TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Greenslade]

There's a first time for everything. and there are many videos on YouTube showing how it's done. MikeTech is a good one. He did a cap job in one of his latest videos!

I will check that video out thanks. Can you ring the caps that you say are going?And are there any caps gone on these. two boards i am trying to get to work?

 

[Ruru]

Yup, the cooling setup in that series of laptop will handle 47W CPUs. You'd be fine with the i7-4800MQ, 4810MQ, 4900MQ or 4910MQ. However, the 4930MX or 4940MX will NOT work, so don't try them.

Damn, then I'll get that one with the best bang for buck there are many ebay sellers where you can select the chip you want so I'll check from one of those.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Damn, then I'll get that one with the best bang for buck there are many ebay sellers where you can select the chip you want so I'll check from one of those.

Make sure your BIOS is up to date.

Can you ring the caps that you say are going?

Sure, see below;

 

[Mr.Scott]

Not worth it. No 12v CPU power, crappy VIA chipset.

 

[Ruru]

Make sure your BIOS is up to date.

No worriest there, updated few years ago already.

 

[Greenslade]

Not worth it. No 12v CPU power, crappy VIA chipset.

I will give it a miss then Scotty

 

[lexluthermiester]

Not worth it. No 12v CPU power, crappy VIA chipset.

Really? I've never seen that model but it looks like it would be decent after a cap job. I never had an issue with VIA for AMD..

 

[Ruru]

I never had an issue with VIA for AMD..

Same. Maybe not the best overclockers when compared to nF2, but usually pretty solid chipsets.

 

[Greenslade]

Really? I've never seen that model but it looks like it would be decent after a cap job. I never had an issue with VIA for AMD..

I havent either , like i said earlier it is a very colourful board.

Same. Maybe not the best overclockers when compared to nF2, but usually pretty solid chipsets.

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LGA775 Intel Core 2 Quad Core Motherboard 8GB RAM Xeon 3.4GHZ CPU ASUS Bundle​

MPN
P5K-E, P5K-Deluxe
Xeon E5450 Quad Core

I have been using this combo for 4 years and it hasn't missed a beat. All this time the Super powerful E5450 Quad Core CPU has been overclocked to 3.4ghz and is 100% stable. This is basically the best of the Core 2 Quad generation.Have you heard of it?
If it came with heatsink cooler i would buy it, but i suppose it needs a moded one
I got a 775 board on eGay last year but can,t get it to work
775 DDR3 or DDR2 which is the best?At £39 make an offer a bit pricey for me.

 

[AUTOEXEC.BAT]

WOW! Nice find! Are you going to use them or did you buy them for the collectable nature of them?

I will leave these boxes closed as long as I can. I previously bought 70 copies, which are also mentioned in this topic somewhere. And those were separate floppies. The Polaroids are from 1989

 

[Ruru]

I havent either , like i said earlier it is a very colourful board.

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LGA775 Intel Core 2 Quad Core Motherboard 8GB RAM Xeon 3.4GHZ CPU ASUS Bundle​

MPN
P5K-E, P5K-Deluxe
Xeon E5450 Quad Core

I have been using this combo for 4 years and it hasn't missed a beat. All this time the Super powerful E5450 Quad Core CPU has been overclocked to 3.4ghz and is 100% stable. This is basically the best of the Core 2 Quad generation.Have you heard of it?
If it came with heatsink cooler i would buy it, but i suppose it needs a moded one
I got a 775 board on eGay last year but can,t get it to work
775 DDR3 or DDR2 which is the best?At £39 make an offer a bit pricey for me.
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That Xeon is basically a Q9650 according to its specs. Never owned one and actually I'm done with LGA775 (at least what it comes for purchasing stuff for that socket).

I have a Q9550 but haven't played around with it, at least not yet.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I have a Q9550 but haven't played around with it, at least not yet.

You should, it's a solid CPU. Very overclockable too!

 

[Greenslade]

Is socket A the same as 462

PC Chips M863G K7 Socket 462/A motherboard? Any caps gone on there? Mind you i did get a PC Chips board at my local market a year or so a go it was in the box new but was D.O.A ​

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That Xeon is basically a Q9650 according to its specs. Never owned one and actually I'm done with LGA775 (at least what it comes for purchasing stuff for that socket).

I have a Q9550 but haven't played around with it, at least not yet.

Whats your fav Retro board?Or do you like newer boards now?

 

[lexluthermiester]

I havent either , like i said earlier it is a very colourful board.

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LGA775 Intel Core 2 Quad Core Motherboard 8GB RAM Xeon 3.4GHZ CPU ASUS Bundle​

MPN
P5K-E, P5K-Deluxe
Xeon E5450 Quad Core

I have been using this combo for 4 years and it hasn't missed a beat. All this time the Super powerful E5450 Quad Core CPU has been overclocked to 3.4ghz and is 100% stable. This is basically the best of the Core 2 Quad generation.Have you heard of it?
If it came with heatsink cooler i would buy it, but i suppose it needs a moded one
I got a 775 board on eGay last year but can,t get it to work
775 DDR3 or DDR2 which is the best?At £39 make an offer a bit pricey for me.
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That looks like a great base for a retro system. Costs ok?

