TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

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Boxed Pentium E5200. Boxed CPUs this old are not particularly common so I buy them to collect whenever I can, even if it's not a CPU I would otherwise have interest in.

The description read that the CPU was used from 09-13 and then they upgraded to a quad core, so it's set in storage since. Since the box isn't sealed I will probably use it, these apparently are good overclockers.

The cooler has not been used and still has the factory 13 year old paste on it. I wonder how bad that would be now.

Intel BX80571E5200 SLAY7 Pentium E5200 2.5GHz 800MHz​

2M New Retail Box there are a couple of people selling them for over 45 pounds from the US on eBay.I know yours is used. All through the CPU,s are going for peanuts as you can imagine​

 

[Keullo-e]

I suppose those have all-aluminium stock coolers?

I have one E5200 myself too, haven't tested out that much its potential. Delidded it also as it was with TIM, not soldered (same goes for E4300).

 

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Boxed Pentium E5200. Boxed CPUs this old are not particularly common so I buy them to collect whenever I can, even if it's not a CPU I would otherwise have interest in.

The description read that the CPU was used from 09-13 and then they upgraded to a quad core, so it's set in storage since. Since the box isn't sealed I will probably use it, these apparently are good overclockers.

The cooler has not been used and still has the factory 13 year old paste on it. I wonder how bad that would be now.

It's cool having the box of old CPU indeed, but other than that I don't know, it's a stripped off Wolfdale, you can buy an E8400 (3.00/6M/1333) for less than $5 and clock it at 4GHz pretty easily

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

Intel BX80571E5200 SLAY7 Pentium E5200 2.5GHz 800MHz​

2M New Retail Box there are a couple of people selling them for over 45 pounds from the US on eBay.I know yours is used.View attachment 244961 All through the CPU,s are going for peanuts as you can imagine​

I wouldn't pay that for it. This was a 99 cent auction snipe.

I suppose those have all-aluminium stock coolers?

I have one E5200 myself too, haven't tested out that much its potential. Delidded it also as it was with TIM, not soldered (same goes for E4300).

You are correct that it is all aluminum. Might try a delid, that would be neat.

It's cool having the box of old CPU indeed, but other than that I don't know, it's a stripped off Wolfdale, you can buy an E8400 (3.00/6M/1333) for less than $5 and clock it at 4GHz pretty easily

I only bought it because it had the box and was super cheap. I have an e8400, and in fact already have an e5200, just no box.

 

[Greenslade]

It's cool having the box of old CPU indeed, but other than that I don't know, it's a stripped off Wolfdale, you can buy an E8400 (3.00/6M/1333) for less than $5 and clock it at 4GHz pretty easily

Who in there right mind would pay that price wow thats a bargin for 99 cents

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

After shipping and tax it was like 6 bucks

 

[framebuffer]

Who in there right mind would pay that price wow thats a bargin for 99 cents

you mean that "less than $5" is too much for the E8400?

 

[Greenslade]

you mean that "less than $5" is too much for the E8400?

you mean that "less than $5" is too much for the E8400?

To Ryzen master, not you framebuffer
I was talking about the ones in a box I put on here for 45 pounds on eBay.
$5 is a good price for the E8400 but in a UK shop called CEX it is only £2 with a 24-month guarantee, like all the stuff they sell in there.

 

[Keullo-e]

I have 2x E8400 and one E8500 which I got for free, IIRC the guy who gave those doesn't collect old stuff for overclocking but rather builds whole computers from old stuff, so a quadcore is better in most cases than a (probably faster) dualcore.

 

[framebuffer]

To Ryzen master, not you framebuffer
I was talking about the ones in a box I put on here for 45 pounds on eBay.
$5 is a good price for the E8400 but in a UK shop called CEX it is only £2 with a 24-month guarantee, like all the stuff they sell in there.

Ah ok, I asked because you quoted me

 

[Greenslade]

Ah ok, I asked because you quoted me

It gets a bit confusing, there are so many comments to someone else s comments.

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

The boxed E5200 is not a bad overclocker. 4.2 is max it would do stable at 1.425v. It stopped scaling much from there.

I tried for max frequency bootable and got ~4.8.

It's a much better chip than the e5200 I had previously that won't even do 3.8 without failing ycruncher.

 

[onemanhitsquad]

while looking for a missing fan...another dually from the bone yard...HD6990 and EK block + back plate

 

[Greenslade]

I have downloaded a game from the Internet Archive. and it has come up with this
*WinUAE Executable
*Amiga Rom File
*Amiga Key
Where can I get them from?
Assassins (cd4)?
Where is everyone?

 

[MaxiPro800]

Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames

Another day, another board revived. And a PSU as well.




First, the mobo. It's a compact yet rather versatile mainboard. Based on the VIA 694X chipset, with three SDR slots. Supports anything bar Tualatin officially.

It had come in a rather nasty state - Tayeh caps all around, bigger ones bulging like crazy and some even spilled guts over the mobo. All went out and were replaced.

PSU before and after coming later.

 

[Greenslade]

This guy does an amazing job on this ancient computer.

It cleans up well But was it worth doing, as it did not work. At least he is going to make it for another build.

 

[Keullo-e]

This guy does an amazing job on this ancient computer.

It cleans up well But was it worth doing, as it did not work. At least he is going to make it for another build.

Need to check that out, restorations are always cool.

 

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Canceled the message I put it on my post about Floppy Diskettes.

