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Awesome score @DR4G00N !!!!!!!!

I just scored an old HP system that included an Asus A7V8X-LA motherboard, ADXA3000 chip, and 2 gigs of ram. Guy just wanted it out of his house. :p

However, he is a dang smoker and the system really shows it. :shadedshu:
 
Still working on HP Visualize & its problem... The initial conclusion that the PSU is causing the problem turned out to be wrong, as I managed to test the board with another power supply (from another Visualize) and I ended up with the same issue.

Sooo I ended up picking up that other Visualize, stripping it apart (and giving it a good wash, since it was full of dust, cobweb & other nastiness), and now I'm waiting for the motherboard to dry out. I do have some promising results so far, but for the sake of jinxing myself I'm not going into too much details just yet... We'll just have to wait & find out for sure tomorrow :)

Assuming the HP Visualize DOES boot up & pass all the tests (CPU benchmark, RAM test, etc) OK, I'm probably just going to leave it as it is, without further changes & modifications. Besides, I didn't get what I was hoping for from the dual CPU configuration, so it doesn't really matter... I got several other 1GHz systems (Athlon 1000, Duron 1200, 2x 933MHz P3 machines, 1GHz Celeron Tualatin and a 1.4GHz P4) and they are all running various GPU configurations, ranging from MX400 to Evil Kyro, FX5700, 3dfx Voodoo3 3000, Matrox G450, even on-board solution so really, I just don't see the point in risking HP again for the sake of pushing it to (and beyond) the limit (Paul Engemann, anyone? :D)
 
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Still working on HP Visualize & its problem... The initial conclusion that the PSU is causing the problem turned out to be wrong, as I managed to test the board with another power supply (from another Visualize) and I ended up with the same issue.

Sooo I ended up picking up that other Visualize, stripping it apart (and giving it a good wash, since it was full of dust, cobweb & other nastiness), and now I'm waiting for the motherboard to dry out. I do have some promising results so far, but for the sake of jinxing myself I'm not going into too much details just yet... We'll just have to wait & find out for sure tomorrow :)

Assuming the HP Visualize DOES boot up & pass all the tests (CPU benchmark, RAM test, etc) OK, I'm probably just going to leave it as it is, without further changes & modifications. Besides, I didn't get what I was hoping for from the dual CPU configuration, so it doesn't really matter... I got several other 1GHz systems (Athlon 1000, Duron 1200, 2x 933MHz P3 machines, 1GHz Celeron Tualatin and a 1.4GHz P4) and they are all running various GPU configurations, ranging from MX400 to Evil Kyro, FX5700, 3dfx Voodoo3 3000, Matrox G450, even on-board solution so really, I just don't see the point in risking HP again for the sake of pushing it to (and beyond) the limit (Paul Engemann, anyone? :D)
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Trekkie, did you leave the same ram modules as the photograph? , That kind of mobos use registered ram, unbuffered memory don't work.
 
Yes, the same RAM memory modules. This is not the RAM issue, because (if it was) the onboard self-diagnostics would report RAM problem. No, this problem started out as just a minor disk read/write issue, which then led to complete system shutdown & not being able to report any feedback or even LEDs when powered up :(

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Actually, from what I remember the exact error message was something about disk failure expectancy rate exceeding the value or something similar. Then it didn't want to boot into Win2k, and then it didn't want to shut down, just so that it eventually wouldn't want to boot up at all, and eventually even power on. I do get the fans to power up, but no activity being detected whatsoever, or even the LEDs. All these "steps" from bad to worse happened progressively over the period of time, minutes & hours. Therefore not immediately, so I don't think it was my mistake or incompatible hardware *shrug*

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Nothing, doesn't work. Well, in a matter of speaking it DOES work, because I'm now having different problem (along with the actual feedback on the LCD screen), but I still can't get it to boot up, so I'm going to give up for now. I'm not ready to give it up entirely though, I'll be on a lookout for Visualize P-Class (or X-Class) motherboard in working condition, so HOPEFULLY I'll be able to get it working one day, it would be a real shame to scrap this one for trivial parts such as Iomega ZIP & floppy drives :(

If any of you here have one to sell or give it away, drop me a private msg (including the asking price, conditions & other information) and we might work something out.
 
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Anything else going on with older hardware after the HP Visualize @Trekkie4?
 
