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    Dumpster Computer Find

    In the County Electronic Recycle box found a Dell Vostro 200 with a motherboard & Core 2 Duo processor, a CD/DVD and a power supply. Is there anyway to test this without putting in memory and a hard drive? I have both, but hoping to find a way to not risk them if the mobo or ps is bad.

    My third computer, that I pay bills on, is very old and slow. Thinking if this Dell will run, it will be a good upgrade to what I am using now.
    Have you ever stopped to think and then forget to start thinking again?

    As a very wise man once said on this forum: "Of all the things I have lost I miss my mind the most."
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    Re: Dumpster Computer Find

    It probably has a Delta with Ltec and Taicon caps.
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      #3
      Re: Dumpster Computer Find

      w/o RAM, not really.

      the HDD part can be averted with a live OS disc (like most flavors of linux).
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        #4
        Re: Dumpster Computer Find

        Thanks kind of what I thought. I will check the caps on the mobo. Is the ESR as important as it is in monitors etc.?
        Have you ever stopped to think and then forget to start thinking again?

        As a very wise man once said on this forum: "Of all the things I have lost I miss my mind the most."

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          #5
          Re: Dumpster Computer Find

          Originally posted by killian6pk View Post
          Thanks kind of what I thought. I will check the caps on the mobo. Is the ESR as important as it is in monitors etc.?
          Yeah, High ESR is a sign of failed caps. Especially in the VRM.
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            #6
            Re: Dumpster Computer Find

            There are six capacitors on the board that need changing. Three Chemicon caps (With the brown sleeve) by the CPU VRM (Near the back panel connectors) and three more left of the memory slots. The board is made by Foxconn, as is typical with Dell Vostros, and they're decent quality.

            Vostros use LiteOn PSUs, but YMMV. They need to be re-capped as well, but you can use a different PSU if you want since Vostros are standard ATX computers.
            "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

            -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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              Re: Dumpster Computer Find

              Originally posted by mockingbird View Post
              There are six capacitors on the board that need changing. Three Chemicon caps (With the brown sleeve) by the CPU VRM (Near the back panel connectors) and three more left of the memory slots. The board is made by Foxconn, as is typical with Dell Vostros, and they're decent quality.

              Vostros use LiteOn PSUs, but YMMV. They need to be re-capped as well, but you can use a different PSU if you want since Vostros are standard ATX computers.



              Do you mean as a matter of practice or only if the PS is not working?

              I will change the ones on the Mobo.
              Have you ever stopped to think and then forget to start thinking again?

              As a very wise man once said on this forum: "Of all the things I have lost I miss my mind the most."

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                Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                Originally posted by ratdude747 View Post
                w/o RAM, not really.

                the HDD part can be averted with a live OS disc (like most flavors of linux).
                I wanted to try Linux on this machine (if the computer will run). The reviews of Ubunto 13.10 do not appear to be great. Don't know if this is just real afficianado's not happy with something or if it really does not function correctly.

                What do you think I should install as my first foray into Linux (name and version), provided this computer works? I will need to download a live disc for whatever since I won't have an OS.
                Last edited by killian6pk; 11-06-2013, 12:31 PM.
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                  Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                  Originally posted by killian6pk View Post
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                  Do you mean as a matter of practice or only if the PS is not working?

                  I will change the ones on the Mobo.
                  practice. Junk caps will fail sooner or later.
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                    Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                    Agreed... And even it it works, it will kill your brand new caps with all that ripple it's letting through.
                    "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                    -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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                      #11
                      Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                      The Vostro 200 I had came with a Delta mini 250W PSU.

                      (model DPS-250A B-28 B)
                      ASRock B550 PG Velocita

                      Ryzen 9 "Vermeer" 5900X

                      32 GB G.Skill RipJaws V F4-3200C16D-32GVR

                      Arc A770 16 GB

                      eVGA Supernova G3 750W

                      Western Digital Black SN850 1TB NVMe SSD

                      Alienware AW3423DWF OLED




                      "¡Me encanta "Me Encanta o Enlistarlo con Hilary Farr!" -Mí mismo

                      "There's nothing more unattractive than a chick smoking a cigarette" -Topcat

                      "Today's lesson in pissivity comes in the form of a ziplock baggie full of GPU extension brackets & hardware that for the last ~3 years have been on my bench, always in my way, getting moved around constantly....and yesterday I found myself in need of them....and the bastards are now nowhere to be found! Motherfracker!!" -Topcat

                      "did I see a chair fly? I think I did! Time for popcorn!" -ratdude747

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                        #12
                        Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                        intel core2duo 775 2.8Ghz
                        asus manboard - toasted
                        2 X 2GB team DDR400RAM
                        Sapphire HD4770 - toasted
                        CoolerMaster Glite 330 Red Casing
                        Acbel Ipower 550W* IIRC PSU

                        found this PC at my stairway...

