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January 7th, 2020, 10:55 PM

computerdude92 replied to a thread Were cooler running systems better off during the capacitor plague era? in General Off Topic

Thanks for the information. I'll watch out for Katmai era boards.

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January 3rd, 2020, 07:22 AM

computerdude92 replied to a thread Wanted: Brand new unopened Pentium II 400MHz or 450MHz boxed CPU in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

I also once had a used Gigabyte GA-6BXC Slot 1 440BX board in my collection. It was a good working board if I remember right, but one or two caps...

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January 3rd, 2020, 07:14 AM

computerdude92 replied to a thread Wanted: Brand new unopened Pentium II 400MHz or 450MHz boxed CPU in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

I once bought a Super Socket 7 Tyan Trinity ATX motherboard which I believe had a VIA chipset. One of it's caps bulged out on the first power on, but...

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January 3rd, 2020, 07:05 AM

computerdude92 replied to a thread hard drives and earthquakes in General Off Topic

How about if when I mount the laptop HDDs in a desktop? That's my plan.

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January 3rd, 2020, 12:50 AM

computerdude92 started a thread Were cooler running systems better off during the capacitor plague era? in General Off Topic

Were systems configured with higher TDP CPUs more prone to bad caps than cooler running CPU based systems? Take a 43W PII 300MHz Klamath core vs a...

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January 3rd, 2020, 12:23 AM

computerdude92 replied to a thread Wanted: Brand new unopened Pentium II 400MHz or 450MHz boxed CPU in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

In my experience I've actually seen far more faulty Pentium 1 machines back in the early 2010's than newer systems like these! The local tech shop I...

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January 3rd, 2020, 12:19 AM

computerdude92 replied to a thread Wanted: Brand new unopened Pentium II 400MHz or 450MHz boxed CPU in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

I thought the capacitor plague was mainly 1999-2000 era stuff. It was still common for me to find working PII systems in the early 2010's, so I know...

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January 3rd, 2020, 12:13 AM

computerdude92 started a thread "Designed for Windows 95" case badge in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Looking for at least 2 stickers to show off my favorite retro OS besides XP. :)

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January 2nd, 2020, 11:11 PM

computerdude92 replied to a thread Wanted: Brand new unopened Pentium II 400MHz or 450MHz boxed CPU in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

You're taking it literally my friend. I'm wanting to build a completely new PC from brand new unopened unused parts so I have a system that can...

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January 2nd, 2020, 10:53 PM

computerdude92 started a thread hard drives and earthquakes in General Off Topic

Are laptop hard drives safer vs desktop hard drives vs the vibration caused by earthquakes? Thanks.

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December 27th, 2019, 07:00 AM

computerdude92 started a thread Wanted: Brand new unopened Pentium II 400MHz or 450MHz boxed CPU in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

I'm wanting to build a 100% new retro PC. Anybody have any unused PII's for sale? For $150 or less? Thanks!

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December 27th, 2019, 06:57 AM

computerdude92 replied to a thread Vintage Tower desktop PC computer - Cyrix MII 300MHz 64MB 6.4GB Xpert128 Win98SE in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

Sold!

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December 24th, 2019, 04:23 AM

computerdude92 started a thread Vintage Tower desktop PC computer - Cyrix MII 300MHz 64MB 6.4GB Xpert128 Win98SE in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tower-desktop-PC-computer-Cyrix-MII-300MHz-64MB-6-4GB-Xpert128-Win98SE/114030211928?hash=item1a8cbaf358:g:WWMAAOSw-v5...

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