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Posted by: quinterro on 2008-10-14 16:06:30
Today I found two P4 systems in the hall before I went home:
System 1:
ATX case with missing side
Intel P4 motherboard with P4 2.53 ghz processor, heatsink/fan
No drives or memory
Dead power supply
AGP video card
System 2:
Shuttle case without drive cage or case cover
Pentium 4 2.4 ghz processor with ICE cooler
Power supply
PCI sound card
Both systems work with added memory and in the case of system 1 a replacement power supply.
A while back I picked up another Shuttle from the same location. Too bad I didn't keep the cover. 🙁
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Posted by: MrMacPlus on 2008-10-14 16:09:02
Cool. I wish I had more conquests around here.
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Posted by: quinterro on 2008-10-14 16:17:44
Normally the conquests around here are few and far between - Mac conquests especially so.
Considering before these two computers the fastest one I had was a P3-1ghz I'm really happy right now....
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Posted by: MrMacPlus on 2008-10-14 17:20:24
Yeah even though a P4 is obsolete it will seem "uberfast" compared to all P3s.
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Posted by: quinterro on 2008-10-14 17:50:47
That's what I am hoping for.
A friend of my wife has been unloading spare PC parts on me and just gave me a 40GB hard disk tonight. Wheeeee! [😀] ]'>
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Posted by: MrMacPlus on 2008-10-14 18:53:52
I'm getting my spare P4 ready for sale, it's in quite crappy condition but works, it's a gourmet in tastes of RAM, though, I keep getting POST beeps with all of my PC-133/100 sticks. I'm gonna take Q-tips, dip 'em in rubbing alcohol, and rub them over the RAM stick's contacts, then stick them in the slot to see if it cleans anything off.
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Posted by: quinterro on 2008-10-15 19:17:00
The board with the 2.53 ghz chip has decided totally on its own not to boot. It may be the power supply I'm using but I don't have a spare just yet.
The Shuttle has XP on it for now.
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Posted by: MrMacPlus on 2008-10-16 16:30:04
The Shuttle has XP on it for now. What's gonna go on it: the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10?
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Posted by: quinterro on 2008-10-16 20:58:00
Ubuntu is definitely a possibility. I have used prior versions without too much trouble. Mandriva and OpenSUSE are also possibilities.
This morning I jury-rigged a drive cage and cover out of card stock to help with cooling the system. It helped quite a bit with noise as well.
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Posted by: quinterro on 2008-10-19 11:03:34
After connecting another power supply to the faster P4 it started right up.
Now to get enough parts to make it useful.
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Posted by: MrMacPlus on 2008-10-19 11:30:30
Is it possible that I get POST beeps on an optiplex if I use 64 or 128 MB RAM sticks?
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