TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Bones]

Have a set of Geils just like those - Same thing in fact and they will do DDR500..... And not an inch more.
Not really happy with them but they were cheap at least when I got them.

 

[Bones]

Here's something I forgot I had lying around here but I've got it, BNIB condition and will stay that way - At least I'm not messing with it.

 

[Audioave10]

Here's something I forgot I even had lying around but I've got it, BNIB condition and will stay that way - At least I'm not messing with it.
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I had one of those back when I would trade-up for a newer system each time so I didn't save it. It was a great upgrade back then.

 

[Courier 6]

Here's something I forgot I had lying around here but I've got it, BNIB condition and will stay that way - At least I'm not messing with it.
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I still have my Athlon xp 2100+, A7S333 mobo and 256mb RAM or is it 512mb, I don´t remember exactly, it´s in a antistatic bag somewere

 

[lexluthermiester]

Here's something I forgot I had lying around here but I've got it, BNIB condition and will stay that way - At least I'm not messing with it.
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WOW! Haven't seen this in a looooong time!

 

[MaxiPro800]

From being rained on to working state.


The salvaged parts: ASUS A7V8X Rev 2.0, Athlon XP 1700+, 2x256MB DDR400, I/O shield, Titan cooler. Not pictured is a 200GB Samsung that unfortunately turned out to be kaput.


All dried up and set up. I was testing the 200GB drive to see if I can salvage anything but no dice, so it got replaced with a 40GB HDD that dualboots Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 (Corporate version) and Server 2000 SP4. GPU is a Radeon 9550, and the RAM got upped to 1.5GB worth of DDR400.

POST screen from testing


Desktop shot, just after I finished setting up Server 2003. I use Omega drivers by the way, with the card set to use 9600 drivers.

 

[A Computer Guy]

Pulled this one out of storage to see if it still works in my X570. The battery gave out a long time ago.
16GB installed of DDR2 SATA RAM goodness. Even supported dual channel for raid 1 or 0.
Onboard ECC calculations allowed non-ECC rams sticks to be used with a tradeoff of total storage

Test copy 6.58GB DVD from 970 EVO SSD to SATA RAMDISK (configured in window 10 software raid 0 because I'm not sure how to setup SATA raid for my motherboard yet so the numbers here have a lot of software overhead from that)

 

[lexluthermiester]

The battery gave out a long time ago.

You could likely create a new battery for it.

 

[A Computer Guy]

You could likely create a new battery for it.

I've settled for plugging it into my UPS as the device uses an external power brick. The original battery lasted about 2 days max.

 

[framebuffer]

Today I did a security scan on my NAS and got some interesting results

Looks like the tool (Synology Security Essential) does not like Marvell LAN drivers (downloaded from asus.com) nForce drivers (downloaded from nvidia.com) and the latest version of RivaTuner
Pretty sure they are false positive, but not sure triggered by what... any thoughts on this?

Since it's pretty old stuff, I guess Windows10/11 Built-In security/antivirus thing should be able to identify them, but I got no results if I scan them with Windows...

 

[A Computer Guy]

Today I did a security scan on my NAS and got some interesting results

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Looks like the tool (Synology Security Essential) does not like Marvell LAN drivers (downloaded from asus.com) nForce drivers (downloaded from nvidia.com) and the latest version of RivaTuner
Pretty sure they are false positive, but not sure triggered by what... any thoughts on this?

Since it's pretty old stuff, I guess Windows10/11 Built-In security/antivirus thing should be able to identify them, but I got no results if I scan them with Windows...

Many Antivirus tools have an additional heuristics option (named differently per vendor) to try to proactively predict and isolate threats. In numerous occasions they are wrong and I can't tell you how many times false positives have deleted my files. It used to be Norton back in the day (I think the feature was called sonar) would update and suddenly start wiping out all my programs I built because of "matching signatures" where I knew clearly there wasn't an issue. Today it's Sophos giving me the most headaches. Sometimes to avoid the false positive in my long term backups I put the problematic files into an encrypted 7zip archive.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Many Antivirus tools have an additional heuristics option (named differently per vendor) to try to proactively predict and isolate threats. In numerous occasions they are wrong and I can't tell you how many times false positives have deleted my files. It used to be Norton back in the day (I think the feature was called sonar) would update and suddenly start wiping out all my programs I built because of "matching signatures" where I knew clearly there wasn't an issue. Today it's Sophos giving me the most headaches. Sometimes to avoid the false positive in my long term backups I put the problematic files into an encrypted 7zip archive.

Windows Defender is a particularly bad offender.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Windows Defender is a particularly bad offender.

although it still work just fine for many ... i only use it and i have zero issues ... at least it's way better than SCAMvast or Norton and does not require a subscription, i tested a lot Antivirus on Win up to Win 8.1 and then i only used MS Defender and never had any issues at all anymore.

 

[lexluthermiester]

at least it's way better than SCAMvast or Norton and does not require a subscription

Just because it's better than some doesn't mean it's good..

i tested a lot Antivirus on Win up to Win 8.1

That's been a few years..

then i only used MS Defender and never had any issues at all anymore.

