TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

JunkBear · May 21, 2015

That I/O shield could be a pain in the ass to make.

micropage7 · May 21, 2015

JunkBear said:
That I/O shield could be a pain in the ass to make.

you can make using plastic like this,

just measure and cut and glued it by using clear tape
kinda ghetto but it works

GreiverBlade · May 21, 2015

JunkBear said:
That I/O shield could be a pain in the ass to make.

micropage7 said:
you can make using plastic like this,

just measure and cut and glued it by using clear tape
kinda ghetto but it works

what I/O Shield???? i already use none on the K8D Neo2 :roll:

or on the H8DCE

what baffles me is HOW people who sell mobos with special non ATX standard shield (or even standard) can do to not put them with ... the cables and some other accessory i can understand but that ... it is beyond my understanding ...

JunkBear · May 21, 2015

They make extra money by selling separately on ebay knowing that its rare models.

JunkBear · May 21, 2015

debs3759 · May 21, 2015

JunkBear said:
Chf?

Swiss Francs

Trekkie4 · May 21, 2015

micropage7 said:
you can make using plastic like this,

just measure and cut and glued it by using clear tape
kinda ghetto but it works

GreiverBlade said:
what I/O Shield???? i already use none on the K8D Neo2 or on the H8DCE
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what baffles me is HOW people who sell mobos with special non ATX standard shield (or even standard) can do to not put them with ... the cables and some other accessory i can understand but that ... it is beyond my understanding ...

Running the system without I/O shield is asking for trouble, because some of the connectors & components might not be properly grounded to the rest of the chassis. I had a situation with Chaintech 6BTM (Slot-1) system, where the system hanged & crashed every time I plugged something into the USB port. Took me a while to figure out what's causing the problem, but as it turned out USB part was not properly grounded. As soon as I replaced the IO shield with more appropriate one, everything was working perfectly OK.

GreiverBlade · May 21, 2015

Trekkie4 said:
Running the system without I/O shield is asking for trouble, because some of the connectors & components might not be properly grounded to the rest of the chassis. I had a situation with Chaintech 6BTM (Slot-1) system, where the system hanged & crashed every time I plugged something into the USB port. Took me a while to figure out what's causing the problem, but as it turned out USB part was not properly grounded. As soon as I replaced the IO shield with more appropriate one, everything was working perfectly OK.

i seee ... well ... nope ... no problem at all on any of my 2 computer without I/O shield (or any previous computer i had who missed it ) and never had any when running a board raw on my living room wood table.

ran countless setup without it ... technicaly xD

Trekkie4 · May 21, 2015

GreiverBlade said:
i seee ... well ... nope ... no problem at all on any of my 2 computer without I/O shield (or any previous computer i had who missed it ) and never had any when running a board raw on my living room wood table.

ran countless setup without it ... technicaly xD

Well, as long it works OK there's no reason to tweak anything

Probably something to do with motherboard architecture & layout. You'd expect the board to be grounded by itself, through the metal studs & screws holding it in place but apparently nope (at least not in my situation)

JunkBear · May 22, 2015

The I/O shield also react as a conductor in case of spark or static discharge that could go through the ports. Also in case of electrical current surge peak in house or thunder that could go throught an external HDD power supply and through usb cable into the usb port of motherboard. Im just an old scrap guy that know less than many here on computer lan, ip adress , I, graphic cards but still I know that basic logic.

GreiverBlade · May 22, 2015

JunkBear said:
The I/O shield also react as a conductor in case of spark or static discharge that could go through the ports. Also in case of electrical current surge peak in house or thunder that could go throught an external HDD power supply and through usb cable into the usb port of motherboard. Im just an old scrap guy that know less than many here on computer lan, ip adress , I, graphic cards but still I know that basic logic.

so do we... but ... something like that never happen where i am ... lightning (not thunder

) has little to no effect and we have a quite stable current, surge are also rare as a Wolpertinger (unless drunk...)

