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If I were you, I'd either throw in a GPU and turn it into a gaming rig or leave it as-is and install Linux.

Thx, I bought the Phenom x4 9850 and give it a try :peace:
For a video card i found a 660TI also...didn't buy that yet.

And found a good 425W PSU with 2x PEG6 in my collection. I hope that is enough?
 
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IBM are insane, the build quality of the Model F is even more insane compared to Model M PS/2 ones... These fkers weight about 4 kilos lmao. Even the original box for them is well made, you can tell when you touch one, all made in UK too, not China, no Mexico... There are USA made models, but so far i had few made in USA Model Ms, could not see difference to the UK made ones... The Model M13 stealth black that i still look for (same with the Model M Gen 0 metal badge industrial gray), was made by Maxi Switch Mexico, that sucks, as their build quality is not very good sadly, but still the keyboard is all in black Model M, as is annoying that 97% of all vintage well made keyboards such as NorthGate Omnikey, IBM F/M even Beam springs, Zenith Data Systems, NMB Tech, Cherry and others, are all white or elephant horn color....

Only will need to replace the caps, as i dont like these letters much, also not sure if these are QWERTY or other standard. The layout is also annoying of the Model F, but once i get my hands on the Tinkerboy DIN 45322 to USB converter i will be able to use them on normal PC, but i think the layout will piss me off prob, is the one thing that did always annoy me about Model Fs, Model M was the the thing that did bring the 101 standard we are using ever since, and XT design is crap.. But still Model F is the ultimate keyboard even with that B$...

Also Model M122, also build very well, not as good as the F, but in league of its own...

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Also few Model M PS/2, always fun to see these. I still like my NMB RT101+ more then Model F or M, but the IBM keyboards also have special place in my collection too....

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Now left to finds premium ALPS keyboard such as NorthGate Omnikey or at least Zenith ones...
 
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Had a Model M ~1995. Couldn't save it because some monkey ripped the cable off it it wasn't detachable) and the traces on the PCB were brittle due to age (and whatever type of material was used... it wasn't FR4 type)
 

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So I was just in the area. Rooting around the trash like an asian trash panda and came across this beauty....

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All I can tell is that it's a P10 running XP and an P4.

Unfortunately the guy who threw it out didnt include the charger but had all the paperwork and and what looks to be a wireless Lan pcmcia or whatever them add in cards used to be called from that era made by Creative. The card looks brand new but this laptop is abused. The charge port is all kinds of FUBAR. Cracks on the body and the bezels of the screen everywhere. Its not had an easy life.

Apparently some of these P10s used to run ATi Mobility Radeons. The XTC1700 model had an MR7500

I cant make out which model and spec this laptop is. It just says P10

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Quick autopsy shows it had 512mb RAM so it was a higher end model. Lower end units came with 256.

:::edit III:::

The plastic on this thing is super brittle. Its completely falling apart in my lap

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Identified as the P10C XTC 2000. ATI Radeon 9000 and all
 
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So I was just in the area. Rooting around the trash like an asian trash panda and came across this beauty....

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All I can tell is that it's a P10 running XP and an P4.

Unfortunately the guy who threw it out didnt include the charger but had all the paperwork and and what looks to be a wireless Lan pcmcia or whatever them add in cards used to be called from that era made by Creative. The card looks brand new but this laptop is abused. The charge port is all kinds of FUBAR. Cracks on the body and the bezels of the screen everywhere. Its not had an easy life.

Apparently some of these P10s used to run ATi Mobility Radeons. The XTC1700 model had an MR7500

I cant make out which model and spec this laptop is. It just says P10

::edit::

Quick autopsy shows it had 512mb RAM so it was a higher end model. Lower end units came with 256.

:::edit III:::

The plastic on this thing is super brittle. Its completely falling apart in my lap

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Identified as the P10C XTC 2000. ATI Radeon 9000 and all
Could use some TLC, but yeah, that a beauty!
 

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Could use some TLC, but yeah, that a beauty!

Plastics are all brittle and crumbling away in my hands. I don't think there was any chance of bringing this one back to a collectable condition.
 
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I'd say it's definitely save-able. I have an Advent 5480DVD in my lap that's quite worse than what yours looks like and needs quite some work. Same platform as my Geritec (Gericom) 1230i (Uniwill N340) except this one does not support Tualatins, whereas the Gericom does.

Fun fact: Gericom has a XP COA, the Advent, while being an 99% 1:1 copy of Gericom, has a WinME COA. Noice.
 

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Not true, brittle plastic can be rejuvenated. Do you have it? I can walk you through the process if you're willing.

