TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Ruru]

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum was easily the best NF3 board I've ever used, paired with A64 3000+ Venice @ 2.7GHz (50% 24/7 OC) & HyperX BH-5 2x256MB @ DDR540 2-2-2-5-1T

 

[biffzinker]

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum was easily the best NF3 board I've ever used, paired with A64 3000+ Venice @ 2.7GHz (50% 24/7 OC) & HyperX BH-5 2x256MB @ DDR540 2-2-2-5-1T

A64 3200+ @2.5 GHz, didn't survive after the board went kaput. The RAM I had was Corsair XMS DDR400 2.5-3-3.

 

[hat]

What sucks about these 6000+ and 6400+ chips is that they're already running so damn high clockspeeds, that they had little to none OC headroom. :/ My 6000+ (Windsor) goes ~3.2GHz.

I had a 5200+ Windsor when I first got into overclocking. The maximum clock speed I could get out of it was 2950MHz, regardless of what I did. It was an older F2 stepping, not one of the better F3's.

 

[Prime2515102]

I just noticed this Logitech M-BD53 Mouseman Wheel Optical sitting in my closet. It was my first optical mouse. I remember paying $59.99 + tax for it back in 2000, which was pretty insane for a mouse back then (at least for me). Moving to optical from a ball mouse was the best thing that ever happened since sliced bread though.

It's been beat to hell and doesn't even come clean now, but it still works!

 

[lexluthermiester]

The one circled in red popped.

Even though it's been a while, that still sucks.

 

[biffzinker]

Even though it's been a while, that still sucks.

I just realized I had the wrong CPU socket, and it was the NForce3 250Gb.

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The two boards almost look identical except for the socket difference.

 

[Ruru]

250Gb and Ultra are similar, the only difference is that Ultra officially supports 1000MHz HT

e: Even though I hate Intel these days, nobody can hate Sandy Bridge

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[Susquehannock]

Found one a couple days ago and thought of this thread.

Do UNIVAC cards count as hardware, software, or both?

This will date me somewhat. My father was a mathematician and one day he took me on a tour of the Naval base where he worked. As a young boy I had no idea what those big noisy machines with men in long white coats operating them were used for.
Fast forward to today and I still occasionally open an old book to find cards he used as bookmarks. When magnetic storage took over the old bulk was discarded like nobody's business. Piles of boxes on side of the road, loose cards blowing in the wind. We used them in crafts class at school. Helped my Father toss boxes and boxes he had stacked in his home office into the fire. There were even regional punch card origami competitions.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Do UNIVAC cards count as hardware, software, or both?

They were a data storage medium, it doesn't matter what they were made of. So indeed yes, both. In the case of these cards, the user can physically see the data stored and if needed replicate same. It was very clever and ingenious for it's time, if a bit cumbersome. Magnetic media soon made it obsolete.

 

[Bungz]

I need to stop buying absolute crap on a whim!

The dfi doesn’t post but needs new caps so there is slim hope.

Was a nearly new 500gb HD and a old D5 pump there too, so no money lost if it doesn’t.

Steel case damn near broke my back moving it.

 

[lexluthermiester]

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I need to stop buying absolute crap on a whim!

The dfi doesn’t post but needs new caps so there is slim hope.

Was a nearly new 500gb HD and a old D5 pump there too, so no money lost if it doesn’t.

Steel case damn near broke my back moving it.

I don't see crap, I see a lot of potential!

 

[Remeca]

I don't consider any of my PC's very nostalgic, even though the oldest one is a Pentium D. I wish I still had my slot 1 Pentium 3 system, or the first PC I built myself, which was an Athlon XP 1600+. This thing still brings back some memories though, and not all good ones:

And yes, it still works.
MOSTEK 6502C 1.79 Mhz
16k RAM w/ 8 bit DB
Cassette and 5.25" floppy storage drives

 

[lexluthermiester]

I don't consider any of my PC's very nostalgic, even though the oldest one is a Pentium D. I wish I still had my slot 1 Pentium 3 system, or the first PC I built myself, which was an Athlon XP 1600+. This thing still brings back some memories though, and not all good ones:

And yes, it still works.
MOSTEK 6502C 1.79 Mhz
16k RAM w/ 8 bit DB
Cassette and 5.25" floppy storage drives

This very much counts! On that note, welcome to the tread!

