TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

boomstik360 · Oct 23, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
More on this subject. Below are my Dell XP discs. The first is the OS disc which is just a plain-jane Dell branded XP install. The other is the bundled programs disc. I don't have the drivers & utilities disc anymore.
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This is what I recommend you look for concerning that Dell system. Ebay is a good place and fairly inexpensive.

EDIT: For example;

New Dell OS Reinstallation CD Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 3 - 2009 | eBay

New Dell Operating System Reinstallation CD Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 - 2009.

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$14

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$15

IF you'd prefer SP2, that can be had for $10;

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True, but they were otherwise not difficult to work on.

100% yeah. Not difficult at all. I just remember it being a bummer I couldn't just put any ole board in my moms old Pentium D bearing Dell E510 to upgrade it LOL.

Ruru · Oct 23, 2023

Just for curiosity I tested Celeron D and oh boy that it's slow.

Greenslade said:
XP install stops at this point every time why ? The iso burned with out any errores so why should it stop in the same spot

Try from USB drive. I use this method when I don't have an optical drive

How To Install Windows XP from USB Flash Drive with WinSetupFromUSB

How can you install Windows XP with no CD drive? Here's how ...

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MaxiPro800 · Oct 23, 2023

Took me a while but it works now!

Quick specs:

- ASRock P4Dual-915GL
- Northwood HT 2.8GHz
- Sapphire Radeon HD4870 1GB GDDR5
- 2x512MB DDR400
- Raidmax RX-700AC PSU
- 120GB Hitachi HDD I got out of a recently modded Xbox 360
- TSSTCorp SH-216 SATA DVD drive
- XP Pro SP3.

What's even funnier? I can easily slap a HD7970 on it and it'll boot and work just as fine :laugh:

ASRock really nailed it with this one. The 915 chipset really goes way too well with 478. If only it had 4 DIMM slots, it would have been absolutely epic.

gwak

Ruru · Oct 23, 2023

MaxiPro800 said:
Took me a while but it works now!

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Quick specs:

- ASRock P4Dual-915GL
- Northwood HT 2.8GHz
- Sapphire Radeon HD4870 1GB GDDR5
- 2x512MB DDR400
- Raidmax RX-700AC PSU
- 120GB Hitachi HDD I got out of a recently modded Xbox 360
- TSSTCorp SH-216 SATA DVD drive
- XP Pro SP3.

What's even funnier? I can easily slap a HD7970 on it and it'll boot and work just as fine

ASRock really nailed it with this one. The 915 chipset really goes way too well with 478. If only it had 4 DIMM slots, it would have been absolutely epic.

gwak

Interesting... slap the slowest Willamette Celeron to it? :laugh:

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Oct 23, 2023

MaxiPro800 said:
Took me a while but it works now!

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Which Windows XP theme is that?

MaxiPro800 · Oct 23, 2023

Kissamies said:
Interesting... slap the slowest Willamette Celeron to it?

Oof. Unfortunately don't have any, the lowest Celeron I have is a 2.4GHz (also Northwood if I remember correctly, came out from some ECS laptop that was scrapped a long time ago) that I have no idea where it is atm.

MSDOS Retro said:
Which Windows XP theme is that?

Longhorn M4 (build 4011) theme I got off Internet Archive. Requires patched uxtheme as far as I remember.

Ruru · Oct 23, 2023

MaxiPro800 said:
Oof. Unfortunately don't have any, the lowest Celeron I have is a 2.4GHz (also Northwood if I remember correctly, came out from some ECS laptop that was scrapped a long time ago) that I have no idea where it is atm.

Wouldn't be too bad

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2712267101...uid=oV8Q76jLQLa&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Greenslade · Oct 24, 2023

After putting XP service pack 4 on a CF card it does not boot up again why?

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Oct 24, 2023

Case: Cyberpower Cyber21
Mainboard: Aopen AX34
CPU: Intel Pentium III 1000MHz (Coppermine)
RAM: 512MB (2x256MB) 3-3-3-6
HDD: 20GB
GPU: ATI Rage 128 32MB
LAN: Intel 100Mbit
Optical drive 1: Aopen DVD-1240/AMH
Optical drive 2: Plextor Plexwriter PX-W1210A
OS: Windows XP SP3 (EN)

The videocard is replaced recently

Ruru · Oct 24, 2023

Greenslade said:
After putting XP service pack 4 on a CF card it does not boot up again why?

That "SP4" screwed up my XP install not that long time ago so I decided to not bother with it anymore.

