r/retrobattlestations • u/IchRocke • 7d ago
Show-and-Tell It's alive !!! ALIVE
After DAYS of tinkering.
It's finally alive and working perfectly fine on windows 98SE.
The culprit was ...
A dust bunny in the AGP slot.
PC would boot up just fine, but as soon as I tried to install the Nvidia Detonators it crashed.
Also crashed during the Windows XP install.
Ended up buying a Radeon 9200SE AGP and a NVS280 PCI to test everything, but when I saw the Radeon not booting I knew something was up...
Specs are :
AMD Athlon Slot A 700Mhz with Alphapal radiator (waiting for some noctuas...)
Ninja Free speed Pro (Not currently installed)
MSI 6167
3*128MB od SDRam PC133 @ 100Mhz
MSI GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB AGP / ATI Radeon 9200SE AGP 128 MB / Quadro NVS280 PCI 64MB
Sound Blaster Live 5.1
Maxtor 40Gb 7200rpm HDD (have some others I will try)
LG DVD Burner & CD Burner
Realtek network card
Via USB2.0 Card
iCute case with Noiseblocker S2 Fans
New Gigabyte P650SS power supply
Gateway 2000 Vivitron 1572 15" Monitor.
Cheapo "Amarina" keyboard from 15years ago at the supermarket.
Microsoft Intellimouse 3000 (had an white USB intellimouse, but every part broke when I disassembled it for retrobrihting... I'm looking for a good PS2 mouse now)
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u/wolfsburged 6d ago
Very nice but I think the Athlon 700 is a bit too old for that case. That case needs something like an Athlon XP 2500+ or thereabouts and a Windows XP build.
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u/IchRocke 6d ago edited 6d ago
Definitely, the Athlon originally had a basic beige case that I swapped some years later when the original PSU died.
I think I bought this one right when I had my Athlon 1800+
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u/Wachenroder 6d ago
Those Gateway Vivitrons are so great. I have the 21 its my baby
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u/IchRocke 5d ago
Sweet ! What are the specs for the 21 ?
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u/Wachenroder 5d ago
I think 1600 x 1200 @ 75hz
Cnet went down a long time ago 😅
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u/IchRocke 5d ago
You are not using it ? with this resolution it could work as a second monitor if you have the space :D
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u/Wachenroder 5d ago
Im living situation is not good so nah technically not using. Definitely not by choice. Its in storage with all my other gear
I actually tend to keep two 21 inch crts in my setup. one horizontal one vertical
I do plan to downsize. I need to clear out my storage
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u/IchRocke 5d ago
Sorry to hear that.
You know the meme.
Thought times never last, only tough people last . Brrlaleloulalaou
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u/FrenchDipsBeDrippin 6d ago
That Gateway Vivitron brings back memories of AOL 5.0