TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Ruru]

Sounds like a bad solder joint ... or possibly a bad connection within the VGA port. You could also use DVI to VGA converter & hook up older VGA monitor that way.

Ultra has no VGA connectors (dual DVI), I've tried exactly with an adapter. Probably the DAC is defective.

On the other hand, it doesn't matter. I use VGA for my VGA-only GF3 after all.

 

[Trekkie4]

Ultra has no VGA connectors (dual DVI), I've tried exactly with an adapter. Probably the DAC is defective.

On the other hand, it doesn't matter. I use VGA for my VGA-only GF3 after all.

Oh, OK. It was a random idea, I remember having similar issue with one of the Radeon cards long time ago. DVI port worked fine, but the VGA had all messed up colors & random artifacts across the screen, so I ended up using DVI to VGA converter instead.

 

[Greenslade]

Those bloody plastic pins on Intel do my head in.one of the lugs on that on the bottom of the board broke off I just got a X3450 to replace the i5 750, the one bit of plastic on one of the pins seems to be holding it in ,the other three pins are fine.I had a test run for putting the cooler i got for my AMD on, It seems one pin breaks off on those Intel coolers a lot of the time i try to put one on.It is really odd other boards i have don,t work with the 420 gpu card and yet work fine with this board weird Alls well with the X3450 which cost me five pound on eBay

 

[MaxiPro800]

Had some fun with a few boards today

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Ah, the good ol days when the main motherboard power connector was randomly dropped near the IO plate. And I completely forgot about those old CNR slots!

 

[Trekkie4]

Ah, the good ol days when the main motherboard power connector was randomly dropped near the IO plate. And I completely forgot about those old CNR slots!

Actually, the best position for the ATX connector in my opinion was right behind the mouse & keyboard outputs, in the upper-left corner of the motherboard. That way you can simply bend the ATX power cable, make a sharp 180 turn & tuck all the excess cable between the motherboard itself & PSU box. Where all the other positions require you to route the cable across the board (and case), making a mess.

 

[Hugis]

Ahh fun times with my old IP35E and a Q9550

 

[Greenslade]

Had some fun with a few boards today
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All your stuff looks very clean and dust free how do you do it Some of it looks new,

 

[lexluthermiester]

Actually, the best position for the ATX connector in my opinion was right behind the mouse & keyboard outputs, in the upper-left corner of the motherboard. That way you can simply bend the ATX power cable, make a sharp 180 turn & tuck all the excess cable between the motherboard itself & PSU box. Where all the other positions require you to route the cable across the board (and case), making a mess.

100% agree!

 

[Dan.G]

I remember Abit brand was highly regarded for its' premium motherboards.
Got my "tech information" from magazines, back then: XtremPC.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I remember Abit brand was highly regarded for its' premium motherboards.

I can independently confirm this. ABit boards were always top-shelf. Better than ASUS even(and that's saying something for that time-period).

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Yeah, ABit was a top brand for sure.

I guess this counts as nostalgic? The HD 5770 came out about 14 years ago. It's my boot screen card for my 2010 Mac Pro. Still runs fine when I need it, though that blower is a bit noisy. Who knows how many hours are on it.

 

[3x0]

Stupid question, has anybody tried to polish piano finish plastic on GPU shrouds like the one on GTX 280 for ex.? My has a few surface scratches that I think I could get rid of, judging by some YT videos on car care.

 

[onemanhitsquad]

Stupid question, has anybody tried to polish piano finish plastic on GPU shrouds like the one on GTX 280 for ex.? My has a few surface scratches that I think I could get rid of, judging by some YT videos on car care.

you can buy plastic polish , as easy as ebay

 

[Greenslade]

I had a bad day yesterday at the market.plus the wrong item sent by Ali Express I bought the three GPU,S s two tried so far. the forst one Gfoce 7800 does spin but nothing on the Monitor I was very hopefully that one worked.The seconed one i found out was a Dell oem card that showed lines on the screen.And the third one which i have not tested yet, i am not hopefully that will woek ,because i got the same modal before and that did not work. So it looks like £5 wasted i got four sticks of ddr ram with the Gpu,s and they would not cost much anyway.Can anyone tell me why a gpu that spins but does not boot?i am able to shut the board off the normal way though.

My first AMD build the gpu is the only one out of thouse four to work on there The 420 one works on my GA55 UD3 only not on the 775 one,why should one card wotk on one board and not another?i don,t know if the DVI. to VGA adapter is faulty, but the DVI to HDMI does not wotk ntherAt least that 440 gpu was good buy ar £2 last month from a different seller.Rhe ones i bought the other day were a box with a load pc parts.There was a sound blaster card in the box but looked a bit battered.But you never know after buying the three cards which looked fine.The sound card mifgt have worked.If it is there next week i would take a punt on it for £1.I am gutted that the 7800 doesn,t work.Just tried the third one that does not work. You win some you loose some and lost on these.

