TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

masterdeejay · Friday at 11:54 AM

Lenovo T61 from trash.
Installed modded Windows11 (coreboot edition) just for fun, there is even drivers for the IGP.
T8100, 2GB ram, 160GB HDD, 1280x800, Intel IGP.

Macro Device · Friday at 4:16 PM

2024. I don't have a PATA cable to test my PATA devices.

jak_2456 · Friday at 4:18 PM

Macro Device said:
2024. I don't have a PATA cable to test my PATA devices.
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Just do yourself a solid and buy one of those fancy IDE cables that isn't a ribbon.

Macro Device · Friday at 4:25 PM

jak_2456 said:
buy

Why..? I'm fairly certain I can get them for free. I'm not in a hurry, I can wait.

Ruru · Friday at 5:41 PM

New video from Phil. The original PhysX was actually way more impressive than the Nvidia one on GPUs.

Macro Device said:
2024. I don't have a PATA cable to test my PATA devices.
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I may have even few unused Asus branded myself, even a floppy cable somewhere. As my A7N8X-X doesn't have SATA (solder pads for the connectors and controller though), I have to use PATA DVD drive and HDDs.

lexluthermiester · Friday at 5:53 PM

Greenslade said:
I don,t like having stuff that does not work like it should.

Everyone here feels your pain on that point. It's massively frustrating. :toast:

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Friday at 11:35 PM

Greenslade said:
I am testing all my boards out and, on the GA7VAXP two floppy connections on the board don,t work. To sell it should i take the ram heat sink and CPU out and sell it as *For parts not working*?I am looking on eBay and one has gone for £10 with bad caps.so i guess i could get £10 for it.I don,t like having stuff that does not work like it should.

It has only 1 floppy connector on that board. The 3 green and 1 white are IDE and IDE RAID..
The black one is the floppy

Have you connected it the right way?

The 1 end with the twisted part goes to the floppy. The other end to the floppy connector on the board. And again, that is the black connector. The connector in the middle of the cable normally is not used
And setup Drive A as 1.44MB in the BIOS
Drive B: None

When your led of the drive starts blinking immediately after turning on the PC, switch the cable at the floppy drive.. Of course when you turned off the PC....

RJARRRPCGP · Friday at 11:55 PM

Ruru said:
A7N8X-X

Mine that was made in 2004, got bad KZG series caps in the mid-2010s! Bulging and leaking!

2004 and 2005 are extremely bad years for Chemi-con KZG caps! But they still lasted for 8 years, IIRC. More than most bad batches of caps.

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Saturday at 12:06 AM

RJARRRPCGP said:
Mine that was made in 2004, got bad KZG series caps in the mid-2010s! Bulging and leaking!

2004 and 2005 are extremely bad years for Chemi-con KZG caps! But they still lasted for 8 years, IIRC. More than most bad batches of caps.

I have that A7N8X-X and the XE version, but no trouble at all so far.

stinger608 · Saturday at 1:22 AM

AUTOEXEC.BAT said:
It has only 1 floppy connector on that board. The 3 green and 1 white are IDE and IDE RAID..
The black one is the floppy

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Have you connected it the right way?

The 1 end with the twisted part goes to the floppy. The other end to the floppy connector on the board. And again, that is the black connector. The connector in the middle of the cable normally is not used
And setup Drive A as 1.44MB in the BIOS
Drive B: None

When your led of the drive starts blinking immediately after turning on the PC, switch the cable at the floppy drive.. Of course when you turned off the PC....

you also have to ensure you have the DIP switches positioned properly as well.

I actually have two of the GA-7VAXP boards and both of them work. They were a hell of a socket 462 motherboard!

They were a ton of money back in the day!!!!!

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Saturday at 10:23 AM

stinger608 said:
you also have to ensure you have the DIP switches positioned properly as well.

I have 21 Retro PC's in the range 8088XT to Pentium 4, but never heard of setting dip switches for a floppy on a Socket A board. You enable it in the BIOS by setting the correct drive type, or disable it by selecting "None" ?

Ruru · Saturday at 10:35 AM

RJARRRPCGP said:
Mine that was made in 2004, got bad KZG series caps in the mid-2010s! Bulging and leaking!

2004 and 2005 are extremely bad years for Chemi-con KZG caps! But they still lasted for 8 years, IIRC. More than most bad batches of caps.

