Machine Messiah
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:02 am Post subject:
Fun with Compaq Presario 6000 found in trash. |
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I hauled a Compaq Presario 6000 out of a dumpster a couple of weeks ago.
Previous owner, in their haste or aggravation, neglegted to unscrew the
vga connection, they simply broke it off. Half the pins were still on
the monitor cord, the rest in the mother board. Damn, I thought I got
impatient with those things.
Open the case:
No agp slot.
250 watt PSU
1 512 mb stick of ram.
Onboard Audio
Onboard Ethernet
Plug the machine in, turn it on and the mobo posts w/o problem.
I ordered a Saphire Radeon 64 MB pci card and 1 256mb stick pc2100 ram.
Stick that in the machine, turn it on. Press F2 and change the video
from "onboard" to "PCI", after that Windows Xp starts in safe mode.
Previous owner failed to delete any of his old files.
Machine has a 120 gig hd and a 2.5 gig P4 Northwood, 400 FSB.
It's amazing how may pc's we find in the trash where I work, that the
only thing wrong is a Windows problem. People don't seem to realize the
OS is separate from the hardware. Got my self a nice little machine for
a $60 investment.
1 question:
I'd like to replace the power supply and add a second hd. Is it hard to
find a PSU that will fit in this case? I have 2 now that won't work, the
screws don't line up.
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