retro

Dear all, My ancient Compaq LTE 5250 stopped booting. It turns on, I can enter the BIOS, all looks as expected, the memory test completes, and then the computer freezes at the screen where it shows the processor type. As usual, this has happened overnight. I have changed the hard disk...

So I'm building a retro gaming PC for fun. Specs are listed below: Asus P8H67M-Pro EVGA GTX 550 Ti 2GB i5-2500S 4x4GB DDR3 1333mhz SK Hynix 320GB HDD 480W Logysis PSU Asus Essentio PC Case The problem is the MoBo isn't detecting the GPU. I've double checked both components, putting the GTX 550...

I am trying to revive an old PC, I have tried many things but now don't know what to do anymore, please if someone could help me diagnose the problem that would be great! Motherboard: GA-7N400 Pro2 (bought used and tested) CPU: Athlon (unsure which in particular, but apparently good spec for...

So, long story short, my PC was in a flood and I’m looking for tips to save it, and if it’s even possible I could still get it running. Recently a pipe burst in my house and I lost everything in that room, but so far nothing that can’t be replaced. Except the PC. Under normal circumstances, I...

I just inherited a junk pc with an interesting assortment of parts. I was looking to put some older, compatible parts that I already had lying around unused inside of it as a weekend project to make it run some older games (circa 2006~2009). I wanted to ask if anybody had any recommendations for...

So I have this old computer from like 1990 and I want to power it on but I don't have any power cables for it. On the back of the big monitor there is this socket: View: https://i.imgur.com/3GXQ082.png Surprisingly it looks just like the socket I have on my modern computer. Does that mean any...

I thought a build log would be a fun idea, so here goes... let me know if I posted it in the wrong place or with the wrong prefix or something, I wasn't sure? [Build Log] Entry 1: Years ago I built my first PC from hand-me-down parts, it cost me almost nothing and it worked: ^cables look a...

Hi, First post here from a new user (although I have known of TH since elementary school). i recently acquired a Compaq Armada m700 with Win 98SE/DOS installed, because I wanted to have a laptop to run some of my older (Win 95 typically) game without having to deal with a virtual machine or...

Ok so look yes I'm a hipster (Mod edit) who loves the looks of old apple stuff but hates the hardware and I have a old 2010 polycarbonate (white plastic) mac book. I love the looks of it so much like enough to pop a stiffy. Well I know I could upgrade ram and the storage to SSD but I really want...

I was casually looking in my grandmother's garage, to find this boom box that was released back in the 80s or 90s (can't find the date on when it was released for some reason.) I try to look for connectivity for me to play my own music instead of listening to the radio, and found RCA mic ports...

Hello, I am not from the US so every component I will be talking about are in PAL format. NTSC is not an option here and I do not know enough about these old tech. I would like to loselessly capture videos from all the VHS and Betamax tapes that I have because I heard that they lose their...

Specs: CPU: Pentium III 500 Mhz RAM: 512 MB GPU: Geforce4 MX 440 Motherboard: Intel SE440BX-2 Sound Card: AOpen AW744L II PCI (Yamaha YMF744) PSU: Rosewill ARC450 HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 series 40 GB Optical Drive: Lite-On SHD-16P1S Floppy: Sony MPF920-Z/131 (most likely broken, cant read...

Hello there. Recently I have picked up a Vectrex system, but I have a problem with a broken joystick in the controller. Luckily the rest of the controller is fairly easy to fix up, but the joystick isn't as easily replaceable as it is no longer made or sold separately. Recently I found a...

Hello, Bit of a long shot this one, not sure if anyone will be able to help, but thought I would ask anyway! Attempting to build a 'retro' (well mid 2000's) system based on the PGA478 socket. The board in question is an ECS SF2/661FX Rev 1.1, Acer branded. I made a critical error when updating...

I am tired of listening to the awful speakers of my Philips 43PUS7303 so I want to connect it to my old amplifier my dad gave me. Problem is, the amp is more than 40 years old. The amp in question is a Philips 22 AH 561 and I have no idea what to do. Google didn't really help so that is why I am...

Help, my BENQ GW2760S has been having an issue of turning off and on, then some days not turning on. Now, when it's on it has this rainbow circle retro effect on the entire screen, I can still see my icons mouse and desktop but it's all discolored and fuzzy. Is there a quick fix, would really...

I found an old Commodore VIC-20 in my great aunts garage. It still powers on and puts out image. I don't really know what to do with this thing, it's nearly twice my age. Is it worth anything? Anyone want it? Have any suggestions?

We recently updated our GPU Performance Hierarchy to include a few brand-new cards, which got us thinking: What’s our favorite graphics card of all time? Everyone has their own personal golden age of gaming. If you were born in the late 1970s, perhaps it was the DOS era of PC Gaming known for...

At least one year I use Nvidia 3D Vision 2 Wireless Glasses Kit. Soon I reinstalled my Windows and after a sudden problem my PC was restarted and had the inscription that the necessary system files are being repaired. When my windows started, I tried to turn on the 3D mode, but it seemed as if...

So i cant run some applications on my computer because my Virtualization is disabled and Hyper-V is supported, but as i go into the Bios setup i cannot find VT so i change from legacy (Default) to UEFI so i can enter UEFI setup from my settings but when i save changes (On UEFI) and try to start...

Hello, recently built a new PC, but sometimes I'll get a BSOD. It's completely random, sometimes it'll run for 3 days before it'll happen, sometimes it'll happen after a week has gone by. It can happen either when I'm playing games or just randomly browsing the internet. Here are the recent...