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This is a new one: This dual 1.42GHz CPU board has suddenly turned into a dual 417MHz board. My immediate thought is that something has happened to the resistors that set the FSB multiplier, which has caused it to go from 8.5x to 2.5x. The resistors are still present, on the correct pads...

Considering the sheer frequency of me acquiring retro gear, I may as well document it all in one thread: The latest - AlBook 12" This one is a bottom-of-the-range 867MHz with mini-VGA. Despite the photo, it's not in great shape. The exterior of the chassis is particularly beaten up, down to...

This week I picked up a 1998 Toshiba Satellite 480CDT with a docking station included. I got it for next to nothing, surprising considering that anything with a Yamaha OPL3 chip seems to be popular with buyers. The seller stated "screen does not turn on" and posted a photo of the laptop...

This post is more to document my attempts at stopping my MDD from randomly going into sleep mode. This MDD was bought from a seller who mentioned in passing that it sometimes took "a few attempts" to boot up. OK, so it has PSU issues (what else is new with MDDs). Those issues have now been...

Greetings. I've named myself as such since I've been riding motorcycles for most of my life. That's the tank cover of my Triumph Trident 660 in my avatar. Previously my interest in older tech was limited to 6x86 Wintel machines - both desktops and laptops (way too many of them) - and late-90s...