Not much, except for an old Athlon XP 2200+ CPU, which I salvaged from non-working motherboard. Still have to see if it works though, but other than that same old. Also salvaged a lot of parts from other HP Visualize, including floppy drive, iomega Zip250 and some cables. But most importantly, the power supply which might come in handy down the road, especially if (and when) I replace the motherboard.

Speaking of HP, I'm considering to get the Kayak XU800 system & then "upgrade" it to Visualize, but IDK... Because even if I upgrade the CPUs, AGP graphics & SCSI drives, I would still have to address the issue of Rambus memory, since it only comes with 256MB and it's not compatible with two SD modules from Visualize.
 
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Gigabyte (blue) madness! Featuring previously-mentioned Athlon XP 2200+

;)
 
Cool stuff; came across an old Packard Bell windows 95/98 era system. Opened it up to ensure everything was intact and found that it is maxed out on memory and actually has one of the Pentium Overdrives in it! It also has a 6.4 gig drive in it.

Of course, I am loading Windows 98SE on it now. :toast:
 
Why people loading 98SE all thé time instead of Millenium?

Nevermind it was the family version of Windows 2000. Also at same time à third version of Win98 in 14 septembre 2000.
 
Finally some updates regarding HP situation... Since I wasn't able to revive Visualize motherboard, I got myself a Kayak XU800 instead. Which is apparently the same thing, except it runs RIMM memory, has SCSI integrated into the motherboard & has a 800MHz CPU. So I took the liberty of upgrading the CPUs, missing voltage regulator (for the 2nd CPU) AGP graphics (Quadro2) and one of the SCSI drives from the visualize unit and they seem to run perfectly OK on Kayak. I also took some grounding clips, blanking plates & 3.5" mounting rails from the Visualize unit, since Kayak was missing those and/or had them damaged.
 
Its too bad you guys dont live in Canada. It rains old parts here.
 
@JunkBear Hmm... Even for Visualize P/X-Class? Because I even considered to grab a replacement board off ebay, but couldn't find anything!! Just the whole, complete & working units, but no replacement standalone motherboards.

On a side note, I got my Visualize working earlier today. Yeah, I know - it was a real shock, even a genuine surprise. But only after I swapped approx. 25 capacitors, around both CPUs and voltage regulators. Damn thing worked perfectly fine for maybe half an hour or so, before the chipset cooling fan stopped working (didn't go out, just stopped working) and the board didn't want to boot ever again :p So yeah, it's only safe (and reasonable) to assume that something is either damaged or blown & causing damage to other components, mainly the caps apparently. I would probably have to swap them out again, but at this point it's really not worth it.
 
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@JunkBear Hmm... Even for Visualize P/X-Class? Because I even considered to grab a replacement board off ebay, but couldn't find anything!! Just the whole, complete & working units, but no replacement standalone motherboards.

On a side note, I got my Visualize working earlier today. Yeah, I know - it was a real shock, even a genuine surprise. But only after I swapped approx. 25 capacitors, around both CPUs and voltage regulators. Damn thing worked perfectly fine for maybe half an hour or so, before the chipset cooling fan stopped working (didn't go out, just stopped working) and the board didn't want to boot ever again :p So yeah, it's only safe (and reasonable) to assume that something is either damaged or blown & causing damage to other components, mainly the caps apparently. I would probably have to swap them out again, but at this point it's really not worth it.
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Always dépend of what people throw on side of street or eco-center for recycling.
 
JunkBear said:
Always dépend of what people throw on side of street or eco-center for recycling.
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In that case be on a lookout for Visualize P (or X) Class motherboard, as long it's in working condition. Depending on a postage and price you want for this thing, I might be able to make you an offer.
 
Sold my Diamond Stealth 2000 S3 Virge 4MB today, fastest ebay sale I've ever made, put it up and sold it 1 hour later!
 
Trekkie4 said:
In that case be on a lookout for Visualize P (or X) Class motherboard, as long it's in working condition. Depending on a postage and price you want for this thing, I might be able to make you an offer.
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Post à picture and name/number of socket.
 
Vario said:
Sold my Diamond Stealth 2000 S3 Virge 4MB today, fastest ebay sale I've ever made, put it up and sold it 1 hour later!
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How much?
 
