TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

emissary42 · Jul 19, 2018

Needs a recap, not sure if it is worth it :cool:

buzzi · Jul 19, 2018

it is always worth it!

Trekkie4 · Jul 19, 2018

Can't even remember how many times I repaired something, either a floppy drive, CD-ROM, mechanical mouse with serial interface and/or recapping the entire motherboard, because I personally felt it's worth the effort. Which should be your (only) guideline IMO.

If you feel the board is worth fixing, time & money then it is. Otherwise it's probably not, no matter how the rest of us feel (or don't feel) about your decision :toast:

emissary42 · Jul 19, 2018

I am not gonna use it ever again, but will not just trash it and instead ask around for a bit if someone else wants to have & recap it.

agent_x007 · Jul 19, 2018

erek · Jul 19, 2018

phill · Jul 19, 2018

E760?? I couldn't quite see the sticker!!

erek · Jul 19, 2018

Finally got my collection together, all except the Daily Driver AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Engineering Sample...

agent_x007 · Jul 19, 2018

phill said:
E760?? I couldn't quite see the sticker!!

Yes

Air cooling : https://valid.x86.fr/m3x88i

Must add : BIOS update is quite hard to do on this board, also - it doesn't support Xeon stuff out of the box (hardware mod required).
I updated BIOS using CF card with DOS 6.22.

Trekkie4 · Jul 20, 2018

erek said:

Keullo-e · Jul 20, 2018

erek said:
Finally got my collection together, all except the Daily Driver AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Engineering Sample...

FX 5800 UItra Asylum... I guess they know that the cooler's noise will drive the user insane and insane asylum comes into play.

Got an Asrock K7VT4A Pro + Sempron 2200+ + 2x512MB Valueram yesterday, I'll post pics later. Tried few Socket A CPUs and my 2x1GB sticks with it, POSTed nicely. Too bad that the 1GHz Thunderbird seems to be broken.

edit: Wait, wut? Those Volari Duo:s used GDDR2? :eek:

Caring1 · Jul 20, 2018

agent_x007 said:

Do you have the heatsinks too?
Nice board.

agent_x007 · Jul 20, 2018

Caring1 said:
Do you have the heatsinks too?
Nice board.

Yes.
I only have I/O shield from accesories though :/
I stripped heatsink to exchange paste and clean PCB.

erek · Jul 22, 2018

GUS ViperMax !

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gravis-ultrasound-extreme-vipermax/253760676193?hash=item3b1550a161:g:qWAAAOSwvDpbJ-0q&_sacat=0&_nkw=vipermax&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR6.TRC0.A0.H0.Xvipermax.TRS0.TSS0

delshay · Jul 22, 2018

erek said:
GUS ViperMax !

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gravis-ultrasound-extreme-vipermax/253760676193?hash=item3b1550a161:g:qWAAAOSwvDpbJ-0q&_sacat=0&_nkw=vipermax&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR6.TRC0.A0.H0.Xvipermax.TRS0.TSS0

HOW MUCH. Sorry way over priced. Not even this one is worth buying https://www.ebay.com/itm/VERY-RARE-...itm=263528013074&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1

Robert B · Jul 22, 2018

FRESH!

The V1 is missing 30-40 resistors - someone learned desoldering on this board. How STUPID!

I dont know if I'm going to repair the V1. The problem is that I dont have spare resistors or donor cards. We'll see... The missing caps aren't a problem. I have plenty of them.I can fix the missing pads. The price paid was very low. At the very least, this card will be kept for spare parts.

I found my first RAMBUS PC1066 256MB sticks

My second i740

L.E.

ATI Rage Fury MAXX (1999) vs ATI Radeon HD 3870X2 (2008)

New Old Stock Cooler Neolec 890410-C - socket 7/370 (PGA max 533MHz)

Pentium 4 S423 - 1.5GHz - SL4SH

Canon · Jul 23, 2018

This makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Been wanting to build a system around a K6 for a while now.

