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[BDP]

I just put together a new puter for home, my old board fried.

Its just a 2200 Duron (like 1.5 Ghz) 512MB DDR, 40/12/56 CD-RW, 56X CD-ROM, 120MB & 80MB HD, Iomega 100MB ZIP, Wireless 2.4 Ghz LAN, 128 DDR Radeon 9200 XT & Radeon 9000 64 DDR, Everything else is onboard.

Most of the machine was built with parts from Bil System (http://www.pcrightnow.com/) for around $175.00 with new 80Gig, the rest was just crap laying around. I have many other machines, but this is the newest.

I also have an older DELL CPI300XT Laptop 256MB RAM, 10Gig HD, 2MB Video, 2.4 Ghz Wireless.

I know the puters arent anything special but I just wanna share.
Anyone have a dual monitor setup or more?? When I get my flat screens I'm gonna add more :thumbup:
http://208.180.157.161/monitors1.jpg
http://208.180.157.161/monitors2.jpg

Its so easy to do anything if you have more than one monitor :rolleyes:

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>Bill seems like a nice guy, I've bought alot of parts from him and he's pretty reasonable on most. Go check him out - found him on EBAY last year:D </span>

Anyone have any Mac Performer Stuff? I need a Mac Keyboard.

[BDP]

Oh and my server is an old Compaq Deskpro 4000. I just reflashed the BIOS to handle larger disks....

It has a 199 (200) Mhz MMX Processor, 2 MB onboard RAM, 512MB SDRAM, 20Gb HD, 2xCd-ROM, 80MB Tape Back-UP, um....
Wireless NIC, 2 more CAT-5 NIC's..... Oh, 1 MB Trident VGA Card :lol:

guess thats it.

Pretty simple, anyone can build a server outta anything :thumbup:

Anyone know of any 'cheap' 56k Flex or V90 Modems w/Caller-ID - Linux/Unix Friendly???
I've been looking but the cheapest i found was $250 :angry:
(I wanna display my Caller ID on every computer when the phone rings)

[FlawleZ]

Hey cool, someone who knows something about computers.
I was wondering if I could overclock my P1. (haha, ok stop laughing now.) I basically got it free and I have 128MB Ram in it now with 2 hard drives, a new video card, a faster CD Rom, MUCH better Dell Monitor, etc. Anyway, it's actually decently quick with Win 95 but I was wondering if I could overclock it any? I've downloaded the FSB program but it couldn't find a match for the processor. The BIOS is ancient and isn't the Soft BIOS which supports overclocking. I know I won't pump out major juice here, but anything is better than 100MHZ. :D

(P.S. I have like 4 other computers, all of which are MUCH faster so you don't have to feel sorry for me. :lol: )

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[Verge]

Originally posted by FlawleZ@Jan 18 2004, 09:37 AM
Hey cool, someone who knows something about computers.
I was wondering if I could overclock my P1. (haha, ok stop laughing now.) I basically got it free and I have 128MB Ram in it now with 2 hard drives, a new video card, a faster CD Rom, MUCH better Dell Monitor, etc. Anyway, it's actually decently quick with Win 95 but I was wondering if I could overclock it any? I've downloaded the FSB program but it couldn't find a match for the processor. The BIOS is ancient and isn't the Soft BIOS which supports overclocking. I know I won't pump out major juice here, but anything is better than 100MHZ. :D

(P.S. I have like 4 other computers, all of which are MUCH faster so you don't have to feel sorry for me. :lol: )

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
lol, fsb programs and motherboard util's probably aren't gonna work on a 10 year old board...

when i overclocked my p100.. there was a jumper for clock multiplier on it, and i managed to shoot it up to 133... but that's about all i could do, had i had the 133mhz proc already, i woulda been screwed... i could also, through playing with the jumpers, take it down to 50mhz... woohoo, blazing speed

good luck trying to find a manual for your board though.. the jumper wasn't labelled by the way

[FlawleZ]

Yeah, that's what I looked for first. There are NO jumpers on my Motherboard whatsoever. It's what I like to call a "non-upgradeable" motherboard. LoL. I'd swap processors if I knew that the board would allow for up to "X" speed but I don't have any guarrantees and I'd rather not spend anymore money than I have to with this thing. That would defeat the purpose. Thanks anyways guys.

[jasonslyric00]

Originally posted by BDP@Jan 18 2004, 07:55 AM
Its just a 2200 Duron (like 1.5 Ghz) 512MB DDR, 40/12/56 CD-RW, 56X CD-ROM, 120MB & 80MB HD, Iomega 100MB ZIP, Wireless 2.4 Ghz LAN, 128 DDR Radeon 9200 XT & Radeon 9000 64 DDR, Everything else is onboard.

