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Thrift store find
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Thrift store find
Yesterday I was at a thrift store and found this gigantic and quite ugly computer marked for $10. Naturally I had to look inside of it and when I saw it had a somewhat modern motherboard in it (just saw it had an LGA775 motherboard) I had to have it. When I got home, to my surprise, it had a Core 2 Quad in it. I added a 1gb GeForce GT220 to it and installed Linux Mint and upgraded RAM to 6gb. Downgraded the CPU to a dual core Pentium and stuck the Quad into my main desktop which, while having a lower RAM limit, is smaller, prettier and I know the history of and thus, am more trusting of it. This thing is in my living room hooked into my TV right now. I consider it $10 well spent just for the C2Q chip. Also, this ugly case is on wheels.
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Re: Thrift store find
Black bezel drive in a beige case - ugly indeed.
The second (beige) optical must be quite old or unique to have an analog volume dial and headphone jack.
The second (beige) optical must be quite old or unique to have an analog volume dial and headphone jack.
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Re: Thrift store find
Probably an IDE CD-RW / DVD-ROM unit. I don't recall ever seeing a SATA one with a headphone jack.
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Re: Thrift store find
I'd vote for quite old. This is my current Gateway tower (Pentium III 600Mhz):
The top optical drive (DVD) was the one bundled with the tower. The bottom drive (CD-RW; IDE) was purchased as part of a "multimedia" upgrade that I did circa 2000.
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X22 X24 X31 X41 X41T X60 X60s X61 X61s X200 X200s X300 X301 Z60m Z61t Z61p 560 560Z 600 600E 600X T21 T22 T23 T41 T60p T410 T420 T520 W500 W520 R50 A21p A22p A31 A31p
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X22 X24 X31 X41 X41T X60 X60s X61 X61s X200 X200s X300 X301 Z60m Z61t Z61p 560 560Z 600 600E 600X T21 T22 T23 T41 T60p T410 T420 T520 W500 W520 R50 A21p A22p A31 A31p
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Re: Thrift store find
Well bought!
And Ray how many power supplies has the Gateway eaten in 17 years?
Brad
And Ray how many power supplies has the Gateway eaten in 17 years?
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T43p 2669-Q1U, A22p's UTU A21p HXU
Transnote, 770's 8AU, 600, 701CS, 755CD
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Re: Thrift store find
@Brad,
As far as I can remember, 0. It might be due to the fact that in the last 10 years or so, it's been powered up about that many times . Hmm... you've probably jinked it now that you mentioned it. I'm afraid to go power it up right now .
As far as I can remember, 0. It might be due to the fact that in the last 10 years or so, it's been powered up about that many times . Hmm... you've probably jinked it now that you mentioned it. I'm afraid to go power it up right now .
Ray Kawakami
X22 X24 X31 X41 X41T X60 X60s X61 X61s X200 X200s X300 X301 Z60m Z61t Z61p 560 560Z 600 600E 600X T21 T22 T23 T41 T60p T410 T420 T520 W500 W520 R50 A21p A22p A31 A31p
NOTE: All links to PC-Doctor software hosted by me are dead. Files removed 8/28/12 by manufacturer's demand.
X22 X24 X31 X41 X41T X60 X60s X61 X61s X200 X200s X300 X301 Z60m Z61t Z61p 560 560Z 600 600E 600X T21 T22 T23 T41 T60p T410 T420 T520 W500 W520 R50 A21p A22p A31 A31p
NOTE: All links to PC-Doctor software hosted by me are dead. Files removed 8/28/12 by manufacturer's demand.
Re: Thrift store find
Very nice find. I always enjoy taking a look at older machines. You never know what you may find. The thrift store is definitely a great place to look.
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