I was actually surprised that it booted immediately, unfortunately the 2800+ Barton was dead which was included with the board. Got that for practically free with a working* 6800 Ultra AGP. I did read on The Retro Web that the board is known for probably bad caps (oh noes, the capacitor plague era...), but mine works without any issues.

* the RAMDACs are toast though, image gets discoloured with a DVI-VGA adapter, but when using just DVI, no issues.

edit: Mine has also KZGs but yeah, no issues. Wonder when mine was made.

Greenslade · Saturday at 1:04 PM

AUTOEXEC.BAT said:
It has only 1 floppy connector on that board. The 3 green and 1 white are IDE and IDE RAID..
The black one is the floppy

View attachment 372926

Have you connected it the right way?

The 1 end with the twisted part goes to the floppy. The other end to the floppy connector on the board. And again, that is the black connector. The connector in the middle of the cable normally is not used
And setup Drive A as 1.44MB in the BIOS
Drive B: None

Sorry i accidentally deleted part of your message.

There is only one way to connect them the blue side in the board.I know about the floppy.The two Green ones together are the ones not working.

remixedcat · Saturday at 1:12 PM

Diablo 2 time w hubby!!

Yes we both have almost the same retro laptops.. mine is the e1505 and his is the e1405

Greenslade · Saturday at 1:31 PM

lexluthermiester said:
Everyone here feels your pain on that point. It's massively frustrating.

This one is beyond repair, none of the Sata drives work ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus

Its the only 775 board i have

I would like to get another one as i have Q9450 in there it would be sad to see that to go to waste and that nice heatsink .

Frick · Saturday at 1:41 PM

agent_x007 said:
Good table of compatibility (with downloads), can be found here :

MicroSoft DirectX Downloads for Windows (Win95, Win98, Win98SE, WinME, Win2000, WinXP) - complete release history including DirectX1, DirectX2, DirectX3, DirectX5, DirecX6, DirecX7, DirecX8, DirecX9

Oh man, remember when the internet was good? That takes me back.

remixedcat said:
Diablo 2 time w hubby!!

Yes we both have almost the same retro laptops.. mine is the e1505 and his is the e1405
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Hey I used to do that solo, for storage.

lexluthermiester · Saturday at 1:48 PM

AUTOEXEC.BAT said:
but never heard of setting dip switches for a floppy on a Socket A board.

You may have misunderstood. The DIP switches are for other settings.

remixedcat said:
Diablo 2 time w hubby!!

Yes we both have almost the same retro laptops.. mine is the e1505 and his is the e1405
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Nice! Quality time with your sweetheart is very important!

Apocalypsee · Saturday at 2:09 PM

Budget builds bought core i3 for $0.01 and found an interesting problem that I never knew existed

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Saturday at 2:14 PM

lexluthermiester said:
You may have misunderstood. The DIP switches are for other settings.

No i dont....

i was talking about the settings for floppy.
He quoted me and started about dip switches...
He didnt mention anything else

I only see dip switches for CPU Settings

lexluthermiester · Saturday at 2:14 PM

Apocalypsee said:
Budget builds bought core i3 for $0.01 and found an interesting problem that I never knew existed

What issue didn't you know about? The RAM limitation? My guess is that it was a BIOS limitation and the "18" update fixed it.

AUTOEXEC.BAT said:
No i dont....

i was talking about the settings for floppy.
He quoted me and started about dip switches...
He didnt mention anything else

I only see dip switches for CPU Settings

Thought we were still talking about Greenslades mobo...

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Saturday at 2:18 PM

Greenslade said:
The two Green ones together are the ones not working.

That 2 are for IDE RAID as mentioned before, and will only work after installing Windows and the correct Promise RAID Drivers for it. Check page 35 and 37 from the manual online

lexluthermiester said:
Thought we were still talking about Greenslades mobo...

yes, and i was talking about his post about 2 floppy connectors:

I am testing all my boards out and, on the GA7VAXP two floppy connections on the board don,t work.

And explained thew connectors to him

And Stinger quoted my post and started about that dipswitches, what had nothing to do with my post about floppy.

There are 2 dipswitches on the board that are for Multiplier (Near CPU) and FSB (near Front panel connector)

But like i said...
What do those dip switches have to do with my post about the floppy drive?

