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From: philo on 7 Nov 2009 08:39 kony wrote: > On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:05:07 -0600, philo > <philo(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: > > >> What I often do is buy a board to match I cpu I already have. >> >> Last year I got a couple of eMachines in here with bad motherboards... >> but they had perfectly good dual core cpus's I did not want to waste. >> >> So thanks to some deals at NewEgg, I was able to build a few machines >> for next to nothing...I literally have boxes of spare parts in my workshop > > Me too, then eventually I need to clear out space and end up > throwing away some stuff because there's always 2/3rds of a > system built... if only I bought another X, Y, or Z part to > finish one. Right now I'm staring at a 1.1GHz Tualatin > system with a motherboard that I replaced the caps in about > 5 years ago, it used to be mainly for internet and office, > but all the flash video and ads on the internet today it > can't handle very well so it gets demoted to a lesser job. Oh NO don't throw anything away Seriously! next time you have stuff to toss Ping me or gmail philo565 I will buy it from you (not anything too heavy to reasonably ship) I need to support a Non-profit org. I especially need obsolete mobo's of the P-III vintage
From: kony on 7 Nov 2009 18:07 On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:39:05 -0600, philo <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote: >kony wrote: >> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:05:07 -0600, philo >> <philo(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >> >> >>> What I often do is buy a board to match I cpu I already have. >>> >>> Last year I got a couple of eMachines in here with bad motherboards... >>> but they had perfectly good dual core cpus's I did not want to waste. >>> >>> So thanks to some deals at NewEgg, I was able to build a few machines >>> for next to nothing...I literally have boxes of spare parts in my workshop >> >> Me too, then eventually I need to clear out space and end up >> throwing away some stuff because there's always 2/3rds of a >> system built... if only I bought another X, Y, or Z part to >> finish one. Right now I'm staring at a 1.1GHz Tualatin >> system with a motherboard that I replaced the caps in about >> 5 years ago, it used to be mainly for internet and office, >> but all the flash video and ads on the internet today it >> can't handle very well so it gets demoted to a lesser job. > > >Oh > >NO > >don't throw anything away > > >Seriously! next time you have stuff to toss Ping me > >or gmail philo565 > >I will buy it from you (not anything too heavy to reasonably ship) I >need to support a Non-profit org. > > >I especially need obsolete mobo's of the P-III vintage .... but then what will our garbage man do for spare parts? It's funny sometimes watching him root through our garbage, sometimes he just takes the whole bag or box and puts it on the seat next to him, not even realizing he took the wrong bag, lol.
From: kony on 7 Nov 2009 18:23 On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:05:07 -0600, philo <philo(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >> Replacing caps also cuts down on system downtime and time >> spent reinstalling or reconfiguring the OS if/when the >> replacement board isn't the same model... seems I often buy >> boards when I see good deals on them but to try and replace >> with the same board later it seldom seems to be worth paying >> more to get the same thing again instead of an upgrade of >> some sort IF buying a new board seemed otherwise the best or >> necessary option. >> > > > >What I often do is buy a board to match I cpu I already have. > >Last year I got a couple of eMachines in here with bad motherboards... >but they had perfectly good dual core cpus's I did not want to waste. > >So thanks to some deals at NewEgg, I was able to build a few machines >for next to nothing...I literally have boxes of spare parts in my workshop I suppose I just get into the habit of tracing faults and trying to fix them... even if the hardware never gets used again. Earlier today I picked up a couple LCD monitors, both had bad caps on the output of their internal power supply. CapXon capacitors apparently aren't fit for use in these circuit placements.
From: philo on 8 Nov 2009 01:15 kony wrote: > On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:39:05 -0600, philo > <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> kony wrote: >>> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:05:07 -0600, philo >>> <philo(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> What I often do is buy a board to match I cpu I already have. >>>> >>>> Last year I got a couple of eMachines in here with bad motherboards... >>>> but they had perfectly good dual core cpus's I did not want to waste. >>>> >>>> So thanks to some deals at NewEgg, I was able to build a few machines >>>> for next to nothing...I literally have boxes of spare parts in my workshop >>> Me too, then eventually I need to clear out space and end up >>> throwing away some stuff because there's always 2/3rds of a >>> system built... if only I bought another X, Y, or Z part to >>> finish one. Right now I'm staring at a 1.1GHz Tualatin >>> system with a motherboard that I replaced the caps in about >>> 5 years ago, it used to be mainly for internet and office, >>> but all the flash video and ads on the internet today it >>> can't handle very well so it gets demoted to a lesser job. >> >> Oh >> >> NO >> >> don't throw anything away >> >> >> Seriously! next time you have stuff to toss Ping me >> >> or gmail philo565 >> >> I will buy it from you (not anything too heavy to reasonably ship) I >> need to support a Non-profit org. >> >> >> I especially need obsolete mobo's of the P-III vintage > > > ... but then what will our garbage man do for spare parts? > It's funny sometimes watching him root through our garbage, > sometimes he just takes the whole bag or box and puts it on > the seat next to him, not even realizing he took the wrong > bag, lol. > I don't toss any computer stuff in the garbage... I drop it off at the recycler
From: philo on 8 Nov 2009 01:16 kony wrote: > On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:05:07 -0600, philo > <philo(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: > > >>> Replacing caps also cuts down on system downtime and time >>> spent reinstalling or reconfiguring the OS if/when the >>> replacement board isn't the same model... seems I often buy >>> boards when I see good deals on them but to try and replace >>> with the same board later it seldom seems to be worth paying >>> more to get the same thing again instead of an upgrade of >>> some sort IF buying a new board seemed otherwise the best or >>> necessary option. >>> >> >> >> What I often do is buy a board to match I cpu I already have. >> >> Last year I got a couple of eMachines in here with bad motherboards... >> but they had perfectly good dual core cpus's I did not want to waste. >> >> So thanks to some deals at NewEgg, I was able to build a few machines >> for next to nothing...I literally have boxes of spare parts in my workshop > > > I suppose I just get into the habit of tracing faults and > trying to fix them... even if the hardware never gets used > again. Earlier today I picked up a couple LCD monitors, > both had bad caps on the output of their internal power > supply. CapXon capacitors apparently aren't fit for use in > these circuit placements. I don't usually bother to repair stuff on the component level... unless it's something highly critical
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