Help with reviving an old computer

Posted on 2021-05-02, 01:13

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by Snayperskaya

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hiya! I've just booted up one of my old machines (233MHz Pentium MMX, Asus TX97-LE, Diamond Stealth 2500, 64MB SDRAM, SB32 AWE, 20GB HDD) after a long time to find out that its HDD has gone poof. :( Although I have some old HDDs (I used a 40GB capped to 32GB from another old PC that I just found out …

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Re: Cleaning up old PC, particularly from dust

Posted on 2018-02-20, 22:28

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by Snayperskaya

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For a full cleaning, I always do: * Disconnect everything from the motherboard (but the CPU); * Run a brush (with soft tip) through everything (motherboard, heatsinks, other cards, etc) so the dust particles that got stuck loosen up; * Use a portable air compressor (similar to a DataVac) so almost …

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Re: Problems with storage space on a Windows 98-era retro box.

Posted on 2017-06-22, 15:01

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by Snayperskaya

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There are plenty of new/sealed 400GB IDE drives on ebay (at least US ebay) for ~30USD. That mobo should prolly recognize them without problems.

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2017-06-22, 14:56

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by Snayperskaya

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I've been off from the forums for a bit of time just to be surprised by the amount of stuff you guys done in the meantime. Great to see this is still kicking and almost ready for prime time! 😀

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Re: Old Pentium 4 laptop and Windows 98

Posted on 2016-10-20, 17:25

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by Snayperskaya

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Dunno if DriverPack is 9x compatible but I'd give it a try. drp.su

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Re: Build your XP Time Machines Now

Posted on 2016-10-05, 22:10

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by Snayperskaya

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nforce4max wrote: (...)Core 2 boxes that sometimes become micro shutter generators. Do you rember if DPC latency on those were abnormal? I've used a Q9400 @ 3.2GHz (with 800MHz 4-4-4-12 2T) for three years and don't remember having performance issues with updated drivers.

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Re: Anyone use a 8"-10" TFT VGA monitor?

Posted on 2016-09-26, 15:29

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by Snayperskaya

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James-F wrote: Why keep the old hardware? ......it is Big, Heavy, Slow, Noisy, Freezes, Beeps, Hard-to-Set, Rare, Beige, and AWESOME. I'm on this boat, too. I'm fine with just keeping old hardware on good standing, even if I don't have too much time to set it all up for doing some gaming sessions. …

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Re: Joystick and Gamepad options for DOS Gaming

Posted on 2016-09-26, 15:09

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by Snayperskaya

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I'd go for anything Logitech or Microsoft.

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Re: Why explorer.exe so special?

Posted on 2016-09-23, 16:40

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by Snayperskaya

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explorer.exe is part of the Windows' GUI/shell, no?

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Re: Some Photo Art-Work with old PC's )

Posted on 2016-09-23, 16:37

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by Snayperskaya

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Great pictures (and hw)! 😀

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Re: Best way to clean dirty 90's beige boxes?

Posted on 2016-09-21, 14:54

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by Snayperskaya

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Retr0bright works wonders for yellow plastic surfaces.

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Re: Please help me find software to back up my huge CD collection

Posted on 2016-09-13, 13:18

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by Snayperskaya

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How is RAID10 riskier when it can survive multiple drive failures? Is it because the drives all age the same and can fail during a rebuild? What about using RAID1 instead? RAID10 will fail if more than a disk of a span fails. It's usually indicated for write intensive scenarios like DB servers, etc …

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Re: Retro Loot Sneak Peak

Posted on 2016-09-01, 19:18

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by Snayperskaya

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Is it Xmas already? 😁 I have seen two of those double-stack SDRAM. I think I have one, of 64MB capacity IIRC.

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Re: Which CPU is better ?

Posted on 2016-08-31, 17:26

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by Snayperskaya

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I recommend a fully recap if you plan using it.

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Re: Gigabyte LGA 775 board - RAM

Posted on 2016-08-30, 21:08

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by Snayperskaya

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Configure it with the old module inserted.

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Re: Gigabyte LGA 775 board - RAM

Posted on 2016-08-30, 20:01

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by Snayperskaya

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Have you tried to set the RAM clock manually for 667 (probably on Auto)?

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Re: Era correct web hosting/design software.

Posted on 2016-08-10, 16:14

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by Snayperskaya

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I used Namo WebEditor a lot back in early 2000's. For HTTPDs, I wouldn't put an almost 20 year-old software exposed to the Internet. Way too many unpatched risks.

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Re: GTX 970 "3.5GB Edition" $30 refund in the USA

Posted on 2016-08-02, 12:48

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by Snayperskaya

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archsan wrote: Yes, I mean, if the slower half gig were not advertised but came as a "bonus" instead, it would've gone in their favor. They lied about the available ROPs, too.

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Re: GTX 970 "3.5GB Edition" $30 refund in the USA

Posted on 2016-08-01, 16:07

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by Snayperskaya

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Why is thus limited to USA only? 😐

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Re: Errors when trying to image a laptop hard drive

Posted on 2016-07-27, 12:38

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by Snayperskaya

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I've used HDD Regenerator for some time now. Works pretty good on damaged surface "refresh" like this.

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