Greenslade · Saturday at 2:46 PM

AUTOEXEC.BAT said:
That 2 are for IDE RAID as mentioned before, and will only work after installing Windows and the correct Promise RAID Drivers for it

yes, and i was talking about his post about 2 floppy connectors:

And explained thew connectors to him

And Stinger quoted my post and started about that dipswitches, what had nothing to do with my post about floppy.

There are 2 dipswitches on the board that are for Multiplier (Near CPU) and FSB (near Front panel connector)

But like i said...
What do those dip switches have to do with my post about the floppy drive?

I am confused i have never heard of dip switches. :eek:

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Saturday at 2:53 PM

Greenslade said:
I am confused i have never heard of dip switches.

If your CPU works normal, there is no reason to touch them. When you change settings it make your system unstable or not posting anymore.

stinger608 · Saturday at 2:54 PM

AUTOEXEC.BAT said:
I have 21 Retro PC's in the range 8088XT to Pentium 4, but never heard of setting dip switches for a floppy on a Socket A board. You enable it in the BIOS by setting the correct drive type, or disable it by selecting "None" ?

Oh, you are right. I wasn't referring to the DIP switches to be set correctly for the floppy drives. Sorry, I should have been a bit more clear on that.
I was referring to them when setting up the motherboard.
The DIP switches on the GA-7VAXP is for setting the front side buss speed.

Didn't mean to discuss it regarding the floppy drives.

My bad. LOL

AUTOEXEC.BAT said:
If your CPU works normal, there is no reason to touch them. When you change settings it make your system unstable or not posting anymore.

That is very much correct

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Saturday at 2:55 PM

stinger608 said:
Oh, you are right. I wasn't referring to the DIP switches to be set correctly for the floppy drives. Sorry, I should have been a bit more clear on that.
I was referring to them when setting up the motherboard.
The DIP switches on the GA-7VAXP is for setting the front side buss speed.

Didn't mean to discuss it regarding the floppy drives.

My bad. LOL

finally, cleared :peace:

System Name	Detox sleeper
Processor	Intel i9-7980XE@4,5Ghz
Motherboard	Asrock x299 Taichi XE (custom bios with ecc reg support, old microcode)
Cooling	Custom water: Alphacool XT45 1080 + 9xArctic P12, EK-D5 pump combo, EK Velocity D-RGB block
Memory	8x16Gb Hynix DJR ECC REG 3200@4000
Video Card(s)	Intel Iris XE Max (waiting for a Sapphire 7900XT Nitro)
Storage	Samsung PM9A1 1Tb + 2x PM981 512Gb + Kingston HyperX 480Gb + Samsung Evo 860 500Gb
Display(s)	HP ZR30W (30" 2560x1600 10 bit)
Case	Chieftec 1E0-500A-CT04 + AMD Sempron sticker
Audio Device(s)	Genius Cavimanus
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex 750w Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G400
Keyboard	IBM Model M122 (boltmod, micro pro usbc)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64

System Name	DLSS / YOLO-PC
Processor	i5-12400F / 10600KF
Motherboard	Gigabyte B760M DS3H / Z490 Vision D
Cooling	Laminar RM1 / Gammaxx 400
Memory	32 GB DDR4-3200 / 16 GB DDR4-3333
Video Card(s)	RX 6700 XT / R9 380 2 GB
Storage	A couple SSDs, m.2 NVMe included / 240 GB CX1 + 1 TB WD HDD
Display(s)	Compit HA2704 / MSi G2712
Case	Matrexx 55 / Junkyard special
Audio Device(s)	Want loud, use headphones. Want quiet, use satellites.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000 W / Corsair CX650M / DQ550ST [backup]
Mouse	Don't disturb, cheese eating in progress...
Keyboard	Makes some noise. Probably onto something.
VR HMD	I live in real reality and don't need a virtual one.
Software	Windows 10 and 11

