TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[agent_x007]

Maybe it was SGR ?

 

[MaxiPro800]

The disco-V3 3000 build

Specs:

Soyo 6BA+IV
320MB RAM
Seagate ST310211A as main drive
Maxtor Fireball 3 2F040J0 for Games drive
Western Digital WD400BB-60DGA0 for misc stuff (patches, etc.)
ASUS DRW-1814BL DVDRW
P&O LC-B400ATX PSU (recapped)
Voodoo 3 3000 16MB TV-in AGP2x
Realtek RTL8139D NIC
NEC USB card
SoundBlaster 16 Value ISA CT2770
Windows ME 4.90.3000

 

[lexluthermiester]

Oh does that take me back. Bump that P3-650 to 866mhz. Change the FSB from 100 to 133mhz. You might need to bump the CPU voltage up one step, maybe two. Those P3-650s were near flawless overclockers. Yes yes.

EDIT;
Just looked up the specs for that board in an old review to remind myself and it will do a 133mhz FSB and light voltage bumps. OCing that P3-650 should be near effortless and will not do any harm to it or the board.

Soyo SY-6BA+IV Slot-1 i440BX ATX

www.anandtech.com

Soyo's SY6BA+IV

The Soyo's SY-6BA+IV The immortal motherboard! You know this 6BA+ name thing is getting to be like a movie seqoul for Soyo! Just

hothardware.com

 

[MaxiPro800]

Oh does that take me back. Bump that P3-650 to 866mhz. Change the FSB from 100 to 133mhz. You might need to bump the CPU voltage up one step, maybe two. Those P3-650s were near flawless overclockers. Yes yes.

EDIT;
Just looked up the specs for that board in an old review to remind myself and it will do a 133mhz FSB and light voltage bumps. OCing that P3-650 should be near effortless and will not do any harm to it or the board.

Soyo SY-6BA+IV Slot-1 i440BX ATX

www.anandtech.com

Soyo's SY6BA+IV

The Soyo's SY-6BA+IV The immortal motherboard! You know this 6BA+ name thing is getting to be like a movie seqoul for Soyo! Just

hothardware.com

Prolly takes higher? Do note it's not a slotket btw, it's a SL3KV part

I'm expecting 933 or even 1GHz by the looks of it, especially since I recapped the board with japanese caps for most part. Thanks for the links!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Prolly takes higher? Do note it's not a slotket btw, it's a SL3KV part

I'm expecting 933 or even 1GHz by the looks of it, especially since I recapped the board with japanese caps for most part. Thanks for the links!

Possible! The most I got, IIRC, was 936(6.5x144). Then again, I never wanted to push the voltage too high so I was happy with 6.5x134 which just required one step up in voltage. Such a kick ass CPU.

 

[Keullo-e]

Still seems to be stable in 24/7 usage. Just terrible vdroop, I put 1.6V(!!!!) on bios... Remember, this is a X2 555 BE.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Nice. What's the OC on 2 cores?
My 565 BE will do 4.6 on 2 cores. Sadly, #3 core is dead so it only unlocks to a tri core.

 

[Keullo-e]

Nice. What's the OC on 2 cores?
My 565 BE will do 4.6 on 2 cores. Sadly, #3 core is dead so it only unlocks to a tri core.

I posted some cinebench results at 4.2 on dualcore some time ago here.. custom loop cooling and a fan blowing to the VRM; otherwise it would throttle and in 2020 a Phenom II at 800MHz isn't very fast

I still need to try if this will OC more, when I have the real stability issues, then I know that I've hit the maximum wall.

 

[madness777]

Only dreamed about it for 10 years to finally get to hold it!

Guess it was never washed

 

[Keullo-e]

1.62375V on bios, hella Vdroop!

 

[droopyRO]

Guess it was never washed

What is that sticker covering ?

 

[Mr.Scott]

Looks like a warning buzzer/speaker.

 

[Robert B]

New HW FOUND! A bent cap has been replaced. Some pins from the memory slots have been straightened and that was about it.

The FIC PA-2005 is a well built mobo. The Titan cooler is very well put together and the fan is still okay.

 

[Dinnercore]

I took the EP45-Extreme for a spin on dry ice today and found out to my surprise that the build-in temp sensors do work below 0°C. Thumbs up to whoever decided to include the negative range in bios.

 

[Keullo-e]

Asus GF 6800 AGP series had similar thing, a beeper which was covered. Damn it truly reminded if you forgot the molex plug to the card..

 

[lexluthermiester]

Asus GF 6800 AGP series had similar thing, a beeper which was covered. Damn it truly reminded if you forgot the molex plug to the card..

The purpose of those buzzers is to alert the user when the system is started without the supplemental power connector plugged in to the card.

 

[Keullo-e]

The purpose of those buzzers is to alert the user when the system is started without the supplemental power connector plugged in to the card.

I know... and I heard it...

Radeon 9500/9700 just said "put the fucking cable to the card u idiot" as an error message but DAMN those 6800 cards screamed.

 

[lexluthermiester]

but DAMN those 6800 cards screamed.

That about sums it up.

 

[Keullo-e]

Phenomenal 8)

 

[Robert B]

Not quite nostalgic but I had to save these from the crusher. Flea market loot. I took them from discarded motherboards. All were dirt cheap.

1. Athlon 64 x2 3800+ * ADO3800IAA5CU * http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD-Athlon 64 X2 3800+ - ADO3800IAA5CU (ADO3800CUBOX).html
2. Athlon 64 x2 4800+ * ADO4800IAA5DO * http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD-Athlon 64 X2 4800+ - ADO4800IAA5DO (ADO4800DOBOX).html
3. Phenom II X6 1045T * HDT45TWFK6DGR * http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Phenom II X6 1045T - HDT45TWFK6DGR.html

 

[Apocalypsee]

Damn ebay Global Shipping Program is so slow, it took a week for them to process the card. Only today it have any updates after it arrived at the center. God knows how long the customs documentation and labelling will took.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Damn ebay Global Shipping Program is so slow, it took a week for them to process the card. Only today it have any updates after it arrived at the center. God knows how long the customs documentation and labelling will took.

While this is true, and it's irritating, look on the bright side: You can actually make that order happen whereas just a few years ago it would have been unheard of and not possible. I would submit that it's worth the wait, but I do feel your pain about waiting..

 

[Keullo-e]

Do they open the packages? DankPods on youtube had several iPod boxes which even had cuts on them..



edit: bought a GF3 Ti 200!!!!

 

[Apocalypsee]

Do they open the packages? DankPods on youtube had several iPod boxes which even had cuts on them..

From what I read they do open and repackaged on smaller box/parcel. So I quite worried. Hopefully everything turns out fine

 

[Keullo-e]

I just can't wait for my GF3...