:)
Trekkie4 said:
In that case be on a lookout for Visualize P (or X) Class motherboard, as long it's in working condition. Depending on a postage and price you want for this thing, I might be able to make you an offer.
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Being sold localy
Server/Tower x2 P3 with ram i/o hdd etc
emailed them asking for pic's and details
Add says

Description
Lockable server case with keys all i/o memory and expansion pcbs in place, and o/s hdd as well..special ram etc..in place. Software bundle inc XP and box, office 2000 dev boxed allsorts...
It is missing its psu (transplanted into a desktop) any reasonable fullsize desktop one will do.. good for massive mame setup or similar several drives for different EMU's ..could even use as storage/server....lol am open to offers (photos to follow)

intrested ?
if so keep in contact :)
 
Vario said:
Sold my Diamond Stealth 2000 S3 Virge 4MB today, fastest ebay sale I've ever made, put it up and sold it 1 hour later!
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Wow, that was quick man! How much did you get out of it?
 
dorsetknob said:
:)


Being sold localy
Server/Tower x2 P3 with ram i/o hdd etc
emailed them asking for pic's and details
Add says

Description
Lockable server case with keys all i/o memory and expansion pcbs in place, and o/s hdd as well..special ram etc..in place. Software bundle inc XP and box, office 2000 dev boxed allsorts...
It is missing its psu (transplanted into a desktop) any reasonable fullsize desktop one will do.. good for massive mame setup or similar several drives for different EMU's ..could even use as storage/server....lol am open to offers (photos to follow)

intrested ?
if so keep in contact :)
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I'm assuming this isn't related to HP and/or Visualize? Nah, but thanks for the offer :toast: I probably wouldn't even be interested in Visualize that much, if it wasn't for the fact I already have most of it here, in working condition. Everything's OK, both P3s, RAM, Quadro2 (both of them), Adaptec SCSI controller, both HP dedicated 400W PS units, even ZIP & floppy drives! So yeah, I'd really like to restore that Visualize, as long as I can obtain the motherboard . But due to HP engineering, only P and X Class motherboards could fit inside inside the Visualize case... :(

JunkBear said:
Post à picture and name/number of socket.
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Not sure if any of these numbers actually mean anything (or if they're just a serial number), but there you go.
 
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Vario said:
Sold my Diamond Stealth 2000 S3 Virge 4MB today, fastest ebay sale I've ever made, put it up and sold it 1 hour later!
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my fastest sale was 5 minutes ... although not a nostagic hardware ... a barely used CoolPad Modena 2
 
Well sadly I didn't get much but I was desperate to get some more space and clear out old inventory on my shelves so I sold it for $10 and $5 shipping, I looked at the going rate and there were the same cards going for between $6 and $12. A few months ago it was worth more like $25.

I got some fans and a heatsink that I'll be selling soon, might sell on here.
 
DR4G00N said:
I picked up that Soltek board today and the guy I bought it from threw in 2x 256MB Micron 266MHz CL2.5 DIMM's & A Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB for an extra $10. :)

It's a little dusty but works fine and there are no bulged or blown capacitors which is nice.

The CPU is an Athlon XP "Barton" 2500+ @ 1833MHz (166FSB * 11X)

I just ordered up a couple Samsung 1GB 400MHz dimms off ebay to give it a bit more oomph.

I need to grab a faster HDD though, currently I'm using a 15 year old Maxtor 40GB drive. :laugh:

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Man, how much I envy you for having that Soltek.

JK,but seriously now - take care of that board. And about the 40GB - hope it's not a 4D040H2 (Maxtor Romulus) - those "4D" drives are loud as hell. (I had a 60GB one that was loud as hell - the 4D060H3. Heck,even the previous D740X drive I had was quieter)

Anyways - I dug up some old parts I had and built this machine:
Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000
Pentium 4 2.8GHz Northwood
1GB RAM
80GB Maxtor 6Y080L0 - XP SP3 (italian - I wanted a simple, non-nLited version of XP,and this was the only thing I had.)
40GB Maxtor 6E040L0 - 98 SE (english)
Winfast A340T 128MB/Geforce FX5200
Realtek RTL8139C NIC
Winfast TV2000XP Deluxe TV Tuner
ASUS-DRW1608P3S DVD-RW
Hitachi-LG GCR-8481 CD-RW
JNC RJA-52 case (white)
all powered by a Modecom FEEL-400ATX PSU (built by Apex/Allied)
 
MaxiPro800 said:
Man, how much I envy you for having that Soltek.
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I hear ya their man. They are getting hard to find. I saw one a couple of years ago on Fleabay and it was selling for about a $100!!! I followed it and it ended up selling for well over the opening bid price!
 
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