 

[E-Bear]

I don't consider any of my PC's very nostalgic, even though the oldest one is a Pentium D. I wish I still had my slot 1 Pentium 3 system, or the first PC I built myself, which was an Athlon XP 1600+. This thing still brings back some memories though, and not all good ones:

And yes, it still works.
MOSTEK 6502C 1.79 Mhz
16k RAM w/ 8 bit DB
Cassette and 5.25" floppy storage drives

Ready to hack the pentagon in analog.

 

[Ruru]

I'd like to have something like these:

 

[basco]

me too :

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[Ahhzz]

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I need to stop buying absolute crap on a whim!

The dfi doesn’t post but needs new caps so there is slim hope.

Was a nearly new 500gb HD and a old D5 pump there too, so no money lost if it doesn’t.

Steel case damn near broke my back moving it.

I do love those huge cases... look at all that drive room!!

 

[lexluthermiester]

I do love those huge cases... look at all that drive room!!

Exactly, those old and big cases make for excellent high power systems. Lot's of room for parts and drives. Oh yeah!

 

[Robert B]

Paradise Systems PVGA1A-JK - WDC '89 62-003139-130 - WDC 1989 61-603235 - mnf 1990 week 30 FCC ID : DBM603235P - ISA 8 bit
ATI Graphics Solution Plus Rev. 1 - mnf 1987 week 40 - ISA 8 bit
Chips&Technologies P82C435 - P82A436 - ISA 8 bit - the BIOS chip was missing the protective tape but I covered it as soon as I bought - status unknown

These puppies are among my oldest video cards in my collection.

 

[Mr.Scott]

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@Mr.Scott "Pretty good" OC
42,5% on GPU and 60% on memory.
Valid : https://www.3dmark.com/3dm03/6544352

Nice!
Get off that 6400+ and find yourself a PII 555, 560, or 565 BE. All of these run cooler and clock higher. I run my 565 BE @ 4.5 when I bench AGP.

 

[Bungz]

Replaced the two caps and booted first time. Got to say I didn't expect that.

Now to find a new chipset fan, don't suppose anyone has one off a dead board I could persuade them to part with?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Now to find a new chipset fan, don't suppose anyone has one off a dead board I could persuade them to part with?

What is the model of that board? And are you stateside?

 

[Bungz]

Its a DFI NF4 SLI-DR Lanparty

Im UK but would obviously cover any postage.

May have sorted it but an original would be great.

 

[lexluthermiester]

May have sorted it but an original would be great.

An original is going to be a pain in the bum to find, but I did find the following which should fit;

1PC North bridge Chipset Aluminium Cooler Heatsink 40mm Fan For Computer~GQ | eBay

40x40x10mm 12V 3-pin cooling fan for computer motherboard north bridge. Convenient to paste in to your north bridge. Bearing: Sleeve Bearing. Fan Size: 40×40×10mm. Fan Speed: 5500 RPM±10%. Material: Plastic + Aluminum Alloy.

www.ebay.co.uk

This one should also work, but the fan stands a little taller. If you're willing to use the second PCIe 16x slot you'll be fine;

3pin Connector Computer PC VGA Graphics Video Card Heatsink Cooler Cooling Fan | eBay

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[DR4G00N]

Its a DFI NF4 SLI-DR Lanparty

Im UK but would obviously cover any postage.

May have sorted it but an original would be great.

The stock ones are not very good an the fans have a tendency to crack and start to rattle.
I use Evercool VC-RE's on both my Ultra-D & SLI-DR Expert. Something similar will work fine.