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                          #13
                          Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                          Originally posted by ant3202 View Post
                          intel core2duo 775 2.8Ghz
                          asus manboard - toasted
                          2 X 2GB team DDR400RAM
                          Sapphire HD4770 - toasted
                          CoolerMaster Glite 330 Red Casing
                          Acbel Ipower 550W* IIRC PSU

                          found this PC at my stairway...
                          Score!

                          Looks like you got a decent case and a CPU (may have been OC'd) for free... and a good (may need recapped) PSU as well. The RAM, meh, team is junk.
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                            #14
                            Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                            Originally posted by ratdude747 View Post
                            Score!
                            The RAM, meh, team is junk.
                            I don't agree.

                            OP, Try Elementary OS Better than Ubuntu but still based on Ubuntu so it'll run the same stuff.

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                              #15
                              Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                              Thanks had not heard of that particular OS. I will look into it. Just looking for something that works without tons of bells and whistles. My normal use for this machine is getting on the net to pay bills and sometimes do some surfing. Yesterday I saw a good bit on Puppy Linux that made that look good as a possiblility. Anyone got any thoughts.
                              Have you ever stopped to think and then forget to start thinking again?

                              As a very wise man once said on this forum: "Of all the things I have lost I miss my mind the most."

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                                #16
                                Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                                Manjaro Linux. Arch based, but easy to setup and use. Also gives access to arch's large repository of packages (a copy of it that is)... easy to use but still light and powerful. I personally prefer the gnome flavor (now discontinued officially by manjaro) but the default XFCE sounds more like what you're asking for.
                                Last edited by ratdude747; 11-07-2013, 10:40 AM. Reason: rechecked, bad info.
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                                  #17
                                  Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                                  Originally posted by shovenose View Post
                                  I don't agree.

                                  OP, Try Elementary OS Better than Ubuntu but still based on Ubuntu so it'll run the same stuff.
                                  This looks like Puppy in that it seems to be lightweight, but it looks like it has more stuff that can be added on if you want. This looks like something that could be a real possibility. Thanks for the info on it.
                                  Have you ever stopped to think and then forget to start thinking again?

                                  As a very wise man once said on this forum: "Of all the things I have lost I miss my mind the most."

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                                    #18
                                    Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                                    My favorite distro has to be Mint (I prefer the MATE version). It's yet another Ubuntu-based distro, but the MATE desktop environment is nice. I've never tried the Cinnamon option, though.

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                                      #19
                                      Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                                      Originally posted by ratdude747 View Post
                                      Manjaro Linux. Arch based, but easy to setup and use. Also gives access to arch's large repository of packages (a copy of it that is)... easy to use but still light and powerful. I personally prefer the gnome flavor (now discontinued officially by manjaro) but the default XFCE sounds more like what you're asking for.
                                      Thanks I will look into this one also. Man there are a lot of variations on this OS. Lots of really busy people out there programming their little fingers off.
                                      Have you ever stopped to think and then forget to start thinking again?

                                      As a very wise man once said on this forum: "Of all the things I have lost I miss my mind the most."

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                                        #20
                                        Re: Dumpster Computer Find

                                        Originally posted by killian6pk View Post
                                        Thanks I will look into this one also. Man there are a lot of variations on this OS. Lots of really busy people out there programming their little fingers off.
                                        Hi guys talking about Dumpsters computers,i also found this week a Dell dimention 4500 pentium4 intel i845,1023gb ram,2.26ghz processor,80gb hd,
                                        with Nvidia Geforce 4Ti 4200,it was runing with Win XP sp3,it started up but when it got to the dektop it would freeze, since i know Xp is not supported any more i went a head and i started to install linux distro and erased Win,but at first i couldn't run Debian wheezy7,Xubuntu12.04,lubuntu, mint14,
                                        Bu i thought of Changing the Nvidia card to an ATI 9600,and installed
                                        Debian Wheezy7 and it installed great, then since i like Xubuntu 1204 better
                                        went a head and installed it,this time it installed great and i have a great Extra PC, and it runs like a champ,

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