TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Trekkie4]

XFX commercial

Ha! OMG... Considering everything, it would have been easier for her to simply plug the cable directly into the main grid, for the same effect

That being said, I do believe this is fake, and for several reasons... Primarily because of branding - there's no way they would use Duracell-branded batteries (or any other brand, for that matter) due to licensing & copyright infringement. Still, pretty funny nevertheless!

 

[Mr.Scott]

Ha! OMG... Considering everything, it would have been easier for her to simply plug the cable directly into the main grid, for the same effect

That being said, I do believe this is fake, and for several reasons... Primarily because of branding - there's no way they would use Duracell-branded batteries (or any other brand, for that matter) due to licensing & copyright infringement. Still, pretty funny nevertheless!

Under normal circumstances I would agree.......except I actually saw it on tv with my own eyes, pre-ban.

 

[Trekkie4]

Under normal circumstances I would agree.......except I actually saw it on tv with my own eyes, pre-ban.

Jeez... I wonder why the commercial got banned in the first place.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Can't imagine why. lol

At least now you know what they meant by 'play hard'.

 

[basco]

"Fatbody" always loved that name:
the seawood is from the great Capslockstuck !



remember the days when 2x512mb ram was considered much !

 

[Trekkie4]

"Fatbody" always loved that name:
the seawood is from the great Capslockstuck !

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remember the days when 2x512mb ram was considered much !

Actually, I still remember the good ol' days when 12mb was considered much ... I was one of the luckier guys to have just enough RAM to run Duke 3D

That is, until I got my hands on PII that was running 64mb of RAM & mind blowing 6.4GB of storage space. "Wow, what more could I ask for", "It would take me years to fill up the entire hard drive", "I will never have to upgrade or buy another computer ever again"

 

[Athlonite]

it would take me years to fill up the entire hard drive", "I will never have to upgrade or buy another computer ever again"

how well did that work out for you LOL but I know what you mean

 

[Trekkie4]

how well did that work out for you LOL but I know what you mean

Back then, I was upgrading from a 600mb HDD to a 6.4GB one, so you can probably imagine why I assumed that it would never get full

And to answer your question, it actually worked out surprisingly well ... at least for a while. Back then I only had DOS games & Win 3.11 for comparison, so I figured that it would take me years & hundreds of games to fill it up. However, games were becoming larger & more complex year after year, so it didn't take long for the hard drive to end up cluttered & filled up.

 

[Athlonite]

Back then, I was upgrading from a 600mb HDD to a 6.4GB one, so you can probably imagine why I assumed that it would never get full

And to answer your question, it actually worked out surprisingly well ... at least for a while. Back then I only had DOS games & Win 3.11 for comparison, so I figured that it would take me years & hundreds of games to fill it up. However, games were becoming larger & more complex year after year, so it didn't take long for the hard drive to end up cluttered & filled up.

yup I still have my 545MB Seagate HDD with DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 on it never thought I'd fill that but then windows 95 happened and yeah games started getting way bigger and coming on CD-Rom instead of a floppy disk so yeah along came Seagate to the rescue again with their 20GB Baracuda monster and it's just spiraled out of control from there on out ending with 16TB OF hdd space

 

[MaxiPro800]

Flea market finding, MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR. Don't have any CPU, HSF or compatible GPU to test it so it'll have to wait.

On another note, I'm hoping these days to receive an ASUS P2B/P2 400MHz/Matrox G200 kit as well as a Gateway GP6-400 in which the P2B will go.

 

[biffzinker]

Flea market finding, MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR. Don't have any CPU, HSF or compatible GPU to test it so it'll have to wait.

Looks to be in excellent condition. I had Abit boards at the time.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Flea market finding, MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR. Don't have any CPU, HSF or compatible GPU to test it so it'll have to wait.

That was a great Socket A board! If you find Barton core Athlon and some DDR400 you'll be set! 2 or 3 512MB or 1GB DIMMS of RAM would do nicely.

 

[framebuffer]

also 4pin 12V con Socket A is interesting

 

[MaxiPro800]

That was a great Socket A board! If you find Barton core Athlon and some DDR400 you'll be set! 2 or 3 512MB or 1GB DIMMS of RAM would do nicely.

