What retro things have you done today?

[manisses]

Loving that Mesh case!

Spec wise that's a great little set up too

A bit of me wants to retire the old shuttle P3 machine I have and build a proper tower as it's just so limited cooling, GPU space and well, anything! Flexibility wise

You got a Shuttle P3 unit? As in the small form factor size? I would like to see a picture of that, Shuttle units are my weak spot haha

 

[phatboy]

You got a Shuttle P3 unit? As in the small form factor size? I would like to see a picture of that, Shuttle units are my weak spot haha

Yeah it's an SV24, socket 370. We did a clearout at offices for a server room rebuild and someone found it behind a server rack lol, was apparently being used as a CCTV box for a while but was decommissioned and lobbed in the corner. Was about to get thrown in the skip and I dived in and saved it lol. put in a 933mhz cpu, 256mb or 512mb of PC133 i want to say and an FX5200 PCI. Quite a potent little box but man is it noisy!

Believe it's the first ever Shuttle mini PC design?

Shuttle Global - SV24

global.shuttle.com

 

[phatboy]

can of worms enabled.....looks like i might be building a 478 box

Just won this on a best offer for £9 - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325317463010
Hopefully it works when it arrives, but the caps look good and it's in good nick and in the box which was cool

So....anyone got any 478 CPU's or heatsinks they don't want

Appears i have a thing for Abit boards, that's now an AW9D-Max, Nf7 V2.0 and SG-72 in my ownership

 

[manisses]

Yeah it's an SV24, socket 370. We did a clearout at offices for a server room rebuild and someone found it behind a server rack lol, was apparently being used as a CCTV box for a while but was decommissioned and lobbed in the corner. Was about to get thrown in the skip and I dived in and saved it lol. put in a 933mhz cpu, 256mb or 512mb of PC133 i want to say and an FX5200 PCI. Quite a potent little box but man is it noisy!

Believe it's the first ever Shuttle mini PC design?

Shuttle Global - SV24

global.shuttle.com

Wow! Amazing
If you fancy for a swap, let me know what you need. I got S478 heatsinks, motherboards, P4 at 3.2Ghz, you name it
I've got Shuttle units with P4, Core2Duo, AM2 too

 

[LewisRaz]

Slot 1 system is being a pain again.
Flat out refusing most of my ram and not seeing the correct amount if there is more than 1 stick (even matched ones)
Now it also just shows a flashing cursor when loading some dos programs, even in dos mode. Not sure if the GF4 is doing that but im considering going overkill build for 98se now!

 

[Kurgen]

After the succesful recap of the slot 1 board I set about building a new "main" rig that will cover everything I really play (late dos, early windows).

Specs:
P3 550mhz.
128mb ram
Diamond Viper V550(Riva TNT). Originally a TNT2 but the card is faulty.
Aureal vortex 2
50gb HDD.
Windows 98se.
Not super impressed by the midi on the vortex2 but am looking to buy a dreamblaster x2 one day so that should sort that.

just needs some stickers...

Pentium III Case Badge Sticker - Metallic

Metallic vinyl - 19mm x 24mm

geekenspiel.com

Windows 98 Case Badge Sticker - White

White vinyl - 1" x 3/4"

geekenspiel.com

Nvidia Riva TNT Video Graphics Case Badge Sticker - White

White vinyl - 1" x 3/4"

geekenspiel.com

 

[Kurgen]

I would be tempted by this case... but i already have 2 beiges already

FULL TOWER DESKTOP PC RETRO CASE -G7 POWER EXTREME 880W PSU + FANS + CABLES | eBay

Established in 1993, we have over 28 years of experience in the Atari ST, Commodore Amiga and retro computing arena, including refurbishing, servicing, software restoration, data/file transfer, and upgrades.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[Ninco!]

After the succesful recap of the slot 1 board I set about building a new "main" rig that will cover everything I really play (late dos, early windows).

