Part of the issue could be that you're benchmarking the C drive, Windows could have been doing other things while the benchmark was running. Check whether there's an updated motherboard BIOS available, it may add better compatibility with NVME drives. Another thing you can try is updating the SSD's …

ok, this is not quite retro but "old junk" bucket... I got this 870 Extreme3 R2.0 with Athlon II x3 (which can be unlocked to x4) for free. Since DDR3 price is low, i got myself 32GB and built a Vista PC. that was easy. To get to the next challenge, I've decided to install Win10 on this old thing …

thank you again! I went with the TIP117 mainly because the picture of that destroyed regulator had still TIP11 markings. And the board is alive, perfect :). Very happy about this! thank you again for the tip, especially the hint with the PNP, helped a lot! thank you, Tomas hi. i got a question …

I looked through my older boards and some pentium and 486 had the pnp transistor chopper vrm circuit. Only found a noname board one with TIP127. I think you might be safe with it if everything else test good. thank you again! I went with the TIP117 mainly because the picture of that destroyed …

https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/Manufacturers/sarc.php not the exact match but slight variation of what you got. And it might be UMC chipset (see Identifying PCChips 386 era chipsets)

i have this one below (amazon link) and it works ok with my 486 & 64GB SSD drive. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07TPBC34F FYI, this is my MB.. https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/rectron-rt-4s3

i just built a new (to me) 486 build and used NEC USB2 card from Amazon (UK). On Win98SE and NT4, i have it working ok on both systems (using it for mouse... i have no serial mouse, MB does not have PS2 connector). Getting this USB card to use with USB mouse was way cheaper than trying to score …

this is not mine but it's very similar one to this. while switch etc does work, background (sticker?) is very much discolored and would like to get a replacement for this. But i just cant find it anywhere. Does anyone know where this thing is available??

thx 😀

Disruptor wrote on 2024-03-29, 02:52: Miniscribe 20 MB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xzEVNBZMSc Here you see the stepper motor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9q […] Show full quote Miniscribe 20 MB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xzEVNBZMSc Here you see the stepper motor: https://www.youtube …

boby wrote on 2023-12-01, 12:53: Actually shorting the other pins made my Cyrix to boot 😀 Turned it on just for short, now I need to test for stability. which pins did you short to get it work???

i just built a new (to me) 486 build and used NEC USB2 card from Amazon (UK). On Win98SE and NT4, i have it working ok on both systems (using it for mouse... i have no serial mouse, MB does not have PS2 connector). Getting this USB card to use with USB mouse was way cheaper than trying to score …