best cheap/free scores 1.1 - Page 8

c_hegge · 09-25-2011, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ratdude747

I hope it is not klunky like the nc6000... I got one of those free as well, dead with the MAX1987 issue. at least I got a 1gb PC2700 module out of it (and so I was able max out my old d400 to 2gb of RAM)

nope. It's quite a nice little machine now that I've fixed the USB ports. I ended up selling it for $200, since I have my thinkpad.

**ratdude747** · 10-08-2011, 10:55 PM

Found a linksys WRT54G V8 for $4 at a goodwill today. Since I have a Military ID (via my dad, until I am 21), I got 15% off... so it comes out to $3.20

the wall wart appears to be klunky... plug it to the wall and then into the router it is ok, do the opposite and the router freaks. didn't do it with the wart I stole from the netgear WGR614 that the linksys is to replace.

of course, I checked the caps, 3 su'scons , not bloated. I know, it will probably need a recap...

for now, I DD-WTR'd it... so far, so good.

----

I also found an old Phillips Nottignham 3 speed cruiser bike for $10 ($8.50 after mil. discount). based on some date codes on the rear hub it appears to be made in 1970 (12/69 hub code). I'd say more but this thing will get a new thread in the Off topic area.

Ami Sapphire · 10-09-2011, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratdude747

Found a linksys WRT54G V8 for $4 at a goodwill today. Since I have a Military ID (via my dad, until I am 21), I got 15% off... so it comes out to $3.20

the wall wart appears to be klunky... plug it to the wall and then into the router it is ok, do the opposite and the router freaks. didn't do it with the wart I stole from the netgear WGR614 that the linksys is to replace.

of course, I checked the caps, 3 su'scons , not bloated. I know, it will probably need a recap...

for now, I DD-WTR'd it... so far, so good.

I also have the exact version of that router. That one is great for DD-WRT. In my case, it is in Repeater Bridge mode, so it serves as a second wireless connection exclusive to my family's Nintendo DS Lite handhelds. But, mine is JTAGed and CFE compressed. As a result, the firmware it is using is a micro-plus release.

I never had that AC adapter issue with mine. Interesting, nonetheless.

**ratdude747** · 10-09-2011, 11:20 AM

well, she overheated last night... sounds like I might need to order some caps!

ipman · 10-09-2011, 12:23 PM

I've got a WRT54G v7 (does not support dd-wrt) for around $5 here as defective. In fact, the power supply was bad, the router was working just fine.

NxB · 10-09-2011, 01:02 PM

All of these are worth about 3.50 with their crippled ram size. I've resorted to upgrading the ram in all of my gimp routers. Most have 16mb-64mb, depending on what fit. The flash is still limiting but at least micro plus works.

shovenose · 10-09-2011, 10:55 PM

In the apartment building we live in now there is a sort of ongoinging free pile in the hallway to the manager's office. I found a nice 2-port belkin KVM Switch (and two of those extremely rare PS2-to-USB adapters attached to it), and MS Works software...

A tenant in another unit says he has an extra Sony Trinitron that "works perfectly except the sound doesn't work and the headphones jack is shot" that he would give me for free...which I'm considering taking. should I? (this is the same guy that gave me the nice Sony sound system that is really awesome except teh CD part doesn't work)...

**ratdude747** · 10-09-2011, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by NxB

All of these are worth about 3.50 with their crippled ram size. I've resorted to upgrading the ram in all of my gimp routers. Most have 16mb-64mb, depending on what fit. The flash is still limiting but at least micro plus works.

Well, for what I am doing, micro is just fine.

Agent24 · 10-09-2011, 11:53 PM

I found a satellite dish yesterday by the side of the road, Got a Sanyo Ku-band LNB on it too.

Doesn't look like there's anything wrong with it (though I am far from being an expert) - maybe it'll be useful when my country switches to digital TV soon.

**kc8adu** · 10-10-2011, 12:02 AM

got a dv9000 at a yardsale today.$10.
750 gb hdd and 4gb ram.
oh and a ton of mp3's and porn.belonged to a collage kid.several years of mischief stored on the hdd and dumped at the sale unseen.i am sure if mommy and daddy would have even turned it on they would have seen the wallpaper they would have dug deeper and hit the motherload.time to reflow the nvidia and reload.

