What got you into computers?
I've probably got that from my dad who liked working on electronics and taking them apart. I'm very similar to him to the point where I should've been named *insert dad's name here* II. My dad took his new green machine bigwheel apart when he was around the age I got my own computer to access the internet with! One of the first computers I vividly remember taking apart was a dead Toshiba Satellite from 1997, and I was about 7 years old at the time.
I've always liked computers my whole life, and my plans for the future changed throughout my childhood (4-17y/o). Part of it may have been that earlier on in my childhood, I witnessed replacements of a lot of old computers. I wanted to have those old computers as my own, but they needed to be sent back to the school district (elementary) or I was simply not allowed to mess around with them (home). Also, no one knew that I even liked old computers and such until I was like, 9. I probably missed out on a good amount of stuff back then, but now I don't really care.
As I got older, I still wanted to pursue my hobbies and even a future career with computer repair. I didn't have my own computer (that was usable) until I was 8. I didn't have my own desktop until I was 11, and I didn't use custom parts to build a computer until I was 12. I didn't know how to solder until I was 15, and I got a (cheap) hot air station at 16. Approaching my 20s in a couple of years, I hope to pursue in BGA repairs, but more importantly, I want to pursue in Computer Systems Design and Engineering. I've also gained an interest with security evaluations and networking. I've also learned about multimedia and how I can work with programs to make videos, or even use HTML to write a website like this!* Long story short, it went from playing Thinkin' Things Collection 2 on an eMac** to evaluating computers in a multitude of ways.
*-Admittedly, I used a web template from 2006 as a base to write this website.
**-I tried running it on similar machines, yet it ran way too fast. I'm not sure what my school got, but it must have been a revised version that added a speed cap.
How do you have all this?
It's complicated.
Mostly I got them passed down from family, from listings on eBay, peripherals from yard sales, school surplus sets, and from unexpected roadside finds. In the past year or 2, I also simply asked people (obviously when appropriate) if they had anything, and a good amount of stuff came from them too. Where I live, there aren't any notable recycling centers other than my city dump, which isn't a safe place... more on that later. I got very good use out of the ones I had initially, but I had the impulse to start collecting various systems which didn't always work. I recommend finding a non-government-run recycling center and asking them if they have anything you can pick up; most of the time, city dumps just hate you. Also, check your local auction sites! They could have something you're interested in for dirt cheap. You can also talk to your teachers from schools you went to and see if they have anything. I've personally made great friends with my middle school STC, who has given me a number of old business laptops, monitors, and desktops.
There was a massive influx of computers during late 2019 and early 2020, because I managed to get myself to the city dump. That turned out to backfire a couple of years later, but more on that later. I found a good amount of stuff from that place, and some of these things are still in use today! However, it was also a source of parts to fix my computers, and a source of a lot of failed builds. The problem? I live in a city where a metro is located. Said metro is quite a high-crime place at that. Turns out, the city dump was located in said metro as well. I usually went when they were closed, so no one was there. And when no one's there... someone could be. On March 20, 2022, my bike got stolen after I picked up a set of laptops not-so-destined for the scrapper; I locked it, and this diabolical person cut my lock off when I wasn't present.. Not to mention, I did not realize a corrections center was literally next door to that place! It'll suck that I can't go there without the potential risk of being taken advantage of, but in the long run it'll encourage me to be more aware of my surroundings when finding salvage electronics. Long story short, the city dump is now a no-go.
| Model | Acq. date | CPU/RAM/HDD/OS/GPU | Still have? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main computer build | 10/30/2021 built | 5800X/64GB/1TSSD+8THDD/10ENTERPRISE/3070 | Yes | Considering the amount of money I put into this one, I really hope I don't go into PC limbo again... UPDATE 9/11/2022: Switched cases with a server chassi from around 2007. Finally have optical drives and hot swap bays for testing disks. I don't care how old my computer looks, I care more about it working. Since around February 2023, I've upgraded this computer with a 5800X and 64GB of RAM just to have it last me longer. I know it's overkill but I generally like to have high-end hardware in case I indulge myself in something that requires a lot of headroom. |
| HP Pavilion zd7000A | 2/7/2023 | P4-3.0E/2GB/128GB/XP/X600 | Yes | A very rare variant of the Pavilion zd7000 which was a one-off to go with the zd8000. This had a 915 chipset and a Radeon X600 graphics chip, though it retains DDR1 memory and socket 478. The earlier zd7000s came with Radeon 9000 series graphics or more commonly, GeForce FX cards. This one's kind of a unicorn. |
| Tangent Vita 2200W (Clevo LV22C) | 2/7/2023 | Q6600/4GB/500GB/XP+7/X3100 | Yes | I use this as a reference machine for when I need to look something up while repairing a system, and I use it to test any piece of hardware that outputs via composite video. I don't need much as a result and to top it all off, it was new old stock. Did some upgrades to it and now it runs nicely for my needs. |