I also have an older DELL CPI300XT Laptop 256MB RAM, 10Gig HD, 2MB Video, 2.4 Ghz Wireless.


:surp: :unsure: :huh: <_<

Oh and my server is an old Compaq Deskpro 4000. I just reflashed the BIOS to handle larger disks....

It has a 199 (200) Mhz MMX Processor, 2 MB onboard RAM, 512MB SDRAM, 20Gb HD, 2xCd-ROM, 80MB Tape Back-UP, um....
Wireless NIC, 2 more CAT-5 NIC's..... Oh, 1 MB Trident VGA Card

:surp: :( <_< :unsure: :huh:

[I8ayellowcrayon]

my bro has two monitors hooked up to his POS Compaq. Pretty cool :thumbup:

[John02Hawk]

i got a sony vaio with hyperthreading or whatever its called.

good gaming pc

:D

[BDP]

Yeah I agree with Verge on that one. When I built that server I went through 4 different boards before I could; find one that fit in the case, find one that would accept a processor higher than 100mhz.

Most of the boards I found did not have labeled jumpers and/or realtime clocks. This board however is overclocked to 133 but its still pushing the 199mhz - I dunno how, but thats what BIOS and my Linux Software says. :huh:
Its a socket 7 so I just grabbed the bag of processors and started pluggin away till I found a sufficient one.

They have some descent older DELL units (like 233-400+mhz) most with RAM and HD's for like $100-200 on Overstock.com, I guess your not looking to purchase one tho, be easier building one.

What kind of Computer do you have?

[Maliwho97]

My computer sucks butt, any of you computer buffs wanna look at it and see if you can upgrade it so it doesn't suck anymore??? Haha I'll pay!

[Bowens99GT]

I got a Dell....I need to try to fix it. Too much nuddie pics!

:surp: :(

[BDP]

Whats wrong with yours Mali? What Computer Type/Operating System?

How much memory and Disk space?

[Verge]

compaq 5/7000 series...


*covers eyes in fear*

[Maliwho97]

Um, I dunno. Haha It's an Emachine w/ a celeron processor, I think a 288 but not sure. It crashed, and I couldn't find my Windows 98 backup disc, so a friend put a bootlegged copy of XP professional on it. It was decently quick at first, but now it sucks butt. The graphics suck, and it has a DVD rom in it, as well as the Burner, but the DVD drive won't work. Its a bunch of horse pussy, and I'm a dumbass and don't know how to build shit. Haha

[BDP]

hahaha... Naw, its ok man. Those Emachines suck anyhow -Sorry- I mean they are good working machines but the celeron and the weak power supply. Anyhow, I could come fix it for you sometime. I am free tomorrow for sure, just dont know about later in the week.

compaq 5/7000 series...
do you mean you have one, or are you dissin it?
I've had many problems with Compaqs, even just the case/power supply - does compaq do something intentionally to their machines so they can only accept compaq boards? I built a puter from that compaq case I have, it was a 1.2 Ghz and it lasted 3 months and the Processor crapped out. Stuck in another Processor and it shot 2 weeks later. I finally purchased the new board so im hoping this board will last longer since it is brand new :D eh, no matter.

i got a sony vaio with hyperthreading or whatever its called.

I almost built a machine with hyperthreading, but went $100 cheaper and built this shitbox. How can you compair your hyperthreading to other machines you've used?

[3rdgenRX7]

I have a computer my dad put togather. AMD Athlon procesor not sure what kind. I think its around 1.4GHZ, a slow 256 RAM, dvd player and cd burner. plus a shit load of usb ports. We have four computers laying around the house but only 2 are working right now.

[FlawleZ]

Originally posted by BDP@Jan 19 2004, 01:04 AM
Yeah I agree with Verge on that one. When I built that server I went through 4 different boards before I could; find one that fit in the case, find one that would accept a processor higher than 100mhz.

Most of the boards I found did not have labeled jumpers and/or realtime clocks. This board however is overclocked to 133 but its still pushing the 199mhz - I dunno how, but thats what BIOS and my Linux Software says. :huh:
Its a socket 7 so I just grabbed the bag of processors and started pluggin away till I found a sufficient one.

They have some descent older DELL units (like 233-400+mhz) most with RAM and HD's for like $100-200 on Overstock.com, I guess your not looking to purchase one tho, be easier building one.