Its still within my possession but I question if its worth it since I dont actually know its operational status. No charger and mangled charging port.

I would have been willing to accept it as a project if I was back at home as all my tools are there and the thing weighs an epic tonne so Im not bringing it back home with me.

If someone wants it. Im willing to ship from my location for postage. you dont even need to tip me a bowl of noodles for it.
 
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Got most high end K7 s462 mobos such as Chaintech Zenith, DFI Ultra Infinity, Soltek Golden flame, Soltek Joker purple, MSI Platinum, MSI non platinum, ABIT NF7 Fast line, A$U$ dual socket (wanted the MSI one, but better then nothing ehh, also the chipset seems is AMD K6 lol), EPoX OC master, GIGAbyte wood edition (not the GA-7NNXP, but close enough...), A$U$ kinda deluxe but not, A$$rock sucking edition and Albatron blue edition... The DFI Infinity is very dead, skilled guy did look it up, said there is short between the layers of the boards, as he replaced many components and tested them for shot, could not find it... Some moron of the owners did recap garbage KZG caps, and replaced them with some very fat caps, and prob did fk up some of the layers of the boards, so now it is like dead, i still keep it ofc, as this is the cheap and ugly LanPArty NF2... Rest mobos are working fine luckly...

Still missing stuff like SOYO - SY-KT600 DRAGON Ultra Platinum, DFI LanParty NF2 Ultra B (was about to score one, as my tactics for searching the local AD sites is very good, 90% of the time i am the first to see the AD, and order great stuff.. But tat time the luck was not on my side, no matter i saw the god damn AD about the LP NF2 2 minutes after the guy did post it, and when asked he said it is avaible, i did insta order it, then the scumbag did just read, no repply for 2 days, when i asked him if he did send my mobo, his repply was "loyal customer did buy that board with many other things" welp i was FKing mad, that POS did screw me... Also he had ABIT AN7, but when i asked for it, he said it is not working, still wnated that mobo too, but the PO$ garbage seller did sell it also to the loyal customer... Guess FK the new customers ehhh....) . AOpen AK79G Tube that mobo seems mistically rare, i have seen only the s478 model here and there 2-3 times, but the s462 one never very strange. ABIT AN7, EPoX 8RDA6+, with luck replacing the crap ASUS with the MSI model, as i bet it is better..
The NF7 has added thermal armor, improved cooling, as usual i like to overbuild the cooling on my shit, so it can last longer.. I like that NF7 V2 much it works reliable and solid ever since i got it 2014 0 problems or anything.. Meanwhile one ASUS NF2 Deluxe did just die one day before i were able to find the ABIT, i was using A7NBX-E, and it did work for like 6-7 months, then one day just stopped even powering on (and i observe this exact behaviour on multiple asus mobos after s370, multiple 462 boards did this shit, newer 775, AM2, AM3 ect FK asus man unreliable and expensive garbage), for no reasons at all using at the time Fortron PSU, no OC, caps were fine no reason to just die, but asus likes to do that.. Same happened to the NF2 x model, i did use it for testing purposes of 462 CPUs and AGP cards, it did die after a year of use lmao...

If the asus dies i will be mad for sure... Also wanted to make dual s462 system, but aside from the god damn 2 sockets, with x2 fast mobile Bartons, everything else is inferior compared to single socket, ram speed, AGP speed, IDE is also 100 or less too bad they never made dual NF2/ NF3 s462 mobos, these boards with the AMD 760 IronGate chipset were ancient, that crap was used for Slot A lmao... Instead better to have dual P3/ Tualatin system instead....

The golden mobile Barton is the one running on the NF7-S V2, real golden CPU, as it can achieve 2.7GHz at only 1.95v, my next best M Barton can also get 2.7GHz but at 2.05v... Most M Bartons cant even get 2.5GHz stable, even less 2.6GHz... The marks on the die was not ther, prob the TT Sonic Tower did them, tho i used extra pads from x2 dead K7s to preserve the core, dont have one of these copper brackets...
 

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Expect A7N8X to die, while they were rich in features the PCB quality was crappier than ECS, especially the A7N8X series
The dual one looks to be made of better PCB structure, which survive a long time

I also have an KX18D, an 75FRN2-L and a few other 462s to snipe off evilbay, meanwhile I wait for a solid 423 Intel Desktop Board, a 3D Anihilator II and classic HDDs (Quantum Fireball and Samsung SV series), as well as ABIT BX133-RAID in MINT condition

MSI non platinum is good choice, still have mine and it kicks ass, just like Soltek Golden Flame, 8RDA6+ (a fancier 8RDA3+).
 
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