| Systemax Athlon/600 | 1/15/2023 | Athlon600/384MB/??/??/RageIIc | Yes | I'm not sure what to use this computer for but if I can get an Athlon XP to work on its motherboard, I'd love to use it on my Pavilion 6642F. |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X200 | 1/15/2023 | P8600/8GB/NONE/NONE/4500MHD | Yes | Yes, the typical FOSS enthusiast laptop. Oh dear. |
| Gateway 600YG2 | 1/3/2023 | P4M-2GHz/1GB/80GB/WIN2K/R9000M | Yes | This has a 5:4 screen on it. Also one of the best feeling laptops I've ever laid my hands on... and it's a fucking GATEWAY. |
| Toshiba Satellite P15 | 1/3/2023 | P4-3.0C/2GB/NONE/NONE/FX5200 | Yes | Still need to find a power cord for this one. |
| Sony VAIO PCG-K23 | 1/3/2023 | P4-2.8C/1GB/80GB/XP2K3/IGP345M | Yes | Yes, I got the laptop I destroyed as a kid. Runs some wack ass version of Server 2003 called XP 2003, and it's... PACKED full of stuff. Laptop would work nicely with 2000 or 98 if I could get the drivers for it. |
| Macintosh PowerBook 5300cs | 12/28/2022 | 603e/12MB/850MB/7.6.1/N-A | Yes | It's as bad as it looks, sounds, and FEELS. Mid 90's apple, amirite? |
| Macintosh PowerBook 520 | 12/28/2022 | 68LC040/??/??/??/N-A | Yes | I have 2 of these and I cannot test them at the moment. |
| DTK DEFT-865G, aka 'Airgetlam' | 12/15/2022 | P4-2.8C/2GB/120GB/WIN2K/FX5700LE | Yes | VERY cool, but runs hot. Also it was a pain in the ass to build. |
| 2012 MacBook Pro 13" Non-retina | 12/15/2022 | 2.5-i5/16GB/500GB/10.15.7/HD4K | Yes | I'm lucky to have a somewhat newer mac... especially with people designing jailbreak/exploit programs for older iPhones that only run on the NEWEST machines... UGH. You expect me to casually have an M2 MacBook Air and an iPhone 4S on the same setup? I don't mess with older iPhones anymore but it's nice to have an Intel mac that at least runs catalina. |
| Dell XPS 410 | 12/15/2022 | Q6600/8GB/1THDDx2-250SSD/10LTSC/750TI | Yes | Hear me out, BTX had a reason to exist and now we need it back more than ever. I love this computer because it's well-made, and it was built here in the USA! |
| iMac 21.5" (2012) | 11/30/2022 | I actually don't care. | No | Why, Apple... why... |
| iMac G5 (Mid-2004 17") | 11/20/2022 | 1.6G5/2GB/320GB/10.4.11/FX5200 | No | Sold. |
| Dell Inspiron N4010 (Black) | 11/20/2022 | i5-520M/8GB/1TB/NONE/GMA | Yes | -- |
| Macintosh PowerBook G3 PDQ | 11/09/2022 | 300-G3/256MB/6GB/OS9.2/N-A | Yes | Big thanks to EvieSigma for selling me this one. Unfortunately it needs quite a lot of work done to it before it is fully functional again. |
| HP 110-210 | 11/09/2022 | A4-5000/4GB/500GB/8.1/HD8330 | Yes | A full-on minitower desktop computer with a board designed for some flex ATX/mini ITX slim PC that runs off an external power supply. What the hell... |
| Dell OptiPlex 330 | 10/26/2022 | E2160/3GB/1TB/XP/GMA3100 | Yes | A family PC from years past. Yes, the damn thing has viruses on it, how could you tell?? |
| Dell OptiPlex 330 | 10/26/2022 | E2160/3GB/1TB/XP/GMA3100 | Yes | A family PC from years past. Yes, the damn thing has viruses on it, how could you tell?? |
| iBook G4 (12" Mid05) | 10/21/2022 | 1.33G4/1.5GB/128GB/SORBET/9500 | Yes | It's okay. I do prefer the PowerBook over this one. |
| Disney Netpal (ASUS EeePC MK90H) | 10/19/2022 | N270/1GB/160GB/XPHome/GMA950 | Yes | It's the Mickey Muse Laptp! Yeah, it's missing the "O" key. Totally didn't buy one of these because of MJD's video. Honestly I would have definitely owned one of these as a kid if I knew about it, especially considering it has a Cars theme on Disney Desktop. Like, come on... I know it's an okay movie but I loved it as a kid! |
| iMac (Rev. B) | 9/29/2022 | 266G3/256MB/6GB/10.1.5+9.2.2/RageProTurbo | Yes | Got slightly damaged in shipping but fixed it. Debating on whether to sell the Rev A or this one. |
| iMac (USB 2.0 17") | 9/28/2022 | 1.42G4/2GB/250GB/Sorbet/FX5200 | Yes | This one has seen better days. Managed to fix it, fortunately... |
| iMac (Rev. D Grape) | 9/26/2022 | 400G3/256MB/40GB/10.3.9+9.2.2/RageProTurbo | Yes | One of my favorite apple computers. Yes, it doesn't have the fancy schmancy IRdA port or the mezzanine slot that were seen with the first 2 iMacs, but this one seems more refined than the Rev A iMac which had several power-related faults. This one has been overclocked to 400MHz from 333 and has basically been maxed out in terms of updated software. No, I will not put Tiger on a TL. |
| iMac DV (Summer 2000) | 9/25/2022 | 600G3/1GB/80GB/10.4.11+9.2.2/Rage128Pro | Yes | Indigo is awesome. Yes, I could have got one of the more exotic colors but I couldn't because I was outbid at the last second on a Blue Dalmatian on eBay. I found this one locally and I'm still trying to figure out how to fix the overheating issues with the different cooling solution on this board. Maybe the Summer 01 board I have is defective since I have heard many other success stories with people putting 600MHz boards into 350 Indigos. Fun fact... this was once a 350 until the previous owner put a 500MHz Summer 2000 board in it. I am also thinking about getting a 7410 swapped in but my biggest gripe is the graphics performance between the 1999/2000 and the Summer 2001 models. I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to upgrades... |
| HP Pavilion 15z-eh200 | 9/23/2022 | 5825U/32GB/1TB/11Home/RXVega8 | Yes | This machine is one hell of a laptop... as long as you have everything checked in HP's PC diagnostics. Or maybe it took a while for the system to break in since it was literally fresh off the assembly line when I got it? Also, would like to note the system can take 32GB of RAM but I am still uncertain about stability. So far since I ran the diagnostics and updated the "PC BIOS Firmware" which didn't update my BIOS that I already had updated earlier... it seems to be okay now. |
