TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[MachineLearning]

I'm cleaning old hardware the best that I can but Phil has a dishwasher!

Trying a vinegar bath -> rinse -> iso as we speak... some dipshit sold me a broken (and shittily repasted with what seems like AS5 ) AB9 QuadGT. I have one but I want this one to work too... Sticking on C1. Was already thinking of it but Phil pushed me over the edge.

 

[Audioave10]

Trying a vinegar bath -> rinse -> iso as we speak... some dipshit sold me a broken (and shittily repasted with what seems like AS5 ) AB9 QuadGT. I have one but I want this one to work too... Sticking on C1. Was already thinking of it but Phil pushed me over the edge.
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Nice! I hope it works as I miss the Abit days.

 

[Trekkie4]

I'm cleaning old hardware the best that I can but Phil has a dishwasher!

I've tried it myself and have to admit, it works magic! Especially on plastic, here are my "before & after" shots


ABS plastic can easily withstand temperature of up to 50C (122F) and more, which is how I usually set my dishwasher...

 

[Audioave10]

I've tried it myself and have to admit, it works magic! Especially on plastic, here are my "before & after" shots


ABS plastic can easily withstand temperature of up to 50C (122F) and more, which is how I usually set my dishwasher...

Yes! Good confirmation as that looks very good.

 

[Trekkie4]

Yes! Good confirmation as that looks very good.

Indeed. However, you might want to be careful when washing the metal panels ... or anything that contains metal. I've tried it couple of times & ALWAYS ended up with the same result - rust spreading everywhere.

You can shower the metal case in warm water, but you need to dry out all the water afterwards, as soon as possible.

 

[Keullo-e]

Hm, tried different drivers on 290X and its crashing now. Well, I had a thought of reinstalling fresh Win10 anyway, I got a 128GB SSD with 256MB DRAM cache so I'll install it to that drive. Also I noticed I had some air on the loop, so I got rid most of that and added more water.

 

[Audioave10]

Hm, tried different drivers on 290X and its crashing now. Well, I had a thought of reinstalling fresh Win10 anyway, I got a 128GB SSD with 256MB DRAM cache so I'll install it to that drive. Also I noticed I had some air on the loop, so I got rid most of that and added more water.

I only use older video cards/drivers on Windows XP 32bit or Vista 64bit and have never had problems or crashes. Are there issues if you go to
W10 or W11?

 

[Keullo-e]

I only use older video cards/drivers on Windows XP 32bit or Vista 64bit and have never had problems or crashes. Are there issues if you go to
W10 or W11?

Check my sig. I don't use THAT ancient OS on that system
"HTPC: Asus P6X58D-E | Xeon X5650 @ 4.1GHz w/ h2o | 18GB DDR3-1600 | Asus R9 290X Matrix Platinum | Seasonic 750W | Corsair 4000D Airflow White | 40" 1080p | Win 10 Pro"

 

[Audioave10]

Check my sig. I don't use THAT ancient OS on that system
"HTPC: Asus P6X58D-E | Xeon X5650 @ 4.1GHz w/ h2o | 18GB DDR3-1600 | Asus R9 290X Matrix Platinum | Seasonic 750W | Corsair 4000D Airflow White | 40" 1080p | Win 10 Pro"

I only saw the 1080Ti and thought the R9 290X was older. Its been a long time since I used AMD. I didn't look at your SIG...

 

[Keullo-e]

I only saw the 1080Ti and thought the R9 290X was older. Its been a long time since I used AMD. I didn't look at your SIG...

Ah, that happens.

But yeah, just put a fresh Win10 (on an empty drive, didn't format the previous install yet) and now downloading 3dmark. I'll put its stress test running when it's done downloading.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Saw this and though everyone would find it interesting;

That drive is massive but not the largest hard drive ever made...
People complaining about hard drive noise should consider themselves lucky they never had to work with those beasts!

This will be before the time of many users in these forums, but for me and I imagine a few others, this is nostalgic!

 

[Keullo-e]

That 128GB SSD is probably cursed.. installed W10Pro to it, it had slowdowns, total lockups and other weird behaviour. Took it off, installed a fresh install to an old Kingston SSDNow V300, worked fine, put all the other drives, no problems, put that 128GB one, formatted it, booted and WTF - the Kingston was empty too?!

I guess it's better to leave it be as now the X58 rig is up and running, downloading a ton of games. and why I reinstalled Windows? I had problems with GPU drivers, now it runs 3dmark stress test (Time Spy x20) without a doubt, previously it crashed instantly. Also the modified NimeZ drivers works flawlessly.

 

[MachineLearning]

Nice! I hope it works as I miss the Abit days.

No dice C1... at least she's pretty.

 

[onemanhitsquad]

wow,,,,,,,,,,wow

RARE Original Apple-1 Computer from 1976, Fully Operational and Signed by Woz  | eBay

In 2021, we had the opportunity to showcase our collection to Steve Wozniak who autographed both Apple-1 computers in our collection. Woz chose to sign the CPU of this particular Apple-1, and was enthusiastic to see two of his creations in such remarkable condition.

www.ebay.com

 

[Audioave10]

Saw this and though everyone would find it interesting;

That drive is massive but not the largest hard drive ever made...
People complaining about hard drive noise should consider themselves lucky they never had to work with those beasts!