What kind of Computer do you have?
I have an ancient Gateway 2000. Stock Specs:
P1 100 mhz
16mb ram
800mb HD (yes, 800 mb!)
4X CD ROM
Standard Floppy
Standard 15" Monitor
S3 Trio 2 MB Video Card
Poor sound card(don't remember brand)


Upgraded Specs:
(LoL)
P1 100 mhz(don't have any extra processors)
128mb ram
Stock HD + NEC 2 GB
12X CD ROM
New Floppy(woohoo-old one broke)
Dell 17" Monitor
ATI Rage 8 MB card(just for decent display, no gaming rig here)
Stock Sound Card
JBL Platinum Speakers

Basically, I got this computer for free, I had some spare parts lying around from other old computers and what not and slapped together what you see up there for next to nothing other than a little free time. It's just a decent desktop for the internet and word processing. My goals were to see how well I can upgrade performance for as CHEAP as possible.

[BDP]

Ah, hehe, I hear that!

Is that a Gateway solo 2000?

If its just a 2000 it should prolly have the P5 since its a 100mhz
Lemme know and I'll look some board specs up for you. I had a p2-66 but the board was rated for like 166mhz. So you never know :D

[Verge]

Originally posted by BDP@Jan 19 2004, 03:32 PM
I've had many problems with Compaqs, even just the case/power supply
they are cursed...

i work at bestbuy, one time, EVERY computer we had to work on was a compaq 5/7000 series.. we had like 11 of em... all in a big row, made for a nice picture, but was really shitty to the customers. Compaq should have done a recall on all of em, cause they just don't work

[BDP]

I would believe the cursed thing. Its kinda wierd buying new mobo and parts only to have them toast out a few months later. And then repeat the process!

I have to use that damn compaq cause I havent got that sweet metal case with the fan in the side, I forget the name cause I been hackin at scripts since 9:30 last night and its bed time, but its like a $100 case. I really was turned on buy them. Its crazy how many "mods" they have for computer cases now days, all the neons and internal/show off crap. Its just strange.

All my other machines are Desktops/Mini-Towers from the 1900's. :rolleyes:

[Romeo84]

I work at Circuit City and I recently returned my old NEC from 1999 because they couldnt fix it. I got an HP that is hella faster than my old piece of dung. :thumbup:

[FlawleZ]

Originally posted by BDP@Jan 20 2004, 09:49 AM
Ah, hehe, I hear that!

Is that a Gateway solo 2000?

If its just a 2000 it should prolly have the P5 since its a 100mhz
Lemme know and I'll look some board specs up for you. I had a p2-66 but the board was rated for like 166mhz. So you never know :D
Uhh....yeah actually it is a P5-100.

[BDP]

Well That GateWay Machine may have the EFA Pegasus E5TX-AT Mobo and if so, its rated at 233 Mhz w/Intel chips.

So Theoretically, you can upgrade it to a K6-2/300Mhz Safely. your FSB is prolly somewhere close to 66Mhz. I think if that mobo is upgradable to 233 or even 166 from 100mhz, there Should be jumpers :unsure: compaq use to use small DIN style jumper blocks with 4-10 small switches used for their processor ID.


AMD K6 Stats (http://www.cpuscorecard.com/cpuprices/ak62.htm)
EBAY Processor (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3453366242&category=15921)

I dunno. Good luck! :thumbup:

EDIT:
I found a photo and info on that Pegasus mobo, and it appears you can upgrade it to 366 :o however that may not be your board :(
Pegasus Board (http://www.efacorp.com/products/pegasusI.htm)

[Maliwho97]

OMFG, you are all that is man, man. Hahaha

[5point_Slow]

I got a Dell....I need to try to fix it. Too much nuddie pics!
dude i got a dell to *gasp* and yea mine runs fine w/ nuddie pics and movies :thumbup:

[Maliwho97]

Hahahahaha At least you're honest man!

[jchxcrx]

I just got a Macintosh G5 to do my digital video editing -

Processor PowerPC G5
Processor clock speed 1.8GHz - 64bit
System bus speed 833 MHz
OS type Apple MacOS
OS version 10.2

RAM, standard 512MB (+512MB [added] = 1gig RAM)

Hard Drive capacity 160 GB

Optical drive type DVD-R/CD-RW

Video Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Video RAM Standard 64MB

Display, maximum resolution 1920 x 1200

Also bought 19" Symphonic Syncmaster 955DF (silver and black)

(copied from macmall.com + my notes)

:thumbup:

(feels like a minority) -->jchxcrx<-- (mac owner)

[Triepsyn]

Originally posted by jchxcrx@Jan 27 2004, 04:40 PM

(feels like a minority) -->jchxcrx<-- (mac owner)

Well, as much as I hate to admit it.. Mac's are useful. When doing alot of video, photo, and audio editing/producing, Mac ownz. :P

[BDP]

eeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww its a mac


:lol: :thumbup:

[95TSiEVO6GSR]

I have a POS with a lot of home made racing videos....Ill have more on it when Cave Springs Court stops bein a bunch of douches.

