Retro Pentium III Build.

[trainergames]

After the recent flood of on retro build on here,i dug through my old pc's and found one,It will most likely be used for retro gaming.

 

Before pics i will give you the specs.

Intel® Pentium® III Processor 850 MHz, 256K Cache, 100 MHz FSB Slot-1 CPU

Abit BF6 i440BX Slot-1 ATX

512MB of SDRAM(2x256MB)

Trident Blade 3D 9880

Creative Labs Sound Blaster CT4810 PCI Sound Card

Unknown Case

IDE Raid card

3x80GB Maxtor IDE 

1x60GB Seagate IDE

I am using these larger drives to replace the stock HDD's(10.2GB&20GB WD drives)

 

I plan to boot windows xp,if you guys have any suggestions of games or programs to install let me know.

 

Oh i think you will like this @tmcclelland455    

 

Now on to pics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The IDE RAID card and larger HDD's after taking the pics.

 

I will post updates when i can.

[Lolzious]

omg

 

that I/O haha

[awesomes8wc3]

back when cd drives had fans and IO shield was screwed in...mmmmmmmmm

 

also please for the love of god move that black optical drive to the top, the white one in the second bay and the last one empty

 

also it appears that machine is Novell Netware 4 approved!

[Dabombinable]

Lol, I've got the Abit vp6 (minus the I/O shield), I'm a bit jealous about the HDD though, I'm down to 2x20GB, and one of those is getting a bit questionable. Nice start for an old machine (better than mine, 256MB of RAM at first with a Pentium III 667 and a Jetway 994AN-L and only 2x sub 512MB HDD).

[trainergames]

Ok guys small update, one of the ide cables is bad so i need to see if i have another one,also i found a better GPU it's a AGP 4x Ati Rage Pro 128 apg 16MB VRAM.

[Dabombinable]

I've done some googling, and found these pages:
https://www.suse.com/yes/41003.htm

https://www.suse.com/yes/41444.htm

One of those computers (probably the second one since its IDE not SCSI) is the one you have, and they date back to 1998 by the looks of things.

[trainergames]

I've done some googling, and found these pages:

https://www.suse.com/yes/41003.htm

https://www.suse.com/yes/41444.htm

One of those computers (probably the second one since its IDE not SCSI) is the one you have, and they date back to 1998 by the looks of things.

It may be one of those,but it has gotten some upgrades since the CPU is a P3(the bios says so).

[MiguelOliv]

You have to be proud of that tower! Clean it up and make a good cable manegement! Then it's gonna be priceless!

Great memories indeed

[trainergames]

You have to be proud of that tower! Clean it up and make a good cable manegement! Then it's gonna be priceless!

Great memories indeed

Yeah cleaning it up is on my list of things to do lol,i have also found a few games disks i plan to install Starcraft(and BroodWar),Warcraft 2, and last Diablo 2 with LOD.

[Xerino]

Just looking at that dust is making me sneeze

[MiguelOliv]

Yeah cleaning it up is on my list of things to do lol,i have also found a few games disks i plan to install Starcraft(and BroodWar),Warcraft 2, and last Diablo 2 with LOD.

 

Watch out for disk 5/5 97% - error installing!

[trainergames]

Update!

 

Well guys I have run into a bit if a problem.

 

One of the IDE ports on the MOBO is dead,and for some reason i can either use a disk drive or an HDD,but it will not allow me to use both at the same time. So i may not be able to use this system for the build.

 

I am trying to go through my old parts to find a working and reliable system to use instead.

 

Will post updates when i can. 

[Dabombinable]

Update!

 

Well guys I have run into a bit if a problem.

 

One of the IDE ports on the MOBO is dead,and for some reason i can either use a disk drive or an HDD,but it will not allow me to use both at the same time. So i may not be able to use this system for the build.

 

I am trying to go through my old parts to find a working and reliable system to use instead.

 

Will post updates when i can. 

I've had the same problem, is the disk drive or HDD working at all? Because if 1 is dead, they both won't work on the same cable. Also, are the master/slave jumpers set correctly, with the master drive at the end of the cable and the slave in the middle?

[trainergames]

I've had the same problem, is the disk drive or HDD working at all? Because if 1 is dead, they both won't work on the same cable. Also, are the master/slave jumpers set correctly, with the master drive at the end of the cable and the slave in the middle?

If i tried just the HDD or just the ODD when booting the bios would show the hooked up drive,i did check the jumpers and the HDD is set as cable select,and the ODD is set as master,when i try with both connected it says i have "None" connected IDE devices,i have tried checking the bios and i can't see anything that i could think of that would cause this.

[Dabombinable]

If i tried just the HDD or just the ODD when booting the bios would show the hooked up drive,i did check the jumpers and the HDD is set as cable select,and the ODD is set as master,when i try with both connected it says i have "None" connected IDE devices,i have tried checking the bios and i can't see anything that i could think of that would cause this.

Try setting the HDD to slave, older computers can be a bit finicky with the way components are set up, and make sure the ODD is plugged into the end of the cable as that's where the master is supposed to go.

[trainergames]

Try setting the HDD to slave, older computers can be a bit finicky with the way components are set up, and make sure the ODD is plugged into the end of the cable as that's where the master is supposed to go.

I tried that 2,last night i spent hours on trying to fix it i feel asleep while browsing the bios,i think this build might be dead until i can get another motherboard,and with no extra money it may be a while.

 

So until i can fix it or get another motherboard it will be Postponed.

 

I think i will give the build a week,and come back with a fresh look,until then i decided to work on another build with with new old parts(still single core),it may even replace the P3 with it if the build goes good.

 

If you guys want i will post a link to that post here after i make the post.

[trainergames]

I think this may or may not of had something to do with the problems. 

 

 

Can you spot the problem? lol

[Dabombinable]

I think this may or may not of had something to do with the problems. 

-snip-

Can you spot the problem? lol

Damaged tracks on the PCB?

[trainergames]

Damaged tracks on the PCB?

Nope,but the stand off's are touching the back of the motherboard,so i am guessing that mabye something got shorted.

[Xerino]

Doesnt look like its making contact with the board, but if you need it, I do have an old PCI IDE card you are welcome to, free

[trainergames]

Doesnt look like its making contact with the board, but if you need it, I do have an old PCI IDE card you are welcome to, free

It is touching but just barely i will try and see if i can find my stand off remover and take those out.

But yeah that would help me a lot,do you want me to PM you?

[flibberdipper]

I NEVER GOT THE TAG ARGH!!!

 

Anyways, I'm here, and my body most certainly is ready.

[TsubasaMinoru]

You could game at 4K with one of those.     :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[D3L3T3D]

Is the dust part of the build?

[Dabombinable]

Is the dust part of the build?

Probably, retro builds are never really complete without years of dust