| Dell Inspiron 2200 | 9/17/2022 | M-1.5/1.25GB/80GB/XPHome/GMA900 | Yes | Made my FYE masterpiece project on this computer. It's complete shit but it's honestly starting to grow on me. |
| iMac (Rev. A) | 9/15/2022 | 233G3/32MB/4GB/8.1/RageIIc | Yes | The computer that got Apple back on its feet. I know one person said the G3 AIO should have saved Apple, but what the hell kind of inexperienced computer user would want THAT? This machine pushed new technologies that would later become the forefront of peripherals and mobile devices; USB. Also, it ditched the floppy drive. At some point it would show 1.44MB would not be enough. Back to my Rev A... It's not in the best of shape but it is 25 years old (give or take a year) so it's not going to be immaculate. I had to replace the flyback transformer (thanks Technotronic Dimensions!) and the CRT (Thanks ill-fated 5210!). Machine is near perfect with picture quality now. |
| iMac DV (Summer 2000) | 9/11/2022 | 500G3/512MB/40GB/10.3.9/R128PRO4XL | Yes | One of several G3s I got to look at. PAV board is not doing too well due to slight image distortion, but other than that it works. My biggest gripe with ALL of these G3s? People sell them for WAY too much. Did I also mention I swapped the grape color assets to this machine from the ill fated iMac I found in a store fire? |
| HP Pavilion 6642F | 9/10/2022 | Cel-1.1/512MB/80GB/XP/FX5200 | Yes | Got the whole set with this one, sans recovery disks if this even came with them. Apparently this was one of several models that PeoplePC and Ford Motor Company gave out to Ford Employees for their hard work building moderately okay cars (which are still WAY better than the CRAP GM makes...) I was sold this computer at my neighborhood yard sales for $20 and I couldn't pass it up; even if it's a very boring, low-end system from the time... I managed to slap a board in from an XE793 that a friend gave me and got a 1.1GHz Celeron in it! I also put in an FX 5200 card (I know, it's crap but it's what I have...), an ethernet card, and crammed in a 250W Power Supply. Put XP on it for fun just to see what it would have been like if someone had this machine back in 2004 and got an upgrade copy of XP. Doesn't run well but it doesn't run like shit either. |
| Acer Aspire A515 | 8/3/2022 | 1135G7/12GB/1TB/10HOME/IRISXE | No | Sold on eBay after I bought my 15z-eh200. |
| Dell Inspiron 5565 | 7/31/2022 | FX-9800P/16GB/500GB/10HOME/R7M440 | Yes | yeah |
| HP Pavilion zv6209us | 7/16/2022 | 4000+/2GB/256GB/XPMCE/RXP200M | Yes | Was going to get a zv6 but I was suddenly reminded to because a friend posted about theirs. Glad I did before this reaches LGR or something in which prices will increase tenfold... This is also my 200th computer to date. I don't have 200 computers, but have had 200 computers counting ones I have and don't have. |
| HP Pavilion a6330f | 7/10/2022 | Q9550/8GB/500GB/7ULT/8800GT | Yes | Recovery disc images located here. Glad to have another working a6000 as I grew up with seeing one... At some point in December 2022 I upgraded this with parts from an HP Pro 3000. Shortly after, the hard drive failed. Not sure what to do with this now as the only redeeming factor of this machine is the capture card. |
| Acer Extensa 5620 | 6/26/2022 | T5550/2GB/80GB/XPPRO/X3100 | Yes | Acer, you make me SAD when I see no MXM slot. I'm going to have to track one down with an MXM slot now... ugh! |
| HP ProBook 6450b | 6/26/2022 | i7-620M/8GB/240GB/7PRO/HD1K | No | eBay'd. |
| Dell OptiPlex 390 | 6/25/2022 | i5-2400S/16GB/NONE/NONE/R7-250 | Yes | Was going to put this in my room until I remembered my HP AIO existed. |
| Dell Latitude 3540 | 6/25/2022 | i3-4010U/4GB/500GB/7PRO/HD4400 | No | Sold. |
| Dell Vostro 1520 | 6/25/2022 | P8800/4GB/NONE/NONE/4500MHD | Yes | Was going to fix this one until I ended up fixing my 6450b instead. |
| Dell Vostro 1520 | 6/25/2022 | T6670/2GB/80GB/7PRO/4500MHD | Yes | Why does this have an LED screen yet my T400 does NOT? Ugh. |
| Dell Latitude D630 | 6/25/2022 | T7100/2GB/80GB/XPPRO/X3100 | Yes | Another for the projects. Again. |
| Dell Latitude D630 | 6/25/2022 | T7100/2GB/80GB/XPPRO/X3100 | Yes | Another for the projects. |
| AcerPower FH #2 | 6/25/2022 | E2160/2GB/160GB/7PRO/GMA3000 | No | Salvaged. Trashed. |
| AcerPower FH | 6/25/2022 | E6400/2GB/250GB/2000PRO/GF6800 | No | Salvaged. Trashed. |
| HP EliteBook 2740p | 6/4/2022 | i5-M540/NONE/NONE/NONE/HD1K | Yes | Parts laptop. Since the X201t started acting up, I MAY try fixing this one? |
| IBM ThinkPad X61s | 6/4/2022 | L7500/4GB/160GB/VISTA/X3100 | Yes | Sent my way from a friend, along with a junk 2740p. Thank you! |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X201t | 6/4/2022 | i5-560M/8GB/500GB/10PRO/HD1K | No | Sold. Nothing will beat my TC4400 after all. |
| Compaq Presario SR5123WM | 6/1/2022 | N/A | No | Salvaged and scrapped. |
| PowerMac G5 (Mid-2003) | 5/26/2022 | 2.0DP-G5/8GB/240SSD+1THDD/SORBET/R9600 | Yes | My high school grad gift. It's wonderful! |
| Toshiba Tecra A9-S9021V | 5/11/2022 | T9300/4GB/250GB/VISTA/NVS130M | No | Ever just think about poor execution? This is one example. |
| Macintosh Performa 5210CD | 5/10/2022 | 603-75/16MB/4.3GB/NONE/N-A | No | Imported from japan, and the plastics got completely totaled when it got to my house. Thanks a lot, FedEx. Got a refund for the item in full and then decided to part it out because it was too much work to keep it intact. The CRT at least made its way into an iMac G3 to replace a worn out one. |
| Toshiba Satellite 2135CS | 4/29/2022 | 486-75/8MB/520MB/Win95/??? | No | time... i do not have |
| Compaq Presario 12XL400 | 4/20/2022 | 1GHz P3/40GB/320MB/98SE+2K/TRIDENT | No | Ditched this one. It's just too AWFUL. Thanks to a friend for passing the curse, I guess. |