MSDOS Retro said:
Case: Cyberpower Cyber21
Mainboard: Aopen AX34
CPU: Intel Pentium III 1000MHz (Coppermine)
RAM: 512MB (2x256MB) 3-3-3-6
HDD: 20GB
GPU: ATI Rage 128 32MB
LAN: Intel 100Mbit
Optical drive 1: Aopen DVD-1240/AMH
Optical drive 2: Plextor Plexwriter PX-W1210A
OS: Windows XP SP3 (EN)

The videocard is replaced recently

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Hella cool rig there! I just hate that Windows reports "999MHz" on a 1GHz CPU

MaxiPro800 · Oct 24, 2023

Windows stealin' your megahertz :laugh:

gunsmoke999 · Oct 24, 2023

MSDOS Retro said:
Case: Cyberpower Cyber21
Mainboard: Aopen AX34
CPU: Intel Pentium III 1000MHz (Coppermine)
RAM: 512MB (2x256MB) 3-3-3-6
HDD: 20GB
GPU: ATI Rage 128 32MB
LAN: Intel 100Mbit
Optical drive 1: Aopen DVD-1240/AMH
Optical drive 2: Plextor Plexwriter PX-W1210A
OS: Windows XP SP3 (EN)

The videocard is replaced recently

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all them CAPS look like new on the mobo have you changed them out at some point ?

Ruru · Oct 24, 2023

MaxiPro800 said:
Windows stealin' your megahertz

Don't you just hate when it does that :laugh:

Greenslade · Oct 24, 2023

Kissamies said:
That "SP4" screwed up my XP install not that long time ago so I decided to not bother with it anymore.

Hella cool rig there! I just hate that Windows reports "999MHz" on

Kissamies said:
That "SP4" screwed up my XP install not that long time ago so I decided to not bother with it anymore.

Hella cool rig there! I just hate that Windows reports "999MHz" on a 1GHz CPU

Thanks for that I thought it might have something to do with that. Glad it was not just me .I will give it a miss.

All that time getting it set up and running and that.

Ruru · Oct 24, 2023

Greenslade said:
Thanks for that I thought it might have something to do with that. Glad it was not just me .I will give it a miss. All that time getting it set up and running and that.

Just have SP3 without any unofficial newer SPs, that's fine with XP.

Greenslade · Oct 24, 2023

Kissamies said:
Just have SP3 without any unofficial newer SPs, that's fine with XP.

Yes i will thanks.

I bet no one has had one of these .let alone
now.

.

Kissamies said:
That "SP4" screwed up my XP install not that long time ago so I decided to not bother with it anymore.

Hella cool rig there! I just hate that Windows reports "999MHz" on

MSDOS Retro said:
Case: Cyberpower Cyber21
Mainboard: Aopen AX34
CPU: Intel Pentium III 1000MHz (Coppermine)
RAM: 512MB (2x256MB) 3-3-3-6
HDD: 20GB
GPU: ATI Rage 128 32MB
LAN: Intel 100Mbit
Optical drive 1: Aopen DVD-1240/AMH
Optical drive 2: Plextor Plexwriter PX-W1210A
OS: Windows XP SP3 (EN)

The videocard is replaced recently

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It looks very clean in there no dust.

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Oct 25, 2023

gunsmoke999 said:
all them CAPS look like new on the mobo have you changed them out at some point ?

No, as far as i know they are original.

Greenslade said:
Yes i will thanks.I bet no one has had one of these .let alone
now..

It looks very clean in there no dust.

Well, there is dust on the videocard.
But i cleaned it out after, and replaced it with a GeForce 3 or 4.. dont remember.
I will update soon. I have some more systems to show here

pavle · Oct 25, 2023

Greenslade said:
After putting XP service pack 4 on a CF card it does not boot up again why?

There are no problems with SP4, however there is a procedure to follow for flawless operation:
If starting from SP0, upgrade to SP1 or SP2, then
1. Install WindowsXP-USP4-v3.1b-NODOTNET-x86-ENU.exe and reboot.
2. Install May 2019 update rollup (WindowsXP-SP4EOS-Rollup-v2.exe) and reboot.
3. Install all required .NET Frameworks via Control Panel/Add-rem-Win-Cmpnnts and reboot (1.1 & 3.5 first, reboot and then 4.0 and reboot).
4. Wait for post-install tasks to complete.

Fouquin · Oct 25, 2023

Mr.Scott said:
Vista driver support is what sucked.

So much so that I still get stuck in Vista land with some of my hardware. Ageia PPU200 and 2900 XTX are both Vista-locked due to ~2007 era drivers basically being the only ones to run at full speed. Both work on later systems with Windows default drivers but at about 1/4 of the performance. Edit: oh yeah and GeForce PCX, Vista drivers work alright but Win7 it nosedives. At least that can just be put on XP.

