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So it boots, and it's a Pentium 3 1.2 Ghz in it, and 256MB SDR. The golden age. The first boot took something like 45 minutes and the Windows XP welcome screen was really messed up, and it rebooted. Then it booted quite quickly and it does indees have some photos on it I was asked to retain, and then it died. I assume of overheating. Will take apart and clean later.
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You might need to redo the thermal paste as well.
 
I mentioned Firepro pics, so here they are.

The reason I was even messing with it was because I was transplanting an X58 system, and the destination case has knockouts. Only one was gone, and it matched up to a PCI slot. I don't like removing knockouts when I don't have to, so let's see what we've got in ye olde box of pre-PCIe graphics: Hmm, an S3 Virge and this Firepro.

Well, we all saw how the Firepro went, so rather than mucking about with Vista drivers or trying the Virge, I just dropped in a PCIe 9600 GT. Which of course worked fine.

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Last week at my local brick brack market there were a lot of laptops for £5, some looked in good shape
no broken screens, etc, and the keyboards were in good shape. I saw a couple of Think pads there they would be the ones I would go for. I realize I doubt if any work. I suppose it would be a bit risky for me to buy one, bearing in mind I am not that knowledgeable about repairing them.I think it was this one
 

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from trash C64 + power supply in the original box. It is working. (sound, video and few ports tested.)
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I have a few c64 pc-s and joysticks and a monitor.
They are easy to repair (just by replacing chips) but it is a very reliable platform.
 
Fresh loot!

Got me a 2 gig drive. :D FUJITSU: M2654SA 2055MB 5.25"/FH SCSI2 SE. It is purring like a kitten. :D How many kg it has? Many! Power consumption? 43W peak!

An ATI 9700 PRO wool edition also has arrived but as expected it is dead. Baked. For a custom Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 PRO I was expecting the shim to be eliminated or at least the cooler to have a raised part to make a better contact with the GPU die, but no. In my opinion this card died of overheating. Such a shame ... The copper has the tell tale overheating discoloration. This is just a showpiece and for that it will be restored and it will look the part. :)

I also rescued a passive cooled XFX nVIDIA 7950GT 512MB DDR3. Which even if it looks like it is run over by a truck it actually works. :D

A Geforce 4 MX440 from ASUS? Don't mind if I do! :) ASUS V9180 TD - V9180/64M

MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum MS-6570E Sk.A + AXP 1800+ Palomino. Has a few vented caps but it works. Please don't do as I did and power up boards with vented caps. :D Before powering it up I checked to see if they are shorted but this is not safe and you should not do it. :D

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe/GOLD UAY + AXP 3000+ it needs some trace repair. The Thermaltake Extreme Volcano 12 is something that left quite an impression on me because of its sheer weight and level of noise. It came without the fan speed control. FULL BLAST rpms are something really should I say nice?! :D

ASUS P5KC + Q9300 and 4x1GB of the absolute best in DDR 2 memory. SUPER TALENT!!! :D

ASUS P5K-WS + Q6600 and another copper monster. :D

A Cirrus Logic 5248 VLB display adapter.

Misc stuff.
 

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I have just tried the £5 PC I bought from the local brick brack market, it turns on for a few seconds and then turns on again.:( I checked the cabals they seemed to be to be in firmly. Meanwhile, I also tried the one I find that turns on all working at the first stage, I have to connect it to a monitor and see if it goes all the way fingers crossed. Does anyone know the next step to see if I can get the £5 one working?
 
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I have just tried the £5 PC I bought from the local brick brack market, it turns on for a few seconds and then turns on again.:( I checked the cabals they seemed to be to be in firmly. Meanwhile, I also tried the one I find that turns on all working at the first stage, I have to connect it to a monitor and see if it goes all the way fingers crossed. Does anyone know the next step to see if I can get the £5 one working?
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Let's start a troubleshooting thread for that.
 
stinger608 said:
We can discuss troubleshooting issues with nostalgic hardware in this thread!

Doesn't mean we are getting off the track of this thread!

Come on @lexluthermiester , we don't have to start a new thread for everything. :laugh:
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Ok, that's cool with me. I didn't know where the off-topic line was for this thread..
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Does anyone know the next step to see if I can get the £5 one working?
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Do you have a spare PSU and if have you tried it?
 
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lexluthermiester said:
Ok, that's cool with me. I didn't know where the off-topic line was for this thread..

Do you have a space PSU and if have you tried it?
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I do, but I found the problem disconnected the IDE cabal from the DVD drive the draw was not opening. But funny enough the green light is showing on it even though the IDE cabal has been removed.o_O I have just put the IDE cabal back in the DVD drive all working but the draw sticks but does open after a few tries. That's the first stage passed by the two machines. :)What do you think of me buying one of those IBM Think Pads I showed on here earlier? I see the power supply for them is £10. If they are still there tomorrow I will check out the models. There £5 the IBM ones looked good no broken screens keyboard was good no missing panels on the back. They have been there for some weeks no one has bought any of them, mind you quite a few are in bad shape and would have thought they should of chucked them out.Just trying the £5 one .It says
*Floppy Diskette seek failure*
There is no floppy disc in there?
And says strike the F1 key to continue,F2 to run the set up-utility.But the keyboard not working on here but works on my other PC ,mouse is working. But for a PC of this age does not have PS2 on it:(Charging the batteries see if the keyboard works when they are charged.
 
