excellent!

 

[MaxiPro800]

Sweet PSU from today's car boot sale. Along with a few goodies that I'll update this post with pics along the way.

I know, the caps on the secondary side are bursted. They're gonna be replaced, once I remove the heatsink first. For those curious of the OEM behind "Thor's hammer" as I like to call it, it's Topower. Of the most insane kind.

Whaddya think, would this be enough to power an totally nuts Prescott build?

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

After recapping will be fine for sure.