Show off your old and retro computer parts

[killers993]

Just picked these up for free today, 

 

Top one is a 486 and bottom is a 286.

[Tommy Wu]

 I have an IBM ThinkPad T43 type 2668 with an Intel Pentium M processor running at two gigahertz. That thing was at my other house so I cannot show the picture of it. It's probably the last IBM ThinkPad products. It says "Manufactured for Lenovo" and there are no lenovo logos around the case. It's kind of like classic and it's capable of running Windows 10(32bit), it currently runs Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit version. It is not in very decent condition

[Tommy Wu]

I don't have 486,386,286 or 8086 ancient pcs

[Tommy Wu]

On 10/3/2019 at 6:30 AM, 2DollaKoala said:

I'm not opposed to Linux, but I paid for Windows when I got my Yoga Book. Maybe if I got the Android one it would have been an easier pill to swallow, but I just didn't want to deal with it personally. Then again if I did get the Android one, I might still have that device as is since it probably runs a lot better on them.

 

No offense to the die hard Linux users out there, but I tend to only use in on machines that are past their support cycle. Like with older MacBooks, Apple might stop offering software and security updates, but pop in a cheap SSD and load Linix, and boom! You got yourself a nice laptop again for basic use. So from my standpoint, it just seems weird to buy a new machine and immediately load Linux on it. I prefer the ecosystems that Google, Microsoft, and Apple can provide.

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate (Chinese) on my ThinkPad T43 smoooooooooooothly

It never frozen. It seldomly crashes (like sometimes "Check to be sure you have adequate disk space" BSOD). It boots up like 25 seconds (FASTEST RECORD).

[glenalz81]

Box of manky goodies, after a little clean and then test time.

[Tonberry]

2 hours ago, glenalz81 said:

Box of manky goodies, after a little clean and then test time.

 

How did you clean all to be prestine like this?

[glenalz81]

15 minutes ago, PotatoCanDo! said:

How did you clean all to be prestine like this?

Compressed air can, soft bristle paint brush and a duster cloth.

 

Used a very little amount of beeswax polish on the GPU shroud.

 

I love TYC but there's no brake cleaner or WD40 here.

[X-System]

4 hours ago, glenalz81 said:

Box of manky goodies, after a little clean and then test time.

Try to find the fan for the northbridge chipset like it

 

[Kilrah]

Ooh the days of nForce and when 3rd party chipsets were a thing...

[Bitter]

I've got one in my closet, I kind of want to get a Core2Quad for it just for funs but I don't know if I can still find the Abit drivers since Abit is dead. Abit IN9-32X MAX Wifi. The Abit website still exists but all the driver download links are dead. Le Sigh.

[glenalz81]

2 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Nice! Just curious, what's the XFX card up top in the first pic?

It's a GTS 250.

[X-System]

2 hours ago, Bitter said:

I've got one in my closet, I kind of want to get a Core2Quad for it just for funs but I don't know if I can still find the Abit drivers since Abit is dead. Abit IN9-32X MAX Wifi. The Abit website still exists but all the driver download links are dead. Le Sigh.

Use the research engine for to download individual on every website (nVIDIA, Silicon Image and Realtek). And drivers for Abit WiFi, you can to find it easy

 

You can to use Abit website for to know the model chipset

[SimplyChunk]

9 hours ago, glenalz81 said:

Box of manky goodies, after a little clean and then test time.

 

SNAP!  Mines a 260 though

[Bitter]

38 minutes ago, X-System said:

Use the research engine for to download individual on every website (nVIDIA, Silicon Image and Realtek). And drivers for Abit WiFi, you can to find it easy

 

You can to use Abit website for to know the model chipset

Maybe, when I've got $60 I don't want anymore to buy a QX9650, I could run XP 64bit and use all 4GB of RAM. I was able to easily run a 1600mhz FSB on that board all day long with my E8400 so that would stick a QX9650 at 3.6Ghz out of the box without any multiplier OC. A 4Ghz QX9650 would be a fun toy but ultimately that's all it would be as I lack a period correct graphics card anymore and have better uses for the case. I might be persuaded to sell off the board, cpu, cooler, etc if I found the right buyer at the right price.

