TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[stinger608]

Does anyone knows where can i find the driver for a MSI Ti4800SE-VTD8X?

Check on this if using XP/2000:

Windows XP/2000 Driver Archive|NVIDIA

NVIDIA

www.nvidia.com

This link, along with others, are in the original post.


Love that dual PIII system @onemanhitsquad

 

[caroline!]

I brought this one out of the boneyard a few years ago , and put it into service for glide stuff and general period games , it's fun fighting to remember how to load older OS's !

Abit VP6 ( recapped ) , 2 x PIII 1ghz + Golden Orbs @1140mhz , Voodoo 5500 AGP , dual boot W2K pro / XP pro , 2 gig Infineon memory , 3 x 18g scsi raid 0 , Creative Sound , Kenwood TrueX 72x cd-rom

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Golden heatsinks were great
No RGB LEDs in sight, just components enjoying the moment.

Your cable management is quite decent too, could nevere say the same about mine... I just wire everything and then hide the mess with the side panel, it's easier if I have to troubleshoot a component.

 

[Ruru]

Cool, a new video from CPU Galaxy

 

[lexluthermiester]

Cool, a new video from CPU Galaxy

RAID0 might have been more interesting..

 

[Greenslade]

Changing clock crystals was a common way to OC back in the day. It was also very safe as if anything went wrong, change the clock crystal back and all is well.

A few pages ago, someone showed an ASUS V7700 32MB. Clint over at LGR got one of the 64MB versions donated to him recently.

While I will encourage watching the whole video because it's filled with some very interesting stuff(and you get to hear him use the term "Rad" in proper context), the part where he unpacks the V7700 is at 32minutes.

LGR is one of my fave YouTubers.I loved his thrifting videos all those big Goodwill stores wish they had them in the UK. All the electrical stuff they have in there.
A lot UK Charity shops don,t take in electrical goods.

That entire board needs recapping really, those teapos are prob spent and that bottom one is definitely blown.

Epox always cheaped out on caps, never really used top brands.

I love Epox boards, not easy to find now, though oddly I just picked up a 8RGA and a 8RGA+ together.

Just ordered a load of caps for them both.

My first board was a KT333 8K3A and not that long ago I got one again and recapped it completely, need to have a play with it again!

I have a few more nforce2 epox boards, the nicest one is a 8RDA6+Pro with 6 satas

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Nice lot of Retro motherboards MrBungz

 

[FireFox]

I am installing windows xp pro and now i am to the point where it ask me the product key and i don't find it ( lost it ) where can i get a product key? )

 

[Ruru]

I am installing windows xp pro and now i am to the point where it ask me the product key and i don't find it ( lost it ) where can i get a product key? )

Try this. It's from my XP rig.

 

[FireFox]

Try this. It's from my XP rig.

Thanks but it says the cd key is not valid

 

[lexluthermiester]

where can i get a product key?

Going to have to buy one on Ebay.

 

[Ruru]

Thanks but it says the cd key is not valid

Then I'd google for one. Probably mine doesn't work as it's a HP OEM key :/

 

[FireFox]

Then I'd google for one. Probably mine doesn't work as it's a HP OEM key :/

Googled and got lot of them, alll the same error.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Googled and got lot of them, alll the same error.

If they're on Google, microsoft has blacklisted them. Also, internet activation is not available for XP anymore. You need to use the phone activation method.

See PM..

 

[stinger608]

Googled and got lot of them, alll the same error.

I shot ya a PM bro. I'll get you one of mine that are left over from the days. LOL

 

[FireFox]

If they're on Google, microsoft has blacklisted them. Also, internet activation is not available for XP anymore. You need to use the phone activation method.

Wait, maybe i just forgot how to activate WXP, do you need to be connected to the internet to enter a product key? I have thought that it was forbidden to connect a pc running WXP

 

[AugeK]

The key depends in the type of build.
Microsoft, OEM or Retail.
A valid key works only with the correct type of build.
If the pair doesn't match: no joy!

 

[Trekkie4]

Oh, for crying out loud... All the drama over nothing, not to mention drawing unnecessary attention.