Is socket A the same as 462

PC Chips M863G K7 Socket 462/A motherboard? Any caps gone on there? Mind you i did get a PC Chips board at my local market a year or so a go it was in the box new but was D.O.A ​

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That one looks great too!

 

[Greenslade]

That looks like a great base for a retro system. Costs ok?


That one looks great too!

I would go for the former if it was £10 cheaper i would go for it but £39 without a cooler is to much.PCchip is £24 make an offer thats more my price. I was so excited to find this item from my first ever PC build from Uni days in 2003. I had so many happy hours blasting away on Quake Arena, Half Life and Unreal Tournament on this little beauty. Alas I can't find a 20 pin PSU to test it and have decided to sell. Sold as spares or repair even though I full expect that it works. Ideal retro machine.Ids thart worth a punt at that price.
Processor: Sempron 2400 (might be 2400+) complete with cooler
Motherboard: PCCHIPS M863G
RAM: 1 x 256MB, 1 x unknown (could be 512mb) Any caps gone there Lex?

 

[lexluthermiester]

I would go for the former if it was £10 cheaper i would go for it but £39 without a cooler is to much.PCchip is £24 make an offer thats more my price. I was so excited to find this item from my first ever PC build from Uni days in 2003. I had so many happy hours blasting away on Quake Arena, Half Life and Unreal Tournament on this little beauty. Alas I can't find a 20 pin PSU to test it and have decided to sell. Sold as spares or repair even though I full expect that it works. Ideal retro machine.Ids thart worth a punt at that price.
Processor: Sempron 2400 (might be 2400+) complete with cooler
Motherboard: PCCHIPS M863G
RAM: 1 x 256MB, 1 x unknown (could be 512mb) Any caps gone there Lex?View attachment 332235

Not great photo, but they look ok.

 

[Greenslade]

Not great photo, but they look ok.

It looks a good photo on my 2017 iMac Vista in 2024?

 

[stinger608]

@Greenslade , why do you keep looking at some of these "junk" boards that are dead and then you are trying to figure out how to get them working, after you receive them?

Get a known good system and be done with it man.

 

[Bones]

Here's my newly aquired "WTF is it" chip.

 

[Veseleil]

I have a Q9550 but haven't played around with it, at least not yet.

Same. Got it with a rampage formula. Confirmed it's working and that's it. Haven't find the time, nor funds for a such project. Missing RAM, storage, PSU, better CPU cooler, period correct GPU (but I guess my 1060 could do).

 

[Greenslade]

@Greenslade , why do you keep looking at some of these "junk" boards that are dead and then you are trying to figure out how to get them working, after you receive them?

Get a known good system and be done with it man.

The ASUS A7V600 was bought on eBay in a case and was working untel i replaced the cpu and took it out of the case.I thought this was a retro forum.The other board that seemed to have life in it never worked before and was only a fiver so no loss on that one.And the 775 one was working untel now.I know this board is not retro but it was only £10 i was was thinking of getting it,I would have got it for a fiver.I see even that is old. I was going to go back and get it but want now.

 

[kilo]

Here's my newly aquired "WTF is it" chip.
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Stepping shows it as a Pentium 4 HT 550

 

[Bones]

Stepping shows it as a Pentium 4 HT 550

A 550 Prescott to be exact by the info.
Of course I will have to confirm it once it's in a system loaded with an OS to see what CPU-Z says but that has to be it.

 

[Ruru]

Here's my newly aquired "WTF is it" chip.
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Damn, I've seen a similar misprint P4 somewhere before. Aren't those pretty rare?

Is socket A the same as 462

Yes it is

Same. Got it with a rampage formula. Confirmed it's working and that's it. Haven't find the time, nor funds for a such project. Missing RAM, storage, PSU, better CPU cooler, period correct GPU (but I guess my 1060 could do).

Yeah, I have only up to DDR2-800 and that's pretty meh what it comes to those 333FSB CPUs though RAM OC is never ruled out. I should test about all my RAM one day for their max OC and I have A LOT of DDR/DDR2/DDR3 sticks.

 

[Veseleil]

Damn, I've seen a similar misprint P4 somewhere before. Aren't those pretty rare?


Yes it is


Yeah, I have only up to DDR2-800 and that's pretty meh what it comes to those 333FSB CPUs though RAM OC is never ruled out. I should test about all my RAM one day for their max OC and I have A LOT of DDR/DDR2/DDR3 sticks.

I had trouble finding higher freq. DDR2 modules in the local market. The board supports 4 DIMMs, but not sure how stable it is fully populated. It boots with different sticks though.