| HP Compaq 2710p #2 | 4/12/2022 | 1.6GHz C2D/4GB/256GB/7PRO/X3100 | Yes | h |
| iBook G3 (Mid-2002 12"), modded clear | 4/13/2022 | 600MHz G3/640MB/40GB/9.2+10.3/RADEON | Yes | Poor job. Sorry. |
| iBook G3 (Mid-2002 12") | 4/13/2022 | 600MHz G3/256MB/40GB/9.2/RADEON | No | Sent to a friend. |
| iBook G4 (Mid 2004 12") | 4/4/2022 | 1.2GHz(OC fr. 1.07) G4/1.25GB/128GB/SORBET/9200 | Yes | From a fellow friend. Thank you! |
| Macintosh Performa 6360 | 3/23/2022 | 300MHz G3/136MB/10GB/OS9.1/N-A | Yes | Sonnet Crescendo/L2! |
| iMac G5 20" iSight | 3/23/2022 | 2.1GHz G5/4.5GB/750GB/10.4+SORBET/X600 | Yes | I sure hope it doesn't die. |
| Dell Inspiron 1526 | 3/24/2022 | 2GHz TL60/2GB/160GB/VISTA/RXP1270 | Yes | Not turning on? Replace the CR2032. Not kidding. |
| MacBook Pro (Early 2011) | 3/24/2022 | N/A | Yes | Used to fix another. |
| Acer Aspire 5920 (non-working) | 3/24/2022 | NONE/NONE/NONE/NONE/X3100 | No | Also horrendous. |
| Toshiba Satellite A25 (broken) | 3/20/2022 | 2.66GHz P4/256MB/60GB/XP/CYBERXP | No | Used it to salvage parts. Too far gone with motherboard wear. |
| Dell Latitude E5500 | 3/20/2022 | 2.53GHz C2D/4GB/320GB/7PRO/4500MHD | No | Horrendous. |
| Dell Latitude 5590 | 3/20/2022 | N/A | Yes | Simply exists. Needs a new battery and an SSD, and I may just sell this one to save up for something newer. |
| Dell Latitude 5580 | 3/20/2022 | 6200U/8GB/256GB/10PRO/UHD620 (plan) | Yes | Needs battery and SSD. Base model. Plan to sell. |
| Dell Latitude 5290 2in1 (noKB) | 3/20/2022 | 8350U/8GB/256GB/10PRO/UHD620 | Yes | No keyboard, works like a charm though! |
| Dell Latitude 5290 2in1 (noKB) | 3/20/2022 | 8350U/8GB/NONE/NONE/UHD620 | Yes | No keyboard. Damage to shell. Still works if you're patient. |
| Dell Latitude 7275 2in1 (noKB) | 3/20/2022 | 6Y65/8GB/NONE/NONE/UHD620 | No | Sold its motherboard. |
| Dell Latitude 7275 2in1 (noKB) | 3/20/2022 | 6Y65/8GB/128GB/10PRO/UHD620 | Yes | No keyboard. Plan to sell. Has 4K display. Excellent battery! |
| Dell Latitude 7275 2in1 (noKB) | 3/20/2022 | 6Y65/8GB/NONE/NONE/UHD620 | Yes | No keyboard. No SSD. Plan to sell. Has 4K display. Excellent battery! |
| HP Compaq 8300 All-in-One | 3/13/2022 | 3770/16GB/500GB/10PRO/R7650 (plan) | Yes | dGPU upgrade planned. Plan to sell. |
| iMac G4 15" (Early 2002) | 2/27/2022 | 800MHz G4/1GB/80GB/9.2+10.4/2MX | No | Sold. |
| Sony VAIO VPCF-115FM | 2/27/2022 | 820QM/6GB/320GB/7PRO/GT330M | Yes | Plan to sell for parts only. Broken WiFi switch. |
| Dell XPS 720 | 2/20/2022 | Q9550/8GB/1+1+2+2TB/7ULT/GTX260x2 | Yes | A cumbersome bastard. I still have it. |
| Dell Latitude D830 | 2/17/2022 | T7100/2GB/80GB/VISTA/X3100 | No | Scrapped. |
| Gateway 3560 | 2/14/2022 | 735A/512MB/60GB/XP/82855 | No | Scrapped. |
| In-Win S564 chassi, custom 975X | 2/13/2022 | Q6700/4GB/1TB/XP+VISTA/R4870 | Yes | I need to put this to use. |
| HP Pavilion zd8000 1 | 2/8/2022 | P4-650/2.5GB/240GB/VISTA/X600 | Yes | Whitelist-free BIOS. 256MB X600 card. WSXGA+. Runs hot (duh!). |
| HP Pavilion zd8000 2 | 2/8/2022 | P4-650/2.5GB/NONE/NONE/X600 | No | Sent to a friend. |
| HP Pavilion zd8000 3 | 2/8/2022 | P4-650/1GB/NONE/NONE/X600 | Yes | Needs HDD... also possible refurbs |
| Dell Latitude D820 | 2/7/2022 | T7600/4GB/120GB/7PRO/QFX120M | Yes | Faulty graphics chip. May not keep this one. |
| HP Compaq nx9600 | 1/12/2022 | P4-630/2GB/80GB/XP/X300 | Yes | Exists. |
| Dell Latitude E6420 | 1/2/2022 | 2640M/8GB/500GB/7PRO/NVS3100M | Yes | Might sell this one. Has the nVidia chip. |
| MacBook Pro 15" Mid 2012 | 1/2/2022 | 2.3GHz i7/8GB/256GB/10.15.7/GT650M | No | Sold. |
| Macintosh PowerBook 145B | 1/2/2022 | 68030/???/80MB DEAD/???/N-A | No | Damaged. Still have its motherboard but I will need another parts unit. |
| MacBook Pro 13" Early 2011 | 1/2/2022 | 2.7GHz i7/NONE/NONE/NONE/HD3K | No | Sold and then suddenly ran into a joblot of parts from old 2012 MBPs in December 2022. That was fast. |
| iMac (Late 1999, Grape) | 12/27/2021 | 400MHz G3/128MB/6GB/OS9.1/R128 | No | Internals damaged badly in a fire and by water. Case was swapped onto a known working 500MHz iMac, even with the glossy trim of later models. |
| HP Pavilion ze5700 | 12/24/2021 | 2.8GHz P4/1GB/80GB/2000PRO/IGP340M | No | Not worth trying to save that one. |
| Toshiba Qosmio G25 | 12/10/2021 | M-760/2GB/NONE/NONE/6600GT | No | Scrapped. |
| Alienware M5500 | 12/10/2021 | M-760/2GB/NONE/NONE/NONE | Yes | Terrible shape. |
| HP Pavilion tx2000 | 12/10/2021 | TL62/2GB/NONE/NONE/6150SE | No | Fuck this computer. "Jokes" aside, it never worked. |
| Compaq Presario V2000 | 12/10/2021 | ML-34/2GB/NONE/NONE/RXP200M | Yes | Formerly owned by a Mercedes dealership! It's ironic considering they sell expensive cars yet they had to use entry-level laptops... |
| HP Pavilion dm1 | 12/10/2021 | NeoK125/3GB/250GB/7HP/R4200 | No | Wasn't worth trying to fix. |
| Sony VAIO PCG-K23 | 12/10/2021 | 3.2P4-E/1GB/80GB/XP/IGP340M | Yes | R0108X3. Prescott CPU upgrade. Very loud. |
| HP Compaq dc5800MT | 12/8/2021 | Q9550/8GB/1TBx2/XP+VISTA/GTX650 | Yes | Motherboard replaced. |
| HP ProBook 6550b #1 | 12/8/2021 | i5-520M/4GB/320GB/VISTA/HD1K | Yes | Exists. |
| HP ProBook 6550b #2 | 12/8/2021 | i3-???/2GB/160GB/VISTA/HD1K | Yes | Haven't looked at this one in detail yet. |
| HP ProBook 6560b | 12/8/2021 | 2520M/NONE/NONE/NONE/HD3K | Yes | In pieces. Lost the screws. |
| Dell Wyse 5010 | 12/8/2021 | G-T48E/4GB/128GB/XP/R6250 | Yes | Underrated light XP box. Don't @ me. |
| ASUS Q500A | 11/21/2021 | i7-3610QM/8GB/500GB/10PRO/HD4K | No | Sold for a lowballed price of $15! Oh well, I got it for free after all so I can't complain. |
| iMac G4 15" Early 2002 | 11/4/2021 | 900MHz G4/1GB/80GB/9.2+10.4/2MX | Yes | 800MHz board overclocked to 900MHz. |
| PowerBook G4 DLSD 15" | 10/25/2021 | 1.67GHz G4/2GB/128GB/SORBET/R9700M | Yes | Mwah~! I fucking love this one. |
