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I have a picture of most of my spare drives in a post back on page 228. The old Caviar should be in there, pretty much all my IDE drives anyway. My SATA drives are another story yet lol

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With IDE/SD to PATA and SATA/PATA bridge cards being so cheap and SSD's being dirt cheap too I really don't have any need for hard drives under 256 GB anymore. I keep a couple around just to have but really...I don't need them. SATA is when I started experimenting with RAID on my Pentium 4 setup. SATA 150 was barely any faster than ATA 133 was but I had a decent RAID controller on the Asus board, sadly it was on some kind of PCI bus so it was still ham strung by that but if I bumped the PCI frequency I found that I could get a fair bit more speed out of the RAID 0 array and corrupt all my data even faster on all my hard drives! Sometimes I still find a file from back then that's all garbled up. Scrambled up a bunch of my MP3 collection really good....

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Just now, Bitter said:

With IDE/SD to PATA and SATA/PATA bridge cards being so cheap and SSD's being dirt cheap too I really don't have any need for hard drives under 256 GB anymore. I keep a couple around just to have but really...I don't need them. SATA is when I started experimenting with RAID on my Pentium 4 setup. SATA 150 was barely any faster than ATA 133 was but I had a decent RAID controller on the Asus board, sadly it was on some kind of PCI bus so it was still ham strung by that but if I bumped the PCI frequency I found that I could get a fair bit more speed out of the RAID 0 array and corrupt all my data even faster on all my hard drives! Sometimes I still find a file from back then that's all garbled up. Scrambled up a bunch of my MP3 collection really good....

Hey - at least you didn't forget to make sure that all your files were there when you used an ext4 extractor, and proceeded to do a full format on the drive.

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9 hours ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Nice!

Dual optical drives looks cool too :)
 

That was a big deal PC-flex, back in the days of "multimedia PC wow". Two CD-ROMs? Dude that's craaaazy...

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Not sure if this counts. This is as retro as I can get. This is an LGA775 board with Intel Core 2 duo E4500 from my very first build. Guess I'm just not that old yet 😂

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Anybody have a clue what this is? Winfast is Leadtek's graphics card brand but apart from that I have 0 idea.20210113_213606_HDR.thumb.jpg.1ec8021737154c3c0c8a8919daaeca0c.jpg20210113_213633_HDR.thumb.jpg.172f4ba6812f4332c6b2513ead75143c.jpg is?

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2 minutes ago, magmagon said:

Anybody have a clue what this is? Winfast is Leadtek's graphics card brand but apart from that I have 0 idea.20210113_213606_HDR.thumb.jpg.1ec8021737154c3c0c8a8919daaeca0c.jpg20210113_213633_HDR.thumb.jpg.172f4ba6812f4332c6b2513ead75143c.jpg is?

A PCI video card with a sound chip?
Cool!

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2 hours ago, magmagon said:

Anybody have a clue what this is? Winfast is Leadtek's graphics card brand but apart from that I have 0 idea.20210113_213606_HDR.thumb.jpg.1ec8021737154c3c0c8a8919daaeca0c.jpg20210113_213633_HDR.thumb.jpg.172f4ba6812f4332c6b2513ead75143c.jpg is?

Its an S3 Virge, with a heatsink added (they didn't need one). It is missing the mpeg upgrade card however.
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On 1/10/2021 at 6:48 PM, 8tg said:

I bought a Thinkpad G40 from someone who doesnt really know what they have. They showed it booting into XP and saying it made a lot of noise and thats all that matters on that regard. Sniped it and got the rest of the stuff i needed, new keyboard entirely because it was missing keys in the picture, 32gb IDE SSD to replace the aging 4200rpm hard drive, a new battery, a 3ghz Pentium 4 engineering sample and 1gb of ram.

 

If you've never seen these machines before, these are laptops with desktop socket 478 in them, which take full on pentium 4's. Not mobile, not downclocked, 68-89 watt pentium 4's. It does this with a massive two fan heatsink, and actually stays fairly quiet.

 

Gonna get it up and running with either a fresh install of XP on the SSD or 32bit lubuntu 12.04, for the linux equivalent of basically windows 7. So i can still browse the web on it without too much hassle. XP can do that as well with new moon but theres way more compatibility issues with trying to do much of anything else.

 

Then im gonna daily the laptop until i cant take it anymore.

I have an HP Pavilion ZD8000 which has a LGA775 Pentium 4 3.2GHz with 89W TDP. Has quite a big heatsink, but it's actually surpisingly quiet. With Windows XP and the newest version of Mozilla Firefox that runs on it, I have no problems with browsing the Internet. I think I've posted pictures of it earlier in this thread, so I'm not posting again (will repost them, if someone wants and can't find the old post). The problem of mine is that it needs a new screen, haven't bothered to find one and sadly the one I have does not work in this laptop (the laptop has a 1440x900 screen, I have a spare 1680x1050 screen, that turns out is not compatible, tested it).