It's been a bit since I last allowed Defender to run on any of my systems. But even if it doesn't go deleting files without user permission, it's other annoyances rule it out as a tolerable piece of software.

However, we've gotten off topic.. Sorry folks..

 

[GreiverBlade]

Just because it's better than some doesn't mean it's good..

one last semi offtopic then
"AV-Comparatives tested Windows Defender in March 2022 and concluded around 99% malware threat detection and protection rates with only five false positives. Compared to top providers in the antivirus market, these are very good results."

Microsoft Defender Antivirus Review 2023 | Cybernews

Is Microsoft Defender enough to protect you against viruses? What kind of additional features does it have? Read this Microsoft Defender review for 2023 and find out.

cybernews.com

"Windows Defender scans a user's email, internet browser, cloud, and apps for the above cyberthreats. However, Windows Defender lacks endpoint protection and response, as well as automated investigation and remediation, so more antivirus software is necessary."

Microsoft Defender review

Convenient, free and pre-installed antivirus that outperforms some very big names

www.techradar.com

yes, it is good, only loosing ground on ergonomics (although for me it's not an issue ) what are the other annoyance you mentions? (slowdown in very particlar case? or something else? )
it's not the best, although on his point (being free and integrated in Win since 2006 ) there is very little equal competition.


on the nostalgic side ... ahah i remember headhaches when using NOD32 from ESET back in the days a few years after when it was launched in 1987 got a few folder completely wiped out in 1995
NostaTrivia: "The acronym NOD stands for Nemocnica na Okraji Disku ("Hospital at the end of the disk"), a pun related to the Czechoslovak medical drama series Nemocnice na kraji města (Hospital at the End of the City)"

a few years indeed ... from 95 till 2016 yep a few ...

 

[framebuffer]

got my first single memory module (32bit?) video card

the cool thing is that they used a 5.5ns memory module (rated at 183MHz)
considering that this card is usually clocked around 80MHz, overclocking potential is interesting, will see

 

[Audioave10]

Old strange hardware...

 

[framebuffer]

hope one day he will review the Quantum 3D Obsidian 2 he has always in the background

 

[Audioave10]

I could not fully save the PC case I picked up a few days ago but it had a removable Mobo tray...YES! A test bench.

 

[Courier 6]

I could not fully save the PC case I picked up a few days ago but it had a removable Mobo tray...YES! A test bench.

oh crap...did you scrap that case you posted before? the nice vintage one

 

[Audioave10]

oh crap...did you scrap that case you posted before? the nice vintage one

Saved many parts but the case itself was damaged and only supported 80MM fans.

 

[budget_Optiplex]

Have this kit of Geil Ultra Platinum DDR500 too but it's just some Hynix, looks sweet though (hard to tell but they're mirror like chrome).

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Nice.....reminds me of the Geil Black Dragons I had back in the day thanks to a TPU review. I loved the LED lights on them and have regretted ever parting with them!

GeIL Black Dragon DDR2 800 MHz CL4 Review

GeIL broke into the market with the Golden Dragon Series in the past and have now "resurrected" the dragon in form of the Black Dragon DDR2 line. The memory features a gorgeous looking PCB with a golden dragon head with bright red LEDs as the eyes. The entry level CL4 variant looks quite...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Courier 6]

Saved many parts but the case itself was damaged and only supported 80MM fans.

yes, well it´s yours, I just felt pitty, it had "mod" writen all over it for me, these are very hard to come by over here, but nevermind

 

[Audioave10]

Nice.....reminds me of the Geil Black Dragons I had back in the day thanks to a TPU review. I loved the LED lights on them and have regretted ever parting with them!

GeIL Black Dragon DDR2 800 MHz CL4 Review

GeIL broke into the market with the Golden Dragon Series in the past and have now "resurrected" the dragon in form of the Black Dragon DDR2 line. The memory features a gorgeous looking PCB with a golden dragon head with bright red LEDs as the eyes. The entry level CL4 variant looks quite...

www.techpowerup.com

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WOW...I have that 2 x 2GB set in 1066 speed in my W7 PC and they have been there for 10 years or more. (still have the box)

 

[madlythick]

Hi,
Long time lurker, I really enjoy reading all the excellent info & discussion here from people who know far more than me about hardware i wanted, but never got to own. Please keep it up

Time to break my silence to celebrate a birthday.... 20yrs ago I built my first new custom PC to take to University.
I found the receipt recently and thought the spec/price comparison was interesting.

(Excuse the photo, no digital camera yet)

Not bleeding edge but not budget, I worked all summer to pay for it and hoped it would last me for a while.....

It was a huge upgrade to my hand me down PII with matrox graphics.
I grabbed a pioneer slot DVD and a few other bits from computer fairs, had a Dell OEM Soundblaster Live and reused an old 8.4GB hard drive until upgrading to 40GB later that year for £68!

In hindsight an Athlon XP system would have been cheaper and probably just as fast?

A few changes over the years - upgraded to an ATI 9800 pro, lost the dialup modem, memory etc, but it's still working fine and now my retro XP PC.
I still love the Lian Li PC60 but can't cable manage in it

Thanks for celebrating this milestone birthday with me does any one else have a nice build story or system birthday to celebrate?