TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Mr.Scott]

Both excellent kits usually. They should treat you well if they haven't been cooked already.

 

[Ruru]

DDR2-1200, that's hella noice. How much voltage doest those aXeRams need? OCZs seems to need only 2.1v

 

[Mr.Scott]

Axe Ram is 2.2v
You'll want 2.3-2.4v for benching. for either kit.
Both are good Micron D9 kits.

 

[Susquehannock]

Depending of the model, Abit would be something?

Not NF7-S v2.0. That would be nice. Built a few systems with v 1.1 boards for friends but never one for myself.

In that particular box - Abit KG7-R. First mobo that I ever bought. Taught myself RAID arrays with it. Went to Abit KR7A and did not look back. Far far better overclocker. Still have two. One that I re-capped couple years back. Worked for a time, then it didn't. Surely due to my poor soldering job. Set it aside and grabbed the other. Need a re-visit.

For rainy day build I went with the FRN2-RL Golden Flame instead. One on the top was still virgin and figured her time had come. Fired right up with the T-bred 1700+ and Winbond BH-5 sticks. Remember those? Trying the 1gb modules for dual channel next.

 

[Ruru]

BH-5...

 

[DR4G00N]

My FRN2-L never likes my Winbond's, always get's stuck on the post screen. Though TCCD works better anyway since it only goes up to 2.9v vdimm.

I have the 1.7 power user bios if you want it, assuming the L & RL use the same bios'.

 

[Ruru]

Remember running HyperX 2x256 bh5 sticks at DDR-540 2-2-2-5-1T, would have easily OC'd more, but I got only 3.3V via hw mod (3.3V straight to DRAM).

 

[Susquehannock]

My FRN2-L never likes my Winbond's, always get's stuck on the post screen. Though TCCD works better anyway since it only goes up to 2.9v vdimm.

I have the 1.7 power user bios if you want it, assuming the L & RL use the same bios'.

Good to meet some fellow FRN2 owners. Do you still have it? Any idea what version? If memory serves things got much better after revision D and later BIOS'. How about the NF2 chipset? Latest revision is 'C1' viewable in CPU-Z.

- - BIOS - - Thank you. Not sure if L & RL are same either. Have 1.7LFB running in my other RL board (v.E3). This new one (v.AP) came with 2.0L pre-installed.

- - Memories - - many of those 512mb TWINmos modules passed through my hands. Member at AMDMB (later PCPer) forums was selling them out the back door at a discount. Won't see stuff like that anymore. They were good ... 256mb Buffalo with BH-5 were better. And cheap. Marked best ones with '3700'. Remains to be seen if still so after 15 years.

BH-5 were certainly picky. Common across the entire sector. Wasn't that why Winbond went to CH-5? The Samsung TCCD were great. These 512mb=1gb Gskill modules were screamers. Especially with the OCZ booster hooked up. Not sure I'll go that direction with this build since these boards are like hen's teeth now.

Had a couple "oh crap" blue screen moments until realizing I forgot to change CAS to 3.0 for the 1gb modules.

- - Voltages - - 3.3v and 5v read near perfect in software and Multimeter. The 12 volt sensor seems to be a bit off on this particular board. Shows around 12.4 in software but stays within 11.81 - 11.78 idle and under load with P95.

Brand new Sparkle FSP300-60ATV 300w PSU

 

[DR4G00N]

Good to meet some fellow FRN2 owners. Do you still have it? Any idea what version? If memory serves things got much better after revision D and later BIOS'. How about the NF2 chipset? Latest revision is 'C1' viewable in CPU-Z.

- - BIOS - - Thank you. Not sure if L & RL are same either. Have 1.7LFB running in my other RL board (v.E3). This new one (v.AP) came with 2.0L pre-installed.

- - Memories - - many of those 512mb TWINmos modules passed through my hands. Member at AMDMB (later PCPer) forums was selling them out the back door at a discount. Won't see stuff like that anymore. They were good ... 256mb Buffalo with BH-5 were better. And cheap. Marked best ones with '3700'. Remains to be seen if still so after 15 years.

BH-5 were certainly picky. Common across the entire sector. Wasn't that why Winbond went to CH-5? The Samsung TCCD were great. These 512mb=1gb Gskill modules were screamers. Especially with the OCZ booster hooked up. Not sure I'll go that direction with this build since these boards are like hen's teeth now.