@FireFox You can activate XP (OEM or Retail, doesn't matter) with couple of clicks. Send me a PM if you don't know how and we'll take it from there.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Oh, for crying out loud... All the drama over nothing, not to mention drawing unnecessary attention.

@FireFox You can activate XP (OEM or Retail, doesn't matter) with couple of clicks. Send me a PM if you don't know how and we'll take it from there.

Exactly.

 

[Greenslade]

Thanks but it says the cd key is not valid

Look online for lots of free keys. Not all of them work though you just have to go through them to see which ones work. A lot of people putting XP on their PC,s in here. Are you doing it to do Retro Gaming like myself?

 

[Susquehannock]

That entire board needs recapping really, those teapos are prob spent and that bottom one is definitely blown.

Epox always cheaped out on caps, never really used top brands.

I love Epox boards, not easy to find now, though oddly I just picked up a 8RGA and a 8RGA+ together.

Just ordered a load of caps for them both.

My first board was a KT333 8K3A and not that long ago I got one again and recapped it completely, need to have a play with it again!

I have a few more nforce2 epox boards, the nicest one is a 8RDA6+Pro with 6 satas

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Awesome collection. Had to look a couple of those up. Only really kept track of nForce2 boards I had considered buying at the time. May pick up another EPoX if the price is right.

Glad the conversation went to caps for bit. What is a good source for those Panasonics? Hopefully large bulk order not required for decent pricing. That was my problem re-capping the Abit. Had to source from three different places because I don't do this enough to have a lot of extra stock sitting around.

 

[Audioave10]

I kept finding these while I was looking for an older Abit AN8 board. They are all harder to find now.

 

[onemanhitsquad]

My wife's FX 5800 Ultra.....it is a pre-order white box ...and we still have it...haha "The Hoover"

 

[Mr.Scott]

My wife's FX 5800 Ultra.....it is a pre-order white box ...and we still have it...haha "The Hoover"


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Worth a lot of money.

 

[Bungz]

Awesome collection. Had to look a couple of those up. Only really kept track of nForce2 boards I had considered buying at the time. May pick up another EPoX if the price is right.

Glad the conversation went to caps for bit. What is a good source for those Panasonics? Hopefully large bulk order not required for decent pricing. That was my problem re-capping the Abit. Had to source from three different places because I don't do this enough to have a lot of extra stock sitting around.

Where are you based if you don't mind me asking?

There is a UK seller on eBay who sells a lot of genuine Panasonic stuff at reasonable cost.

Tekkikid is his ID, nice bloke always sends stuff quick.

Had a Gigabyte ga-8ik1100, a 875 chipset jobby come in. 6 dimms lol.

Had a few blown smaller caps but tried to power it up anyway to see if it had any life before I started recapping.

Was like a popcorn machine all the nichicon hm series started venting, nearly got a eye full of electrolyte!

All fine now.

 

[Greenslade]

Question
What actually is a Retro PC? is it a PC that has an OS up to XP?
Or is there more to it than that,and depends on who you ask?

Where are you based if you don't mind me asking?

There is a UK seller on eBay who sells a lot of genuine Panasonic stuff at reasonable cost.

Tekkikid is his ID, nice bloke always sends stuff quick.

Had a Gigabyte ga-8ik1100, a 875 chipset jobby come in. 6 dimms lol.

Had a few blown smaller caps but tried to power it up anyway to see if it had any life before I started recapping.

Was like a popcorn machine all the nichicon hm series started venting, nearly got a eye full of electrolyte!

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Looks a interesting unit Mr Bungz

 

[Bungz]

I think retro is quite relative to how old you are and what era your own personal rose tinted spectacles focus on.

I am touching 40 and my first machine was when I was around 17, which was a Celeron 466 in 1999.

So a Celly or P3 with a Voodoo 3 is my peak retro machine, though my peak interest is prob a year or two later and is reflected in how many socket A boards I repair and post here


That said if you had your first machine say 5-10 years before me that you probably think a W98 machine with a voodoo 3 is quite modern!