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mlee49 · Nov 28, 2008

Just Curious how long it takes to boot Vista on a P2 w/512 ram? 10 minutes?

DaMulta · Nov 28, 2008

Not very long honestly.

Getting past all the SCSi stuff takes longer.

But this has 1Gb of ram

DaMulta · Nov 28, 2008

Well I wonder if Windows 7 would work better than Vista. Seeing that it handles video cards more like XP as as far as I have heard.

So this evening a reinstall of 7 shall B done.

Then all post some SS of the "LOL Event"
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In vista you do want to turn off all the BS searches it's always doing. That really slows you down on the old CPU. So turn off super fetch/windows search/windows defender. It will just make you wait for stuff all the time.

crazy pyro · Nov 28, 2008

I'm surprised you even manage to get as far as you did DaMulta, good work.

stinger608 · Nov 28, 2008

DaMulta said:
Well I wonder if Windows 7 would work better than Vista. Seeing that it handles video cards more like XP as as far as I have heard.

So this evening a reinstall of 7 shall B done.

Then all post some SS of the "LOL Event"
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In vista you do want to turn off all the BS searches it's always doing. That really slows you down on the old CPU. So turn off super fetch/windows search/windows defender. It will just make you wait for stuff all the time.

No kidding!! What, have you got a beta release of Windows 7?

DaMulta · Nov 28, 2008

Will have soon

stinger608 · Nov 28, 2008

DaMulta said:
Will have soon

No shit!!!! Where the hell can I get my hands on a beta copy?????
:respect:

binsky3333 · Nov 28, 2008

cough cough cough torrent.

did i just say that?

stinger608 · Nov 28, 2008

binsky3333 said:
cough cough cough torrent.

did i just say that?

Well yea, I knew that LOLOLOL, I just figured that there was a link to somewhere on MS or something LOL

DrPepper · Nov 28, 2008

DaMulta said:
Will have soon

bleh my beta fucks up during installation

guess thats why its a beta :laugh:

DaMulta · Nov 28, 2008

http://www.microsoftpdc.com/

Any of you going to hook up an old machine as well?>

I may go back down to 2k because it's lighter than XP is, and most of the drivers are really for that o/s......Also my XP CD is a Auto install Corp copy and I can't install raid drivers. I would have to install the O/s on a IDE or SATA(Sata depends on the motherboard)then copy the image to the raid drive after I installed the working raid driver inside windows.

Yep it's mess, but it just takes longer to install than win 2k

Tatty_Two · Nov 28, 2008

BBC "Acorn" Micro Computer....circa 1981, a legend in British computing......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro

DaMulta · Nov 28, 2008

Is that one yours?

Any cool games?

Tatty_Two · Nov 28, 2008

DaMulta said:
Is that one yours?

Any cool games?

Sadly not, wish it was, one in working order is worth a fair bit these days, and about the coolest games you could get for them were ones with little matchstick men trying to kick a ball into a goal! These were the pre pre pacman days lol

Error 404 · Nov 28, 2008

Hey Damulta, you should try cutting down Vista with vLite: remove the language packs and random crap you're not going to use and it'll be much faster.
Good luck with your project!

DaMulta · Nov 28, 2008

Error 404 said:
Hey Damulta, you should try cutting down Vista with vLite: remove the language packs and random crap you're not going to use and it'll be much faster.
Good luck with your project!

It's not bad how it is. I swear.

Just type services in the start menu and turn off the things that are always working when your working.

Also msconfig kill off all programs that start with vista. It's not like they are not going to work when you go and use them.
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I found some more old cards to post(very long), and I found 2 FM Hard Drives.

Post them in a few.

Tatty_One said:
Sadly not, wish it was, one in working order is worth a fair bit these days, and about the coolest games you could get for them were ones with little matchstick men trying to kick a ball into a goal! These were the pre pre pacman days lol

Text games and IMO are still teh bomb.
I go look online every once in a while when I get bord for one to play, but you can't find any good ones like the old ones. It makes me want to hook the radio shack pc I have, and see what kind of games it has.