[BDP]

I was joking about the Mac business.... At least you got a fast computer, I'm on my laptop with my Cellphone as a 14.4 modem, talk about slow!!! My Net is down. Stupid ISP's <_<

[juggalo]

hmmm...im on mah dell....with dsl internet...yeah fer my isp:D :D

[04Mazda6s]

weee a thread i haven't posted on it. Its a simple PIII 512MB SDRAM, Voodoo 3 graphics card. 20GB main HD, plus an archos portable HD (20GB also). Microsoft split keyboard and a monitor that is 3x the size of my bed (its a huge bitch). The only think I take pride in is my dual boot O/S with windows millennium and Linux on the other.

[Jobe72701]

Hmm lets see... I've got this..

Athlon 2600+
768mb RAM
Geforce FX 5900

Its not slow :thumbup:

[BDP]

Het Matt, I just found a P-166 on an old board in a box. It is functioning fine if you want it. Not much upgrading but its more that 100mhz :D

I still got my eye open for a 266 or 300 for you tho :thumbup:

Spring Cleaning is a great time to find extra parts..... Oops :unsure: You guys better not invade my terf this year :D

[BDP]

So I have a puter question about cooling to anyone who might know something about it....

Recently I checked the processor and it seemed to be running at 150+ degrees and the fan RPM was around 5500rpm - case temp was 120 deg. I descided to make a make-shift cooling device and it is steady at 120-130 degrees now with Fan RPM around 4800 and a case temp of 98-105.

I havent went out and spent $50+ on a cpu heatsink cause my CPU is built onboard and has special screw connectors to hold the sink down.

here is what it looks like at the moment:
http://208.180.157.161/bdp/computer-cooling1.jpg
http://208.180.157.161/bdp/computer-cooling3.jpg
http://208.180.157.161/bdp/computer-cooling2.jpg

Any clue on how to cool it better in this heat?
I am planning on a cold air with a K&N once I find a cheap one. I have sealed the case off to maintain intake and exhaust properties that I can control (and to reduce internal dust bunnies:D)


On the same note, has anyone ever used a watercooler heatsink or a peltier before? The peltier seems the way to go since they get so freaken cold but the moister and stuff seems too iffy to me :unsure:

[3rdgenRX7]

water cool the bitch

[jchxcrx]

I just got a new desk for my editing workspace... looks pretty cool i think...
plus now i've got more room to work in...

http://home.ripway.com/2004-3/87220/workspace1.jpg

http://home.ripway.com/2004-3/87220/workspace3.jpg

http://home.ripway.com/2004-3/87220/workspace4.jpg


so i'm pretty happy about that

[Wolfgraen]

Originally posted by jchxcrx@May 10 2004, 08:03 PM
I just got a new desk for my editing workspace... looks pretty cool i think...
plus now i've got more room to work in...

http://home.ripway.com/2004-3/87220/workspace1.jpg

http://home.ripway.com/2004-3/87220/workspace3.jpg

http://home.ripway.com/2004-3/87220/workspace4.jpg


so i'm pretty happy about that
Dang man, that's a nice pc desk. Mine's some old piece of trash covered in junk. What brand is yours, I'd like to get one like that. (I mean the desk itself not the computer in case you thought I meant to say pc desktop).

[jchxcrx]

I don't know what brand it is... but i bought it from the walmart in springdale
for $45 in this sidewalk sale thing they were doing... i just bought it on
saturday and they had a few left... you might look... i think i saw one yesterday
when i went in too...

[Wolfgraen]

Originally posted by jchxcrx@May 10 2004, 10:24 PM
I don't know what brand it is... but i bought it from the walmart in springdale
for $45 in this sidewalk sale thing they were doing... i just bought it on
saturday and they had a few left... you might look... i think i saw one yesterday
when i went in too...
For $45 how can I not buy it. (I'm kind of cheap when it comes to furniture B) )

[asylum24]

Compaq 220 mhz
Compaq 480 mhz
Sony Vaio 1.8 ghz
Sony Vaio 2.8 ghz Laptop (my old baby)

Soon to have a 15" g4 Apple Powerbook :)

[asylum24]

dude mac's will kick pc's ass everyday. i love my old one. besides you cant get final cut pro on a pc :P

sure they may not be as fast but hell they dont have to be they kick a pc's ass at everything else... except price... but its damn worth it.