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AMD APU A4-3300 2.5ghz 1mb cache
Motherboard GigaByte GA-A75M-S2V
Kingston HyperX Blue DDR3 8GB (2x4GB)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [B800] Sound Card
500GB WD Caviar® Blue™
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
TBH, if you don't care for the trackpad, I'd let it be and hang on to the connector. It's kinda like my Old Latitude D400's half-bused modem conenctor (not the jack, but a 2 pin SMD connector)... it was busted when I got the replacement mobo for it... so I just pulled the modem and the modem wiring from it. The chances of me needing a modem were nil so it was no issue to me.sigpic
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My Computer.
AMD APU A4-3300 2.5ghz 1mb cache
Motherboard GigaByte GA-A75M-S2V
Kingston HyperX Blue DDR3 8GB (2x4GB)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [B800] Sound Card
500GB WD Caviar® Blue™
1 Terabyte WD Caviar® Black™
2 Terabyte WD Caviar® Black™Comment
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Now that I look closer at the pics, yup, the traces went. The only way to fix that would be to tie into the vias and splice there... which I have tried before and may or may not have been successful with. It's very very hard at the least.sigpic
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My Computer.
AMD APU A4-3300 2.5ghz 1mb cache
Motherboard GigaByte GA-A75M-S2V
Kingston HyperX Blue DDR3 8GB (2x4GB)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [B800] Sound Card
500GB WD Caviar® Blue™
1 Terabyte WD Caviar® Black™
2 Terabyte WD Caviar® Black™Comment
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Re: Your Best Dumpster Finds
I recently got an old pentium 4 system that my friend was going to toss. Found a nice GeForce 5300 FX AGP card in it, but the fan was busted, so after a quick replacement, it was humming happily in my other P4 machine.Comment
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Re: Your Best Dumpster Finds
I must say my best find were Cerwin Vega E-715s WITH the cloth covers.
The only thing wrong was scratchy pots....otherwise they worked and sounded awesome
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Re: Your Best Dumpster Finds
Two years ago I was staying up in Fairbanks, Alaska. They have several of what's called 'Transfer Stations' located around town which are just big public lots with 50 or so dumpsters where everyone goes to dump their trash. One day, backed up to a dumpster and inside were 5 Dell GX series computers with HDDs, Optical drvs, etc. Grabbed 'em. Got them all running a few days later and donated them to a local non-profit.
Also found a Samsung 22" monitor in excellent condition. Looked to me that it had failed early in it's life and the owner just tossed it. Plugged it in, and the screen was flashing. Opened it up and found 2 bulged caps in the power section. Replaced 5 caps from my own stock (cost around $5) and it's been running fine ever since.Comment
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My Computer: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, Asrock X370 Killer SLI/AC, 32GB G.SKILL TRIDENT Z RGB DDR4 3200, 500GB WD Black NVME and 2TB Toshiba HD,Geforce RTX 3080 FOUNDERS Edition, In-Win 303 White, EVGA SuperNova 750 G3, Windows 10 ProComment
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Yah, CRT is what I use for gaming. LCD is nice for CAD though."Tantalum for the brave, Solid Aluminium for the wise, Wet Electrolytic for the adventurous"
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
1600x1200 is nice for games, but I wouldn't use that resolution in Windows. Things (especially text) become too small IMO. I'm running mine at 1024x768 @ 85 Hz. It looks even better and more crisp on 1152x864, but I have to drop the refresh rate to 75 Hz. I rather have 85 Hz at a lower resolution that a higher resolution at lower refresh rate. I'm guessing yours probably has no problem doing 75 Hz on 1600x1200.
Yeah, I love the bit about free anti-aliasing as well. Most games look fine to me even when ran at 800x600, as long as it's on a CRT. Put them on an LCD and they look like crap. Heck, even at the LCD's native resolution they still look bad.Comment
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Picked up a like-new HP Laserjet M1319f MFP for $5. It even had HP branded toner in it.
All my stuff uses that same toner cartridge, so at the least its a spare printer with a copier and faxed added on.sigpic
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
pioneer sa-7100 curbshopped.
still in its box and looks new.Comment
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Found these on the side of the road. Amazingly both work except for the balance knob.Attached FilesComment
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
How the hell do you guys find this stuff? I go to thrift shops and yard sales and find diddly squat.Comment
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Got a free 40 inch LCD LG TV and 2 computers TV psu or motherboard had bad caps and psu in one of the computers has badcaps.My Computer.
AMD APU A4-3300 2.5ghz 1mb cache
Motherboard GigaByte GA-A75M-S2V
Kingston HyperX Blue DDR3 8GB (2x4GB)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [B800] Sound Card
500GB WD Caviar® Blue™
1 Terabyte WD Caviar® Black™
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
40" LG? Lucky bastard!
All I got was an el-cheapo Generic 26" with bad caps...sigpic
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Better than nothing!"Tantalum for the brave, Solid Aluminium for the wise, Wet Electrolytic for the adventurous"
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
once you get out there and network with folks the stuff will start coming to you.
big thrift stores sometimes have good stuff if you look.dug a yaesu vx-1r out of a box of chearp frs radios last week.
cost me $1 and it works after i made up a charger for it.a105 firmware so easy to mod too.
i also have a guy who gets impounded cars to dispose of.
he wants audio and cb stuff.he dumps off pickup loads of stuff for me to test and clean up,repair if worthwhile,ect.
if it is a amateur(ham) rig i get it.he got some huge competition grade setup out of a "drugdealermobile"
car was actually nice other than the goofy paintjob and wheels.
amongst the stuff he removes to make it ready to sell was a kenwood ts-50 and a ameritron als-500.so i will score big on this one!
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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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"Caseless Cheap Chinese electronic tools" I mean things you get from banggood, ali, fleabay, Am-Zon, etc. like AVR-Transistortester, miscellaneous signal generators, frequency counters, (variable) power supplies, oscilloscopes, low resistance meters, etc., etc. that comes optionally with a case, or comes only with a cheap piece of plastic that barely provides protection to the PCB.
Just wondering what of these (generally flimsy) tools you actually find use (almost) everyday and find indispensable for the price, compared to buying a Fluke or whatnot, if there is an expensive...
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