| PowerMac G4 QuickSilver | 10/24/2021 | 733MHz G4/128MB/NONE/NONE/2MX | No | Used for parts. Recycled the case as I didn't have space. |
| 2012 MacBook Pro 13" | 10/24/2021 | 2.5GHz i5/16GB/512GB/10.15.7/HD4K | No | Sold. |
| Gateway MD7820U | 10/24/2021 | 2.66GHz C2D/4GB/320GB/VISTA/4500MHD | No | Scrapped. |
| Acer Aspire A315-51 | 10/24/2021 | 7200U/12GB/250GB/10Pro/UHD620 | Yes | missing screen |
| MacBook Pro 15" (Early 2008) | 10/17/2021 | T8300/2GB/NONE/NONE/8600MGT-OLD | No | Dead GPU. Not surprised about it... |
| Dell Inspiron 1720 | 10/17/2021 | T7500/4GB/320GB/VISTA/X3100 | No | Dead. Gone. |
| PowerMac G4 QuickSilver 2002 | 10/15/2021 | 1.07GHzDPG4/1.5GB/160GB/9.2+SORBET/R9000PRO | Yes | Originally an 800MHz Single unit. Runs a 1GHz G4 card with a slight bump to 1.07. Thanks to EvieSigma for providing me with the heatsink and the card. |
| eMac (ATI Graphics) | 10/14/2021 | 1GHz G4/1GB/160GB/9.2+10.4/R7500 | Yes | Plan to overclock to 1.33GHz. |
| eMac (USB 2.0) | 10/7/2021 | 1.67GHz G4/2GB/250GB/9.2+SORBET/R9200 | Yes | Elusive 2005 education motherboard. Used to be an early production 2004 eMac until I found the EE board again. 1.25GHz 7447B overclocked to 1.67 without a single vcore increase in sight. |
| Dell OptiPlex GX620 | 9/26/2021 | BAREBONES | No | Traded along with 2 dell LCDs for an XPS 720. Worth it. |
| Dell Latitude D600 #2 | 9/22/2021 | M-1.8/2GB/NONE/NONE/R9000M | Yes | Thanks to a fellow friend for sending me this! Doesn't have a hard drive at the moment. Had the SXGA+ screen, but that was swapped into a T60. Even then, it's still a great laptop and I have 98SE and 2000 planned for it. |
| HP Pavilion e9300z | 9/08/2021 | PhII955/16GB/500SSD+3THDD/VISTA/750TI | No | Parted out. Got rid of the case. |
| Compaq Presario CQ56 | 7/4/2021 | T8300/2GB/160GB/7PRO/4500MHD | No | Given to a friend. |
| Dell Inspiron "9500" | 6/20/2021 | T9300/6GB/240GB/7ULT/FX3600M | Yes | Upgraded with a Precision M6300 base. Runs excellently. |
| Dell Inspiron E1705 | 6/15/2021 | T7400/NONE/NONE/NONE/7900GTX | No | Reserved for a friend of mine who is upgrading their E1705. |
| Toshiba Satellite A355 | 6/15/2021 | T6400/2GB/120GB/VISTA/4500MHD | No | Given to a friend. |
| Custom 1999 beige box | 6/15/2021 | Cel550/384MB/20GBx2/2000+98SE/R128PRO | Yes | Wonderful machine for DOS and 98. Also runs 2000 nicely; it had NT4.0 before but it kept giving me issues. |
| Alienware P1 | 5/24/2021 | CASE ONLY at the moment | Yes | Originally came with a P4/3.6, AA8XE, and a depressing 9400GT. Went through a couple of swaps to an AM2 board. Not sure what I plan for it next. |
| Dell Inspiron 530s | 5/14/2021 | E8500/4GB/500GB/VISTA/GT710 | No | Gone. |
| Dell Latitude E5440 #2 | 4/26/2021 | 4310U/8GB/256GB/10PRO/HD4400 | No | Given to a friend. |
| HP Pavilion dv6t-7000 CTO | 4/5/2021 | 3630QM/8GB/240GB+1THDD/10PRO/GT650M+HD4K | Yes | Might sell this one. One of the few of its kind, too. |
| HP EliteBook 8570p #2 | 4/5/2021 | 3610QM/8GB/500GB/VISTA/7650M | No | ATI chip failed. Ended up gutting this one. |
| IBM ThinkPad T22 | 4/5/2021 | 900MHzP3m/256MB/20GB/2000PRO/INTEL | No | Did not turn on anymore. Gutted. |
| IBM ThinkPad X61t | 4/5/2021 | L7700/4GB/80GB/VISTA/X3100 | No | Suffered from screen adhesive leakage and a CMOS battery leak. Must have been stored in terrible conditions beforehand. |
| Dell Latitude E5440 | 4/5/2021 | 4030U/4GB/500GB/8PRO/HD4400 | No | Salvaged. |
| Mac Pro (Early 2008) | 3/14/2021 | 3GHz-8CX/32GB/NONE/NONE/GTX680 | Yes | I need to get off of my ass and fix this one AGAIN. |
| HP Pavilion dv9000 #2 | 3/14/2021 | 1.8-ATHm/1GB/60GB/VISTA/6150SE | No | Parted out as soon as I got it. |
| Toshiba Satellite L655 (AMD) | 3/14/2021 | ???/2GB/NONE/NONE/R4200M | No | Parted out as soon as I got it. |
| 2007 MacBook Pro 2.2GHz 15" | 2/7/2021 | T7500/2GB/NONE/NONE/8600MGT-REV | No | Sold. |
| Dell Inspiron 1525 | 2/7/2021 | T6400/2GB/500GB/VISTA/X3100 | No | Parted out. |
| HP Pavilion ze4200 | 2/7/2021 | P4m2.2GHz/1GB/80GB/2000PRO/IGP340M | Yes | Upgraded from a Celeron 1.7. Underrated laptop for 2000 despite the crappy CPU. |
| HP Pavilion zv5000 | 1/31/2021 | P4-2.8C/2GB/80GB/XP/R9000IGP | No | Graphics failure. |
| HP Compaq 8200 USDT | 1/31/2021 | 2400S/4GB/320GB/???/HD3K | No | Did not turn on. Parted out. |
| Dell Inspiron 1501 | 1/24/2021 | TL62/4GB/250GB/VISTA/RXP1150M | Yes | Graphics problem. |
| HP Pavilion m8000 | 1/24/2021 | 64X2-5600+/8GB/1TB/VISTA | No | Parted out. |
| Cooler Master 330(???) case | 1/17/2021 | NONE/NONE/NONE/NONE/NONE | No | Went through a few temperamental systems in this case. Not worth talking about. |
| HP Pavilion a6700y | 1/10/2021 | Build planned | No | Sent it to the trash heap. |
| HP Pavilion a1600n | 1/3/2021 | 3800+/1GB/80GB/XP/6150SE | No | Fell off my bike during the ride back home and damaged some plastics. Ended up using it for another a1000 I also no longer have. |
| Sony VAIO VGN-FS660/W | 12/27/2020 | M-740/2GB/80GB/XP/GF6200 | No | Forgot the exact model but it was something along those lines. Ended up using it for parts as it barely worked. |
| Dell Studio 1555 | 12/13/2020 | T6400/2GB/500GB/7HP/4500MHD | No | Parted out. |
| HP Stream 11 | 12/13/2020 | N2840/2GB/32GB/10HOME/BT | No | Straight up recycled after diagnosis. Also lives on as a joke. |
| Macintosh PowerBook G3 PDQ | 12/6/2020 | 266MHz G3/32MB/4GB/8.1/N-A | No | Sold. |
| Dell Inspiron 5150 #2 | 12/6/2020 | mP4-3.06HT/2GB/80GB/XP/FX5200 | No | Just as bad as the last one. |
| Toshiba T1000XE #2 | 12/6/2020 | 8086/640K/20MB/???/N-A | No | Unable to restore. Solder joints wouldn't melt to replace capacitors. Parts were impossible to find. |
| Toshiba T1000XE #1 | 11/29/2020 | 8086/640K/20MB/???/N-A | No | Unable to restore. Solder joints wouldn't melt to replace capacitors. Parts were impossible to find. |
| Dell Studio 540 | 11/29/2020 | Q9550/8GB/1TB/7PRO/750TI | No | Consolidated into a better machine down the line. |