[SimplyChunk]

1 hour ago, Bitter said:

Maybe, when I've got $60 I don't want anymore to buy a QX9650, I could run XP 64bit and use all 4GB of RAM. I was able to easily run a 1600mhz FSB on that board all day long with my E8400 so that would stick a QX9650 at 3.6Ghz out of the box without any multiplier OC. A 4Ghz QX9650 would be a fun toy but ultimately that's all it would be as I lack a period correct graphics card anymore and have better uses for the case. I might be persuaded to sell off the board, cpu, cooler, etc if I found the right buyer at the right price.

I got a 8800GTX.  I'm not sure if it works.  It's a Gainward one.  I can't test it as i don't have a suitable XP/Vista machine to run it on.  You can have it if you pay for the postage...Or maybe i could buy the board from you?

[Bitter]

26 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

I got a 8800GTX.  I'm not sure if it works.  It's a Gainward one.  I can't test it as i don't have a suitable XP/Vista machine to run it on.  You can have it if you pay for the postage...Or maybe i could buy the board from you?

Maybe, I think at this point I'd be more interested in selling off the board but I have no idea what a fair price would be, there's none on eBay currently.

[SimplyChunk]

30 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Maybe, I think at this point I'd be more interested in selling off the board but I have no idea what a fair price would be, there's none on eBay currently.

Have a think.  I'm not gonna throw any pressure on you.  My 8800 isn't going anywhere anytime soon.  PM me if you've come up with a price

[Bitter]

15 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Have a think.  I'm not gonna throw any pressure on you.  My 8800 isn't going anywhere anytime soon.  PM me if you've come up with a price

I certainly will, thanks for the offer.

[Kilrah]

Also had an nForce board with E6850 (Asus P5N32-E SLI) and 8800GT in 2007. 

The core2duo quickly showed its limits so I replaced the whole lot with a 6 core i7-970 build 3 years later. Managed to sell the whole machine as a working setup with display etc so don't have any of it left. The 970 still runs and games occasionally at a friend's with a GTX970.

[Ryzenuser19]

I got this sound card which is an x-fi xtreme 1100 or something back when I was in school and discovered my amp would function properly from the pc via optical cables, this ati gpu have saved me from being unable to use windows when my gpus have died from excessive ocs  sadly the sound card is dead gpu works like perfect still. I also have my old xp laptop that uses a nvidia 320go or something. along with the games I used to play on it.

[Ryzenuser19]

[Ryzenuser19]

On 10/3/2019 at 9:49 AM, X-System said:

It's 3330 (upgrade from 3310)

 

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=192&idPhone2=239

 

 

I have my old Nokia smartphones : 6680, N97 mini, Lumia 820 and my favorite E90 Communicator

 

I used to have the n900 and the phone version too. I even had the htc Himalaya and alpine. I miss having the most expensive stuff I gotta dig out my hp x51 to play some rockband

[seagate_surfer]

On 10/6/2019 at 3:36 AM, glenalz81 said:

Box of manky goodies, after a little clean and then test time.

When I first started scrolling I thought you were going to post something like this:

A fully integrated cardbox computer! 

 

[joeyhawkins76]

I have some pre-DDR RAM lying around, as well as a couple of Pentiums, older Athlon chips, and a Mac Pro 4,1. I also have some older expansion cards, and quite a few windows XP era computers.

Edited October 11, 2019 by joeyhawkins76
Didn't previously attach Media

[Ienien77]

And i ooop ! 

A poor intel celeron that i bring from work. Might try to repair with my soldering iron don't know if i will be able to do it.

[EDIT] I give up.