Mr.Scott · Oct 25, 2023

Fouquin said:
So much so that I still get stuck in Vista land with some of my hardware. Ageia PPU200 and 2900 XTX are both Vista-locked due to ~2007 era drivers basically being the only ones to run at full speed. Both work on later systems with Windows default drivers but at about 1/4 of the performance. Edit: oh yeah and GeForce PCX, Vista drivers work alright but Win7 it nosedives. At least that can just be put on XP.

Surprised about the 2900. You should have no issues running that on XP or W7.

Ruru · Oct 25, 2023

Actually I installed Vista yesterday on a fast-ish LGA775 rig. Damn I miss the looks of that OS, looked better than Win7 if you ask me.

I'll install some more games then I'll post few benchmarks.

Fouquin · Oct 26, 2023

Mr.Scott said:
Surprised about the 2900. You should have no issues running that on XP or W7.

A12 silicon doesn't play nice with anything but Catalyst 7.6 on Vista. It took three months of believing the card to be dead before figuring that out.

boomstik360 · Oct 26, 2023

Finding these makes me happy LOL

P.S. The old Dell background is just for funzies.

lexluthermiester · Oct 26, 2023

pavle said:
There are no problems with SP4, however there is a procedure to follow for flawless operation:
If starting from SP0, upgrade to SP1 or SP2, then
1. Install WindowsXP-USP4-v3.1b-NODOTNET-x86-ENU.exe and reboot.
2. Install May 2019 update rollup (WindowsXP-SP4EOS-Rollup-v2.exe) and reboot.
3. Install all required .NET Frameworks via Control Panel/Add-rem-Win-Cmpnnts and reboot (1.1 & 3.5 first, reboot and then 4.0 and reboot).
4. Wait for post-install tasks to complete.

Seems very convoluted. No thanks. SP4 was important back when XP was still in common use. That's just not the case anymore. No one needs it. SP3 is optimal.

boomstik360 · Oct 26, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
Seems very convoluted. No thanks. SP4 was important back when XP was still in common use. That's just not the case anymore. No one needs it. SP3 is optimal.

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Processor	Always changing
Motherboard	Always changing
Cooling	Always changing
Memory	Always changing
Video Card(s)	Always changing
Storage	Always changing
Display(s)	Always changing
Case	Always changing
Audio Device(s)	Always changing
Power Supply	Always changing
Mouse	Always changing
Keyboard	Always changing

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @ PBO +200 -20CO
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50, Arctic & Corsair fans
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs + 3TB USB3.0 HDDs
Display(s)	27" 4K120 IPS + 32" 4K60 IPS + 24" 1080p60
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless / Corsair HS35
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 + Asus ROG Strix Edge Nordic
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis

System Name	Star Platinum
Processor	Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Cooling	EKL
Memory	16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX650 1GB GDDR5
Storage	2x Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB SATA II
Display(s)	Samsung 43 inch
Case	Delux MG760
Audio Device(s)	Realtek High Definition Audio + X-Fi XtremeGamer SB0730
Power Supply	FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse	ASUS RoG Cerberus mouse
Keyboard	Marvo KM400 keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @ PBO +200 -20CO
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50, Arctic & Corsair fans
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs + 3TB USB3.0 HDDs
Display(s)	27" 4K120 IPS + 32" 4K60 IPS + 24" 1080p60
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless / Corsair HS35
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 + Asus ROG Strix Edge Nordic
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis

System Name	Star Platinum
Processor	Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Cooling	EKL
Memory	16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX650 1GB GDDR5
Storage	2x Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB SATA II
Display(s)	Samsung 43 inch
Case	Delux MG760
Audio Device(s)	Realtek High Definition Audio + X-Fi XtremeGamer SB0730
Power Supply	FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse	ASUS RoG Cerberus mouse
Keyboard	Marvo KM400 keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

boomstik360

New Dell OS Reinstallation CD Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 3 - 2009 | eBay

Dell Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP3 Reinstallation Disc P/N: U317K | eBay

Dell Reinstallation CD Microsoft Windows XP Professional Pro Service Pack 2 SP2 | eBay

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

How To Install Windows XP from USB Flash Drive with WinSetupFromUSB

MaxiPro800

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

AUTOEXEC.BAT

MaxiPro800

Ruru

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Greenslade

AUTOEXEC.BAT

Ruru

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MaxiPro800

gunsmoke999

Ruru

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Greenslade

Ruru

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Greenslade

AUTOEXEC.BAT

pavle

Fouquin

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Mr.Scott

Ruru

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Fouquin

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Cooling	air
Memory	ddr 4 / 16 gig 2400 mhz
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