This will be before the time of many users in these forums, but for me and I imagine a few others, this is nostalgic!

A HAWK drive that weighs 135 pounds.............Crazy!

 

[Robert B]

New HW Found!

ASUS K7M + AMD 750MHz - busted USB ports. Easy fix. A minor problem at the AGP port. Easy fix.
Gigabyte 6VTXE + Celeron 1200 - needs caps and some attention at the AGP port. Easy as pie.
ASUS A8N-SLI S939 with PCI-E A64 3200 - in great shape.
NOS Kingston 2x32MB SIMM 72 pins
AMD 486DX2-80
Creative Sound Blaster SBS38 Speakers
Funky Ball mouse
512MB PC 133
DELL Geforce 2 GTS 32MB
Creative Sound Blaster 128 PCI
ISA TV Card Fast Movie Machine - HUGE!
A bunch of i3s to save an i7 that it's missing a few capacitors on the back.
Pentium 2 400

Just another day at the flea market. Not the best not the worst. In any case I am not complaining.

 

[Greenslade]

New HW Found!

ASUS K7M + AMD 750
Gigabyte 6VTXE + Celeron 1200
ASUS A8N-SLI S939 with PCI-E A64 3200
NOS Kingston 2x32MB SIMM 72 pins
AMD 486DX2-80
Creative Sound Blaster SBS38 Speakers
Funky Ball mouse
512MB PC 133
DELL Geforce 2 GTS 32MB
Creative Sound Blaster 128 PCI
ISA TV Card Fast Movie Machine - HUGE!
A bunch of i3s to save an i7 that its missing a few capacitors on the back.
Pentium 2 400

Just another day at the flea market. IMO. Not the best not the worst. In any case I am not complaining.

Good day for you it seems ,cool.

 

[Audioave10]

wow,,,,,,,,,,wow

RARE Original Apple-1 Computer from 1976, Fully Operational and Signed by Woz  | eBay

In 2021, we had the opportunity to showcase our collection to Steve Wozniak who autographed both Apple-1 computers in our collection. Woz chose to sign the CPU of this particular Apple-1, and was enthusiastic to see two of his creations in such remarkable condition.

www.ebay.com

The Auction is now at $300,000.10 ...let me check my spare change -

 

[Greenslade]

I have just seen a soundcard on Ebay and it says
*Taken in working order from a working PC but can't guarantee whether it will work in a new *Creative Labs Audigy Sound Blaster Sound Card SB1394 EAX Advance HD SB0090 £5 make an offer £3.25 shipping .Phil recomends this one

Is it worth taking a chance on it?

 

[Trekkie4]

I have just seen a soundcard on Ebay and it says
*Taken in working order from a working PC but can't guarantee whether it will work in a new *Creative Labs Audigy Sound Blaster Sound Card SB1394 EAX Advance HD SB0090 £5 make an offer £3.25 shipping .Phil recomends this one

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I got Audigy 2 ZS model myself and it is a nice performer.

Now ... would I recommend (or not) that you get yourself Audigy is open for debate. In all the honesty, Audigy performs about the same as SoundBlaster Live (just better), and offers more features. And while you can grab "Live!" cards for next to nothing, these things will cost you some money, so it all comes down to how much you're willing to spend & how important the sound it is to you.

I got mine for free so it was no brainer, otherwise I'd never bother spending money on Audigy, seeing I already had a very nice Live! card inside, before.

 

[Greenslade]

I got Audigy 2 ZS model myself and it is a nice performer.

Now ... would I recommend (or not) that you get yourself Audigy is open for debate. In all the honesty, Audigy performs about the same as SoundBlaster Live (just better), and offers more features. And while you can grab "Live!" cards for next to nothing, these things will cost you some money, so it all comes down to how much you're willing to spend & how important the sound it is to you.

I got mine for free so it was no brainer, otherwise I'd never bother spending money on Audigy, seeing I already had a very nice Live! card inside, before.

Thanks for that, but it is worth taking a chance on one that says
*Taken in working order from a working PC but can't guarantee whether it will work in a new one*
And as a rule of thumb is it worth taking a chance on buying something that says that? Providing it is a good price. £8.25 or less.ptoce for the card.
The cheapest one on there is near double that price.

 

[Keullo-e]

Audigy2 ZS is awesome.

Thanks for that, but it is worth taking a chance on one that says £8.25 or less.
*Taken in working order from a working PC but can't guarantee whether it will work in a new one* And as a rule of thumb is it worth taking a chance on buying something that says that? Providing it is a good price. £8.25 or less.ptoce for the card.
The cheapest one on there is near double that price.

If you just have a "classic" PCI slot, it should work fine.

 

[Greenslade]

Audigy2 ZS is awesome.


If you just have a "classic" PCI slot, it should work fine.

I am waiting for the PC i orded on ebay ,it was suposed to have come yesterday.
I don,t know about *Clasic PCI slot*all PC ,s have PCI slots.

 

[Keullo-e]

I am waiting for the PC i orded on ebay ,it was suposed to have come yesterday.
I don,t know about *Clasic PCI slot*all PC ,s have PCI slots.

Not modern PCs, they have only PCIe.

 

[Greenslade]

Not modern PCs, they have only PCIe.

I see i did not know that.It is a retro one with Athlon 2400
.I don,t know why there are so many drive bays in the case.