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TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

The PCB does look simmilar, but no, that isn't a 9800XT. That one is a little younger.
This is a PCB of a 9800XT, btw:
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_JP_ said:
Alright, more old hardware.

Assorted SDRAM DIMMs
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6277/sany0204f.jpg
From left to right: 3x 256MB 133MHz SS and 2x 128MB 133MHz DS.

http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/8528/sany0202.jpg
Matsonic MS7117C (A.K.A. ECS P6BAP-A+)

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/2474/sany0200.jpg
Coppermine 800EB

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/4523/imgp0004ja.jpg
And I'll let you guess this last one. I'll post a pic with the cooler after it's recognition. :)
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Is it an X700?

It looks like it has a PCIe to AGP bridge chip on it due to the AGP traces going to vias (presumably to the bridge on the other side of the board) instead of the GPU.
 
It appears my suspicion about the PCIe to AGP bridge chip was right, but the card was not. It's definitely an X1650 Pro AGP 512MB by looking at the board, presumably manufactured by PowerColor.
 
It is. :toast:
Damn, you are good! :rockout: :respect:
Here's the photo with the cooler, as promised. (Not the original cooler, obviously)
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I used to have a X800 GTO with the bridge chip, but I could never figure out what was the pad covering it for?

Note the cardboard and electrical tape extension I made for the heat sink shroud. The HS was made for a PCIe card, and the bridge chip made the AGP version longer so that the HS didn't exhaust out of the case.

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The Von Matrices said:
but I could never figure out what was the pad covering it for?
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Cooling. It is supposed to keep it form overheating. Although, if you ask me, there should be a heatsink, instead of a pad. Mandatory on top models and the more recent ones (3850, 4670). It already gets hot to the touch on my x1650PRO (I'm guessing some 50ºC), I can imagine how hot it gets on a 3850 where the data output is way higher.
But I also have an idea as to why the cards don't have a heatsink there. You can't fix it anywhere and there's not enough surface area on the chip to glue it on.
 
_JP_ said:
Cooling. It is supposed to keep it form overheating. Although, if you ask me, there should be a heatsink, instead of a pad. Mandatory on top models and the more recent ones (3850, 4670). It already gets hot to the touch on my x1650PRO (I'm guessing some 50ºC), I can imagine how hot it gets on a 3850 where the data output is way higher.
But I also have an idea as to why the cards don't have a heatsink there. You can't fix it anywhere and there's not enough surface area on the chip to glue it on.
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But the pad didn't actually cover the die, so how could it help with cooling?
 
I have no idea. I've read (and been told) that it's there to cool the chip. Now, how does it manage to do that, your guess is as good as mine.

Anyway, you guys know my TNT2:
_JP_ said:
I just need RAM and a proper chassis to put my sktA build online again.

Meanwhile, I leave you guys pics of my TNT2 M64.
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Here's the manual that came with it:
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nvidiarivatnt2m64manual.jpg

Huge, ain't it?
Had too dig hard to find this. Didn't recall where it was. :laugh: It's also something not usually found in old hardware threads. :ohwell:
 
_JP_ said:
I have no idea. I've read (and been told) that it's there to cool the chip. Now, how does it manage to do that, your guess is as good as mine.

Anyway, you guys know my TNT2:
Here's the manual that came with it:
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/7320/nvidiarivatnt2m64manual.jpg
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7320/nvidiarivatnt2m64manual.jpg
Huge, ain't it?
Had too dig hard to find this. Didn't recall where it was. :laugh: It's also something not usually found in old hardware threads. :ohwell:
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I have the manuals for most of the old stuff I had. My wife hates the fact that I have old parts boxes everywhere :laugh:

I even a box for a CompUSA branded HDD in the closet... 8.4 GB I think :rolleyes:
 
Man we are getting some awesome ole nostalgic hardware showing up!!!!! Very cool!!!

Now here is a couple of items that I found yesterday that I just had to share LOLOL

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And some DOS goodness:

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Updated the original post with these as well.