Specs:
P3 550mhz.
128mb ram
Diamond Viper V550(Riva TNT). Originally a TNT2 but the card is faulty.
Aureal vortex 2
50gb HDD.
Windows 98se.
Not super impressed by the midi on the vortex2 but am looking to buy a dreamblaster x2 one day so that should sort that.

Soooo jealous!

That is the Mesh case I had, purchased in 2000, I had the SoundBlaster Live Drive II faceplate. I think it was GeForce GTS and AMD 800.

Love to pick up one of these again (if you are ever selling let me know!)

 

[LewisRaz]

Soooo jealous!

That is the Mesh case I had, purchased in 2000, I had the SoundBlaster Live Drive II faceplate. I think it was GeForce GTS and AMD 800.

Love to pick up one of these again (if you are ever selling let me know!)

Its an absolute CHONK. Even empty it weighs more than my modern PC I reckon.
It originally had an AMD athlon 1000 IIRC. Has a windows ME license on the back.


Managed to get my slot 1 working as expected again. The GF4 was causing the DOS problems...

Played startopia for 30mins.. Love that game

 

[phatboy]

Is there anywhere you can still get the ME keys, I know it's not the greatest OS but I really fancy putting it on the 478 build

 

[phatboy]

Also.....the Xion lives!

Needs a good clean but it's in REALLY good condition



Turns out the horrendous PSU was toast. So that is where the 478 will be going now for some real nostalgia once I get the AM3 board and FX chip from it

 

[scishfottman]

When I cleaned out the garage this past week, I sorted all of the vintage and "future vintage" video cards out in the tool box drawers. There are 15 in total to test and play with over the holidays in the new Socket 939 test bench. #NerdOut

 

[LewisRaz]

Is there anywhere you can still get the ME keys, I know it's not the greatest OS but I really fancy putting it on the 478 build

Not sure if we are allowed to share abandonware sites on here but there is a website that hosts almost all versions of windows pre XP.
Its also on archive.org

 

[cee-S-dee]

Today I carried out a full Re-Cap of my Iwill SS7 Motherboard. Some of the caps were buldging and even though the board works, i want this board to be in its best condition.

Recapped with Panasonic caps. De-Soldering Gun Makes easy work of removing them! Thankfully the board worked after the operations

Before



After

 

[phatboy]

That is one tidy board! Great job!

I fear the day any of my caps fall over ...Gulp!

 

[andy223uk]

Today I carried out a full Re-Cap of my Iwill SS7 Motherboard. Some of the caps were buldging and even though the board works, i want this board to be in its best condition.

Recapped with Panasonic caps. De-Soldering Gun Makes easy work of removing them! Thankfully the board worked after the operations

Which desoldering gun do you have? Seems to be a lot on the market and I'm looking at a stack of boards and my Christmas list

 

[cee-S-dee]

Which desoldering gun do you have? Seems to be a lot on the market and I'm looking at a stack of boards and my Christmas list

I have a 140w Duratool De-Soldering Station. Looking on the famous Rainforest Site, they have the 80W model at a good price currently.

 

[RaXor77]

When replacing bulging caps, make sure you thoroughly clean the PCB where the caps were sitting and around the general area. Use white vinegar and finish with isopropyl alcohol. Electrolyte may have leaked, even if the cap hasn't popped at the top and it's not visible. A lot of people have still ended up with damaged traces several years after capacitor replacement because they failed to properly neutralise the area.

 

[LewisRaz]

When replacing bulging caps, make sure you thoroughly clean the PCB where the caps were sitting and around the general area. Use white vinegar and finish with isopropyl alcohol. Electrolyte may have leaked, even if the cap hasn't popped at the top and it's not visible. A lot of people have still ended up with damaged traces several years after capacitor replacement because they failed to properly neutralise the area.

I usually have to clean up like that afterwards anyway because of the mess I made soldering

 

[LewisRaz]

The first FPS I ever played. The first game I ever saw running over a network. Now I finally own it properly. No big box but I will make an exception for this one.