TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[lexluthermiester]

I don't know about Samsung drives, but I DO know about TOP-G (Top Glory) BTC units. Perhaps TOP-G also manufactured Samsung drives at the time? Because they certainly manufactured CD-ROM drives for most of the other brands as well, including Sony, Creative & others.


At some point, during the early 2000s BTC stopped manufacturing their own units. Don't ask me why, but they handled manufacturing process over to Top Glory Electronics. So, if you Google for TOP-G CD-ROM drive, you will get interesting results.

Zip250's! Yes! Loved the ZipDrive line of removable discs.

 

[Trekkie4]

Zip250's! Yes! Loved the ZipDrive line of removable discs.

Hehe, right! One of those went into the sleeper Adison, running Windows 7. Zip drive kinda works, but just barely & shows up as "removable device", pretty much like a standard USB thumb drive. The other unit went into that P3B-F rig, Pentium III 550

Those are the only two Adison rigs to feature Iomega ZIP drive. I considered the possibility to put ZIP drives in all of them, but again - I wanted them to be as authentic as possible. And mine originally came without one, sooo...

As for the TOP-G BTC drives, I was originally going to use them in Adison(s), up until that very moment when I finally found the real thing. Because I refer to these as "fake BTC", as they're mainly just generic drives carrying their logo & design ("48x max" font, indicated on the front face plate).

 

[MaxiPro800]

Hehe, right! One of those went into the sleeper Adison, running Windows 7. Zip drive kinda works, but just barely & shows up as "removable device", pretty much like a standard USB thumb drive. The other unit went into that P3B-F rig, Pentium III 550

Those are the only two Adison rigs to feature Iomega ZIP drive. I considered the possibility to put ZIP drives in all of them, but again - I wanted them to be as authentic as possible. And mine originally came without one, sooo...

As for the TOP-G BTC drives, I was originally going to use them in Adison(s), up until that very moment when I finally found the real thing. Because I refer to these as "fake BTC", as they're mainly just generic drives carrying their logo & design ("48x max" font, indicated on the front face plate).

IIRC mine read 52x24x52 as far as I remember.

Would read everything I throw at it, even discs a LG drive couldn't. Finally retired when I got hold of a NEC DVD burner that was similar in style with the BTC.

EDIT: Yeah, mine was a TOP-G too. Did work on par with a 48x Samsung though so it probably was one of the best TOP-G models.

Anyways, waiting on my college atm, there's been a poll for courses going online due to most of us working (including me) so if it goes up in effect, I'll hopefully have some time to work on both HP and Acer. I have some parts from some other decommisioned machines (DV9650ea, Packard Bell w/9800GTS and a few others) including a T8300 for the Acer , and some T6400/6500 plus a nice 1920x1200 LCD for the 9730ei. Also hopefully expecting a RoG G73JH hardware repair + white paint once I get home.

 

[Trekkie4]

IIRC mine read 52x24x52 as far as I remember.

Would read everything I throw at it, even discs a LG drive couldn't. Finally retired when I got hold of a NEC DVD burner that was similar in style with the BTC.

EDIT: Yeah, mine was a TOP-G too. Did work on par with a 48x Samsung though so it probably was one of the best TOP-G models.

Yup, sounds about right. Those are not really BTC (or Sony, or NEC) drives, they only carried their company logo.

As for the BTC lineup, as far as I know, the "XH" series was the last model from BTC themselves before they switched over to Top Glory Electronics. Which makes me wonder, why bother? I mean, BTC obviously had production line for all their CD-ROM drives, so why would they partner up with TOP-G & license their units through them?

 

[Blaylock]

Does this belong here?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Does this belong here?
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Oh yeah, that lot fits in great here!

 

[mclaren85]

I'm not sure if that counts but here is my old and still working laptop. Born in 2007 It has a powerful AMD Turion 64x2 cpu, Ati X1100 256 mb (shared) Gpu and 1 Gb of DDR2 Ram.

 

[framebuffer]

Does this belong here?
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YES
Ah btw I'm a storage sysadmin, don't make me start with old RAID cards

 

[Dinnercore]

Does this belong here?

