Gammitin (Ben) 💾5d ago
Thanks to a friendly retro enthusiast Tony for sending me a few bits, very much appreciated!
I'm gonna give that Socket 775 board a whirl, very nice with an AGP slot, 2x IDE, Floppy, as well as SATA. 🙏👍
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾5d ago
Going with a Celeron D to test, in case it kills the CPU, I can sacrifice a Celery! 😂
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾5d ago
We have lift off peeps! 🫡
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾5d ago
Got the P-O-S-T! Whoop!
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾5d ago
Seems to like 3.0Ghz 2MB Prescott, but I may have found a 3.2Ghz
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾5d ago
Tricky to read, but looks like one of these: https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_4/Intel-Pentium%204%20640%203.2%20GHz%20-%20JM80547PG0882MM%20-%20HH80547PG0882MM%20(BX80547PG3200F).html
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾4d ago
There we go, I found a 3.2Ghz Pentium 4 Prescott 800Mhz Bus, 2MB L2 Cache and Hyperthreading. That'll do nicely! 👍
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Ok, so the board is dirty, it's been in a shed, I got it to post by cleaning sockets and ram slots. So the best thing to do is to give it thorough cleaning in the sink.
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Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾4d ago
Love it! 🫧 🪥 🧽
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After
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾4d ago
It looks new again! 😍
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾4d ago
It had my 'hairdryer tent' treatment and it will sit in the sun for a few days to fully dry out.
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾3d ago
Minty fresh and fully working now, the onboard video wasn't working previously but now works first try. Also the RAM slots were a bit iffy, must have had grime in them - posted perfectly on the first try.
Love it!
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾3d ago
This might make a really nice dual head OS/2 Warp 4 system, need to dig out an AGP Matrox card and put it to the test.
Show threadNusquam tuta fides3d ago
@Gammitin You're getting dangerously close to my daily gear that still works flawlessly and has enough overhead to handle all of the tasks.
In automotive world, it's called "youngtimer", I guess...
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾3d ago
@nusquam_tuta_fides as soon they got to like core 2 quad I think we peaked really, I'm pretty sure something like that would run Windows 10 adequately. I have a Pentium 4 era Pentium D and it runs 10 well with 8GB of RAM. That's thing is like over 20 years old.
Show threadNusquam tuta fides3d ago
@Gammitin Yep. I'm self-hosting a server on HP ThinClient that's way less capable than that and it runs like a charm.
My daily box still has a 4-core AMD Phenom, and it's somewhat comparable to an i5. I was amazed when I saw benchmark results.
Show threadDavid Rickard4d ago

@Gammitin it's so oddly satisfying to clean up gunk like that.

But I'm all for dents, scrapes, and natural browning or fading of plastics - that's patina and tells a story!

Show threadC64Whiz4d ago

@Gammitin

What kind of brush do you use? If any?

Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾4d ago
@c64whiz something similar to this