Main PC: Acer IPISB-VR│Intel Xeon E3-1270 3.4GHz│AeroCool AirFrost 4 with Noctua NF-A9│16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│nVidia GeForce GTX1060 6GB│Cricual MX500 250GB SSD + WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm + Seagate 1TB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64 & Windows 11 Pro│CoolerMaster Silencio 352M│Seasonic M12II-520 EVO 520W│Acer SA220Q 22" 1920x1080

Secondary PC: MSI H81M-P33│Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz│DeepCool Ice Edge Mini FS V2│16GB DDR3 1866MHz (1600MHz) Dual-channel│AMD R9 270 2GB│WD Green 120GB SSD + Seagate 1TB│Windows 11 Pro│Acer Aspire M1930 case│CoolerMaster B500 v2 500W│Samsung S19B300 1366x768 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768

Test PC/Nice XP PC: ASUS M2N│AMD Athlon64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHz│CoolerMaster unkown model│4GB DDR2 800MHz│nVidia GeForce 9500GT 1GB│Hitachi Deskstar 80GB 7200rpm + WD Raptor 74GB 10000 rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64 + Windows XP Pro SP3│TurboX Case│Zalman 450W│LG Flatron L1718S 17" 1280x1024

Future workshop PC: ASUS M4N68T-M-V2│AMD Phenom II x6 1055T 2.8GHz│Some 130W tower cooler│8GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual-channel│AMD Radeon HD4670 512MB│Samsung Spinpoint 640GB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 + Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32bit│Medion MD8840 case│Antec VP350P 350W│Lenovo L220x. 22" 1920x1200

HTPC: HP Elite 8200 USDT│Intel Core i7-2600s 2.8GHz│6GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD Graphics 2000│WD Blue 1TB 5400rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64│JVC LT-32VF30K 32" 1920x1080

New Main laptop: HP ProBook 455 G9│AMD Ryzen 5 2625U 2.3GHz│16GB DDR4 3200MHz│AMD Radeon RX Vega 7│1TB NVMe SSD│Win 11 Pro│15.6" 1920x1080
Old Main laptop: HP EliteBook 8470p│Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3GHz│16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD4000 Graphics│Kingston 240GB SSD│Win 7 Pro x64│14.1" 1600x900

Secondary laptop: HP EliteBook 8470p│Intel Corei7-3520M 2.9GHz│8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD4000 Graphics│2 x Crucial BX500 500GB SSDs│Win 7 Pro x64│14.1" 1600x900

Main phone: Sony Xperia X Compact│Other phones: Sony Xperia L3, Sony Xperia Z3 Compact (x2){and both are dead now}, Sony Xperia E3, Sony Xperia Tipo + 12 more (not going not list everything)

Most other PCs and laptops I own:

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Small laptop: Acer Aspire One D255│Intel Atom N550 1.5GHz│2GB DDR3 1333MHz│Intel GMA3150 256MB│Western Digital 500GB 5400rpm KingDian S100 32GB Apacer AS350X 120GB SSD│Win 7 Ultimate x64 & Win 10 Pro x64 Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 32bit & Q4OS│10.1" 1024x600

Old secondary PC: ASUS A7V8X-X│AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz│Titan CPU Cooler│1.75GB DDR 400MHz│nVidia GeForce FX5700LE 256MB│2 x WesternDigital 40GB 7200rpm (sadly one seems to be dead)│Windows XP Pro SP3│Some case│Codegen 300XA 350W│Dell E173FP 17" 1280x1024 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768Philips 200P4 20" 1600x1200

"The Old" PC: eMachines eTower 466i│Intel Celeron 466MHz│512MB RAM PC133│nVidia GeForce FX5200 128MB PCI ATi 3D Rage Pro AGP 2x_ 4MB│Seagate Baracuda 40GB 7200rpm│Windows 98SE & Windows XP Pro SP3│IBM P50 14" 1024x768 CRT

"The Floppy" laptop: Clevo 2700C│Intel Pentium III 1.1GHz│512MB PC133 SDRAM│SiS 630 32MB shared│Samsung 40GB│Windows XP Pro SP3│15" 1024x768

"The P4" laptop: HP Pavillion ZD8000│Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz│2GB DDR2 666MHz Dual-channel│ATi Mobility Radeon X600 256MB│Seagate 100GB│Windows XP Pro SP3│17" 1440x900

Dell laptop: Dell Latitude D600│Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz│1.5GB DDR 333MHz│ATi Mobility Radeon 9000 64MB│40GB IDE│Windows XP Pro SP3│14.1"  1400x1050

Future workshop PC (dead): MSI MS-7302│Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8GHz│Stock cooler│3GB DDR2 800MHz│AMD Radeon HD7470 2GB│Samsung Spinpoint 640GB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 + Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32bit│Medion MD8840│FSP Group 250W│Samsung SyncMaster 730bf 17" 1280x1024

Old Secondary PC: HP IPISB-CH│Intel Core i5-2320 3GHz│DeepCool Ice Edge Mini FS V2│8GB DDR3 1333MHz│AMD R9 270 2GB│WD Green 120GB SSD + WD Blue 1TB 2.5"│Windows 7 Ultimate x64│Acer Aspire M1930│CoolerMaster B500 v2 500W│Samsung S19B300 1366x768 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768

 

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4 hours ago, Noahi5-3337u said:

Not sure if an i5-3337u and a 750gb hdd are retro yet?