Had a couple "oh crap" blue screen moments until realizing I forgot to change CAS to 3.0 for the 1gb modules.

- - Voltages - - 3.3v and 5v read near perfect in software and Multimeter. The 12 volt sensor seems to be a bit off on this particular board. Shows around 12.4 in software but stays within 11.81 - 11.78 idle and under load with P95.

Brand new Sparkle FSP300-60ATV 300w PSU

Yeah, I still have it. It's a Rev. AP with the Ultra 400 C1 NB. I haven't gotten it out in a while but I assume it still works.

 

[Bones]

Showing off all three LanParty variants for Socket A here.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Showing off all three LanParty variants for Socket A here.

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The one on the right is my fav Socket-A board from DFI. Built-in SATA, double spaced AGP slot for cards that had big coolers and the BIOS options for OCing were fine-grained goodness! Oh yeah!

 

[Ruru]

I didn't even know that there was a Lanparty with a VIA chipset.


That reminds me, I'll grab the chipset heatsink from my Asrock KT400A board to that AM2NF3-VSTA (NForce 3 250), even though NF3 doesn't get that hot..

e: done

Spoiler

 

[Mr.Scott]

The one on the right is my fav Socket-A board from DFI. Built-in SATA, double spaced AGP slot for cards that had big coolers and the BIOS options for OCing were fine-grained goodness! Oh yeah!

Only thing that sucked about it was the vcore capped at 2.0v

 

[lexluthermiester]

Only thing that sucked about it was the vcore capped at 2.0v

Was it? That doesn't sound right, but to be fair it's been forever. I guess the limitation was never a problem.

 

[Bones]

Believe it or not the tweaking options in the A version aren't that bad either but the board itself just doesn't measure up in comparison.
It even has 2.0v's for the CPU as well.

Good board for high multiplier CPU's that don't like alot of bus speed, older/more limited CPUs but that's about it aside from daily use itself.

 

[Susquehannock]

Showing off all three LanParty variants for Socket A here.

Very nice . Interesting to see the progression. Always wanted the Ultra B but they were too expensive for me at the time. About 50% more than the FRN2 full retail pack. Those LanParty boards looked really good in UV light. These Golden Flame are great in that regard as well but never advertised as such. Plenty of bright glowing slots. And the sparkle gold board transforms to near flat black.

Was it? That doesn't sound right, but to be fair it's been forever. I guess the limitation was never a problem.

I too remember there was something about the voltage settings which set them apart. Went and found an older Hexus review with some BIOS screen shots. DRAM up to 3.3v. Wow!

 

[Ruru]

Those LanParty boards looked really good in UV light.

I still have two DFI SATA cables and they really do look good on blue/UV light.

 

[Bones]

I believe some Soyo's were like that too - I'll have to try mine and see if it's UV reactive or not.
SY-K7V Dragon Plus!

 

[Red_Machine]

I miss those days. Motherboards are so boring to me now.

 

[Ruru]

Found a Pentium E5200 in a stuff box

e: Just tested that the HD 3450 in the pic worked. Now running 3DMark03 with HD 4890, going for 1GHz core clock until I run it with stock (well, XFX OC model with 900MHz core) for reference the final tests will be with CPU maxed out and with HD 6850 maxed out.

e: Crap, no 1GHz with either HD 4890s. Turned to be positive experiment, though I maxed out the Vcore range at 1.5 volts.

Later I'll be testing an E4300 with the same cooling

e: No 100% OC with the E4300 so nothing special with that. Now testing Socket A hardware.

 

[Ruru]

Some S462 overclocking, a 1GHz Athlon Thunderbird with AXIA core.

Having a working Maxtor Diamondmax 9 in 2020 feels unbelievable.

 

[Apocalypsee]

@Chloe Price nice hardware! You should use ATi card because you use Ruby wallpaper

 

[Ruru]

@Chloe Price nice hardware! You should use ATi card because you use Ruby wallpaper

Trying later with X800 Pro, just had to OC that combo since I had Athlon 1GHz @ 1.4GHz, 896MB RAM & 6600GT in 2005

 

[Mr.Scott]

SPI and CPU frequency right in the 5th to 7th in the world range at HWB.
Very nice.

 

[Ruru]

Too bad that the board has 1.8V maximum vcore in bios, luckily it seems to give some extra

I'll be later testing with AXP 2400+ and 2700+ CPUs, maybe a Duron 1200 too.