Recent content by Robert B

NEXT EPISODE: MY NAME IS Compaq, Deskpro EN Compaq! Papa Tin - Issue More later.

Lateral winds AHEAD! aka ATI Radeon HD 7990 6GB!!! The Prodigy - Firestarter What's all the hubbub with the lateral winds ahead? READ and you shall FIND! ... or believe ... nah ... faith has nothing to do with this episode ... unless we are talking about my unshakeable belief that "road...

This Classy won't go anywhere anytime soon. I am pretty sure that it is working though but I lack the tools to replace the DVI ports atm. The PCB has sustained heavy damage in that area too! The PCI-E power socket was removed easily. I'll see how this will pan out but my gut feelings says that...

OG 7990 6GB

I have a couple of PC cases which were quite white. I stored them for about a year in a drawer and when I got them out guess what. They were so yellow I just could believe it. I didn't Retrobright them. This gave me food for thought and made me think twice about doing any Retrobtighting to a...

In regard to Retrobright I just did it on small stuff with cream peroxide products but as lex pointed out for big parts with intricate designs immersion in liquid on a bright summer sunny day is way better. I do not use UV lamps or other means except sunlight. With cream type products I got...

How is it going folks? I miss the time when I had TIME to spare. :) I didn't post something for such a long time ... I am still doing what I know to do best and that is finding and restoring relics of time gone by but never forgotten. :D The number of parts that have entered my "collection"...

Let the blood letting begin!!! :D ... kidding. :D In other turn of events check the miles on this puppy. I need to reverse the km and say that a granny used this board and only on Sundays! :D I miss Abit!

Thanks @Mussels :D Just another day at "the office". :D I saw that type of discoloration on some other cards. I have no idea what might cause it but I used a little polishing paste and a rag and it went away in seconds.

Looks can be deceiving but here is the next patient. THE MIGHTY HIS ATI RADEON 7990 6GB. Dual GPU Monster. Launched in 2013 ... how the world has changed since then ... I mean the world in all the possible meanings ... MORE LATER my good readers! :D

I'll have my work cut out for me in the next episode. :D This Dual GPU Monster WILL LIVE AGAIN!!! I have spoken! :D More later.

THE BLOODY GPU aka ASUS GTX 680 DirectCU II OC - GTX680-DC2O-2GD5 We all know that dumpster diving IS a dangerous activity that may have as a result anything from a bruised ego to physical harm. :D Over the years I had my share of special computer parts that required my attention. I mean...

Technology has its limits. Sometimes you get to drive some sleek cars sometimes you drive muscle cars. Evolution is not something that can be taken for granted. Anyway I would love to be able to own a 4090 Ti air cooled QUAD slot card no matter what others would say. :D Why? Well, just kicks or...

Lateral winds ahead!!! :D

Nope. Control to Int 19 Boot loader or no POST. Probably dead chipset or a short somewhere. For now it is considered dead but who knows? Maybe I'll fix it one day. :) I removed both the BIOS chips and they were read perfectly in my programmer. The BIOS files were an exact match to those on...