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Re: Help needed for Cooler Master Cavalier 2 case VU meter

Posted on 2019-03-06, 15:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thnaks a lot for all the detailed information, and of course for your effort, I really appreciated it. Soldering something on the sound card is a no for me, first of all I really suck at soldering and also I really don't want to fiddle with my only SB32 that way. Instead, I will do something like …

Re: Help needed for Cooler Master Cavalier 2 case VU meter

Posted on 2019-03-06, 10:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hope some of these help installation guide - https://web.archive.org/web/20061207124031/http://www.coolermaster.com/installation_manual/final.pdf datasheet - https://web.archive.org/web/20070415102631/http://www.coolermaster.com/product_common_images/cavalier24.pdf VU-Meter Howto - https://web. …

Re: Help needed for Cooler Master Cavalier 2 case VU meter

Posted on 2019-03-06, 10:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Whatever is on the back panel, it has to be passive - the only connections appear to be the two 3.5mm connections exposed on the back plate, and (looking at the cable) a 2.5mm plug inside the case which then connects to the spare connector below the molex power connector. Can you: 1) Extract the VU …

Re: Dim Turbo Led - Why is this even here?

Posted on 2019-03-06, 10:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

While it was working in its original case, turbo led was not connected and turbo button headers was shorted with a jumper. I really have no idea what they were thinking. Maybe the original industrial appliance software could only run at a certain CPU/bus speed. Does the turbo button speed it up to …

Re: The Perfect computer case ?

Posted on 2019-03-06, 09:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Intel486dx33 wrote: “Cooler master Praetorian case” It is BIG but does not have the modularity of the Lian Li. With the Lian Li you can remove the two bottom drive cages to make more room for very large motherboard and cards. With a Cosmos II, you don't need to move or remove anything to make room …

Re: Dim Turbo Led - Why is this even here?

Posted on 2019-03-06, 05:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is pretty weird. I wonder what the hell the previous owner was doing with that header. Maybe it was connected to a super bright LED? Maybe he was using the header to drive something other than an LED...who knows. This is pretty weird. I wonder what the hell the previous owner was doing with …

Re: The Perfect computer case ?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 15:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My first ATX cases were Asus/Elan Vital T5 towers. I liked them a lot, they were quite fun but during the late P4 era, they became qute old fashioned and restiricted, espcially considering internal HDD bays. asusa.jpg My first relatively modern and good quality case was an Aopen A600a. Very nice …

Re: The Perfect computer case ?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 12:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My first ATX cases were Asus/Elan Vital T5 towers. I liked them a lot, they were quite fun but during the late P4 era, they became qute old fashioned and restiricted, espcially considering internal HDD bays. asusa.jpg My first relatively modern and good quality case was an Aopen A600a. Very nice …

Re: Help needed for Cooler Master Cavalier 2 case VU meter

Posted on 2019-03-05, 11:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Whatever is on the back panel, it has to be passive - the only connections appear to be the two 3.5mm connections exposed on the back plate, and (looking at the cable) a 2.5mm plug inside the case which then connects to the spare connector below the molex power connector. Can you: 1) Extract the VU …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-05, 11:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For about 30 USD including shipment, I purchased a Cooler Master Cavalier 2 CAV-T02 desktop case, for my upcoming project: Moving my 486 to a desktop ATX case! :lol: WhatsApp Image 2019-03-04 at 18.59.33.jpeg WhatsApp Image 2019-03-04 at 18.59.56.jpeg Mostly in good condition. Except the missing vu …

Help needed for Cooler Master Cavalier 2 case VU meter

Posted on 2019-03-05, 09:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I recently grabbed that Cooler Master Cavalier 2 CAV-T02 case/chassis. WhatsApp%20Image%202019-03-04%20at%2018_59_33.jpg It has a analog VU meter but available information about it is very slim to say the least. It supposed to come with a bracket that should somehow connect it to a souncard's or …

Re: Dim Turbo Led - Why is this even here?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 08:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Some types of older LEDs tended to dim quite a bit with age. I'd test a replacement LED before snipping the resistor. It might be a consumer bodge but it might also be a factory bodge, based on the apparent age. Before becaming aware of this modification, I tried 3 different leds, all the same. I …

Dim Turbo Led - Why is this even here?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 06:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a 486 rig that I'm working on for some time. I had this odd problem: Turbo LED is very very dim. I changed the leds, etc, but nothing worked. Then just by chance, I see this: WhatsApp Image 2019-03-04 at 20.41.23.jpeg A resistor soldered underside the board on to the LED pins. (sorry about …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-05, 05:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For about 30 USD including shipment, I purchased a Cooler Master Cavalier 2 CAV-T02 desktop case, for my upcoming project: Moving my 486 to a desktop ATX case! :lol: WhatsApp Image 2019-03-04 at 18.59.33.jpeg WhatsApp Image 2019-03-04 at 18.59.56.jpeg Mostly in good condition. Except the missing vu …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-05, 05:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Freshly purchased.. Been looking for this case for a while. Overpaid a bit IMO, but it was about 1/4 of what they go for on Ebay when they pop up there. It does include a full 486 build inside though, so for under $150 it isn't all that bad of a purchase. Tried to get the seller to go lower but he …

Re: Decent Soundblaster with FP connector?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 05:24

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Some SB Live cards, especially OEM versions, have a white front panel connector for Dell PCs and whatnot but I have, to this day, not been able to figure out what type of connector they use.. This might help: https://www.ebay.com/p/Front-Panel-Audio-Adapter-Cable-for-Creative-Sound-Card-Sb0220- …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-04, 22:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For about 30 USD including shipment, I purchased a Cooler Master Cavalier 2 CAV-T02 desktop case, for my upcoming project: Moving my 486 to a desktop ATX case! :lol: WhatsApp Image 2019-03-04 at 18.59.33.jpeg WhatsApp Image 2019-03-04 at 18.59.56.jpeg Mostly in good condition. Except the missing vu …

Re: Social vs Antisocial

Posted on 2019-03-04, 09:02

in Milliways

in Milliways

As long as you keep taking care of your HDD formats daily, you will be ok. Not a social butterfly probably, but it's ok.

Re: Cascading regular/low end KVM switches

Posted on 2019-03-04, 07:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks a lot guys. 😊 Second KVM will be connecting the PMMX and 486 computers to the setup, mostly DOS stuff, so video detoriation would be acceptable I guess. Getting help from Aten is a good idea, I'll try that. Thanks a lot!

Re: Decent Soundblaster with FP connector?

Posted on 2019-03-04, 06:00

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I remember buying a cable/adapter to connect Audigy 2 ZS to the front panel connectors. Mine was being advertised as for an Audigy 2 ZS, but there are others, too. https://www.ebay.com/p/Front-Panel-Audio-Adapter-Cable-for-Creative-Sound-Card-Sb0220-Sb0240-Sb0670/1776245877 There are some minor …

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