Son Of General Retro Discussion

CiDeRmAn

I did something similar putting a whole extra 8mb of ram into my 200MHz pc back in 95/96.
I popped in the new Ram, put it all back together and all I got was beep..beep..beep.
I had fecked it all with a static charge!
Buggered it all up, had to send it back to the manufacturer and get, well, something done to it, don't know but I was back playing Quake and Mechwarrior 2 in no time.
Never did a job like that again let me tell you!

Sparks43

Yep it looks like the hdd is knackered

I put a spare into it instead and got an error 12

Is there any point trying explorer 360 on the other drive?

Edit; i formatted the drive from the disc i burned from the hotswap

Myrddin

Sparks43 wrote: »

Yep it looks like the hdd is knackered

I put a spare into it instead and got an error 12

Is there any point trying explorer 360 on the other drive?

The drive won't be paired to the board, you'll have to read out the eeprom & clone the old drive's id onto a new one afaik...the Doc is more up on it though & may have a better solution (mod chip may come in handy here?)

CiDeRmAn

Ask KerbDog to do the mod for you!
He has modded tons of these things.
And you won't knacker anything!

Steve X2

Yeah, get an executer 2.3 or executer 3 in there and you'll be sorted.

You can do it really easy and don't even have to solder them on

Sparks43

The worst thing is i know where i went wrong on the Mod
Stupid bloody mistake not making sure the clock was set before i started

Only thing to do when you fall off a bike is............

Myrddin

Steve SI wrote: »

Yeah, get an executer 2.3 or executer 3 in there and you'll be sorted.

You can do it really easy and don't even have to solder them on

Is that the push on pin header thingy? I find them dreadful at making a good contact. Everytime the console is put back together they always seem to go on holiday & you get a red ring. I think the chip may be able to read out the eeprom, & from there the op can ftp in & take the info. Just a matter of building a new hdd file structure then from within nDure...I think!

Sparks43 wrote: »

The worst thing is i know where i went wrong on the Mod
Stupid bloody mistake not making sure the clock was set before i started

Only thing to do when you fall off a bike is............

Thats how you learn man, you'll sort it in the end.

Steve X2

EnterNow wrote: »

Is that the push on pin header thingy? I find them dreadful at making a good contact. Everytime the console is put back together they always seem to go on holiday & you get a red ring. I think the chip may be able to read out the eeprom, & from there the op can ftp in & take the info. Just a matter of building a new hdd file structure then from within nDure...I think!



Thats how you learn man, you'll sort it in the end.

Yeah, you kind of screw the chip onto the board.

I've never had any issue with them(done many) but they wouldn't be as "on there" as the soldered versions.
But I hate soldering and am rubbish at it

Myrddin

Steve SI wrote: »

Yeah, you kind of screw the chip onto the board.

I've never had any issue with them(done many) but they wouldn't be as "on there" as the soldered versions.
But I hate soldering and am rubbish at it

Ah soldering, a leaded, poisonous, excellent connecting thing of beauty

Sparks43

EnterNow wrote: »

Ah soldering, a leaded, poisonous, excellent connecting thing of beauty

One thing i am quite useful at is soldering believe it or not

And i dont give up on things like this even if it kills me i will have a modded xbox

Just hope my front room doesnt end up like this

Andrew76

Sparks43 wrote: »

One thing i am quite useful at is soldering believe it or not

And i dont give up on things like this even if it kills me i will have a modded xbox

Just hope my front room doesnt end up like this

Lol I thought that was some fancy PCB at first. Some amount of xboxes that. :eek:

CiDeRmAn

I thought it was an aerial photo of some suburb somewhere!
Yep, the Beers in on down there, just take the next left and it's next to the giant harddrive!

Mr Vengeance

The kid next door is shouting and roaring and swearing ever minute or so for some reason.

I reckon he's playing a purple coin challenge in Mario Galaxy or one of them annoying as buggery rocket barrel levels in Donkey Kong Country Returns!

In other news... all that talk of postage coming from Japan makes me want to order some postage from Japan - doesn't take much to make we wanting some nice sh1t from Nippon does it?

johnny_ultimate

Ugh, don't even talk about those purple coin levels.

The Mario shaped one in SMG1 is designed to hurt. IT'S DESIGNED TO HURT.

Pyongyang

Next you'll be sleeping with a copy of Famitsu under your pillow. Not that I am accustomed to said activity.

johnny_ultimate

Famitsu > Hentai in relation to these things. If you're not careful amongst my group of friends, you might end up being 'gifted' a hentai magazine that was bought as a joke a few years ago. A friend of mine accidentally accepted it recently to his extreme displeasure when the previous owner decided to move to London. The new owner was going on holidays a few days later so cue much panic as he attempted to hide it somewhere his parents wouldn't find it :pac:

Nothing like tricking a friend into inadvertently accepting used hentai!