| Dell Inspiron 6400 | 11/8/2020 | T7400/4GB/500GB/VISTA/X1400 | Yes | Rebuilt with a GMA E1505's parts. |
| HP Compaq nx9500 | 11/8/2020 | P4HT-3.2E/2GB/NONE/NONE/FX5700LE | Yes | Needs work. 1680x1050 LCD swapped in |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T530 | 11/8/2020 | 3632QM/8GB/256GB/10PRO/HD4K | No | Sold. |
| Sony VAIO PCG-K37 | 11/1/2020 | mP4HT538/1GB/80GB/XP/IGP340M | No | Parted out and eventually succeeded by the PCG-K23 a little over a year later. |
| Lenovo ThinkPad W510 | 11/1/2020 | 820QM/8GB/500GB/7PRO/FX770M | No | Ultimately failed due to a bad NEC/TOKIN cap. Failed attempt at replacing it. |
| IBM ThinkPad T60 | 11/1/2020 | T7200/3GB/NONE/NONE/X1300 | Yes | SXGA+ panel swapped in. One of the nicer-made T60s, too! |
| Dell Dimension 4600 | 11/1/2020 | P4HT-2.8/2GB/160GB/XP/FX5200 | No | Parted out. |
| Dell Inspiron E1505 | 11/1/2020 | T2300/1GB/NONE/NONE/GMA950 | No | Parted out for an ATI Inspiron 6400. |
| HP Compaq 8510w | 10/18/2020 | T8300/6GB/120GB/VISTA/FX570M | No | Died a slow and painful death. Hell, it even had a WUXGA panel!! |
| Asus Q400 | 10/18/2020 | 3632QM/NONE/NONE/NONE/HD4K | No | Consolidated into a T530 which I sold. |
| Acer Aspire R5-571TG | 10/18/2020 | 6600U?/4GB/NONE/NONE/GTX940M | No | Wasn't able to fix due to an internal wiring break... somewhere. |
| Toshiba Satellite M645 | 10/4/2020 | i5-2.4/4GB/500GB/7HP/GF310M | Yes | I had to spend $30 for a fucking hard drive door. |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T410 | 10/4/2020 | i5-2.4/4GB/320GB/7PRO/HD1K | No | Scrapped |
| Macintosh Performa 475 | 9/20/2020 | 68040-33/8MB/NONE/NONE/N-A | Yes | Honestly a favorite of mine. Pair with an old office CRT and call it a day! :) |
| IBM ThinkPad T42"p" | 9/20/2020 | M-755/2GB/128GB/XP/FIREGL-T2 | No | Swapped with a T42p board. No longer works, parted out. |
| MacBook (Late 2006) | 9/20/2020 | T7200/2GB/80GB/10.5/GMA950 | No | Was in horrible shape. Parted out. |
| Dell Latitude CPi/A366XT | 8/23/2020 | mPII-366/128MB/20GB/98SE/NM2200 | Yes | Misplaced CD-ROM drive during disassembly. :^) |
| Compaq Presario 1200(???) | 8/23/2020 | K6-2-450/64MB/6GB/98SE/TRIDENT | No | Parted out after hinges snapped. Computer also stopped working prior to that. |
| Toshiba Satellite L745 | 8/23/2020 | 2520M/4GB/500GB/10PRO/HD3K | No | Sold. |
| MacBook Pro (Early 2015) 15" | 8/16/2020 | 47??HQ/16GB/128GB/10.11.5/IRIS | No | Sold. Broken screen. |
| PowerMac G5 (Late 2005) | 8/9/2020 | 2.3DC/16GB/1TB/10.5+10.4/6600GT | No | CHECKSTOP, which means the CPU/board locked up. Northbridge literally pissed itself. I still mourn to this day! |
| iBook G3 (Tangerine) | 8/9/2020 | 433MHz G3/288MB/40GB/9.2/RAGE | No | One of my most regrettable computers I sold. It was sold along with my 1.8SP G5 for merely $40... for both. Really should've held onto that one. It also got to 433MHz via overclocking. |
| PowerBook G4 (2004) 15" | 8/9/2020 | 1.67GHz G4/2GB/250GB/10.5/R9700M-128 | Yes | One of the last A1095s from the assembly line before the A1106 was in. Got it to 1.67GHz. Screen is yellowed as all hell and the keyboard smells like the iBOok keyboards. |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T440p | 7/23/2020 | 4710MQ/16GB/1TB/10PRO/HD4600 | No | In the process of selling it to my grandfather. Was a great laptop, but it's time to move on. Also has a T450 touchpad swapped on it. |
| MacBook Pro (Mid 2010) 15" | 7/19/2020 | 520M/8GB/250GB/10.13.6/GT330M | Yes | The first solder-involved MacBook repair subject. Had the dGPU switcher cap replaced and it still works great to this day! |
| MacBook Pro (Early 2013) 13" | 7/19/2020 | ???/8GB/NONE/NONE/HD4K | No | Bad memory chips. Parted out. |
| HP Pavilion dv9000 | 7/19/2020 | TL62/2GB/200GB/VISTA/6150SE | No | Graphics failure. Parted out. |
| Dell Vostro 1014 | 7/5/2020 | T6400/2GB/NONE/NONE/4500MHD | No | Had a chinese keyboard, and even a plug! It was even an N series laptop, meaning it didn't have a Windows license. Unfortunately, it didn't last long. |
| HP Pavilion dv7 | 7/19/2020 | 3610QM/8GB/750GB/7HP/HD4K | No | Motherboard issue. Parted out. |
| Dell Vostro 1015 | 7/5/2020 | T6400/2GB/NONE/NONE/4500MHD | No | Motherboard issue. Parted out. |
| iMac G5 17" iSight | 6/21/2020 | 1.9GHz G5/2.5GB/400GB/10.5/X600 | No | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T510 | 6/21/2020 | ??? | Yes | Anyone need a craptop that I don't have the charger to? |
| Dell Latitude E6420 | 6/21/2020 | 2520M/4GB/250GB/10PRO/NVS4200M | No | Sold. |
| HP Pavilion XT858 | 6/15/2020 | P3-1GHz/1GB/80GB/MILLENNIUM/FX5200PCI | No | Motherboard failed. Ended up parting this one out and recycling any bad parts. |
| Lenovo 3000-C200 | 6/14/2020 | T2300/2GB/120GB/XP/GMA950 | No | Motherboard failed. Ended up parting this one out and recycling any bad parts. |
| Toshiba Satellite L655 (Intel) | 5/24/2020 | P6200/2GB/160GB/10PRO/HD1K | No | Used as an AltStore server once when I got it. Ended up getting rid of it once I got an Android phone. |
| CLEVO W370(??) | 5/24/2020 | 3630QM/12GB/120GB/7ULT/GTX660M | No | Screen defective. Ended up parting this one out once I got another Ivy Bridge laptop to swap parts into. |
| HP Pavilion 513c | 5/10/2020 | P4-2.66/512MB/80GB/98SE/R9550 | No | Swapped parts from another HP on the dump site. Unfortunately had to get rid of it due to space constraints; it was a nice machine. |
| HP EliteBook 8570p | 4/19/2020 | 3630QM/16GB/750GB/10PRO/R7650M | No | Sold. |
| HP Pavilion dv1000 | 4/5/2020 | T1350/1GB/80GB/VISTA/GMA950 | No | Parted out. Died. |
| Dell Inspiron 5150 | 4/5/2020 | mP4-2.8HT/768MB/40GB/XP/FX5200 | No | Parted out. Died. Safe to say I'll just avoid these things. |
| IBM ThinkPad T42p | 3/29/2020 | M-755/2GB/250GB/VISTA5259/FIREGL-T2 | No | Board was used in the T42"p". This was an unfortunate case... a UXGA screen which was completely unusable. |