System Name	Sim Racing PC/Dell XPS 15 7590
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800x/Intel Core i7-9750h
Motherboard	ASUS TUF B450-Plus II/Dell Laptop MB
Cooling	Arctic Freezer A35 CO/laptop cooling
Memory	28 GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200/28 GB Crucial DDR4-2666 SO-DIMM
Video Card(s)	XFX SWFT309 RX 6700 XT/Laptop GTX 1650
Storage	1 TB Crucial 3400 PCIe Gen 4 SSD/Ediloca EN605 512 GB PCIe Gen 3 SSD
Display(s)	77" LG OLED TV (4K@120Hz)/15" Dell integrated panel (1080p@60Hz) and 30" Dell U3011 (1600p@60 Hz)
Case	Cougar MX330-G Air / XPS 15 7590 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro via Yamaha HT receiver/Integrated speakers or Creative Pebble Plus
Power Supply	EVGA 600 BA / Dell 130W laptop brick
Mouse	Logitech K400+ / Cherry MW 4500
Keyboard	Logitech K400+ / Drop ENTR or E-YOOSO Z-686 or integrated keyboard
VR HMD	Meta Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 Home/Windows 11 Pro (meaning to try Linux)

System Name	DLSS / YOLO-PC
Processor	i5-12400F / 10600KF
Motherboard	Gigabyte B760M DS3H / Z490 Vision D
Cooling	Laminar RM1 / Gammaxx 400
Memory	32 GB DDR4-3200 / 16 GB DDR4-3333
Video Card(s)	RX 6700 XT / R9 380 2 GB
Storage	A couple SSDs, m.2 NVMe included / 240 GB CX1 + 1 TB WD HDD
Display(s)	Compit HA2704 / MSi G2712
Case	Matrexx 55 / Junkyard special
Audio Device(s)	Want loud, use headphones. Want quiet, use satellites.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000 W / Corsair CX650M / DQ550ST [backup]
Mouse	Don't disturb, cheese eating in progress...
Keyboard	Makes some noise. Probably onto something.
VR HMD	I live in real reality and don't need a virtual one.
Software	Windows 10 and 11

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	27" 4K120 IPS + 32" 4K60 IPS + 24" 1080p60
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

masterdeejay

Macro Device

jak_2456

Macro Device

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

lexluthermiester

AUTOEXEC.BAT

RJARRRPCGP

AUTOEXEC.BAT

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

AUTOEXEC.BAT

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

Greenslade

remixedcat

Greenslade

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stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

AUTOEXEC.BAT

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Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 PG Velocita (UEFI-BIOS P3.40)
Memory	32 GB G.Skill RipJawsV F4-3200C16D-32GVR
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6750 XT
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423DWF OLED-ASRock PG27Q15R2A (backup)
Case	Corsair 275R
Audio Device(s)	Technics SA-EX140 receiver with Polk VT60 speakers
Power Supply	eVGA Supernova G3 750W
Mouse	Logitech G Pro (Hero)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 23H2

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Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/32 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid Gaming
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

System Name	RemixedBeast-NX
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.9Ghz (8C/16T)
Motherboard	Dell Inc. 08HPGT (CPU 1)
Cooling	Dell Standard
Memory	24GB ECC
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Nvidia RTX2060 6GB
Storage	2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD//2TB WD Black HDD
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in @ 1920x1080 + Dell E2013H 20 in @1600x900
Case	Dell Precision T3600 Chassis
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80 // Fiio E7 Amp/DAC
Power Supply	630w Dell T3600 PSU
Mouse	Logitech G700s/G502
Keyboard	Logitech K740
Software	Linux Mint 20
Benchmark Scores	Network: APs: Cisco Meraki MR32, Ubiquiti Unifi AP-AC-LR and Lite Router/Sw:Meraki MX64 MS220-8P

System Name	White DJ in Detroit
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston A400 240GB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Plantronics 5220, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!

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Motherboard	ASUS A520M-K
Cooling	Scythe Kotetsu Mark II
Memory	2 x 16GB SK Hynix CJR OEM DDR4-3200 @ 4000 20-22-20-48
Video Card(s)	Colorful RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB GDDR6
Storage	250GB WD BLACK SN750 M.2 + 4TB WD Red Plus + 4TB WD Purple
Display(s)	AOpen 27HC5R 27" 1080p 165Hz curved VA
Case	AIGO Darkflash C285
Audio Device(s)	Creative SoundBlaster Z + Kurtzweil KS-40A bookshelf / Sennheiser HD555
Power Supply	Great Wall GW-EPS1000DA 1kW
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Essential
Keyboard	Cougar Attack2 Cherry MX Black
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64 22H2