GreiverBlade · Jul 23, 2018

Chloe Price said:
edit: Wait, wut? Those Volari Duo:s used GDDR2?

corrected

DDR2 in 2003? what's the issue?

the FX 5700 Ultra and 5800 Ultra used it too (ok ok .... not ATI ) oh wait ... nope these 2 used GDDR 2 the only one with DDR2 were
GeForce 6200 LE AGP 512 MB (but oct 2004 ) and all XGI XG40-41 based cards

well that one used DDR2 tho it has been some report or "in case they use GDDR-II 1000MHz " but i suspect a typo or a "never happend" case edit: wait there seems to have some used GDDR2 ... tho the specsheet show DDR2 ...muuuuuhhh http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/volari-duo/index.html#p2
TPU database : Volari Duo V8 Ultra

it's a freaking DO WANT! in my list ... specially one with the original box

Keullo-e · Jul 23, 2018

Nope, not DDR2, GDDR2. IIRC normal DDR2 came to low/mid-end graphics cards in 2005-2006. Just like normal DDR3 came to low/mid-end cards later, and now the GT 1030 has a version which uses normal DDR4.

I'm not gonna google those, but cards that used GDDR2 I remember were FX 5700 Ultra, FX 5800, FX 5800 Ultra and Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB.

Robert B said:
The V1 is missing 30-40 resistors - someone learned desoldering on this board. How STUPID!

I dont know if I'm going to repair the V1. The problem is that I dont have spare resistors or donor cards. We'll see... The missing caps aren't a problem. I have plenty of them.I can fix the missing pads. The price paid was very low. At the very least, this card will be kept for spare parts.

Maybe someone just thought that who cares about an old card, just like I desoldered some SMDs from my old Radeon 9200 SE for spare parts. I'd be more worried about those scratches over the traces though.

Komshija · Jul 23, 2018

agent_x007 said:
New toy

Nice. My Xeon X5260, E8600's older brother, never arrived and was likely lost somewhere in Croatia during delivery. I bought a perfectly working CPU in excellent condition, just like yours, but only to made a keychain out of it.

GreiverBlade · Jul 23, 2018

Chloe Price said:
Nope, not DDR2, GDDR2. IIRC normal DDR2 came to low/mid-end graphics cards in 2005-2006. Just like normal DDR3 came to low/mid-end cards later, and now the GT 1030 has a version which uses normal DDR4.

I'm not gonna google those, but cards that used GDDR2 I remember were FX 5700 Ultra, FX 5800, FX 5800 Ultra and Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB.

well most Volari cards are listed with DDR2

also the box specify DDR2

erek said:
Finally got my collection together, all except the Daily Driver AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Engineering Sample...

although some might have used GDDR2 hence my confusion on some review that say GDDR2 in the text but DDR2 in specsheet of the cards.

i didn't google it specifically, i tend to rely on TPU GPU database search rather

erek · Jul 24, 2018

https://www.ebay.com/itm/123260109711?ul_noapp=true

Mr.Scott · Jul 24, 2018

Wish it was complete.

erek · Jul 24, 2018

Mr.Scott said:
Wish it was complete.

any bets on how much it might sell for? any guesses at all?

agent_x007 · Jul 24, 2018

And another one

Sadly, it's in worst state than Classy was

Broken fins on heatsink, no reset button cover, bend pins on front panel, a hole in SATA connector, missing LED ROG cover on heatsink and let's not forget about, a missing pin in socket... still it works though

Pretty sure it was used for LN2 or Dice at some point (play-doh type material under heatsinks).

Side note : Each phase of this board is capable of 100Amps at 100C (each low side MOSFET generates 40W of heat at those power outputs... and there are 16 of them in total

).

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Software	-
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Case	Lancool / Silverstone / Thermaltake / Cubitek
Audio Device(s)	-
Power Supply	80plus Platinum
Software	-
Benchmark Scores	-

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Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 4000MHz CL16 4x8GB (@3240MHz CL12.12.12.24 CR2T @ 1,48V)
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Storage	WD SN850X 2TB + Samsung EVO 2TB (SATA) + Seagate Exos X20 20TB (4Kn mode)
Display(s)	LG 27GP950-B
Case	Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL
Audio Device(s)	Motu M4 (audio interface) + ATH-A900Z + Behringer C-1
Power Supply	Seasonic X-760 (760W)
Mouse	Logitech RX-250
Keyboard	HP KB-9970
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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erek

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Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (WI-FI) - X570
Cooling	Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM 97 CFM Liquid
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory - 16-19-19-39
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
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Mouse	Razer DeathAdder V2
Keyboard	Razer Cynosa V2 (Membrane)
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x64
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System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
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Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
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Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X up to 5.05GHz
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Mouse	Logitech MX518
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VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
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Mouse	Yes
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Case	Silverstone Raven RV02
Power Supply	XFX450WPro

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Mouse	Cougar 700M eSports white
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Motherboard	SR-2 Classified
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Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750