Agent24 · 10-10-2011, 01:01 AM

Nice... For $10 I got an 133Mhz IBM 380ED

**ratdude747** · 10-13-2011, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ratdude747

well, she overheated last night... sounds like I might need to order some caps!

she's been recapped. working well so far (knock on wood).

edit- she died. dang, my luck sucks.

brethin · 10-13-2011, 06:34 PM

20, 8 cell Dell packs (160 batteries of which so far 2 in 8 are bad and which makes the pack fail the check) But the rest are good and hold a charge fine so Im still looking for someone that has forked out the $150+ for the software to reprogram a couple of packs for me and keep all the rest for themself.

shovenose · 10-15-2011, 10:37 PM

Got an Asus Eee PC "4G Surf" today.... (and no that has nothing to do with 4G internet data connection unfortuntely)...used but working, got it for $10!!
700MHz Celeron M, 512MB RAM, some weird Linux thing, 4GB SSD... 7"screen

**Topcat** · 10-15-2011, 11:00 PM

just scored a couple dozen intact HP d530's.....for free... Old, but I'll take 'em.

**ratdude747** · 10-15-2011, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shovenose

Got an Asus Eee PC "4G Surf" today.... (and no that has nothing to do with 4G internet data connection unfortuntely)...used but working, got it for $10!!
700MHz Celeron M, 512MB RAM, some weird Linux thing, 4GB SSD... 7"screen

find a better linux disro for it... the stock distro did the linux community more harm than good (it is possibly the world's worst example of linux).

for $10, not bad... but if i were to invest in one for serious use, i would go for an eee 900... virtually the same footprint with a 9"screen (no black border) and better storage (larger ssd, some had SATA 2.5" hdds)

**ratdude747** · 10-15-2011, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Topcat

just scored a couple dozen intact HP d530's.....for free... Old, but I'll take 'em.

do they have HT cpus?

recap them (the two caps by the memory slots will bloat in the worst way).

full size or small?

I have one of the convertible minitower units... if I ever get a decent (nicer than 5200fx) agp 8x card, it will not be a bad basement box. the PSUs are delta, too.

shovenose · 10-15-2011, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratdude747

find a better linux disro for it... the stock distro did the linux community more harm than good (it is possibly the world's worst example of linux).

for $10, not bad... but if i were to invest in one for serious use, i would go for an eee 900... virtually the same footprint with a 9"screen (no black border) and better storage (larger ssd, some had SATA 2.5" hdds)

My Eee PC 900HD broke about a month ago...

shovenose · 10-15-2011, 11:06 PM

Think I should use Damn Small Linux? or would Lubuntu fit?

shovenose · 10-15-2011, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Topcat

just scored a couple dozen intact HP d530's.....for free... Old, but I'll take 'em.

Nice!

10-08-2011, 10:55 PM	#142
ratdude747 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2008 City & State: New Albany, IN My Country: USA Line Voltage: 120VAC 60Hz I'm a: Student Tech Posts: 10,911	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 Found a linksys WRT54G V8 for $4 at a goodwill today. Since I have a Military ID (via my dad, until I am 21), I got 15% off... so it comes out to $3.20 the wall wart appears to be klunky... plug it to the wall and then into the router it is ok, do the opposite and the router freaks. didn't do it with the wart I stole from the netgear WGR614 that the linksys is to replace. of course, I checked the caps, 3 su'scons , not bloated. I know, it will probably need a recap... for now, I DD-WTR'd it... so far, so good. ---- I also found an old Phillips Nottignham 3 speed cruiser bike for $10 ($8.50 after mil. discount). based on some date codes on the rear hub it appears to be made in 1970 (12/69 hub code). I'd say more but this thing will get a new thread in the Off topic area. __________________ (Insert signature here)

10-09-2011, 11:20 AM	#144
ratdude747 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2008 City & State: New Albany, IN My Country: USA Line Voltage: 120VAC 60Hz I'm a: Student Tech Posts: 10,911	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 well, she overheated last night... sounds like I might need to order some caps!

10-09-2011, 12:23 PM	#145
ipman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 City & State: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 156	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 I've got a WRT54G v7 (does not support dd-wrt) for around $5 here as defective. In fact, the power supply was bad, the router was working just fine.

10-09-2011, 01:02 PM	#146
NxB Badcaps Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,587	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 All of these are worth about 3.50 with their crippled ram size. I've resorted to upgrading the ram in all of my gimp routers. Most have 16mb-64mb, depending on what fit. The flash is still limiting but at least micro plus works.

