Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-22-2022, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,293
Re: socket 775 forever... no, no, no...
I gave my friend my trusty old Gigabyte ep45-ds3, it's 14 years old, it hasn't failed at all yet.
I've seen more socket 478, 462 boards fail than socket 775.
But 775 had many different chipsets,...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-20-2022, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 20,037
Re: Hard drive reliability
The 9/10 series came out very well, and I'm sure it can do at least 50,000 POH more hours.
Another series that is doing well is the 1BD142, they are very reliable too.
Mine goes for 77.991h POH....
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-20-2022, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 5,414
Views: 1,113,662
Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Yes, it would be a good idea.
5 days ago in the same place where I found the Lenovo, I didn't realize that there was another Lenovo with an i5 8400 with a 256GB Intel NVME SSD, but I will teardown,...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-16-2022, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 5,414
Views: 1,113,662
Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
I recently found this lenovo V530-24ICB AIO with i5 9400t at the electronic recycling center , they threw it away because they broke the screen.
I soldered a 20v 6A PSU and connected a screen via...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
01-31-2022, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,272
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
01-31-2022, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,230
Re: Failed Panasonic FL
Surely it has failed due to the heat, I would add a fan to keep the chipset and the capacitors that are nearby cool.
How many hours does the hard drive currently have? Out of curiosity.
I have a...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
01-31-2022, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,272
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
01-31-2022, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,828
Re: Sacon FZ revival experiment
I did that same experiment with a condenser that shot out the aluminum part, I added water, I put the part of the roll where the plates are located inside the aluminum can, I sealed it, and it...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
05-24-2021, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 88
Views: 49,322
Re: A Colossal HDD Failure
I update, this Seagate 1BD142 is proving to be very reliable, the last time I photographed it had 61,000.
Also, as an extra piece of information, the monitor that the PC has has almost 50,000h, and...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
05-27-2020, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 889
Re: Abit AI7 mosfet overheating
Yes, I replaced the capacitors and it overheats the same, and overheats with any graphics card, even without a card it overheats the same, what surprises me is that the resistance of the 3.3v track...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
05-24-2020, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 889
Abit AI7 mosfet overheating
A few days ago I found this wonder of the motherboard, it turns out that it had 2 rubycon in bad condition, and I realized that around the mosfet it is darker, as if it has overheated, damaging the...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
05-09-2020, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,421
Re: Bad aluminum poly cap on Gigabyte mobo
I do not like Apaq too much, but I'm going to be honest, are not fake and they are real polymers (I have not seen any Apaq spill), and the 5K series is proving to be reliable, a friend has an Asus...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
04-25-2020, 02:10 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,156
Re: Fake Rubycons?
Thanks for the advice :) I will keep that in mind for the future, because the size of these capacitors is rare.
This motherboard is full of badcaps, all the capacitors have to be replaced. It has...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
04-21-2020, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,156
Re: Fake Rubycons?
I think they are genuine. I recently replaced a faulty Foxconn motherboard with VRM capacitors leaking, and they are also rubycon, but not MBZ, they are MFZ series.
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
03-22-2020, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 5,617
Re: OMFG, I have real internet!!
Yes, the upload speed I had in ADSL was ridiculous. And that the ISP promised me 640Kbps upload.
It was never fast, plus it always had a lot of ping.
The Movistar client boxes (Owner of the ADSL...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
03-19-2020, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 5,617
Re: OMFG, I have real internet!!
It had 600Kb of upload, but it was terribly slow and with many connection drops, and also adding that you have to upload the photo to a server located in the USA (I reside in Spain) the upload width...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
03-18-2020, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 5,617
Re: OMFG, I have real internet!!
I am surprised that being in 2020 there are still 1Mb connections :(.
In 2011, a friend who lived in California only had 1Mb, it seems incredible that there were still such low-speed connections, at...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
03-06-2020, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 5,414
Views: 1,113,662
Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Totally agree, this vintage computer is wonderful, and besides being IBM, it is very well built with quality parts, the source has nippon chemicon capacitors, and the motherboard with nichicon.
Yes,...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
03-04-2020, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 5,414
Views: 1,113,662
Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
I present my IBM 2133 that I found a while ago, a week ago I started to improve it, I originally had a 486SX, but I changed it to a 482DX2, then I added 8MB of ram, then I put a 345MB Maxtor HDD (as...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-24-2020, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 5,414
Views: 1,113,662
Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
The label came to me just today and I put it in the box so it could be seen that it has a 3dfx inside :D.
I chose this case because it is the best state I was, although I like it a lot, it is very...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-24-2020, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 5,414
Views: 1,113,662
Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
In the end they gave me the Tualeron :D.
I had all the gluxon capacitors in disrepair, I replaced them with nichicon HM series of 6.3v 1000 microfarads, and replaced 3 Teapo for Rubycon MBZ series...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-20-2020, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 5,414
Views: 1,113,662
Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
The game is called dethkarz, this is one of the games that takes advantage of the glide API, and every time I play it, I am very surprised by the power of 3dfx....
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-20-2020, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 5,414
Views: 1,113,662
Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
I know this is more dedicated to computers, but this vintage calculator also deserves to be published.
I found this VFD TRQ F-120 calculator manufactured in Spain, in a recycling center, it has a...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-20-2020, 04:26 AM
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Replies: 5,414
Views: 1,113,662
Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
For $ 25 it is a very good price, even if these components are missing, 3DFX cards are highly sought after. I would love to have a voodoo 3.
I only have a Banshee 3dfx mounted on my 233 MHz Pentium...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-08-2020, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 88
Views: 49,322
Re: A Colossal HDD Failure
How lucky to have 1Gb since 2013, I have been with ADSL until October 2019, and I had a rate of 50 dollars per 20Mb ... Now with the fiber I have a rate of 38 dollars of 1Gb and 300Mb of upload....
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