Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Six (Intel & Samsung) 256GB SSDs
Six (Intel & Samsung) 256GB SSDs
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The 2TB drive: how's SMART looking?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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The "Supermicro Tree" dropped 2x brand new X7DAL's and 1x X6DAL on me. This makes 3 X7DAL's they've given me. I've never messed with the X6DAL, I'll have to research what chipset it is...maybe more paxvilles will find homes.<--- Badcaps.net Founder
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
LUCKY! Where do you get all of this stuff!?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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I'll need to keep my eyes open then for a deal like you found... all of my laptops are spinners minus my nicest one with has a dualbooted peanut sized 120gb drive. Last I looked intel ones still sold for a pretty penny even when used
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Bit quite today but got
3 x PS3 Slims (160GB x2 & 320GB) Console
2 x Controllers
5 x Games
All for £45
Got two them which were console only for £5 each and the otehr a sull bundle for £35
2 of them working (one of the £5 ones working)
The 320GB £5 one has the turn off as soon as you power it up issue which is a simple enough PSU issue either with connection or with adjusting pots.
So not bad at at all works out at £15 per console.
Also got some wharfedale diamond 7.1 bookshelf speakers for £5Comment
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Should be the same as the other irwindale boards we have. That chipset came in both DDR and DDR2 boards. The DDR version only can do 333 but can do more RAM (8x 4GB, good luck finding the modules). IIRC the X6DAL only had a -G variant (1 NIC,, DDR) and no -G2 variant (2 NIC, DDR2).sigpic
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Road side garbage pickup find of the year for me
MacBook Pro 13" 2011. It was in the rain but the angle it was on it didn't get any water in it thankfully, it runs, only thing was the optical drive didn't read discs (replaced with a spare I had) and both USB ports didn't recognize any device, I recently fixed it with help from badcaps, both USB data line filters were faulty (fixed from a donor board) now she runs great with a 250GB SSD split half n' half with OSX High Sierra and Windows 8.1
That last pic keeps unloading upside down
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More free road side garbage pickup, working HP workstation with an intel Xeon (not sure which one), dual CPU sockets, Nvidia Quadro and I think 8GB ram (4x 2GB) damaged Win XP install or faulty boot drive, they removed the PSU however it was sitting next to it and it works fine. Next a perfectly working intel 530 480GB SSD, the things people throw out!Attached FilesLast edited by Johndill; 05-05-2018, 12:09 AM.Comment
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^ You are one lucky bastard. Do you live in rich area or something?sigpic
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PlayStation 4 white model 1200 - $80AUD - fried cockroach PSU - 2x controllers
PlayStation 4 Black model 1100 - $40AUD - failing HDD
For the white PS4 I made a molex PSU adapter from the dead PSU casing and it works great (to test the system worked before ordering a replacement PSU)Attached FilesComment
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so you cruise it in an old v8 with open headers and a blower sticking thru the hood?
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
So it's garbage month where i live so that means i'm going to be finding a bunch of random free stuff on the side of the road over the next few weeks.
Here is some stuff i found so far........
1 APS UPS, I don't remember what model it is nor have i tested it yet.
1 Dell LCD Monitor, someone removed the sticker on it with all of the info but the LCD does work.
And 1 PowerSpec PC, I have not tested it yet because both the power supply (some FSP unit) and the motherboard are covered in dead capacitors.
Here are some specs of the PC....................
The motherboard is an ECS mcp68m-m2 with about 4GB of DDR2 RAM.
The Hard Drive is a WD Raptor 36.7GB HDD.
The PC has one DVD/CD drive and one floppy drive.
The power supply is an FSP300-60BTV 300w PSU (the power supply appears to not be original to this PC).Last edited by RukyCon; 05-08-2018, 04:59 AM.I'm not a expert, I'm just doing my best.Comment
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Got some freebies:
2x Gigabyte GV-NX84G256H - one dead, one had artefacts but now works
1x WDC WD1600AVJS SATA HDD
and a PC with:
ECS Geforce7050M-M (AM2)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
A-Line PX-450 "450W" PSU (K-Mex's POS line of units)
Deer "TAC" case (strange how they paired a Deer case with a K-Mex unit.)
H-L DVD-RW GSA-H58N
1GB DDR2
Hitachi 160GB SATA HDD
Tossed the PSU because it was a piece of crap and same route went the front panel of the case, in its place sitting a white JNC RJA-52 front panel.Main rig:
Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Core i5-3470 3.60GHz
Gigabyte Geforce GTX650 1GB GDDR5
16GB DDR3-1600
Samsung SH-224AB DVD-RW
FSP Bluestorm II 500W (recapped)
120GB ADATA + 2x Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000340NS 1TB
Delux MG760 case
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airDon'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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Recently I've gotten into EC flashing due to my broken laptop(s) and started frantically searching methods for flashing the IT5571E-128 chip on the cheap(due to me beaing a student and not having a job) and noticed that ITE newer chips can be flashed via ISP (In-System Programming) either via SMBus or the KBC (EPP - Enhanced Parallel Port) interface. While these can be achieved with programmers like SVOD4/3 or the RT809H/F those options are WAYYY out of my budget so I was horrified. But recently I stumbled uppon some programmers on aliexpress that claim they can program a variety of ITE chips...06-17-2025, 07:17 AM
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My Mom bought some cheap motion sensor lights on wish... then complains about about batteries and this thing chews though them, well it uses 4 AAA batteries and a pack of rechargeable ones is about 13 USD
well since it uses 4 AAA and rechargeable are 1.2v and non-recharge at 1.5 this thing must work with 4.8-6v, I'll shove a USB cable on it, infant i will use a broken phone charge cable... dam this thing uses 430 mA and they made it battery powered...
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Hi all,
I was looking to upgrade my main multimeter (Asita MD591) with something that has more features. I'll use it mostly for board diagnostic and diy repairs. I've been eyeing out many of those multi-function ones from Aliexpress but can't seem to make my mind up. Here are the features that I'm looking after:
- Autorange
- DC volts up to 30V
- Accurate Resistance
- Diode test (Beep mode)
- Frequency up to 200MHz
- Capacitanze up to 5000uF
- as cheap as possible
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Just as the title states. Two cheap SiS machines, surprisingly stable.
What I will tackle in the near future (the build will be slightly postponed due to slight stomach issues - am still recovering and my physical power (sorry if it sounds weird,English isn't quite my primary language) isn't the best at the moment. Especially with the diet I have to take at the moment.) are two SiS based machines.
The first one is a IPC rebranded Mitac 7521T. Why did I feel the need to tackle this machine? Well, just look at the specs:
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Went dumpster-diving and found a bricked Lenovo P14S in trash, few weeks earlier. Symptoms - no screen, no POST, no beep, just keyboard LEDs flashing on powerup. Mute button+LED was responding though, and the display self-test was still working (via the key combo Ctrl+Fn+Power held for some seconds, see the Service manual).
Incidentally, Windows 11 have recently started auto-flashing computer BIOS in our region. Even more suspiciously, Lenovo has released a BIOS update just few days before the PC was trashed. About a week later, the BIOS update image has been oficially marked...04-14-2025, 01:56 PM
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