TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Random Murderer]

Buy it for 25dls in "Persa Bio Bio, Santiago, Chile" working perfectly and with a control series A. Its appearance is wonderful, it is added to my collection.

Model SCPH 9001View attachment 83340

Does it have the debug port on the back?

 

[GreiverBlade]

Hello, I am from Chile and new in this forum, I also built my retro PC and I leave the images:

Chasis and PSU ASUS
MB MSI MS-6153
CPU: P III 700Mhz
RAM: 256MB Kingston
HDD: WD Expert 313600, 13GB
SC: SoundBlaster Live SB0100
CPU Coller: Volcano 12
WIFI: D-LINK 510
VGA: 3dfx Vooodoo 5, 5500 AGP 64MB, Cooler Mod (Evercool)
OS: Windows 98Se

Extras: Joystick Microsoft Sidewinder

hell, of a heck, YEAH! welcome...

and ...a VOLCANO 12 i love that one

 

[deflipe]

hell, of a heck, YEAH! welcome...

and ...a VOLCANO 12 i love that one

Ty, a friend gift this Volcano

 

[deflipe]

Does it have the debug port on the back?

No no, 9001 dont have the debug port, model 7xxxx have It

 

[Bones]

Here is my latest project - Bought it as a non-working unit and yes it was a nasty one!
Luckily I knew about the cleaner I posted about earlier and used it for cleanup, took about 10 minutes to do. Next I had to figure out why it was giving me the red LED of death, fix that and then fix the gray screen of death problem after the first problem was solved. Reflowed some of the caps on it's board as part of that fix, all the caps themselves look fine, no leaks or crap coming out or anything but I do plan on buying a recapping kit in a week or so.
I've already replaced the 72 pin cartridge, messed around with it and it's working.
The more I mess around with it the better it does - Just needed some TLC which it obviously didn't get wherever it came from.

Ugh.....


Much better looking....


And now it works too!

 

[MaxiPro800]

Damn,that was one dirty NES.

Not as dirty as one PS1 I had was. I know I got it in a non-working state (laser was shot). You really don't even want to know what I could find inside. It would be too disgusting.

And come to think, the recent Xbox I got (that blue one I posted a page or two back), it smelled of nicotine (not the nicest smell but I can live with it) and had about 2 dead bugs. Other than that,aside from the EEPROM being shot it was in ok-ish shape. I still have it but I need to find a new front panel module,since I accidentally broke the one it had. I temporarily replaced them with two ATX case power and reset switches

 

[Bones]

In addition to what I had to do to the NES I took some Brasso and cleaned off the board's contact fingers when I replaced the 72 pin cartridge, that certainly helped it alot.

You could try some of the cleaner I used if you can get it where you are.
It will eliminate any smoke smell and remove nicotine stains plus it's effective even if diluted somewhat. In fact I suggest diluting it, esp if cleaning a circuit board and to be sure whatever is cleaned with it gets rinsed immediately after using it. All I did when I used it on a board earlier was to fill a sink with some hot water and some of this poured in, swished the board around in the water for like a minute or two then removed and rinsed it off completely. I'd say don't make a mix with it very strong, doesn't need to be and it will work on your skin too if it is a strong mix.

EDIT:
If I get another NES this may be a project I could do just for the hell of it..... And why not?

Nintoaster Instructional Video - YouTube

 

[MaxiPro800]

You could try some of the cleaner I used if you can get it where you are.
It will eliminate any smoke smell and remove nicotine stains plus it's effective even if diluted somewhat. In fact I suggest diluting it, esp if cleaning a circuit board and to be sure whatever is cleaned with it gets rinsed immediately after using it.

The smell actually seems to have gone away for the most part. Only the board smells a bit (not a strong smell,more like a faint smell that's hardly noticeable),as I replaced the PSU with another one.
As for nicotine stains,there wasn't any,much to my surprise. Just loads of dust,that's all.

 

[deflipe]

Something I got this weekend

 

[PHaS3]

Grrr so jealous of the 1950XTX. Always wanted one with that stock cooler on. Closest I got was my old 1900XTX with a HIS ICEQ thing on :/ Miss that card Just something about those old ATI cards.