 

[QuietBob]

I have downloaded a game from the Internet Archive. and it has come up with this

Emulating an older platform always takes a bit of tinkering. Rather than downloading odd games from random sites, I'd suggest focusing on a single system/emulator at a time, in order to learn its intricacies. There are emulation tutorials for specific hardware on YT, which I'm pretty sure you've already stumbled upon.

For a plug-and-play experience you'd want to buy one of the "mini" retro consoles/computers. They offer a selection of popular titles and are easy to navigate with the included controller. For DOS get your games from GOG or Steam, they come pre-configured with emulation software and take just a click to run. Good luck!

 

[Greenslade]

Emulating an older platform always takes a bit of tinkering. Rather than downloading odd games from random sites, I'd suggest focusing on a single system/emulator at a time, in order to learn its intricacies. There are emulation tutorials for specific hardware on YT, which I'm pretty sure you've already stumbled upon.

For a plug-and-play experience you'd want to buy one of the "mini" retro consoles/computers. They offer a selection of popular titles and are easy to navigate with the included controller. For DOS get your games from GOG or Steam, they come pre-configured with emulation software and take just a click to run. Good luck!

Thanks very much, Bob But I do want to get stiff on the floppy Diskette. Is there any way to open these files on XP or 7 ?. I tried getting Amber forever on XP and 7 as you can see no way to open them. And I can,t get to My abandonware on 7?

 

[Trekkie4]

Time for me to take on "oddware" themed hardware, as LGR would call it

I've been busy over the last couple of days cleaning & fixing old CD-ROM drives. Among several other ones ... including the (in)famous BTC units, there was this guy, right here... GoldStar, model number CRD-8482B


Now, here's the thing. Most people probably wouldn't bother with this thing or they would simply ignore it & move on to something more interesting, but this one caught my attention - can you tell why? If not, let me enlighten you Back in the late 80s and early 90s, there was a company called GoldStar, which used to make HiFi, VCR, TV & many other products. However, that was only part of the story, as GoldStar coexisted with yet another company, called LuckyStar. Now, you may remember this particular brand ... they used to make motherboards & other electronics. In fact, I believe I got one of their Socket 3 motherboards inside my AMD Am5x86 machine! Apparently they used to make all sorts of electronics until LuckyStar & GoldStar merged into one, single company (some time in mid 90s, 1995-1996) called Lucky Gold Star. Or ... "LG" in short as we all know nowdays.

So, with that out of the way here's the thing. This particular unit is clearly labeled as GoldStar. And according to label it was manufactured in August 2000 ... August, 2000 when GoldStar obviously no longer existed! In fact, the label clearly states that the unit was manufactured by "LG", so why bother with GS brand to begin with?


Originally with blank, dark grey faceplate - I basically merged two different GoldStar units into one, as I couldn't save the old one (from what I can tell, either the main board died or something went horribly wrong with the motor controller, it wasn't a mechanical failure) I suppose I could have fitted the LG internals inside GoldStar unit, but then the BIOS & Firmware would obviously indicate LG, and not GoldStar.

Other than that, GoldStar & LG units are absolutely identical - as you can probably tell from the picture:


Oh, and I even confirmed at some point that the mechanical parts, including (but not limited to) laser pickup itself is literally the same as the one inside LG drive. Therefore, maintaining & patching up any mechanical components isn't going to be an issue. Here's the main loader, drive assembly of the original GoldStar unit:


Sooo, to tell you guys the truth I'm puzzled with this one. What do you make of it?

Anyhow, on top of everything else I also picked up this Socket 7 board right here. Seems like your standard, Socket 7 mobo that's compatible with Intel & AMD - right?

Again, wrong! Upon closer inspection and a LOT of Googling, I found out that IT586GXM is actually a Cyrix board ... manufactured by Cyrix, using their "LSI" chipset and for some reason has integrated Sound AND video. Which is highly uncommon and almost unheard for boards from that era, as most of you here already know.


You can actually see the Video/Audio header on this pic right here:


Again, I have no idea why ... or how come thing even existed but I've been told several theories & heard many different stories. @r0x here believes that the board originates from some arcade machine. On the other hand, others told me that apparently CompaQ used to make tiny "clients", small systems which apparently used Cyrix hardware & came with everything already integrated into the board. This would certainly explain a thing of two but unfortunately I couldn't confirm either of the two claims. Perhaps someone here knows more?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Thanks very much But i do want to get stiff on floppy Diskette.Is there anyway to open these files on XP or 7 ?.I tried getting Amber forever on XP and 7 as you can see no way to open them.And i can,t get to My abandonware on 7 ?

Clean that screen! A soft damp cloth is calling you!!

 

[Bones]

Trekkie's post and pics of his motherboard reminded me of what I have here.
It's a Premio 219-H board with a SiS 5571 chipset and yes, it still works.

Note the screened "Chart" for it's dipswitch settings to set the speed it runs the CPU at, showing it can run all the standard desktop CPU makes available at the time.

 

[Greenslade]

Clean that screen! A soft damp cloth is calling you!!

Ok, lex I will get it sorted. What about my question though?

 

[MaxiPro800]

Trekkie's post and pics of his motherboard reminded me of what I have here.
It's a Premio 219-H board with a SiS 5571 chipset and yes, it still works.

Note the screened "Chart" for it's dipswitch settings to set the speed it runs the CPU at, showing it can run all the standard desktop CPU makes available at the time.

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That's a MSI MS-5146 - I remember I had one of those back in 2012 - it was singlehandedly the most stable with any Windows you could throw at it. 95, 98, ME, 2k, all ran crash free. IIRC, mine had come with a Pentium 233 MMX (set through the manual I think) and 96MB worth of EDO, as well as a 8.4GB Samsung SV0844A HDD.