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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thank you very much everybody ❤️

Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hey guys! It's been a week after I released my last video and I was hugely surprised by your positive reactions. I got a lot of great tips from you, thank you very much. I was on a short vacation this week and now going to work on the follow up. And in case you missed this: youtu.be/5ZE5gJhA-ks

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Let's repair this 30-years old Dual-CPU mainboard.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Back in business! youtu.be/CV0xInHAYY8

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Nathan (PixelPipes) @pixelpipes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I gave the Video Memory Tester made by @necroware.bsky.social a try today, and here are my results! Super useful and awesome to be able to add it to the toolchest! Give it a try! (Side note: I confirmed it works on PCIe cards 😄) youtube.com/shorts/vwRbG...

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Trying Necroware's new Video Memory Tester!

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The music in my videos are tracks explicitly made for my channel by Sasha. Now I'm happy to announce that he makes them publicly available. If you enjoy his work, feel free to sponsor him a coffee buying the tracks you like. More tracks will follow under: modelp.bandcamp.com/album/for-ne...

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For Necroware, by Model povedenia

3 track album

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I usually like Lenovo notebooks, but in this case I was massively disappointed to be honest: youtu.be/TzpOLO0vVoM

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Why is this Lenovo notebook not charging? Let's fix it!

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Hey guys, sorry for the long pause. I have a lot of work, so the hobby has to step back a little bit. Nonetheless I found some time to tinker and was able to repair some nice sound cards. I also found why the SoftMPU didn't work on the Sound Galaxy Basic 16 from my last video. youtu.be/9e_s4Ju_hLk

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Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro 16 with SoftMPU and Roland MT-32 emulation.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

In case you missed my last video, this is a great soundcard for a dos gaming pc. youtu.be/rvMebP550XI

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This sound card is worth a repair!

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Unfortunately the collection of weapons is also huge, which shows once again, that we invest much more effort into killing each other than into anything else :(

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Oxford has a great museum of natural history. And also the attached Pitt Rivers museum with a great collection of cultural items is mind blowing. You need multiple days to see everything properly.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

You can find there nearly everything a retro heart can dream of. Amazing place, amazing people, amazing collection. And everything can be really used, it's not only to look at. Beautiful.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Finally been there. Big thank you to @retrocollective.co.uk for the great job making it possible to enjoy an absolutely amazing collection. Special thanks to Holly for the nice chat and her hospitality.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The right one is the very same looking case as the first PC which I got. Unfortunately the case rotted away long ago, but I still have the content sitting right next to me under a glass dome.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Decided to share some SMD soldering experience adding a CPU socket. And of course I didn't stop there ;) youtu.be/aw7Ljz0b9Yc

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How to solder an SMD socket. Got a nice surprise and tested 286 vs 386SX.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I watched it, thank you for your work. Unfortunately it looks like the interest in this topic decreases. I also see dropping numbers and I think this is due to the (geo-) political situation. Many feel insecure and in such situations, the first thing which has to step back is the hobby.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Oh, probably worth mentioning is that this was a comment to one of my S7-VRM project videos. Regulating 3V at 13A with resistors? It has to be a joke. youtu.be/_w-_W6mnMzU

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Let's upgrade an early Socket 7 board beyond the limit (Part 5): Showdown!

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Sometimes I'm confused by such comments. Is it a joke? Am I just too stupid to understand sarcasm?

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Not quite, it's about the retro web and its ancestor which was also used to generate TH99. Many people think, that the retro web was based on TH99, but that wasn't the case.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Same here, I change a cap if I have a clear suspicion, that this cap is bad.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

As a volunteer in the last three years I saw what a war means with my own eyes. I already was on the edge of depression all the time and now this. The world is seriously sick. My small retro hobby is the only thing which helps me to stay somewhat sane. So it is a good idea to go into the basement.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

By the way, there is a rev.2 which has a solder jumper for Motorola/Intel selection. But the same can be made with a solder bridge between pin 1 and 20 on older revisions too.

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I searched for solder and decided to share my opinion. The most valuable in this video are the comments. Everyone who needs leaded solder will find there a good suggestion from all over the world. Thanks to everybody! youtu.be/MEW4yMoGss0

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Searching for solder

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I found finally some time to experiment with EISA. As it turned out I will need to find even more time to make the tests it deserves. This is what I have so far: youtu.be/FBye_yB-l_w

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Configuration and test of a 486 EISA/VLB mainboard

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Thank you, much appreciated :)

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Necroware @necroware.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Hello retro community. This is going to be my first post here. I published recently a video about some of my soldering equipment, nothing fancy, but may be you are interested. More videos will follow soon. Wish you all a nice year and peaceful skies. youtu.be/LJWU62r85k8

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What do I use for soldering?

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