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ElectroBlaster

ElectroBlaster

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Im quite chuffed at the moment, managed to pick up an old shuttle motherboard with a mint xp2000 thornton chip. Looks like the cpu was in this shuttle board from new so it physically it has not been molested and looks brand new. I was elated to find the chip is based on the Barton core with half of its cache disabled. Anyone who remembers the socket-a days will know amd would disable things by using a lazer to cut little groups of gold bridges.

So im off to get some silver conductive paint, or a one of those conductive pens used for fixing rear windscreen heaters on cars. The only thing nagging me is... will it work? is it worth it? The last time I did anything like this was when I had an Abit KT7 and a Duron 1300. It was a pita but it worked.
 
Same here! Im flogging away at keeping some old systems going only because they are built to do one thing. I cannot find anything thats modern that will do same task! Im still trying, got hold of some pci-e tv cards but havent bothered to actually try them as I know it will mean hassle :rolleyes:

I have an SN45GV2 & Barton 2800 here that was bought new in 2004. The psu has finally kicked the bucket so a new one has been ordered and I hope after a refresh it will continue to work, proper little workhorse that old shuttle :)
 
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