JunkBear · May 22, 2015

Wolpertinger??? Speak Murican you scumbag nazi!!!

hehehe

AhokZYashA · May 22, 2015

its been a while since I visited here.

let me see if I have another old hardware that is still going around.

but maybe my current PC can be considered nostalgic by now.

micropage7 · May 22, 2015

Trekkie4 said:
Running the system without I/O shield is asking for trouble, because some of the connectors & components might not be properly grounded to the rest of the chassis. I had a situation with Chaintech 6BTM (Slot-1) system, where the system hanged & crashed every time I plugged something into the USB port. Took me a while to figure out what's causing the problem, but as it turned out USB part was not properly grounded. As soon as I replaced the IO shield with more appropriate one, everything was working perfectly OK.

the only trouble that comes in my mind is dust, open without shield will collect dust faster in your case

GreiverBlade · May 22, 2015

JunkBear said:
Wolpertinger??? Speak Murican you scumbag nazi!!! hehehe

oh well ... i should have say "Dahu" instead of "Wolpertinger"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahu

luckily ... since you added a

i take it as a joke ( a bad one as it it :rolleyes:

) calling people scumbag nazi because they use a Bavarian folklore beast as a reference is ... not always a good idea, but i reckon you are good at using the word nazi... mind you Swiss=/=nazi nor the majority of the German are so.

ok back to the theme.

TIME TO WORK IT OUT! or at last gather all for it... (yep the thing on the bottom right of the 1st pics is the leash of my SX100iS... drat :laugh:

)

JunkBear · May 22, 2015

GreiverBlade said:
oh well ... i should have say "Dahu" instead of "Wolpertinger"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahu

luckily ... since you added a i take it as a joke ( a bad one as it it ) calling people scumbag nazi because they use a Bavarian folklore beast as a reference is ... not always a good idea, but i reckon you are good at using the word nazi... mind you Swiss=/=nazi nor the majority of the German are so.

ok back to the theme.

TIME TO WORK IT OUT! or at last gather all for it... (yep the thing on the bottom right of the 1st pics is the leash of my SX100iS... drat )
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Im Canadian and I am NOT sorry !!!!

Trekkie4 · May 22, 2015

micropage7 said:
the only trouble that comes in my mind is dust, open without shield will collect dust faster in your case

Good point, that too! IO also shields the open motherboard contacts (caps & resistors) from being touched by accident, when plugging & unplugging devices, or even to frame (and hold) them in place & prevent from moving around too much (therefore damaging the board, contacts) It all depends on how the IO shield is mounted on the chassis, and how the mobo I/O ports are grounded, connected to the shield itself.

I've noticed that some boards (like Asus) like to use additional metal tab for USB ports, while most of them only have grounded PS/2 ports & nothing else, they're counting on shield to take care of the rest. I'm talking about that metal frame, which is part of connector's outer casing & is pressed against the I/O shield when the board is placed inside the chassis.

GreiverBlade · May 22, 2015

Trekkie4 said:
Good point, that too! IO also shields the open motherboard contacts (caps & resistors) from being touched by accident, when plugging & unplugging devices, or even to frame (and hold) them in place & prevent from moving around too much (therefore damaging the board, contacts) It all depends on how the IO shield is mounted on the chassis, and how the mobo I/O ports are grounded, connected to the shield itself.

I've noticed that some boards (like Asus) like to use additional metal tab for USB ports, while most of them only have grounded PS/2 ports & nothing else, they're counting on shield to take care of the rest. I'm talking about that metal frame, which is part of connector's outer casing & is pressed against the I/O shield when the board is placed inside the chassis.

well nowadays no more tab but more like soft foam cushion with a alu coating (well at least for my Maximus VII Ranger)

you can see the foam on that pics, now i think the alu coating is grounding it ... or isolating it ...

but all the other I/O shield i have at home (even for mobo i don't have ... ) are of the old type.

Arjai · May 24, 2015

I just bought: Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model 996754via @newegg
$29.99
What? Yep. 30 bucks.

My Socket A is gonna love this Kit. I love that Price!!

FireFox · May 24, 2015

Game Boy 1989
Still Working Perfectly :respect:

Arjai · May 24, 2015

Oooooh, Stereo Sound!!

FireFox · May 24, 2015

Arjai said:
Oooooh, Stereo Sound!!

Of course

GreiverBlade · May 24, 2015

Arjai said:
I just bought: Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model 996754via @newegg
$29.99
What? Yep. 30 bucks.

