How to revive an old PC

jmke · 23rd June 2007, 14:41

ONE OF MY INTERESTS is in recycling and reusing older computers. If a business has a room full of fairly recently-pensioned-off kit, I point them at ComputerAid, but it wants recent kit, preferably by the van-full, not the odd knackered-old one-off. I regularly take such doorstops that clients are discarding, upgrade them with some marginally newer bits, put a lightweight OS and apps on them and give them to impoverished - or just tightwad - mates. With the right choice of software, even a five-year-old computer can be a fast, responsive machine with bags of life left in it.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40532

easypanic · 23rd June 2007, 16:52

Boring article?

Sidney · 23rd June 2007, 17:16

Old PCs only remind the high price you paid for, the older they get the more they have had you spent. To forget that is to buy a new one

24th June 2007, 16:23

The article was nice, with some ideas
i would prefer to seee some benchmarks of old pc using win2k & linux...

jmke · 24th June 2007, 16:31

office and internet usage wise it'll be pretty quick

24th June 2007, 20:33

I'll send him my x286, let's see if he can revive it :d .

jmke · 24th June 2007, 21:28

doesn't run Win2000, would suggest PIII 833 or AMD Athlon 900 at least for Win2K

Sidney · 24th June 2007, 21:51

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2&N=2032280010

With gasoline at $3.50/gallon, 100 Gallons will buy you a new PC instead of fooling around something old.

A PC built in 1999/2000 cost over $1000. Without inflation factored in, PC is dirt cheap now; spend your time to earn more money instead.

, there is nothing left to save.

Chances are;
Hard drive is ready to go at anytime
Running a 20GB hard drive, trying to decide which photos to delete ..... erase mother's photos, keep the girlfriends, of course

Power supply may be fire hazard
DVD burner? Not in the market when the PC was built

23rd June 2007, 14:41	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	How to revive an old PC ONE OF MY INTERESTS is in recycling and reusing older computers. If a business has a room full of fairly recently-pensioned-off kit, I point them at ComputerAid, but it wants recent kit, preferably by the van-full, not the odd knackered-old one-off. I regularly take such doorstops that clients are discarding, upgrade them with some marginally newer bits, put a lightweight OS and apps on them and give them to impoverished - or just tightwad - mates. With the right choice of software, even a five-year-old computer can be a fast, responsive machine with bags of life left in it. http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40532 __________________

23rd June 2007, 17:16	#3
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Old PCs only remind the high price you paid for, the older they get the more they have had you spent. To forget that is to buy a new one __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

24th June 2007, 16:31	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	office and internet usage wise it'll be pretty quick __________________

24th June 2007, 21:28	#7
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	doesn't run Win2000, would suggest PIII 833 or AMD Athlon 900 at least for Win2K __________________

24th June 2007, 21:51	#8
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2&N=2032280010 With gasoline at $3.50/gallon, 100 Gallons will buy you a new PC instead of fooling around something old. A PC built in 1999/2000 cost over $1000. Without inflation factored in, PC is dirt cheap now; spend your time to earn more money instead. , there is nothing left to save. Chances are; Hard drive is ready to go at anytime Running a 20GB hard drive, trying to decide which photos to delete ..... erase mother's photos, keep the girlfriends, of course Power supply may be fire hazard DVD burner? Not in the market when the PC was built __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II Last edited by Sidney : 24th June 2007 at 21:58.

23rd June 2007, 16:52	#2
easypanic Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,823	Boring article?

24th June 2007, 16:23	#4
liqnit Posts: n/a	The article was nice, with some ideas i would prefer to seee some benchmarks of old pc using win2k & linux...

24th June 2007, 20:33	#6
wutske Posts: n/a	I'll send him my x286, let's see if he can revive it :d .

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