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Category: IBM PC
ASUS EeeBox B202: Disassembly & Reassembly
Not something I have anymore, but still a great informative video for those who need to pull their ASUS Eee Box B202 apart … Continue reading
Pulled from the Trash: Core 2 Quad
As promised here is the Core 2 Quad in action during initial tests. Needless to say, it all went well! The machine has … Continue reading
Found on the Side of the Road
There’s nothing more exciting than finding rubbish on the side of the road that is electronic! This morning as I left for work I noticed a PC out the front of my home, it looked wet… it had been raining … Continue reading
Disk on Modules and the XTIDE BIOS on the Sega TeraDrive
So many types of disk on modules, so little time. Found this here while searching.
… Continue readingSome CF cards and microdrives do not work properly with IBM 5150/5160 when using XTIDE rev 1 or rev 2. Some of the symptoms are
VL400C-I 486 Motherboard Failure
Here I try to get an old 486 motherboard going, so much hope… two others were already scrapped and my hopes pinned against this board to … Continue reading
3.6V Lithium Battery Corrosion Damage
Here’s a peek at what damage those little power cells can wreak on poor unsuspecting motherboards. It just happened to be an LC 475 as … Continue reading
Retro Repair – Wyse 286 Final Overview
We fire up the Wyse 286 one last time before passing it on to (hopefully) greener pastures. Farewell dear Wyse PC, you have … Continue reading
Hackintosh Rebuild ASRock 775Dual-915GL Overview
We take a trip down memory lane to my first Hackintosh motherboard, the ASRock 775Dual-915GL. Powered by a beefy Celeron single core CPU, it ran circles … Continue reading
Unichip 486 WB 4407 Rev 1.1 Motherboard Overview
Apart from that motherboard above, not too much has been happening in the last week or two. I’ve been working hard at … Continue reading