My Socket A is gonna love this Kit. I love that Price!!

argh i wish my etailer had some ... specially at that price ... i always seek for DDR ... i have only 128/256/512 sticks

Knoxx29 said:
Game Boy 1989
Still Working Perfectly

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now you make me wonder where i did put mine and the cartridge i had (i received it when i was 8 ... well 1989 it was :roll:

)

kazz · May 24, 2015

how about this badboy - soviet made cd player эстония 001с (estonia 001s):
was manufactured during late 80s

video is not mine but i own two of these, unfortunately both are out of order, last one was worked until some time ago but not anymore and it seems that repair guy was made it even worse. still cool device. other box in video is FM receiver from some other эстония brand set.

Doc41 · May 25, 2015

Hey guys.... got a PC recently, but the case was all FUBAR and rusty and the PSU was infested with all kinds of strange bugs sooo they're out....

Board rescued and sadly connectors infected

but does it work, fans were spinning so yes but no video from onboard.....half dead card to the rescue xD

YES BIOS accessible aaaand....

Voila!....

System Name	HTPC
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00/6M/1333
Motherboard	AsRock G31M-GS R2.0
Cooling	CoolerMaster Vortex 752 - Black
Memory	4 Go (2x2) Kingston ValueRam DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Asus EN8600GT/HTDP/512M
Storage	WD 3200AAKS
Display(s)	32" Irico E320GV-FHD
Case	Aerocool Qx-2000
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax NoiseTaker 2 - 465w
Mouse	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (M510)
Keyboard	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (K350)
Software	Win_7_Pro-French
Benchmark Scores	Windows index : 6.5 / 6.5 / 5.6 / 6.3 / 5.9

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	HTPC
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00/6M/1333
Motherboard	AsRock G31M-GS R2.0
Cooling	CoolerMaster Vortex 752 - Black
Memory	4 Go (2x2) Kingston ValueRam DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Asus EN8600GT/HTDP/512M
Storage	WD 3200AAKS
Display(s)	32" Irico E320GV-FHD
Case	Aerocool Qx-2000
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax NoiseTaker 2 - 465w
Mouse	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (M510)
Keyboard	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (K350)
Software	Win_7_Pro-French
Benchmark Scores	Windows index : 6.5 / 6.5 / 5.6 / 6.3 / 5.9

System Name	HTPC
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00/6M/1333
Motherboard	AsRock G31M-GS R2.0
Cooling	CoolerMaster Vortex 752 - Black
Memory	4 Go (2x2) Kingston ValueRam DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Asus EN8600GT/HTDP/512M
Storage	WD 3200AAKS
Display(s)	32" Irico E320GV-FHD
Case	Aerocool Qx-2000
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax NoiseTaker 2 - 465w
Mouse	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (M510)
Keyboard	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (K350)
Software	Win_7_Pro-French
Benchmark Scores	Windows index : 6.5 / 6.5 / 5.6 / 6.3 / 5.9

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

JunkBear

micropage7

GreiverBlade

JunkBear

JunkBear

debs3759

Trekkie4

GreiverBlade

Trekkie4

JunkBear

GreiverBlade

JunkBear

AhokZYashA

micropage7

GreiverBlade

JunkBear

Trekkie4

GreiverBlade

Arjai

FireFox

The Power Of Intel

Arjai

FireFox

The Power Of Intel

GreiverBlade

kazz

Doc41

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Processor	Intel Pentium II, 350MHz
Motherboard	Chaintech 6BTM, Slot 1
Cooling	SECC Cartridge
Memory	1x 64MB, PC100
Video Card(s)	ATI Rage IIc AGP, Diamond Monster 3DII 12MB
Storage	BTC BCD-40XH, Quantum Fireball 3.5 Series, EX6.4 GB
Display(s)	LG StudioWorks 57M
Case	Adison Midi Tower, ATX
Audio Device(s)	Creative SoundBlaster 128
Power Supply	Codegen 300W
Mouse	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Keyboard	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Software	Microsoft Windows 98

System Name	Hakase
Processor	Ryzen 7 3700X @ Stock
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix B450-F
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12S
Memory	2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @ 3000MHz 18-18-18
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX1070 Dual
Storage	250GB 860EVO - 2x600GB Cheetah 15k7 - 2x2TB Constellation ES - 2+3TB Green - 500GB Deskstar
Display(s)	Viewsonic VX2476-smhd
Case	Fractal Design Define R5
Audio Device(s)	Fostex PC100USB > Altec Lansing ATP-3
Power Supply	Corsair CX750M
Mouse	Logitech G Pro X Superlight - Razer ExactMat Control
Keyboard	Leopold FC750R, MX Blue
Software	Win 10 Pro 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	not benching anymore...

