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Re: most of us in a nutshell
Lemme see... how many old computers do I have that actually work?
- Dell Dimension 2400
- The Athlon 64 system
- The 1993 Gateway 2000 80486 System
- A Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4
- Some whitebox Athlon XP system
- An IBM PS/2 Model 25
- A whitebox Pentium III/Intel 440 system
- HP Pavilion a1000y
Nonworking old computers:
- IBM PS/2 Model 55SX (Unknown fault, does not POST, needs a new Dallas clock module)
- Dell Optiplex GX1 (PS/2 controller unresponsive)
- Dell Dimension XPS something-or-another Pentium Pro workstation (Acquired for free as scrap in 2019, haven't had a chance to examine it yet and determine what's wrong, needs a CPU at the very minimum)
- And there's probably more of 'em squirreled away somewhere that I've forgotten about.
So that IS a lot of old computers.Last edited by TechGeek; 03-13-2023, 10:37 AM.Don't buy those $10 PSU "specials". They fail, and they have taken whole computers with them.
My computer doubles as a space heater.
Permanently Retired Systems:
RIP Advantech UNO-3072LA (2008-2021) - Decommissioned and taken out of service permanently due to lack of software support for it. Not very likely to ever be recommissioned again.
Asus Q550LF (Old main laptop, 2014-2022) - Decommissioned and stripped due to a myriad of problems, the main battery bloating being the final nail in the coffin.
Kooky and Kool Systems
- 1996 Power Macintosh 7200/120 + PC Compatibility Card - Under Restoration
- 1993 Gateway 2000 80486DX/50 - Fully Operational/WIP
- 2004 Athlon 64 Retro Gaming System - Indefinitely Parked
- Main Workstation - Fully operational!
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Haha, I love it!
Yeah, I did a quick count of how many "personal" desktop PCs I have (well, I consider all of my PCs as personal / non-sell-able / hobby / junk... because most of them are), as a preparation for my move, to calculate the rough volumetric space they'd take in the shipping can. I forgot the exact count already (LOL)... but it came out to a little over 50-ish desktops (ATX, mATX, and one or two SFFs). And if I was to find more cases to use up the stash of working/fixed old motherboards, I'd probably add another 10-20 to that count. Yeah ... that's a lot of old computers.
I also have a lot of old / junky PSUs... though not as many as this:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=73842
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Originally posted by Topcat View PostI will not take an inventory. That would force me to admit that I have a problem!!Last edited by sam_sam_sam; 03-13-2023, 06:26 PM.9 PC LCD Monitor
6 LCD Flat Screen TV
30 Desk Top Switching Power Supply
10 Battery Charger Switching Power Supply for Power Tool
6 18v Lithium Battery Power Boards for Tool Battery Packs
1 XBox 360 Switching Power Supply and M Board
25 Servo Drives 220/460 3 Phase
6 De-soldering Station Switching Power Supply 1 Power Supply
1 Dell Mother Board
15 Computer Power Supply
1 HP Printer Supply & Control Board * lighting finished it *
These two repairs where found with a ESR meter...> Temp at 50*F then at 90*F the ESR reading more than 10%
1 Over Head Crane Current Sensing Board ( VFD Failure Five Years Later )
2 Hem Saw Computer Stack Board
All of these had CAPs POOF
All of the mosfet that are taken out by bad caps
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