 

[3x0]

the forst one Gfoce 7800 rgw dan spins but nothing on the Monitor I was very hopefully that one worked.

How did you expect it to work when it's literally missing all of its capacitors? It's a 7600GT BTW, not a 7800GT

 

[Greenslade]

How did you expect it to work when it's literally missing all of its capacitors? It's a 7600GT BTW, not a 7800GT
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I did not realise that ,thanks for pointing that out I will have to look more carefully next time, No wonder it does not work.You have saved me time trying to get it to work.What about the other one with the fan?

 

[3x0]

What about the other one with the fan?

Sorry, don't know which model it is to compare and it's difficult to tell just from the (slightly blurry) picture.

Edit: seems to be MSI FX5600 AGP https://www.newegg.com/msi-geforce-fx-5600-fx5600-vtd256/p/N82E16814127102
From the looks of it, at least the SMDs on the front of the card aren't missing

 

[Greenslade]

Sorry, don't know which model it is to compare and it's difficult to tell just from the (slightly blurry) picture.

Edit: seems to be MSI FX5600 AGP https://www.newegg.com/msi-geforce-fx-5600-fx5600-vtd256/p/N82E16814127102
From the looks of it, at least the SMDs on the front of the card aren't missing

That is the right card,The back plate is missing.That would not make it stop working though.

I have just seen this PC case on FMP it looks cool But the price isnt £100 just for a case.I just saw this there to but it is freeAntec Tower case. Never used due to lack of time,Mind you i should think it has gone now ,as the guy put it on there 3 weeks ago.It looks a odd design a Retro case
You do fone some good stuff on there.It has got to be gone now as he was asking £25.

 

[onemanhitsquad]

That is the right card,The back plate is missing.That would not make it stop working though.

I have just seen this PC case on FMP it looks cool But the price isnt £100 just for a case.I just saw this there to but it is freeAntec Tower case. Never used due to lack of time,Mind you i should think it has gone now ,as the guy put it on there 3 weeks ago.It looks a odd design a Retro case
You do fone some good stuff on there.It has got to be gone now as he was asking £25.

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I have 2 of those , the wife and I both used one for a time ...Antec P160...we have their windowed doors on them , one is not bad and one has some scratches , light weight , pretty nice at the time.

 

[Greenslade]

I have 2 of those , the wife and I both used one for a time ...Antec P160...we have their windowed doors on them , one is not bad and one has some scratches , light weight , pretty nice at the time.

It must have gone now as the seller did not get back to me.I bet it went as soon as he said it was free.

I am trying to attach photos in the messages to a seller on Ali Express as reguards the seller sending me the wrong item.I asked the qustion on the webb and this is the answer i got To attach photos on AliExpress messages,
click on the plus symbol on the left of the message box and select the image you want to attach.I have done that my photo comes up ,i click upen and the photo box goes but nothing comes up. It,s a pain in the neck Ali Espress I am sticking with eBay and Amazon in the futureIf the item was less than £6 i would not bother about going through all this. But it is £12.50.I don,t mind losing £6 but £12.50 is a different mater.I have never seen anything like it.

I have just seen this on FMP what an ugly case it isHas anyone seen one of these before? its £5 i bet it is a heavy bugger.I am only interested in it because it has a Blu ray player in it.Its £5 and the other side of London.

 

[DR4G00N]

I have just seen this on FMP what an ugly case it isHas anyone seen one of these before?

It's a Thermaltake Level 10 GT, it was a pretty good case in it's day IIRC. Certainly a case worth picking up for £5, when new they went for around $250 USD.

 

[Greenslade]

It's a Thermaltake Level 10 GT, it was a pretty good case in it's day IIRC. Certainly a case worth picking up for £5, when new they went for around $250 USD.

I bet it is a very heavy case I use public transport so it would be a very heavy thing to carry about
It is not as old as i thought plus it has USB3

video from 8 years ago.,I saw another video of it by a very young Linus from 11 years ago,but that was a white show edition After
your message i have sent the guy a message.It has been on there 5 weeks so i dare so it has gone.

 

[Ruru]

Sandy seems to be stable.

 

[lexluthermiester]

That is the right card,The back plate is missing.That would not make it stop working though.

I have just seen this PC case on FMP it looks cool But the price isnt £100 just for a case.I just saw this there to but it is freeAntec Tower case. Never used due to lack of time,Mind you i should think it has gone now ,as the guy put it on there 3 weeks ago.It looks a odd design a Retro case
You do fone some good stuff on there.It has got to be gone now as he was asking £25.

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That Antec is a nice model!