SdoowSirhc

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Famitsu > Hentai in relation to these things. If you're not careful amongst my group of friends, you might end up being 'gifted' a hentai magazine that was bought as a joke a few years ago. A friend of mine accidentally accepted it recently to his extreme displeasure when the previous owner decided to move to London. The new owner was going on holidays a few days later so cue much panic as he attempted to hide it somewhere his parents wouldn't find it :pac:

Nothing like tricking a friend into inadvertently accepting used hentai!

Damn straight!

Pyongyang

Nice one, just won a few bob on that Paddy fella winning Big Brother. That's money to put towards Pulstar. Hurrah!

Jack burton

Anyone else see this yet

http://www.retrocollect.com/search/collectionstats.html

new feature I didnt notice till now

CiDeRmAn

I am in a quandary, do I buy Starfox 3d or Deus Ex? Decisions, decisions...

Sparks43

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I am in a quandary, do I buy Starfox 3d or Deus Ex? Decisions, decisions...

On the choice of the 2 id be erring for Starfox

But the choice is close


Very close:o

o1s1n

Starfox 3D!

Got my 3DS in my pocket ready to stop into HMV on the way home and play it on the remainder of the commute.

Myrddin

o1s1n...it begins - http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Back-to-the-Future-Nike-Air-Mags-Self-tying-shoes,news-12453.html

Pyongyang

EnterNow wrote: »

o1s1n...it begins - http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Back-to-the-Future-Nike-Air-Mags-Self-tying-shoes,news-12453.html

OH. MY. GOD.

I'd consider myself to be one of that movie trilogy's greatest ever fans. My three favourite movies of all time that are so utterly amazing they don't even feature on my top 10 list. Nay they are locked away in a fire-proof, bomb-proof vault on a velvet cushion and take regular baths in goats milk and wash their hands and faces in Evian.

Simply put. If these runners are legit. I'm first in line.

edit: Seems they are legit but only for sale on eBay (one pair is already going for $85,000). One thing that irks me slightly is that the two promo's do not show the power laces mechanism. Even still, great to see the money going to Michael J. Fox's charity just a shame use average Joe's will never get to own a pair.

Cue some stupid MTV awards show or similar and likely candidates for sporting a pair being Kanye West or other dicksqueezers of his ilk showing them off. *sigh*

Myrddin

Pyongyang wrote: »

OH. MY. GOD.

I'd consider myself to be one of that movie trilogy's greatest ever fans. My three favourite movies of all time that are so utterly amazing they don't even feature on my top 10 list. Nay they are locked away in a fire-proof, bomb-proof vault on a velvet cushion and take regular baths in goats milk and wash their hands and faces in Evian.

Simply put. If these runners are legit. I'm first in line.

All thats missing now is hover boards...

Pyongyang

From the eBay auction FAQ:

Q: DO THE 2011 NIKE MAG SHOES POWER-LACE?
A: No. For the power-lace feature you will have to wait until 2015.

What's the point?*



*besides contributing to a very worthy cause.

o1s1n

EnterNow wrote: »

o1s1n...it begins - http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Back-to-the-Future-Nike-Air-Mags-Self-tying-shoes,news-12453.html

Where we're going, we don't need laces!

CiDeRmAn

Thinking about the mechanism, it'll have to be pneumatic rather than electromechanical, a motor won't be reliable, not water proof or flexible. A pneumatic system, a variant of the old Reebok Pump system would do the trick. Won't be the same though.
And put me down or a hover board as well, I'll have Griffs board, you lot can share Martys pink one!
Oh, a flying Delorean too!

johnny_ultimate

It's all part of the ongoing McDonalds conspiracy to make us all obese and lazy.

"Who needs to waste their energy and get up to turn on your games consoles? Shmucks!" Check

"Hell, who even needs to insert a disc? Here, download 'em instead!" Check

"Bending over to tie your shoes? Pfft! Where do you think we are? Prison?" Check

*furiously wraps house and head in tinfoil*

o1s1n

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

It's all part of the ongoing McDonalds conspiracy to make us all obese and lazy.

"Who needs to waste their energy and get up to turn on your games consoles? Shmucks!" Check

"Hell, who even needs to insert a disc? Here, download 'em instead!" Check

"Bending over to tie your shoes? Pfft! Where do you think we are? Prison?" Check

*furiously wraps house and head in tinfoil*

Now if only we could come up with a device which would wrap your head in tin foil we'd be set.