| HP Pavilion dv6000 SE | 3/29/2020 | T7700/4GB/500GB/7HP/8400MGS | No | Sold, also regrettably. |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T420s | 3/27/2020 | 2540M/8GB/500GB/ARCH/HD3K | No | Literally died in its sleep. |
| Custom no-name black ATX PC | 3/22/2020 | N/A | No | My main was in here ONCE back when I had component issues. Needless to say it was absolutely frail, and wasn't worth keeping. Had a 754 system in it initially. |
| Dell Latitude D600 | 3/22/2020 | ???/512MB/40GB/???/R9000M | No | Dead on arrival. Scrapped. A year and a half later, I would get a working example. |
| Mac Pro (2006) | 3/15/2020 | X5355-8CX/32GB/???/10.11.6/GTX650 | No | 32-bit EFI mac, so you know how it went. The PSU also blew up and I had to scrap it out. Replaced a year later with a 2008 Mac Pro, which is a multitude BETTER than this hunk of crap. |
| Power Macintosh 7300/200 | 3/8/2020 | 200-604e/208MB/36GB/9.1/N-A | No | Didn't have time to do a successful recap and the PSU failed along the way. Ultimately had to get rid of it, but kept the essentials. |
| IBM ThinkPad 600 | 3/8/2020 | PII-233/NONE/NONE/NONE/NM??? | No | -- |
| PowerMac G4 MDD 2002 | 3/1/2020 | 1.5SP/2GB/160GBx2/10.5/R9600 | No | One of the first ones that were made. The 1.25GHz DP card died, and it was obvious; this had a tough life. Unfortunately, it's gone now yet I still have the... mirrored drive doors. |
| iBook G3 Blueberry | 2/23/2020 | 433MHz G3/160MB/30GB/9.2/RAGE | Yes | Hacked a newer style barrel jack onto it. CPU overclocked to 433MHz. Definitely a keeper for me, even if I think it looks hideous. |
| Compaq Presario 12XL310 | 2/23/2020 | 600MHz Cel/192MB/20GB/2000PRO/CYBERXP | No | Exact spec of the one I had 9 years prior. Suffered the exact same fate, too. |
| iMac (Early 2006) 17" | 2/16/2020 | T7600/3GB/500GB/10.6/X1600 | No | Heavily used beforehand. One of the many systems my T7600 went into. |
| "ITS FUCKING BLUE" | 2/9/2020 | 754 AMD system intially | No | A shoddy translucent blue case that meant to "compliment" the old G3 PowerMacs. It looked better, but it was built like shit. Wish I'd kept it, but it wasn't worth it in the long run. Forgot the exact model of it, too. All I know is that it was an ATX case and it was all translucent blue. And it was built like shit. |
| MacBook (Early 2008) | 2/2/2020 | T8100/2GB/120GB/???/X3100 | No | Used for parts. |
| MacBook Pro (Early 2007) | 2/2/2020 | T7700/4GB/120GB/???/8600MGT-OLD | No | Used for parts. |
| IBM ThinkPad T21 | 2/2/2020 | P3m-800/256MB/20GB/OS2/??? | No | Died. Parted out and recycled. |
| PowerBook G4 12" (Early 2005) | 1/26/2020 | 1.5GHz G4/768MB/100GB/DEB8/FX5200 | No | Someone RIPPED the hard drive out of this thing. As a result, it didn't really hold up for long. Not even the reed switch worked properly. |
| Dell Latitude D610 #2 | 1/26/2020 | M-1.73/1GB/60GB/XP/GMA900 | No | Used for parts to fix D610 #1. |
| Dell Latitude E6500 | 1/26/2020 | P8400/4GB/500GB/10PRO/NVIDIA?? | No | Sold. Fun fact: when I initially found this laptop, I nicknamed it the "Blue's Clues" edition, simply because it was blue. I haven't seen one of these Latitudes in a color other than gray before. Fun fact 2: I was one of the first people to test the newly-leaked Windows 8 build 7746, and this was the laptop I used. |
| "The Beige Box" | 1/19/2020 | XP3200+/3GB/120GB/98SE+2000PRO/R9600 (plan) | Yes | The first beige box in my possession since many years past, which is an AOpen case of sorts. I put an 1800X in here at some point, but the board died. Thus, the component trips (2020-2021) were born! Now I plan for it to be a nice 462 machine. Unfortunately, while seemingly better, my 865 board with a 3.2GHz Northwood can't load 98SE. |
| Dell Latitude D630 | 1/12/2020 | T7500/4GB/240GB/VISTA/X3100 | Yes | For some reason I didn't like this thing at first. Probably because it has a merom chip that runs hotter than the sun. Put a Penryn chip in and it's actually a pretty neat machine. |
| Dell Latitude D610 | 1/12/2020 | M-"780"/2GB/NONE/NONE/GMA900 | No | Scrapped. |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T60 | 1/12/2020 | T2400/512MB/60GB/XP/GMA950 | No | Died as soon as I put a T7400 in. Still not sure why. |
| IBM ThinkPad R31 | 1/12/2020 | P3m-1.13/???/???/2000PRO/INTEL | No | h |
| HP EliteBook 8470p | 1/5/2020 | 3310M/8GB/500GB/ARCH/HD4K | No | Sold. |
| PowerMac G4 Cube | 12/25/2019 | 500MHz G4/1GB/80GB/9.2+10.4/R7500 | Yes | Found September 2019 with the remains of an electronics store fire. Brought home 12/25/2019 during a christmas party. Luckily still works, and I will hold onto it for dear life. |
| PowerBook 5300c | 12/25/2019 | 117MHz603e/40MB/3GB/7.5.3/N-A | No | Given to me at a christmas party, despite not being wrapped. Screen broke during a rearrangement several months back, and I parted it out. The machine also no longer turned on. Not surprising, considering what this computer is. CPU was overclocked to 117MHz and it worked fine until that rearrangement where I brought it out again to find that it didn't work. |
| MacBook (Early 2008) Black | 12/6/2019 | T8300/4GB/???/10.6/X3100 | Yes | I didn't have to pay Apple's "black tax" to get this. Hell, I paid nothing for it. |
| HP Pavilion ???? | 12/6/2019 | 7100U?/8GB/500GB/10HOME/UHD620 | No | I don't remember too much about this one other than it having a motherboard failure at some point. |
| Toshiba Satellite A205 | 11/24/2019 | TL54/1GB/NONE/NONE/RXP1150M | No | Donated to my high school's A+ class. |
| HP Pavilion dv6000 | 11/24/2019 | T5550/2GB/160GB/VISTA/X3100 | No | Used to fix the other dv6000 down the line. |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T400 | 11/10/2019 | T9400/8GB/256GB/ARCH/4500MHD | Yes | This got me through a good chunk of Sophomore year. Thinking of selling it with Libreboot, |
