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OPEN THIS THREAD --> NEW YEAR w/ NEW DEALS by RackNerd + GIVEAWAYS

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  • @DeadlyChemist said: yeah if you find some 12TB harddrives you don't use also DM me

    That's probably not going to happen anytime soon. :wink:
    But I do have a stack of 120GB IDE drives, that I use as a door stop, that I could probably part with. :)

  • @FrankZ said:

    @BlazinDimes said: I just picked up a Core 2 Duo desktop with GeForce 8500 for free, just needs some DDR2 RAM,

    I think I have some DDR2 1GB sticks that I'll never use, how many do you need? Assuming shipping is not prohibitive I'll donate them to the cause.

    I think I have some DDR2 left, somewhere, maybe, because they are going up in price as always. But hell yeah man, thanks for the offer even a matching-ish set of 1GB sticks though would probably be plenty for this rig and make it a sweet old school gaming rig. Maybe I could actually convince my son that old games are cool. Haha

    I'll post up pics of what was given to me in a second. I've only looked at it once. My buddy just wanted it out of his car.

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  • @DeadlyChemist said:

    @xpress7 said: Good morning guys.. Seems some interesting conversation going on... 😎

    not really, kinda dead, i'm trying to get a chitchat going before sleep but ehhhhh rip

    LOL. will join you people tomorrow then. Sleep tight bro.. :D

  • @xpress7 said: LOL. will join you people tomorrow then. Sleep tight bro..

    eh got some shitty coding todo... but wasted like 4h on games already lol

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  • Few closer pics too if anybody is curious.

  • @BlazinDimes said:

    SMARTPOWER

    sounds like firehazard to me lol
    also way cleaner than i expected

  • @DeadlyChemist said:

    @BlazinDimes said:

    SMARTPOWER

    sounds like firehazard to me lol
    also way cleaner than i expected

    Look closer, its an Antec. lol

    I'll probably open it up either way.

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  • @BlazinDimes
    I have some dead Dell vostro i5 laptop, which was damaged by spilling of water mistakenly few years back (2016 maybe). I teared open it watching some youtube video, but never fixed it. I got so irritated with it, that I didn't even fix the screws back. Just left it in a box.

    May be we can work together to wake it up from dead.. 😝

    Thanked by 1dustinc
  • @DeadlyChemist said:

    @xpress7 said: LOL. will join you people tomorrow then. Sleep tight bro..

    eh got some shitty coding todo... but wasted like 4h on games already lol

    You are a programmer? What languages you do code?

  • @DeadlyChemist said:
    hm, maybe let's have a chitchat?
    what do you use your RackNerd services for?

    I have no idea. I won two vps, but I don’t know what to do.
    Who can share some interesting source code?

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  • @FrankZ Idk what it costs you to ship RAM to the midwest US, if its less than I can buy the RAM for on eBay then I would be more than willing to pay shipping even. Better to use it than toss it out!

  • @suut said:

    @DeadlyChemist said:
    hm, maybe let's have a chitchat?
    what do you use your RackNerd services for?

    I have no idea. I won two vps, but I don’t know what to do.
    Who can share some interesting source code?

    Github... 😉

    Thanked by 1suut
  • Just double checked, I have a matched set of
    HYS72T1128020HFN-3S-A, 1GB 2RxR8 PC2-5300F-555-10-B0 with heat sinks.

    Thanked by 1Xrmaddness
  • @xpress7 said: I have some dead Dell vostro i5 laptop, which was damaged by spilling of water mistakenly few years back (2016 maybe). I teared open it watching some youtube video, but never fixed it. I got so irritated with it, that I didn't even fix the screws back. Just left it in a box.

    water damage is pain

    did you manage to figure out what is even broken?

  • @xpress7 said:
    @BlazinDimes
    I have some dead Dell vostro i5 laptop, which was damaged by spilling of water mistakenly few years back (2016 maybe). I teared open it watching some youtube video, but never fixed it. I got so irritated with it, that I didn't even fix the screws back. Just left it in a box.

    May be we can work together to wake it up from dead.. 😝

    I've been given a handful of laptops that people have damaged and then taken apart, then they give them to me completely disassembled and so far I've had success at reviving them. Even one i3 rig that got stepped on, tossed down the stairs, and sat long enough for things to get rusty while disassembled.

  • @xpress7 said: You are a programmer? What languages you do code?

    not really, im a nutrician but kinda a chemist...

    anyways i know some py, some js, bits java...

    i just make whatever i need (currently beeing a FAQ bot on discord)

    would post a pic but it does not wanna work...

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  • BlazinDimesBlazinDimes Member
    edited January 2022

    @FrankZ said:
    Just double checked, I have a matched set of
    HYS72T1128020HFN-3S-A, 1GB 2RxR8 PC2-5300F-555-10-B0 with heat sinks.

    Just checked what I have, and I have a matched pair of
    HYS64T128020HU-3S-B, 1GB 2Rx8 PC2-5300U-555-12-E0. (no heat sinks)

    Perfect! All PC2-5300

    I assume you meant a pair? Or do you have all 4 matching? If thats the case I might have to revive this HP desktop too. Just noticed it has a AMD Radeon 2400 PRO in it haha

  • BlazinDimesBlazinDimes Member
    edited January 2022

    @DeadlyChemist said:

    @xpress7 said: You are a programmer? What languages you do code?

    not really, im a nutrician but kinda a chemist...

    anyways i know some py, some js, bits java...

    i just make whatever i need (currently beeing a FAQ bot on discord)

    would post a pic but it does not wanna work...