Nope :/
2nd gen and newer Intel does not count yet, but that laptop looks familiar (just yours has more space and a 3rd gen chip instead of 2nd gen compared to mine)

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So I managed to use all 8 slots on my IBM 286!  Who wants to try their hand at identifying every card?

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I'm not an expert! In fact I'm usually just 1 google search ahead of you. 

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42 minutes ago, NoCarrier said:

So I managed to use all 8 slots on my IBM 286!  Who wants to try their hand at identifying every card?

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Can you give a list?

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Some more pics of the Gigabyte EX58-Extreme Motherboard and the Crucial triple channel RAM and i7 965 Extreme Box.

 

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Also the quad Gateway 30" 1600P monitors it ran. (the reason I had dual GPUs in the system.... not for SLI lol)

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1 hour ago, NoCarrier said:

So I managed to use all 8 slots on my IBM 286!  Who wants to try their hand at identifying every card?

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Jesus do you even have any IRQ's left to assign?!? I recall running out once in Windows 98 on an old Gateway motherboard, had a PCI slot left but some onboard devices were conflicting, learned about disabling things you don't need like the parallel and serial ports to free up resources for other things like a better sound card with game port or an extra IDE card. Not that any of that is a problem anymore.

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8 hours ago, Bitter said:

Jesus do you even have any IRQ's left to assign?!? I recall running out once in Windows 98 on an old Gateway motherboard, had a PCI slot left but some onboard devices were conflicting, learned about disabling things you don't need like the parallel and serial ports to free up resources for other things like a better sound card with game port or an extra IDE card. Not that any of that is a problem anymore.

I didn't take a full IRQ inventory but I managed to get every single thing working. 

I'm not an expert! In fact I'm usually just 1 google search ahead of you. 

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18 hours ago, NoCarrier said:

So I managed to use all 8 slots on my IBM 286!  Who wants to try their hand at identifying every card?

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My best guess is cards for: a modem, memory module, sound card, EGA video card, parallel/serial card, network adapter (token ring), additional HDD adapter, and possibly a processor upgrade adapter for a 386SX (I actually had one of those in my 286).

 

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5 hours ago, Mope El Two said:

My best guess is cards for: a modem, memory module, sound card, EGA video card, parallel/serial card, network adapter (token ring), additional HDD adapter, and possibly a processor upgrade adapter for a 386SX (I actually had one of those in my 286).

 

 

from left to right..   HardMPU 401 adapter, IBM EGA video card, soundblaster 2.0, AST Rampage 286 plus ram expansion board, 3com 3c509 ethernet, Adaptec SCSI adapter, and a MFM controller that I'm using to drive the floppy drives.  it all fits!

 

I'm not an expert! In fact I'm usually just 1 google search ahead of you. 

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i have a nice selection of super old PC133 ram, saved it from an old pc found in the bin.

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2 hours ago, CPUboi said:

i have a nice selection of super old PC133 ram, saved it from an old pc found in the bin.

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From left to right:
64MB PC100, 1GB PC133, 128MB PC100, 1GB PC133, 256MB PC100, 128MB PC133, 1GB PC133, 1GB PC133

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some random old graphics cards and ddr2 ram I have lol

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If I don't reply it's probly because I am in a different time zone or haven't seen your message yet but I will reply when I see it ? 

 

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a e5800 dual core 3.2 ghz, 5 gb ddr2 ram, a gt 710,wd 1 tb hard drive, it is a prebuilt from hp that has a motherbourd with one pci express slot for gpu, windows 7 64 bit, some random case from hp.  

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8 hours ago, UsefulPineapple said:

IBM Model 5155

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Not sure what I love more, the 5155 itself or the Model F it comes with!

Shark lover, Software dev + research student, game dev, web dev, curator of IBMium keyboards and ThinkPads, r/ModelM mod.

My PC: Ryzen 9 5950X, MSI B450-A PRO MAX, 32GB (4x8) DDR4-3000, RTX 4080, Corsair 5000X, 500GB NVMe for boot & IDEs + 1x120GB SSD for repos + 1TB 7200RPM for games library, Corsair RM850e, Windows 11 Pro + Arch Linux.

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