Hmmmm

stinger608 · Nov 29, 2008

DaMulta said:
It makes me want to hook the radio shack pc I have, and see what kind of games it has.

Hmmmm

Holy crap! An old Trash 80?

mullered07 · Nov 29, 2008

this thread has given me a huge semi :eek:

well im on the lookout now for all old hardware as thats going to be my next case mod, basically im going to stick on my soprano all kinds of cool and old hardware in an arty kind of fashion to the outer of my case.

ive started by taking the front face off an old hdd to reveal the arm and disc and proceeded to stick it on my soprano and it might just be the 8 cans of stella ive drink, but i think it looks mighty fine and has given me the basis of a cool pimped out case

(obviopusley seeing it sober i will pass further judgment

)

am looking further than the hdd and am aiming to glue/epoxy all sorts of hardware to this case to make a unique case mod. obviousley its not going to be the most lan party friendly but will defo be a talking point, and i welcome any ideas

DaMulta · Nov 29, 2008

stinger608 said:
Holy crap! An old Trash 80?

Not sure which one it is, but it looks like this. It has all sorts of mods seeing that's what my dad did for fun when he bought it.
I think there are two 5 1/2 drives, and two cases of disc for it.

The one I have is buried under all sorts of boxes. It will take me a little bit of work to get it out. + I can't see in the attic at night :roll:

I'll post it when I get it all together.

DrPepper · Nov 29, 2008

DaMulta said:
The one I have is buried under all sorts of boxes. It will take me a little bit of work to get it out. + I can't see in the attic at night

Who needs tri sli when you've got a 128k colour computer

Wile E · Nov 29, 2008

DaMulta said:
http://www.microsoftpdc.com/

Any of you going to hook up an old machine as well?>

I may go back down to 2k because it's lighter than XP is, and most of the drivers are really for that o/s......Also my XP CD is a Auto install Corp copy and I can't install raid drivers. I would have to install the O/s on a IDE or SATA(Sata depends on the motherboard)then copy the image to the raid drive after I installed the working raid driver inside windows.

Yep it's mess, but it just takes longer to install than win 2k

Use nLite to slipstream the card's drivers into an install disc. It's not hard to do.

DaMulta · Nov 29, 2008

LOL when I seen this!!!

OK....I didn't have the tri-pod family sleeping in that room....if they need to be retaken let me know.

LOL not "1" PCI slot on that motherboard.

everything that was in the box

This ONLY a CD-ROM card/CD Only Audio!!!!

No game port only external CD-ROM support

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SB16 drivers

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Dont have the system......dont know why

not mine

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My stuff

:rockout:

Lots more to come/ :toast:

Wile E · Nov 29, 2008

I think I still have a stack of 5 1/4" floppies around here somewhere.

Tatty_Two · Nov 29, 2008

Lol, worryingly I just had flashbacks of a former computing life :eek:

I have just been getting some Christmas stuff down from the loft for "her indoors" and found two Sega master systems II, I thought, ahhhh these arent too old, then I looked at the box and saw 1989....thats nearly 20 years old and these babies are in mint with some games, might see if they will fetch something on fleabay :wtf:

crazy pyro · Nov 29, 2008

I'd test if the games work since I assume they've already been out the box right? Left my dreamcast alone for 2 years, came back to it and it freezes up after 10 minutes playing/ it won't recognise any discs. Awesome bits of hardware btw.