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Processor	i3 2120's/ i7 3770/ x5670's/ i5 2400/Ryzen 2700/Ryzen 2700/R7 3700x
Motherboard	HP UltraSlim's/ HP mid size/ Dell T3500 workstation's/ Dell 390/B450 AorusM/B450 AorusM/B550 AorusM
Cooling	All stock coolers/Grey has an H-60
Memory	2GB/ 4GB/ 12 GB 3 chan/ 4GB sammy/T-Force 16GB 3200/XPG 16GB 3000/Ballistic 3600 16GB
Video Card(s)	HD2000's/ HD 2000/ 1 MSI GT710,2x MSI R7 240's/ HD4000/ Red Dragon 580/Sapphire 580/Sapphire 580
Storage	?HDD's/ 500 GB-er's/ 500 GB/2.5 Samsung 500GB HDD+WD Black 1TB/ WD Black 500GB M.2/Corsair MP600 M.2
Display(s)	1920x1080/ ViewSonic VX24568 between the rest/1080p TV-Grey
Case	HP 8200 UltraSlim's/ HP 8200 mid tower/Dell T3500's/ Dell 390/SilverStone Kublai KL06/NZXT H510 W x2
Audio Device(s)	Sonic Master/ onboard's/ Beeper's!
Power Supply	19.5 volt bricks/ Dell PSU/ 525W sumptin/ same/Seasonic 750 80+Gold/EVGA 500 80+/Antec 650 80+Gold
Mouse	cheap GigaWire930, CMStorm Havoc + Logitech M510 wireless/iGear usb x2/MX 900 wireless kit 4 Grey
Keyboard	Dynex, 2 no name, SYX and a Logitech. All full sized and USB. MX900 kit for Grey
Software	Mint 18 Sylvia/ Opti-Con Mint KDE/ T3500's on Kubuntu/HP 3770 is Win 10/Win 10 Pro/Win 10 Pro/Win10
Benchmark Scores	World Community Grid is my benchmark!!

Processor	Intel i7 10700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus XII Hero
Cooling	2x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 480 - 1x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 420 - D5 VPP655P - 13x Corsair LL120 - LL140
Memory	32GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 3600Hz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB/1TB - WD Blue SN550 1TB - 2 X WD Blue 1TB - 3 X WD Black 1TB
Display(s)	Asus ROG PG278QR 2560x1440 144Hz (Overclocked 165Hz )/ Samsung
Case	Corsair Obsidian 1000D
Audio Device(s)	I prefer Gaming-Headset
Power Supply	Enermax MaxTytan 1250W 80+ Titanium
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	Virtuis Advanced Gaming Keyboard ( Batboard )
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise/Windows 10 Pro/Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	My PC runs FiFA

System Name	K7
Processor	AMD Athlon XP 3200+ @ ~2,4GHz /socekt A
Motherboard	Asus A7V880 /KT880
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper series with 2x 80x80mm Arctic FANS
Memory	2x1GB Corsair XMS PC4000 dual @ ~440MHz
Video Card(s)	HIS Radeon HD4670 1GB AGP
Storage	STEC Mach8 SSD 50GB SATA
Display(s)	23" LG Flatron IPS231
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB Live! CT4830
Power Supply	350W Enermax

System Name	Lazyman 9000+
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard	X570 Aorus Ultra
Cooling	Arctic LF II 280
Memory	2x8GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Red Devil 5700XT
Storage	Never Enough
Display(s)	ASUS VG248QE+ Dell E2420H
Case	LIAN LI Lancool II Mesh RGB
Audio Device(s)	Sennheiser HD518 / Logitech Z623
Power Supply	FSP AURUM PT 850W
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	All over the bench