    @DeadlyChemist here's your pic

  • @BlazinDimes said: @FrankZ Idk what it costs you to ship RAM to the midwest US, if its less than I can buy the RAM for on eBay then I would be more than willing to pay shipping even. Better to use it than toss it out!

    I just checked shipping cost. It is more to send them to you that to buy on ebay. So I'll just send them from ebay. :)

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  • @DeadlyChemist said:

    @xpress7 said: I have some dead Dell vostro i5 laptop, which was damaged by spilling of water mistakenly few years back (2016 maybe). I teared open it watching some youtube video, but never fixed it. I got so irritated with it, that I didn't even fix the screws back. Just left it in a box.

    water damage is pain

    did you manage to figure out what is even broken?

    Didn't remember. I thought it was keyboard. Blown some air, dried it. It booted but stopped again. That lapotp's hinge was also broken by that time( common complaint for that dell vostro model). So I got irritated and bought a new laptop instead.

  • @FrankZ said:

    @BlazinDimes said: @FrankZ Idk what it costs you to ship RAM to the midwest US, if its less than I can buy the RAM for on eBay then I would be more than willing to pay shipping even. Better to use it than toss it out!

    I just checked shipping cost. It is more to send them to you that to buy on ebay. So I'll just send them from ebay. :)

    You outside of the US? Thanks man, that's super cool. I didn't even know what to do with this thing but just bringing it up in this thread has given me a bunch of fun ideas.

    Mostly retro gaming rig. This thing looks solid.

  • @xpress7 said: Didn't remember. I thought it was keyboard. Blown some air, dried it. It booted but stopped again. That lapotp's hinge was also broken by that time( common complaint for that dell vostro model). So I got irritated and bought a new laptop instead.

    yeah... i sometimes spent a looot of time on fixing stuff not worth it... good chellenge tho

  • @BlazinDimes said:

    @xpress7 said:
    @BlazinDimes
    I have some dead Dell vostro i5 laptop, which was damaged by spilling of water mistakenly few years back (2016 maybe). I teared open it watching some youtube video, but never fixed it. I got so irritated with it, that I didn't even fix the screws back. Just left it in a box.

    May be we can work together to wake it up from dead.. 😝

    I've been given a handful of laptops that people have damaged and then taken apart, then they give them to me completely disassembled and so far I've had success at reviving them. Even one i3 rig that got stepped on, tossed down the stairs, and sat long enough for things to get rusty while disassembled.

    Good to hear that. I will search my laptop in store room, and will post some pictures later. May be you'll get some idea about it.

  • @DeadlyChemist said:

    @xpress7 said: You are a programmer? What languages you do code?

    not really, im a nutrician but kinda a chemist...

    I know what you mean ;)

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  • @xpress7 said:

    @DeadlyChemist said:

    @xpress7 said: I have some dead Dell vostro i5 laptop, which was damaged by spilling of water mistakenly few years back (2016 maybe). I teared open it watching some youtube video, but never fixed it. I got so irritated with it, that I didn't even fix the screws back. Just left it in a box.

    water damage is pain

    did you manage to figure out what is even broken?

    Didn't remember. I thought it was keyboard. Blown some air, dried it. It booted but stopped again. That lapotp's hinge was also broken by that time( common complaint for that dell vostro model). So I got irritated and bought a new laptop instead.

    In 2020 I repaired a Dell Latitude E6400 motherboard that had years old energy drink damage and sat, using little more than Ether (starting fluid), a quick rinse in the shower, then some peroxide to rinse. Literally all I had on hand after moving into the new house and a replacement was only $10 so it was supposed to be just a fun failure.

    Son-of-a-bitch worked and STILL RUNS TODAY.

    WHAT!? haha

    I do not recommend this method at ALL.

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  • @Andrews said: I know what you mean

    currently doing more IT because dont have space todo chem... as for other stuff, no space/money so IT is only one left... some electronics too

    @BlazinDimes said: using little more than Ether (starting fluid)

    i would say the worst repairs are then caps go nuclear and multi layer board is charred all the way thru, i used small sand discs to get rid of shorted layers...

    if you dont have schematics or another board to compare, GG good luck

    we need right to repair...

    Thanked by 1BlazinDimes
  • FrankZFrankZ Barred
    edited January 2022

    @BlazinDimes said: You outside of the US? Thanks man, that's super cool. I didn't even know what to do with this thing but just bringing it up in this thread has given me a bunch of fun ideas.

    Yep, Mexico. You should pick out what you want on EBay, $20 or less and I will reimburse you via PayPal just PM me an EBay link and your PayPal address. :)

  • @FrankZ said:

    @BlazinDimes said: You outside of the US? Thanks man, that's super cool. I didn't even know what to do with this thing but just bringing it up in this thread has given me a bunch of fun ideas.

    Yep, Mexico. You should pick out what you want on EBay, $20 or less and I will reimburse you via PayPal just PM me an EBay link and your PayPal address. :)

    What a genuinely nice thing to do. Good on you!

  • FrankZFrankZ Barred
    edited January 2022

    @Xrmaddness said: What a genuinely nice thing to do. Good on you!

    Thank you.
    The credit goes to @FAT32 and the providers who started this "Give back to the community" thing. I've just been trying to do my part.

    Now we just need a hashtag...
    Suggestions?

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