10-09-2011, 10:55 PM	#147
shovenose Spoiled Asshole Join Date: Aug 2010 City & State: Fairfax, California My Country: USA Line Voltage: 120VAC 60Hz I'm a: Forum Junkie Posts: 3,659	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 In the apartment building we live in now there is a sort of ongoinging free pile in the hallway to the manager's office. I found a nice 2-port belkin KVM Switch (and two of those extremely rare PS2-to-USB adapters attached to it), and MS Works software... A tenant in another unit says he has an extra Sony Trinitron that "works perfectly except the sound doesn't work and the headphones jack is shot" that he would give me for free...which I'm considering taking. should I? (this is the same guy that gave me the nice Sony sound system that is really awesome except teh CD part doesn't work)... __________________ New computer! Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz, 16GB DDR3-1600 RAM, Geforce GTX 670 2GB, 2x 120GB Intel 520 Series SSD in RAID0 for OS and programs, 1TB WD Caviar Black for downloads and data, 800W Power Supply, Silverstone PS07B case, Windows 8 Pro

10-09-2011, 11:53 PM	#149
Agent24 Fuhjyyu Killer Join Date: Oct 2007 City & State: Behind a soldering iron My Country: New Zealand Line Voltage: 230V AC 50Hz Posts: 1,615	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 I found a satellite dish yesterday by the side of the road, Got a Sanyo Ku-band LNB on it too. Doesn't look like there's anything wrong with it (though I am far from being an expert) - maybe it'll be useful when my country switches to digital TV soon.

10-10-2011, 12:02 AM	#150
kc8adu Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 City & State: dayton ohio Posts: 6,488	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 got a dv9000 at a yardsale today.$10. 750 gb hdd and 4gb ram. oh and a ton of mp3's and porn.belonged to a collage kid.several years of mischief stored on the hdd and dumped at the sale unseen.i am sure if mommy and daddy would have even turned it on they would have seen the wallpaper they would have dug deeper and hit the motherload.time to reflow the nvidia and reload.

10-10-2011, 01:01 AM	#151
Agent24 Fuhjyyu Killer Join Date: Oct 2007 City & State: Behind a soldering iron My Country: New Zealand Line Voltage: 230V AC 50Hz Posts: 1,615	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 Nice... For $10 I got an 133Mhz IBM 380ED

10-13-2011, 06:34 PM	#153
brethin Badcaps Veteran Join Date: Dec 2008 City & State: Owensboro, KY. My Country: USA Line Voltage: 120VAC 60Hz I'm a: Professional Tech Posts: 1,068	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 20, 8 cell Dell packs (160 batteries of which so far 2 in 8 are bad and which makes the pack fail the check) But the rest are good and hold a charge fine so Im still looking for someone that has forked out the $150+ for the software to reprogram a couple of packs for me and keep all the rest for themself.

10-15-2011, 10:37 PM	#154
shovenose Spoiled Asshole Join Date: Aug 2010 City & State: Fairfax, California My Country: USA Line Voltage: 120VAC 60Hz I'm a: Forum Junkie Posts: 3,659	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 Got an Asus Eee PC "4G Surf" today.... (and no that has nothing to do with 4G internet data connection unfortuntely)...used but working, got it for $10!! 700MHz Celeron M, 512MB RAM, some weird Linux thing, 4GB SSD... 7"screen

10-15-2011, 11:00 PM	#155
Topcat The Boss Stooge Join Date: Oct 2003 City & State: Salem, MO My Country: United States Line Voltage: 120VAC 60Hz I'm a: Professional Tech Posts: 6,497	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 just scored a couple dozen intact HP d530's.....for free... Old, but I'll take 'em. __________________ <--- Badcaps.net Owner & Forum Administrator!! Badcaps.net Services: Premade Capacitor Kits Badcaps.net Capacitor Master List Motherboard Repair Services If you've come here in search of replacement capacitors or repair services, please use the links above. ---------------------------------------------- Badcaps.net Forum Members Folding Team http://folding.stanford.edu/ Team : 49813 Join in!! Team Stats

10-15-2011, 11:06 PM	#159
shovenose Spoiled Asshole Join Date: Aug 2010 City & State: Fairfax, California My Country: USA Line Voltage: 120VAC 60Hz I'm a: Forum Junkie Posts: 3,659	Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1 Think I should use Damn Small Linux? or would Lubuntu fit?

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