How to store spare PCI and AGP cards?
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From: DWalker07 on 11 May 2010 12:53 Speaking of hardware, does anyone know of a good way to store spare PCI, AGP, PCI Express, etc. controller cards? Putting them back into an anti- static bag and shoving them into a drawer has been my default method of keeping them. But when you want to look for something, it's not convenient. I tried a few searches on the 'net but it's hard to come up with good search terms... Any suggestions would be great. Thanks. David Walker
From: Jeff Barnett on 11 May 2010 13:07 DWalker07 wrote: > Speaking of hardware, does anyone know of a good way to store spare PCI, > AGP, PCI Express, etc. controller cards? Putting them back into an anti- > static bag and shoving them into a drawer has been my default method of > keeping them. > > But when you want to look for something, it's not convenient. I tried a > few searches on the 'net but it's hard to come up with good search terms... > Any suggestions would be great. Thanks. > > David Walker > The only improvements I know are the following: 1) If you have the original box, put the anti-static bag in it with the docs, CD, etc., and 2) If you don't have a box put a label with BIG printing on the bag, it's really hard to peek through the plastic to see if you have the right bag. -- Jeff Barnett
From: Leythos on 11 May 2010 14:39 In article <ORFlxpS8KHA.1436(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, none(a)none.com says... > > Speaking of hardware, does anyone know of a good way to store spare PCI, > AGP, PCI Express, etc. controller cards? Putting them back into an anti- > static bag and shoving them into a drawer has been my default method of > keeping them. > > But when you want to look for something, it's not convenient. I tried a > few searches on the 'net but it's hard to come up with good search terms... > Any suggestions would be great. Thanks. > > David Walker I have dozens of computer components and keep them in ESD bags and then in plastic containers so that they are grouped by the same type. So, Serial Cards are in a box in their own esd bag with a label on the outside of the box.... same for the others. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: DWalker07 on 11 May 2010 15:24 Leythos <spam999free(a)rrohio.com> wrote in news:MPG.26536e51cf3c3f2798a34a(a)us.news.astraweb.com: > In article <ORFlxpS8KHA.1436(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, none(a)none.com > says... >> >> Speaking of hardware, does anyone know of a good way to store spare >> PCI, AGP, PCI Express, etc. controller cards? Putting them back into >> an anti- static bag and shoving them into a drawer has been my >> default method of keeping them. >> >> But when you want to look for something, it's not convenient. I >> tried a few searches on the 'net but it's hard to come up with good >> search terms... Any suggestions would be great. Thanks. >> >> David Walker > > I have dozens of computer components and keep them in ESD bags and > then in plastic containers so that they are grouped by the same type. > > So, Serial Cards are in a box in their own esd bag with a label on the > outside of the box.... same for the others. > Hmm... I wanted something that would not take a lot of space, so the other suggestion of keeping each card's original box won't work for me, but yours sounds better. I would like to have them grouped by type. For things like video cards, I have been looking up the year that the card's processor was first released (Wikipedia has good references for ATI and NVidia) and marking that on the card. The year is a very rough proxy for the card's performance, since I'm not doing any gaming where I *really* need to know the frame rate or anything like that. I'll consider that approach. Thanks. David
From: SC Tom on 11 May 2010 16:51 "DWalker07" <none(a)none.com> wrote in message news:%233djc%23T8KHA.4604(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Leythos <spam999free(a)rrohio.com> wrote in > news:MPG.26536e51cf3c3f2798a34a(a)us.news.astraweb.com: > >> In article <ORFlxpS8KHA.1436(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, none(a)none.com >> says... >>> >>> Speaking of hardware, does anyone know of a good way to store spare >>> PCI, AGP, PCI Express, etc. controller cards? Putting them back into >>> an anti- static bag and shoving them into a drawer has been my >>> default method of keeping them. >>> >>> But when you want to look for something, it's not convenient. I >>> tried a few searches on the 'net but it's hard to come up with good >>> search terms... Any suggestions would be great. Thanks. >>> >>> David Walker >> >> I have dozens of computer components and keep them in ESD bags and >> then in plastic containers so that they are grouped by the same type. >> >> So, Serial Cards are in a box in their own esd bag with a label on the >> outside of the box.... same for the others. >> > > Hmm... I wanted something that would not take a lot of space, so the > other suggestion of keeping each card's original box won't work for me, > but yours sounds better. I would like to have them grouped by type. > > For things like video cards, I have been looking up the year that the > card's processor was first released (Wikipedia has good references for > ATI and NVidia) and marking that on the card. The year is a very rough > proxy for the card's performance, since I'm not doing any gaming where I > *really* need to know the frame rate or anything like that. > > I'll consider that approach. Thanks. > > David I know it's not for everyone, but I have a few video cards, 2 or 3 sound cards, and a couple of NIC's. I put them in the ESD bags and label the outside with the model number of each, then store them behind the books in my den's (where my PC's located) bookcase . The bookcase shelves are deep enough that there is 3 or 4" behind the books. Since it's a double bookcase with 6 shelves in one and 5 in the other, I have lots of room. Maybe not the best way, but they're out of sight, don't take up any room, and are easily accessible. -- SC Tom
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