Got one in the loft...
There's a couple of other ATCs on eBay at the moment too:
CM-200: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coolerma...060431?hash=item4b7a19d4cf:g:d0UAAOSw3rleWmGJ
Wavemaster: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cooler-M...448815?hash=item46ae44b3ef:g:3lwAAOSw9h5esGsh
This is interesting and a pretty rare find, looks like it might come with free innards too (wants to at that price):
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quality-...582179?hash=item3b352363a3:g:sRsAAOSwj-BdB4sN
Edit - Looks like an Asus K8V-SE, Gainward Ti4200, Eye-T 550W PSU
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Caporegime
So as alluded to in a previous post about the shuttle and already having an XP project underway, here's my Sun Ultra 40 workstation. Originally I bought it (for a pittance, they seem to have gone up in value over the last few years) to be a donor case for one of my Dual PIII rigs as I figured the gigantic mesh front panel would be excellent for a radiator in a watercooled build, however when it arrived it was too nice to ruin, so it sat in the loft waiting for me to get around to. Today was the day it came down from the dark and into the light. It'll be getting SLI'd GTX 480s alongside its dual Opteron 280s and 8GB of ECC DDR. This thing is a weapon in more ways than one, built like a tank, weighs around 8.5 metric ****tonnes and has a PSU with incredibly strong rails (even the 3.3v rail will do 30A! the 5v rail 33A, alongside its 4 12V rails at 17A a piece).
To get an idea of how much this weighs, it came on a pallet!
To get an idea of how much this weighs, it came on a pallet!
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I love old Sun hardware, before Oracle ruined them. Cut my Unix teeth on Solaris, Sparc stations on SunOS 2.5 then in Ultras and Blade 150s at home for mail servers and the like. Sun Fire 280Rs and V880s etc in the Data Centre. Mostly DB servers or heavy Java app servers etc.
That thing is an absolute lunker, would have cost about as much as a small country's GDP new!
That thing is an absolute lunker, would have cost about as much as a small country's GDP new!
Soldato
Sometimes when you randomly bid £1 on things you actually win them =/
Caporegime
Popped into the loft to retrieve the DDR2 in prep for the AN2 Shuttle arriving. Found it!
Soldato
A7N8X-E Deluxe
Close
A bit of a odd thing as its too fast for 98 but slow for XP. Still an interest of mine as that ERA was the first time I was actually building my own PCs.
Caporegime
So, the service manual for this Sun Ultra 40 is as clear as mud. I was scouring eBay for ECC Registered PC3200 DDR as I don’t have any additional sticks for this thing and I want to max it.
The service manual states:
The service manual states:
- Eight PC3200 DIMM slots
- 512 MB, 1 GB, or 2 GB registered ECC modules supported
- Up to 32 GB ECC memory
Caporegime
Nope, the only expansion I could make is an additional SAS backplane for the extra 4 HDD bays, and the custom PCI/SSP slot for an additional HBA.Does it have an additional memory card riser somewhere? Sun always loved those.
Soldato
I've had no luck this weekend with my retro builds! So many issues with the AM2 build just getting an OS installed and and now my Windows 7 PC (set up to play through Halo 2) and software (e.g. display drivers) needing VCredist which needs Service Pack 1 which needs the Windows Update to be functioning which needs various updated to be applied manually otherwise WU will just say searching forever which needs downloading through a browser which barely functions because the build in certificates in Windows 7 are not up to date / sufficient in some way so I get privacy errors everywhere (which is fixed through an Windows Update update).
Now my HDD drive is doing this:
and I have a process (I'm just sitting on the desktop doing nothing) doing this
I disabled a bunch of Windows start up processes like Security Essentials and Windows Card Space and it's stopped. Not ideal but this PC doesn't really go on line or anything...
Now my HDD drive is doing this:
and I have a process (I'm just sitting on the desktop doing nothing) doing this
I disabled a bunch of Windows start up processes like Security Essentials and Windows Card Space and it's stopped. Not ideal but this PC doesn't really go on line or anything...
Soldato
Sounds like a lot of stressing about!
I seem to recall svchost being a real bother of a process in windows 7 especially on slower laptops. Used to destroy those slow 2.5" drives..
I seem to recall svchost being a real bother of a process in windows 7 especially on slower laptops. Used to destroy those slow 2.5" drives..
Caporegime
Does Win7 have the Superfetch service? I think it does. Disable that.
It’s only for file indexing, useless on a machine you won’t be searching the content of files on!
It’s only for file indexing, useless on a machine you won’t be searching the content of files on!
@almoststew1990 Think I'd be starting from scratch, but use the following tool once reinstalled as it'll save a lot of hassle: https://download.wsusoffline.net/
You'll need the ESR release as the latest drops support for W7. You also need to make sure automatic updates are turned off before you use it! Gets around all the issues related to Windows Update not working/taking forever. As I recall you run update generator first (pulls all the files you need), then you can install the lot in one go using update installer in the client folder afterwards.
You'll need the ESR release as the latest drops support for W7. You also need to make sure automatic updates are turned off before you use it! Gets around all the issues related to Windows Update not working/taking forever. As I recall you run update generator first (pulls all the files you need), then you can install the lot in one go using update installer in the client folder afterwards.
Soldato
Just got a 256mb 9600pro for £10.
Looks like a 2003 build is happening.
This monstrosity will be perfect for it
Looks like a 2003 build is happening.
This monstrosity will be perfect for it
Soldato
I don't really want to start again as Halo 2 has an activation limit so there is a risk it won't activate a second time (as it is second hand!)
Caporegime
Is that to go with yesterday’s motherboard?Just got a 256mb 9600pro for £10.
Looks like a 2003 build is happening.
This monstrosity will be perfect for it
I’ve got an Athlon 64 X2 6000+ and 9800GT on the way for this new Shuttle. 16GB of RAM on the way for the Sun Ultra 40, and waterblocks on they way for my dual P3 machine!