 

[Robert B]

Today my gut feeling was saying GO TO THE FLEA MARKET. The weather is sunny!

I wanted to find a Creative CD-ROM unit for some time but I had no luck, until now

As my CD-ROM units were getting scarce I wanted to try and see if I can rescue some from the dumpster.

First I will open the units I bought today, then I will power them up and if they work THEN I'll clean them up otherwise I will not even bother.

I also bought Seagate HDD - 40GB which has a protective rubber sleeve. The chances are that it is ok.

FDD - Panasonic JU-256A428PC
FDD - Samsung SFD-321B
CD-ROM - LG CRD-8240B
CD-ROM - GOLDSTAR CRD-8160B - THE EXACT MODEL I HAD with my first PC - The door looks different but the model is the same
CD-ROM - CREATIVE CD4834E
CD-RW - CREATIVE RW8435E
DVD-ROM - Pioneer DVD-120S - I bought this unit because it has a slot loader mechanism
HDD - Seagate ST340810A - 40GB - Certified Repaired HDD

I also bought some surgeons gloves because these pieces look rather nasty. Especially the Creative 48X which is also rusty. If it didnt have the Creative name I wouldnt've even bothered...



gallery: https://postimg.org/gallery/juqsak2c/

 

[Trekkie4]

This GoldStar unit looks exactly the same as LG drive, which is hardly a surprise, considering GS & LG are one & the same They've changed the name from "Lucky Gold Star" to "LG" some time in the mid-90s. Great job finding the Creative drive(s), I got one of these myself, and was indeed very difficult to find! I took it out from an old computer that was about to get scrapped, recycled as e-waste. I also grabbed a 250MB Iomega drive, but I didn't take the S370 mobo, which (now looking back) kinda makes me feel bad

 

[dorsetknob]

Robert B
Have you considered ???
Transplanting the Guts of a working CD Drive into the case of a non working creative Drive ?

 

[Robert B]

I've never thought of that.

Usually this might not work but If you have the pieces this could be at least tried

Creative units, I think are just rebadged units so you would have to know the base model number.

Full cleanup and detailed pictures will be added to my thread here on TPU.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...gle-away-freely-old-hardware-emporium.228932/

I'm really curious if they work but this will have to wait until next week.

 

[Trekkie4]

Here's my Creative drive Last time I've tested it, it worked OK! Perhaps I should clean the lens, because it occasionally tends to skip &/or get stuck while seeking up, but otherwise it's in good condition.


This other drive is a "genuine" Gold Star unit, from the early 90s. I remember having a similar drive on my 4x86 back in a day, except mine (proudly!) said 16X MAX on the front

 

[Robert B]

Yep that's the bad boy LG/GS I had back in the day in 1998 and it had 16x written on it. That's the exact face cover

The unit would only read a CD if it was silver coloured.

 

[Trekkie4]

Yep that's the bad boy LG/GS I had back in the day in 1998 and it had 16x written on it. That's the exact face cover

The unit would only read a CD if it was silver coloured.

Yeah, good ol' days! Mine was somewhat older, I finally upgraded the 4x86 machine with so called multimedia package (sound card, a pair of desktop speakers + 16x CD-ROM) around 1995, 1996 maybe.

Unfortunately, it didn't last for long ... about a year later, the spindle motor stopped working. I remember we even tried to have the unit properly serviced or even replaced, but we've been told that the motor inside is not replaceable (and it was just out of warranty period) Sooo... I didn't get to mess around with CD ROMs for at least couple of more years, when I finally got my Pentium 2, which had a 36x BTC CD-ROM drive

 

[Robert B]

It seems that some CREATIVE CD-ROM units are rebadged Samsung units. They have the same back. Or they were made at the same factory that made Samsung and Creative units....