The DOS disks are brand new. I shouldn't have even opened the package, but just couldn't help myself. :laugh:
 
I thought since I was clearing out a few things these past few days, I might post up something that I hope might be included in this thread :)


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Now I needed to add something so I could put some shelves up.. So I did this....

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A computer and a few retro consoles installed!!

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I seem to have found a few more....

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And some more!!??!!

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A few more pictures to come soon I hope :)
 
Right, finally got round to unboxing those 486 dx33 parts (a full pc but no case), going to have to modify a case to be able to mount it in though, should try first if it works :S

Also... and this is the trully special one...

a MINT condition 486 laptop with, get this, a working battery, and it all works perfectly, dos and win 3.1 loaded on it, doom and wolf 3d installed on it with PS2 connections, vga out and even a modem, this thing must´ve costed a fortune in it´s day. Will post pickies of it soon :D
 
IBM 6x86L and a 72 pin SIMM

Check out that core voltage :eek:

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@phill - lol at the 32x, im also rocking an Amiga A1200 good systems fast for its day but the 4000 is the master.
 
I've been trying to get hold of a Amiga 4000 for years, but they are still fetching some really good money.. My Amiga 1200 has an 1230 with 8Mb of ram and a hard drive.. It works really well :) I think I have a CD Rom drive for it somewhere!! Still a damn sight faster than any PC I have had!! :lol: Gotta love that Amiga OS...

I can't believe how many 32X's I have!! I have one with a Mega CD as well downstairs :)

I used to have a Amiga 1200 with a PPC 603+ and a BVision.. That was a monstor of a system, I don't think I have any pictures of that.. I'll see if I can find some :) That sadly stopped working due to a bit of a dodgy setup, it knocked out the electric to the house and sadly the system was lost :(
 
Okay here is some of my stuffs. First pic

Some Sb 16 compatible card
Some Isa sb 16 compatible card
Aureal Vortex 2 Sq 2500 v1
Aureal Vortex 2 Sq 2500 v2
Creative Sb 16
Creative Sb Live Gamer 5.1
Creative Sb Live Mp3 5.1
Visiontek Hd3650
Visiontek Hd 2400 pro
Asus Radeon 9550 Pro
Gainward Gefore Fx 5700
Visiontek X1550 256
Ati Radeon 9000 pro
Geforce 2 mx400
And Unknown Creative pci something or other.



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Soyo Kt600 Dragon Plus V2.0
Abit Kt7a V1.3
Abit Nf7-s V2.0
Asus A7n8x Deluxe
Abit Be6 slot 1
Luckystar 6va693a Slot 1
Epox 8KRAI pro Kt880
Misc Socket A Coolers and a Slot A Golden Orb
Procs
Pent 3 600 133
Pent 3 450 100
Athlon xp 2500+ Barton
Athlon xp 2100+ Pally x 2
Athlon 1.2
Athlon 900
Duron 600
Duron 700
Duron 750
Duron 950


Enjoy!

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Isn't that Creative PCI something or other the DXR2 decoder board?
 
I have no idears. I got it from you I think. Not sure how it works though. It does have a vga port.
 
oh my... take me with you
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:laugh:

I have that same 2400PRO vacuum
 
ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
I have no idears. I got it from you I think. Not sure how it works though. It does have a vga port.
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It was part of the Creative PC-DVD Encore package with the Creative DVD-Rom and I think it's a DXR3 decoder

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=DXR3

It put DVD decoding into hardware when software only solutions slowed down your PC (like what WinModems used to do)- it always worked great on my older rigs..... I bought new and was working when I pulled it.

The cable is a loopback VGA card to Decoder-> Decoder direct to monitor- I'll see if I can find a driver disk here for it ;)
 
Norton said:
It was part of the Creative PC-DVD Encore package with the Creative DVD-Rom and I think it's a DXR3 decoder

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=DXR3

It put DVD decoding into hardware when software only solutions slowed down your PC (like what WinModems used to do)- it always worked great on my older rigs..... I bought new and was working when I pulled it.

The cable is a loopback VGA card to Decoder-> Decoder direct to monitor- I'll see if I can find a driver disk here for it ;)
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Oh that will be so cool. It will be a new toy to go in the win 98 build.
 
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