System Name	The Dove Box Rev 3.0
Processor	i7 8700k @ 4.7GHz
Motherboard	Asus Maximus X APEX
Cooling	Custom water loop
Memory	16GB 3600 MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	2x MSI 780 Ti's in SLI
Storage	500GB Samsung 850 PCIe SSD, 4TB
Display(s)	27" Asus 144Hz
Case	Enermax Fulmo GT
Audio Device(s)	ON BOARD FTW
Power Supply	Corsair 1200W
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Win 10 64x

System Name	Work in progress
Processor	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard	MSi GD70
Cooling	OcZ Phase/water
Memory	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card(s)	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Storage	SSD 64GB
Display(s)	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case	Using the desk ATM
Audio Device(s)	Sucky onboard for now :(
Power Supply	1000W TruePower Quattro

System Name	Work in progress
Processor	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard	MSi GD70
Cooling	OcZ Phase/water
Memory	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card(s)	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Storage	SSD 64GB
Display(s)	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case	Using the desk ATM
Audio Device(s)	Sucky onboard for now :(
Power Supply	1000W TruePower Quattro

Processor	Intel Core i5 3570K
Motherboard	MSI H61m-P31/w8
Cooling	Stock
Memory	2*8GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	XFX HD7850
Case	Coolermaster Elite 330
Audio Device(s)	Realtek HD audio
Power Supply	Corsair RM650
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
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	Green Machine
Processor	Intel e6420@ 2.13GHz
Motherboard	ASUS p5n32-e -sli
Cooling	4x80mm fans
Memory	4gb G skill ddr2-800
Video Card(s)	2 EVGA Geforce 8800GTS 320MB
Storage	1 Western digital 500gb sata
Display(s)	Dell e207wfp
Case	Apevia x-cruiser green
Audio Device(s)	X-fi Xtreme gamer
Power Supply	BFG 800watt
Software	Windows vista ultimate 64bit

System Name	Rusky
Processor	Intel Core i7 D0 3.8Ghz
Motherboard	Asus P6T
Cooling	Thermaltake Dark Knight
Memory	12GB Patriot Viper's 1866mhz 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	GTX470 1280MB
Storage	OCZ Summit 60GB + Samsung 1TB + Samsung 2TB
Display(s)	Sharp Aquos L32X20E 1920 x 1080
Case	Silverstone Raven RV01
Power Supply	Corsair 650 Watt
Software	Windows 7 x64
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06 - 18064 http://img.techpowerup.org/090720/Capture002.jpg

Processor	Intel Core i9 11900KF @ -080mV PL max @225w
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK
Cooling	DeepCool LS520SE Liquid + 3 Phanteks 140mm case fans
Memory	32GB (4 x 8GB SR) Patriot Viper Steel Bdie @ 3600Mhz CL14 1.45v Gear 1
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual RTX 4070 OC + 8% PL
Storage	WD Blue SN550 1TB M.2 NVME//Crucial MX500 500GB SSD (OS)
Display(s)	AOC Q2781PQ 27 inch Ultra Slim 2560 x 1440 IPS
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Windowed - Gunmetal
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek ALC1200/SPDIF to Sony AVR @ 5.1
Power Supply	Seasonic CORE GM650w Gold Semi modular
Software	Win 11 Home x64

System Name	QUACK
Processor	Intel i7 2600K (3.4 GHz, 8 threads)
Motherboard	Asus P67P8-V3
Cooling	Xigmatek Balder 120mm (4x120,1x140mm case)
Memory	Patriot 2 Viper Sector 5, 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 4GB
Storage	1x Samsung EVO 850 (500GB) SSD, 1x Fujitsu 256GB SSD
Display(s)	Dell Ultrasharp U2311h 23" (so sexy)
Case	CoolerMaster Gladiator RC-600
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 5.1
Power Supply	Antec 850w with yellow racing stripes
Software	Windows 7 HP 64 bit

System Name	Ma Biatch
Processor	i7 860
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3A
Cooling	Noctua
Memory	8gb (4x2gb) G-Skill
Video Card(s)	GTX 470
Storage	WD5000aaks raid0
Display(s)	Sony Bravia 37" 1080p
Case	CM 690
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair HX520
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

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