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October 9th, 2018, 01:54 PM

Capt. 2110 replied to a thread Windows XP activation no longer working? in General Off Topic

So I've tried disabling the certificate revocation, but it didn't fix it, it still can't connect. I'll try updating the OS to register it, but from...

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October 9th, 2018, 11:19 AM

Capt. 2110 started a thread Windows XP activation no longer working? in General Off Topic

I have several copies of XP, all legitimate copies, but none will register online, and the phone doesn’t acknowledge XP as a product and says the...

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October 9th, 2018, 10:53 AM

Capt. 2110 replied to a thread Checking Interest Xbox one original in Off Topic Marketplace

Wireless controllers and HDMI sounds more Xbox One, and not original Xbox. $85 is a damn good deal for those.

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September 22nd, 2018, 07:03 PM

GiGaBiTe replied to a thread Packard Bell Multimedia M415 CMOS Clear in Pentium (First generation)

Remove the CMOS battery and unplug the system from the wall if possible, then press the power button in to drain whatever is left in the line...

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September 22nd, 2018, 04:27 PM

GiGaBiTe replied to a thread Diagnosing cars in the old days in General Off Topic

I'm down south, we hardly ever get ice and when we do, nobody knows what to do so the area effectively shuts down. The only thing hard for cars down...

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September 22nd, 2018, 02:07 PM

GiGaBiTe replied to a thread Diagnosing cars in the old days in General Off Topic

You paid far too much for that car, I wouldn't have offered $500 for it. Eagles are notoriously crap in both reliability and fit and finish. My...

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September 22nd, 2018, 01:46 PM

GiGaBiTe replied to a thread Cheap LCR etc. tester in General Off Topic

Those testers come in all shapes and sizes, I have a larger black version which has a color LCD display and paid about the same for it. Mine was...

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September 22nd, 2018, 01:30 PM

GiGaBiTe replied to a thread i7 3770k 16GB 256SSD 12TB raid5 (South East Michigan) in Off Topic Marketplace

There's an off topic marketplace on the bottom of the forum for stuff like this.

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September 21st, 2018, 06:38 PM

GiGaBiTe replied to a thread Toshiba T1000LE in Vintage Computer Hardware

Those brown caps are definitely bad, looks like they leaked their electrolyte out the bottom. If those caps are bad, it's a reasonable assumption...

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September 21st, 2018, 05:07 PM

GiGaBiTe replied to a thread Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro volume potentiometer keeps spinning after cleaning it in Vintage Computer Hardware

Potentiometers are not all created equally. Something could have broken internally, or slipped, entirely depends on how the thing was constructed. ...

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September 21st, 2018, 04:30 PM

GiGaBiTe replied to a thread Advice on replacing leaking caps on Extron RGB 202xi converters in Vintage Computer Hardware

I would try a hot air tool before resorting to using a bulldozer to remove a tuft of grass. One slip can plunge the tip into the board or another...

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September 21st, 2018, 12:28 AM

GiGaBiTe replied to a thread Advice on replacing leaking caps on Extron RGB 202xi converters in Vintage Computer Hardware

A capacitor with excessively high capacitance usually means the capacitor is electrically leaky. When a capacitor has excessive leakage, it can fool...

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September 20th, 2018, 10:12 AM

GiGaBiTe replied to a thread Anyone know what this is? in Later PCs

A partial match for the IC comes up as some Texas Instruments PAL. It's some sort of interposer, probably for a Cyrix 387. As to what it does, not...

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September 20th, 2018, 05:44 AM

GiGaBiTe replied to a thread Any problem using USB 2.0 on systems close to or even below the 266MHz cpu requiremen in General Off Topic

This is not why modern PCI cards don't work in 486 machines. The only way voltage would be an issue is if the USB 2.0 card was only keyed for PCI...

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