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lexluthermiester said:
Is the floppy drive activity light on? You likely have the floppy cable reversed. Flip it around and see what happens.
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No it isn,t there is no floppy drive in there.As regards the PC I found no signal on monitor no lights on the the ps2 or mouse .DVD drive opens and closes. Ethernat cabal lights up as working.The external T5 Drive lights up.The green light in the case works fine.What do you think of me talking a chance of buying one of the IBM Think pads?
Someone on another forum sugested trying another PSU i have got two but neither have molex cabals.I have tried the ram in another slot still nothing showing on the screen. :( It does not go straight off when pressing the button unlike the £5 pound one.
 
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The A7N8X Deluxe/Gold UAY has been repaired. :D Not an A+++ repair but given the massive hit it took near the SATA chip, I still am amazed that it works and SATA drives are seen and accessed properly. :D

As I am a Thermalright fan, I couldn't pass this gem. A Thermalright Ultra 90 with a K8 mounting system. I am waiting for an ASUS SK8N or SK8V to pop up so that my A64 FX-51/53 will have a home. :D Next on the list is a legendary Thermalright Ultra 120. :) I need to get me one of those! I have an '"iron" deficiency in my diet. :D Did I tell you that I love massive air coolers?

Atm I juggle with 15 cards that will be restored and sold locally. I don't mean to brag but I am really good at restoring and it seems that this will become a way of life for me. At least in the short term. :) Stage 1 - repairs and rust removal. Stage 2 - Wash, deep cleaning. Stage 3 - Detailing. Stage 4 - Thorough testing. Stage 5 - Selling => Happy customers. My motto is: ALL IN or ALL OUT! :D

I still need to buy a HAKKO FR301 and really take restoring to another level. The number of patients in need of my attention is growing on a weekly basis. :D
 

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Robert B said:
The A7N8X Deluxe/Gold UAY has been repaired. :D Not an A+++ repair but given the massive hit it took near the SATA chip, I still am amazed that it works and SATA drives are seen and accessed properly. :D
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Got any close-ups of the repair?
 
Robert B said:
The A7N8X Deluxe/Gold UAY has been repaired. :D Not an A+++ repair but given the massive hit it took near the SATA chip, I still am amazed that it works and SATA drives are seen and accessed properly. :D

As I am a Thermalright fan, I couldn't pass this gem. A Thermalright Ultra 90 with a K8 mounting system. I am waiting for an ASUS SK8N or SK8V to pop up so that my A64 FX-51/53 will have a home. :D Next on the list is a legendary Thermalright Ultra 120. :) I need to get me one of those! I have an '"iron" deficiency in my diet. :D Did I tell you that I love massive air coolers?

Atm I juggle with 15 cards that will be restored and sold locally. I don't mean to brag but I am really good at restoring and it seems that this will become a way of life for me. At least in the short term. :) Stage 1 - repairs and rust removal. Stage 2 - Wash, deep cleaning. Stage 3 - Detailing. Stage 4 - Thorough testing. Stage 5 - Selling => Happy customers. My motto is: ALL IN or ALL OUT! :D

I still need to buy a HAKKO FR301 and really take restoring to another level. The number of patients in need of my attention is growing on a weekly basis. :D
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I think we have seen ample proof that you SHOULD brag about your repairs! I also love the big tower type air coolers. I am a big fan! :p:D

After getting an ATI 9000 PRO AGP, I found one of the adds about the card in MaximumPC magazine from 2002.
I have about 80 old magazines.
 

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Floppy diskette seek and failure? o_O
Then it says to strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility
When I press either one nothing happens.o_O
There is no Floppy diskette in the PC.o_O
The date is all fine. The time on the clock say
12 26m pm I can,t change the 12 past there I need 18 in there.
the time here in the UK is 18.05
The mouse is not working but the light is on. I had to buy a wired keyboard from the BRIC a brack market because my wireless did not work on the PC I am trying to get working but works on my MAC.
 

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lexluthermiester said:
Ah, there's your problem. If no floppy drive is present and the system is expecting one, that error will be a thing. You need to go into the bios and disable the floppy drives/controller.
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I have just put a CMOS Battery in there, I must have put an old one in there. o_O I looked the problem up it seems it is a Dell thing.o_OThis was the answer someone gave to a person asking the same question as me.
*Did you find the listing for the diskette drive, usually listed as "A:", and turn it to "OFF", or did you just remove the drive from the boot order? Removing the drive from the boot order won't get rid of this message. If you did indeed disable drive A:, you should replace the CMOS battery as low voltage will prevent retention of your settings*
Is that the reason I can,t Strike the F1 key to continue,F2 to run the setup utility?
When i got the message *Floppy Diskette failure*? I suppose i won't be able to set the time till i get a new CMOS battery?
 

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True! None of the other settings will save either.
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Can you explain why the keyboard failed to work on F1 or F2 with that message about the floppy drive?As regards the other PC i found it switched on all fans running and showed a light on my T5 when plugged in.
When i tried to turn it off i had to keep on pressing the on off button before it shut down.
 
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I suppose i won't be able to set the time till i get a new CMOS battery?
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You'll need to change the clock from 12 hour to 24 hour too. I see a PM in your picture, so it is currently set to 12 hour.

Press & hold to shutdown is normal. You don't have an operating system to handle a normal shutdown.
So F2 doesn't take you into the BIOS? You got there somehow, because that screen picture is in the BIOS.
 
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