I have a XP 2800+ at home, just perfect for this board. I will do a full recap beforehand. Those OSTs are quite weird tho - they're rated at 2200uF but have the same height as 1500uF caps. Maybe it was done to avoid heatsink clearance issues? As well as the KZGs for the 12v side will be replaced.

also 4pin 12V con Socket A is interesting

As far as I remember, apart from the ASUS A7N8X (X and E/E Deluxe), almost all nForce 2 mobos I've seen have 12v plugs, including the IGP ones. Most I can name are ABIT NF7-S, EpoX EP-8RGM3I, 8RDA3I and 8RDA6 + Pro, Jetway N2PAP-Lite, Soltek 75FRN2 series. ASUS didn't include any 12v connector on their boards, I think up until the 478 boards.

Looks to be in excellent condition. I had Abit boards at the time.

Yeah, the seller I bought it from also had a A7V266-E along it. Didn't want it though because it was really scarce feature-wise, though it did surprisingly feature an active cooled northbridge heatsink.

 

[stinger608]

I will do a full recap beforehand.

Why? I don't see any bulging caps?

 

[MaxiPro800]

Why? I don't see any bulging caps?

I'm not trusting them to maintain a OC'd XP 2800+ stable. If it was a Sempron or a lower XP (older than Barton) I would trust them to keep stable.


Anyways, I've talked with the seller for the P2B, so shipping was delayed because he was at work. I'll probably advice him to send the package in the morning to avoid this issue.

 

[Trekkie4]

Either I'm seeing double...

...or I just received yet another Adison case

(seriously, this is getting ridiculous!)

 

[lexluthermiester]

Either I'm seeing double...

...or I just received yet another Adison case

(seriously, this is getting ridiculous!)

Both of those need some retrobrite love..

 

[Trekkie4]

Both of those need some retrobrite love..

Yes, they most certainly do. And soon ... stay tuned

In the meantime...





FSB has been successfully clocked at 150MHz if I'm not mistaking, resulting with 1260MHz clock... System POSTed right away & without any issues, although the actual CPU model is no longer being recognized by the board or BIOS.

 

[Peter1986C]

Do I see it right? Is that an add-on that converts one socket type into another?

 

[Trekkie4]

Do I see it right? Is that an add-on that converts one socket type into another?

Yes, you are indeed correct. A socket converter, to convert your standard Socket 370 (Coppermine) into Tualatin-compatible layout. So essentially, Slot 1 is first converted into S370 (FC-PGA) and then once again converted into FC-PGA2 through Lin-Lin adapter before it goes into the CPU itself. Works perfectly!

The only three downsides (that I can tell) are:
1. The CPU brand or model is no longer being recognized, auto-detected upon boot & reports "Unknown"
2. BIOS reports CPU voltage error, due to the voltage being lowered down to 1.5V (of course, standard voltage for Coppermine ranges between 1.7 & 2.0V). From what I can tell, this part is handled by the actual adapter and NOT the motherboard.
3. Price. Theoretically, I could go as high as 1.40GHz, and then overclock the heck out of it, to 1.5, maybe even 1.6GHz. But as @lexluthermiester pointed out, these CPUs are getting quite expensive, so the only actual "bottleneck" in this equation is going to be my wallet

 

[lexluthermiester]

All things considered, my advice is to go with a Coppermine. The adapters may allow a Tualatin to work, but there could other issues that might pop up long term, especially if you try to OC. Unless you are going with the one you already have...

 

[micropage7]

Yes, they most certainly do. And soon ... stay tuned

In the meantime...





FSB has been successfully clocked at 150MHz if I'm not mistaking, resulting with 1260MHz clock... System POSTed right away & without any issues, although the actual CPU model is no longer being recognized by the board or BIOS.

it just me or i see bulging cap on the upper left side?

 

[lexluthermiester]

it just me or i see bulging cap on the upper left side?

Looks fine to me...

 

[Trekkie4]

All things considered, my advice is to go with a Coppermine. The adapters may allow a Tualatin to work, but there could other issues that might pop up long term, especially if you try to OC. Unless you are going with the one you already have...

Nah, I'm going to leave Tualatin in there. Keep in mind, this system isn't going to be used every day, neither it is my "active" retro gaming system. I'm having fun with it at the moment, but sooner or later it'll go back into the closet, where it'll join all other Adison builds

Also, keep in mind that none of the elements, technical specs on this P3B-F board had been permanently changed or altered. In other words, to revert back to Coppermine (or even a genuine Slot 1 cartridge CPU) all you have to do is remove this Slocket & replace with with different model of your choice. That's probably one of the biggest advantages in this particular setup, nothing has been modded or soldered into the board, it is all modular & fully reversible if necessary.

Looks fine to me...

Agreed, there's nothing wrong with that cap, other than the fact it's slightly tilted sideways.

That being said, the capacitor was in that same position since I opened up the package, so they probably messed up the alignment at the factory.