Samsung CD-Master 48E Model: SC-148 CD-ROM 48x IDE 1999
http://computer-retro.de/Bilder/Fes...ster-48E-Model-SC-148-CD-ROM-48x-IDE-1999.jpg

Samsung CD-Master 48E Model: SC-148 CD-ROM 48x IDE 2000
http://computer-retro.de/Bilder/Fes...ster-48E-Model-SC-148-CD-ROM-48x-IDE-2000.jpg

http://computer-retro.de/Festplatten.html#DVD-CD-ROMs

I remember those 36X BTC units. Mine was loud as hell

 

[Trekkie4]

It seems that some CREATIVE CD-ROM units are rebadged Samsung units. They have the same back. Or they were made at the same factory that made Samsung and Creative units....

Samsung CD-Master 48E Model: SC-148 CD-ROM 48x IDE 1999
http://computer-retro.de/Bilder/Fes...ster-48E-Model-SC-148-CD-ROM-48x-IDE-1999.jpg

Samsung CD-Master 48E Model: SC-148 CD-ROM 48x IDE 2000
http://computer-retro.de/Bilder/Fes...ster-48E-Model-SC-148-CD-ROM-48x-IDE-2000.jpg

http://computer-retro.de/Festplatten.html#DVD-CD-ROMs

One of the Creative! drives from your pictures, DVD-ROM Model number DVD1243E IDE 2000 is/was manufactured by LiteOn, I'm absolutely sure! Creative CDRW 8-4-32x Model number RW8435E COULD be manufactured by NEC, and Creative CDRW Model: RW4424E IDE 2000 MIGHT be Hitachi. That's my personal opinion, but I'm absolutely sure regarding LiteOn

 

[Disparia]

Dual Xeon motherboard out of a Dell PowerEdge 1600SC (2002). Found two of them in a storage room collecting dust when I started at a job in 2009. Took 'em home, cleaned them up and used them for basic stuff: shares, web server, etc. Because they were already ancient by the time I got them they saw very little use, about a year. Kept them in storage because I liked the cases.

Heatsinks screw directly to the motherboard plate through those holes around the CPU. I have two compatible sets, lightweight aluminium with 2 heat pipes and heavy AF pure copper.

I was never a fan of AGP so I really like the layout with the PCI/PCI-X. Wish that we had gone with 64bit PCI-X on the desktop back then... oh well.

 

[dorsetknob]

I was never a fan of AGP

The little lie Fairy heard you say in 1996
shit get with the Times Pci is so 1995 The Future is AGP

PS

This was told to me in confidence by the Tooth Fairy

 

[Disparia]

LOL, in 96 I had two PCI video cards

I know it wasn't the worst thing to happen and those times are long gone, just saying that we *could* have had a video card running at 64bit/133Mhz, or two at 100Mhz, or four at 66Mhz with a lot more net benefit vs AGP. There were also 266Mhz and 533Mhz speeds ratified, so it was very possible to outclass AGP as well.

Also, I believe it would have smoothed out some rough patches we had with Windows driver models and design in general because up to that point we had great compatibility with multiple video cards in a system. The ability wasn't gone, I could still find working combinations of AGP and PCI cards to use during this time, but the point is that I had to find those combinations.


tl;dr: AGP indirectly caused the great recession of 2008 because people didn't listen to me.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

A very interesting and informative article from Toms

http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/710-history-of-intel-cpus.html#s1



from this

to this

 

[deflipe]

Working in my SLI,

CPU: AMD Athlon 2200+
Memory: Super Talent DDR 512MB / Now Kingston DDR 1GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200RMP 160GB
Sound Card: SoundBlaster SB0090
SLI: 3dfx Voodoo 2, 12MB x2
VGA: nVidia GF 5200 / Thermaltake VGA Cooler
Mobo: Abit NF7
WIFI: TL-WN851 (i dont have cable in my house)
Chasis: Cooler Master Centurion
PSU: Top Power 350W
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Volcan0 12

Edit:

5200 With New TT VGA Cooler:

 

[deflipe]

Intel Pentium 3 a 1000Mhz
Kingston PC133 512MB
Seagate 7200RMP 160GB
SoundBlaster SB0100
3dfx Voodoo 5, 5500
Mobo Asus TUSL2-C
Chasis Asus A211
PSU Asus 350W
Cooler Thermaltake Silent Bost