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| Click here to select a new forum. | | old one and a new one :D (pc related) | Posted by: 0xdeadbeef on 2012-02-12 14:28:16
last thanksgiving I was given a couple toshiba laptops by my uncle, he said neither one powered up... so i took them home, and pretty much let them sit there until a week or so ago (busy w/ other things at the time) started taking bits off one of them in the mean time (ram here, a hd there, etc..)
finally got around to actually testing it, no power, examine power jack, resolder connections, still no power, test w/ meter, a trace was broken on the circuit board... make a jumper wire, plug in, IT LIVES!!! so I got a Satellite A75 (3.06 P4 w/HT, 512mb ram (soon to be 1.5G) and a 20GB ( the original 60 got transplanted to another machine) for pretty much free 🙂
the new one is another satellite, bought from a classmate for $30 since "i can't get it to load windows 7"...all i had to do was put in my usb drive w/ linux and it loaded right up 🙂 turns out it can also be upgraded 😀 (originally a celeron 530M, now a 1.6Ghz Core 2 Duo) (even the battery is good!) had 2.5gb of ram (soon to be 4gb) and a 160GB Hard drive...
| Posted by: TheIanMan85 on 2012-02-12 14:52:12
I always love it when I get things for free or almost free that need little or no repair... So are you gonna put them both into use yourself, or flip them and make some cash?
| Posted by: 0xdeadbeef on 2012-02-13 16:51:13
probably use myself, I like the older machines, just seem more solid than new ones, and I like that they're quick enough for 99.9% of what i do anyway (youtube,etc...) (plus the P4 has an amazing display (not the most high-res, but the color depth is like an ibook clamshell) 😀 )
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