That was me then.
I'm not sure what the plan is. I am wary about trying to switch it on. Although I suspect it may be fine.
I originally bought it to flip, but was so amazed when I unboxed everything that I'm not sure I can.
What retro things have you done today?
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I'm not sure what the plan is. I am wary about trying to switch it on. Although I suspect it may be fine.
I originally bought it to flip, but was so amazed when I unboxed everything that I'm not sure I can.
Later that day, it let out the magic smoke.
The notorious RIFA capacitor blew up, as a friend warned me it might!
I've emailed a local vintage TV repair place to see if they can solder a new one on for me.
I could probably do it myself but I'd rather not.
The notorious RIFA capacitor blew up, as a friend warned me it might!
I've emailed a local vintage TV repair place to see if they can solder a new one on for me.
I could probably do it myself but I'd rather not.
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Did it stink?!
Ive spent 4 hours installing and trying to set up windows ME on a 486 because a poll told me to. Cannot get VGA drivers to install or CDROM to work in windows!!
Everytime I edit autoexec and config.sys and restart windows is restoring them to what they were!
Ive spent 4 hours installing and trying to set up windows ME on a 486 because a poll told me to. Cannot get VGA drivers to install or CDROM to work in windows!!
Everytime I edit autoexec and config.sys and restart windows is restoring them to what they were!
Like a chemical fire in a caramel factory.
No magic smoke.
Great looking machines, i've never seen one in the uk... Adrian Black is always repairing them on Adrians Digital Basement
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The electron cartridge worked on the bbc master too.. but due to the faster clock it ran faster which made it more addictive
Thanks, that looks like a good channel!
Later that day, it let out the magic smoke.
The notorious RIFA capacitor blew up, as a friend warned me it might!
I've emailed a local vintage TV repair place to see if they can solder a new one on for me.
I could probably do it myself but I'd rather not.
Easy repair with the moder safety cap. Probably not the only RIFA in there (they got used for mains line filtering).
I think its the only one, or at least, its the only one that is known to fail with regularity.
Some variants have two, mine has just the one.
(not my pic) - https://www.applefritter.com/files/styles/95-percent/public/2019/05/08/powersupply3.jpg
If all else fails - https://www.willsconsolemodifications.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=63
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Finished trying to get windows ME onto a 486 because youtube told me to do it.
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Dell 466i VS Windows ME. Epic Fail?!
After my recent poll asking which OS to install onto the dell 486 PC I was tasked with installing windows ME onto it. Follow the steps taken to install it an...
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Wow OK. New Model M for... £495.
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Sellers pics. Its en-route to me now
Slot 1 AT board. Nice looking AT/ATX crossover case.
Integrated speakers in the CDRom bay like LGR showed recently.
Says it powers on but they couldnt get a VGA card to work. Could be a fun project. Hope it survives postage!
Slot 1 AT board. Nice looking AT/ATX crossover case.
Integrated speakers in the CDRom bay like LGR showed recently.
Says it powers on but they couldnt get a VGA card to work. Could be a fun project. Hope it survives postage!
Sellers pics. Its en-route to me now
Slot 1 AT board. Nice looking AT/ATX crossover case.
Integrated speakers in the CDRom bay like LGR showed recently.
Says it powers on but they couldnt get a VGA card to work. Could be a fun project. Hope it survives postage!
Interesting layout on that Slot 1 board
Interesting layout on that Slot 1 board
PCChips/Hsin Tech M715 V1.2A
PCChips/Hsin Tech M715 V1.2A is a motherboard based on the Intel 440LX (Balboa) chipset. Get specs, BIOS, documentation and more!
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Got to love some PC Chips!
Wow 72pin EDO simms on a Slot1 motherboard - bet the performance of that is interestingPCChips/Hsin Tech M715 V1.2A
PCChips/Hsin Tech M715 V1.2A is a motherboard based on the Intel 440LX (Balboa) chipset. Get specs, BIOS, documentation and more!
Got to love some PC Chips!
(According to the manual it even supports mixing 2 72pin EDO simms with a 168pin EDO dimm!!!)
I know that PC Chips have had their fair share of criticism for outright fraud(cache) and cheapness. But you can not deny they also did some pretty interesting if not silly things as well!Wow 72pin EDO simms on a Slot1 motherboard - bet the performance of that is interesting
(According to the manual it even supports mixing 2 72pin EDO simms with a 168pin EDO dimm!!!)
My main 486 uses a PC Chips M918 and I stand by that board, besides having to replace a transistor it performs really well and has real cache.
To be fair to them, they were similar to ASRock's earlier boards - often interesting solutions that allowed you to upgrade things piece by piece to save money, rather than having to do a whole platform change at once (i.e. mobo/cpu/ram). Unfortunately that often was a compromise in terms of performance, and what reviewers tended to focus on.