Definitly! Any story behind to the insulated / plasti-dipped card? Which GPU is that? EDIT: Gonna guess its a 460. First thought it could be a 670, but looking at my old 670 the holes are different.

 

[stinger608]

Well this really sucks!!!

I've got my ole MSI K8T Master2-FAR and was getting it ready to do a dual processor Windows 2000 pro build and found one of the CPU cooler brackets has broke!!!

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I have been searching all over the net and have not come up with anything as a stock replacement.

I ended up having to order two AM2/940 stock cooler brackets. Man, I hope them fit.

Of course I'm going to have to replace the coolers due to the mounting design, but I've got a pair of Rosewill Z1 coolers that I got here from @bogmali 3 or 4 years ago.

Now I just have to hope that both of them coolers will fit since the sockets are fairly close to each other. And that the stock socket 940 mounts will fit.

Unlike the 939's that use a single mounting screw, the 940's use dual screws at each end.


If anyone has an idea where to get an original mount, I'd certainly appreciate it!!!!

Looking to see if anyone in here and in the US has a 3D printer?

If so, I'd certainly pay for someone to 3D print up a new cooler mount for this board!!!!

I can send one of the good cooler mounts and pay shipping both ways + what ever is needed to make this happen.

There are 0 options that I can find to replace the broken cooler mount.

 

[sl1pkn07]

i can print one(or two xd) (if you send me a model) for you, but i'm not sure if can resist the pressure of the heatshink locking

also the problem of the sipping cost... (from spain)

gretings

EDIT: oh. US only. sorry

 

[sam_86314]

How about a couple of old NVIDIA GPUs?

Quadro FX 3400 and GeForce 6800 GS. The Quadro still works perfectly, the 6800 GS is missing a cap on the board.

I've wondered what the secondary die is on the Quadro. Is it some sort of cache?

 

[stinger608]

i can print one(or two xd) (if you send me a model) for you, but i'm not sure if can resist the pressure of the heatshink locking

also the problem of the sipping cost... (from spain)

gretings

EDIT: oh. US only. sorry

Thanks for the offer, but as you said, the shipping cost would be high.

 

[sam_86314]

Looking to see if anyone in here and in the US has a 3D printer?

If so, I'd certainly pay for someone to 3D print up a new cooler mount for this board!!!!

I can send one of the good cooler mounts and pay shipping both ways + what ever is needed to make this happen.

There are 0 options that I can find to replace the broken cooler mount.

Guess I could try this; it'd give me an excuse to get my printer out of storage.

But I print with PLA, so I don't know how it'll hold up to higher temperatures. Also might have issues with layer strength since it's a cooler mount.

I've also never shipped something across the country before.

 

[stinger608]

Also might have issues with layer strength since it's a cooler mount.

Hmm, I wonder about that as well. Hadn't really thought about that.

I don't know what "PLA" is. LOL

The stock mounts are just plastic and I know it's pretty easy to lock the coolers down to the mounts, so I don't really know how much stress would be actually put on them.

And it wouldn't be across country as I'm up in Wyoming.

 

[sam_86314]

Hmm, I wonder about that as well. Hadn't really thought about that.

I don't know what "PLA" is. LOL

The stock mounts are just plastic and I know it's pretty easy to lock the coolers down to the mounts, so I don't really know how much stress would be actually put on them.

And it wouldn't be across country as I'm up in Wyoming.

PLA is a plastic that's made from corn and melts at lower temperatures (around 190C to 220C, compared to ABS which melts around 240C to 270C).

@stinger608 See PM.

 

[stinger608]

PLA is a plastic that's made from corn and melts at lower temperatures (around 190C to 220C, compared to ABS which melts around 240C to 270C).

@stinger608 See PM.

None the less, at 190C to 220C should be just fine........I would think. That system would melt before coming close to them kinds of temps. LOL

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Looking to see if anyone in here and in the US has a 3D printer?

If so, I'd certainly pay for someone to 3D print up a new cooler mount for this board!!!!

I can send one of the good cooler mounts and pay shipping both ways + what ever is needed to make this happen.

There are 0 options that I can find to replace the broken cooler mount.

I don't have a printer, but potentially have access to some. Mostly I think it would be a neat challenge to draw up the model. Could probably find someone to print it in either FDM or PLA, or construct the model for sam_86314 if need be.

 

[stinger608]

Wow, this is amazing everyone!!!!!! I soooooooo much appreciate the help offers that you guys are giving.

I'm going to shoot a picture tomorrow and post here and to a couple of PM's.

That may give everyone a better idea of what I'm needing.

 

[Ruru]

How about a couple of old NVIDIA GPUs?

I've wondered what the secondary die is on the Quadro. Is it some sort of cache?

AGP to PCIe bridge chip, called HSI (high-speed interconnect) as that is actually a NV40 chip which was still designed for AGP. ATI/AMD used a similar one called Rialto when they bridged PCIe chips for AGP cards.

Nvidia BR02 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

edit: The GS uses a PCIe-native NV42 so it doesn't need a bridge chip. AGP versions of GS cards were usually just cut-down NV40s so they were also native AGP ones.

 

[Blaylock]

Definitly! Any story behind to the insulated / plasti-dipped card? Which GPU is that? EDIT: Gonna guess its a 460. First thought it could be a 670, but looking at my old 670 the holes are different.

You guessed it! That's my old MSI GTX 460 Cyclone. Covered it in LET when I was getting into sub-ambient benching. Is/was a great card and got me several golds on HWBot on air. The plan was to take it to extreme if needed but eSports took over and I fell away from benching.

 

[Trekkie4]

I received this from a fellow forumer, just earlier today


Frankly speaking, I've been avoiding slocket adapters because I prefer the genuine hardware. I mean, why bother ... if you're going to use S370, simply go with 370 motherboard. On the other hand, if you prefer Slot 1, simply go with Slot 1 & problem solved, right?! So in a way this feels strange, I would even dare to say "wrong". But I'm curious to know just how good is it going to run with Coppermine P3 for example, running at 933MHz.

And to make sure that things look somewhat original, I even found this Intel heatsink among the parts, which is going to do just fine for this application.

Assuming everything checks out & works OK, this thing will replace the genuine P3 550 Slot 1 CPU inside the 3rd Adison (the one with Asus P3B-F board). Although I'm planning to keep the original CPU, just in case I ever need to revert back.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I received this from a fellow forumer, just earlier today


Frankly speaking, I've been avoiding slocket adapters because I prefer the genuine hardware. I mean, why bother ... if you're going to use S370, simply go with 370 motherboard. On the other hand, if you prefer Slot 1, simply go with Slot 1 & problem solved, right?! So in a way this feels strange, I would even dare to say "wrong". But I'm curious to know just how good is it going to run with Coppermine P3 for example, running at 933MHz.

And to make sure that things look somewhat original, I even found this Intel heatsink among the parts, which is going to do just fine for this application.

Assuming everything checks out & works OK, this thing will replace the genuine P3 550 Slot 1 CPU inside the 3rd Adison (the one with Asus P3B-F board). Although I'm planning to keep the original CPU, just in case I ever need to revert back.

Someone likes you! Those things are a pain to find these days.

 

[Trekkie4]

Someone likes you! Those things are a pain to find these days.

I know, right? I even asked the guy, just to be absolutely certain that he wants to give it away for free. From what I can tell, it's a new old stock, never used.

Definitely going to keep the packaging for future reference, because these things can get worthless once the jumper configuration gets lost.

Edit
Hehe, I KNOW I'm onto something good with this thing, when I received a "like" from @Mr.Scott Might even try overclocking & see how high I can get it to run before things get unstable. I'm also planning a 3DMark 2000 benchmark test (using the Voodoo 3 3000 AGP of course) & comparing the results against the stock P3 550 genuine Slot 1 CPU.

 

[68Olds]

I had a slocket with a Celeron tualatin 1.4 GHz in a freebie Toshiba box I came across. The original CPU was a PII 350ish MHz. I could overclock the Celeron to almost 1.6 GHz with SetFSB software. That was a great PC for Need for Speed 5 (Porsche). I hate that the PC & Slocket/CPU got away from me, and I'm very jealous of your new toys!