| PowerMac G5 (Mid 2003) | 11/3/2019 | 1.8SP/8GB/1TB/10.5+10.4 | No | Sold and consolidated into the Late05, which broke. On a side note, it's hard to believe these computers are turning 20 soon. |
| Dell Inspiron 1545 | 11/3/2019 | T4200/2GB/160GB/VISTA/4500MHD | No | Ultimately didn't give a shit. |
| HP Pavilion dv4 | 10/27/2019 | P8400/4GB/500GB/7ULT/4500MHD | No | Never really took flight because it was missing too many parts. Scrapped it and inscribed a resounding "NO" onto the screen lens. |
| Sony VAIO VGN-FS760/W | 10/4/2019 | M-750/2GB/100GB/XP/GF6400 | No | Really should have held onto this one for the FS660. Found at the remains of a burnt-out electronics store. |
| PowerBook G4 17" (Mid 2003) | 10/4/2019 | 1.33GHz G4/2GB/80GB/10.5/R9600M | No | This one got really disgusting, so I parted it out. Found at the remains of a burnt-out electronics store. |
| iMac G4 20" (Late 2003) | 10/4/2019 | 1.25GHz G4/1GB/80GB/10.4 | No | Screen cracked due to prior damage. Stopped working entirely and parted out. Found at the remains of a burnt-out electronics store. |
| Macintosh Classic M0420 | 10/11/2019 | 68000/4MB/40MB/???/N-A | No | Parted out to fix the M1420 Macintosh Classic. Found at the remains of a burnt-out electronics store. |
| iMac G3/700 | 9/16/2019 | 700MHz G3/512MB/40GB/9.2/R128PRO | No | Replaced! :) |
| iMac (Late 2006) 24" | 9/9/2019 | T7400/3GB/500GB/10.6/7300GT | No | Half of the CFL lamps knocked out in the LCD. Didn't work correctly either way. First find at the city dump. |
Beyond this point, my memory gets super flaky. However, that doesn't mean it ends there. Some of these I actually remember pretty well!
| Model | Acq. date | CPU/RAM/HDD/OS/GPU | Still have? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eMac (2005) | 10/17/2018 | 1.92GHz G4/2GB/320GB/10.5+10.4/R9600 | Yes | This machine I've had for ages. It was passed down to me from my grandfather (mom's side). |
| Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) | 7/23/2018 | DP500/2GB/80GB/10.4+9.2/R9000PRO | Yes | My mother found this on the side of the road. Never have we been so lucky. |
| HP Compaq dc5700MT | 3/14/2018 | E2160/4GB/160GB/XP/GMA3000 | No | Probably an absolute joke of a machine with its ADD2 port. Ultimately got rid of it 8 months later. |
| HP Compaq dc5800MT | 2/21/2018 | E5700/8GB/1TB/XP/GT630 | No | Really wish I kept this one in the long run. However, I now have a dc5800 again. It would've been of much better use later that year, though. |
| Sony VAIO VGN-CR510E/P | 12/28/2017 | T5750/4GB/250GB/7ULT/X3100 | No | The only pink laptop I've had. Brought it to school in February 2018 and I was nothing short of a joke. Luckily, it didn't last long as the screen broke when I got my IBM E74, and dropped the laptop. I decided not to fix this one as it was also just too far gone. Used to be my grandmother's laptop for 8 years until December 2015, so it did run in the family. |
| Macintosh Classic M1420 | 11/30/2017 | 68000/4MB/9.1GB/OS7.5.3/N-A | Yes | We used to have a babysitter for a while, and she worked as an IT manager for a couple of companies back in the day. They found this Mac Classic in storage, and decommissioned it to me. I still have it, miraculously enough... and now I need to get a proper SCSI adapter to put in a hard drive that's totally not overkill for it... I swear! Jokes aside, it's all I've got. During the last few months of High School, I had tons of old SCA-80 drives passed onto me. Yes, I actually have too many, but it's no big deal... haha. |
| Dell Studio XPS 8000 | 11/10/2017 | i7-860/16GB/1TB/7ULT/1050TI | No | My dad got this """refurbished""" in May 2015. I got it in November 2017 and kept it for about 10 months. It didn't last long as expected. |
| HP Compaq tc4400 | 8/21/2017 | T2500/3GB/160GB/VISTA/GMA950 | Yes | One of my favorites. Had a very long history but that's for another day. I had refurbished it with parts from another tc4400 that I borrowed from my school, and it looks just like new now. |
| HP Mini 5102 | 4/28/2017 | N450/2GB/160GB/???/GMA3150 | No | Basically a 5103 with DDR2 and not DDR3. Didn't really bother with it either way. |
| HP Mini 5103 | 4/21/2017 | N455/2GB/160GB/???/GMA3150 | Yes | I haven't touched this one in years and I need to look for it. I believe it still works. Came from my middle school right when they were retiring the 5103s. |
| HP a6000 sleeper | 12/25/2016 | FX8320/16GB/1TB/1050TI | No | My first custom build. Yes, I was one of the many people to misconstrue the AMD FX chips! Little did I know, the 8560p I replaced it with outperformed its single core performance. I technically still have the board and parts somewhere (except the case), but they're at my grandparents' house. |
| Gateway DX4300-15e | 11/8/2016 | X4-810/8GB/1TB/7ULT/GT630 | No | This... didn't pull through for long. |
| PowerBook G4 (Early 2005) | 8/3/2016 | 1.67GHz G4/2GB/128GB/10.5/R9700M-64 | No | Sold on eBay for $130 on July 24th, 2017. |
| HP EliteBook 8560p | 6/20/2016 | 2520M/8GB/320GB/7ULT/R6470M | No | Was an unexpected gift from someone who babysat the family for a while. Great machine until it stopped working. |
| eMac (USB 2.0) | 2/16/2016 | 1.25GHz G4/768MB/160GB/10.5/R9200 | No | This is where it all started. Unfortunately it died in April 2018, and I was ordered to get rid of it. |
| HP EliteBook 2730p | 12/25/2015 | L9400/4GB/250GB/???/4500MHD | No | My replacement for the original 2710p I had. Got it for christmas. In March 2017, it stopped turning on. Recycled at Best Buy. |
| HP Pavilion a1473w | 9/20/2015 | P4-620/2GB/200GB/VISTA/RXP200 | No | Record for the longest time I've owned a computer. I've swapped different parts in here a million times, but in October 2021 I ultimately got rid of it. |
| HP Pavilion a6720f | 9/12/2015 | ???/NONE/NONE/NONE/6150SE | No | Found in my parents' garage. Didn't work whatsoever. Immediately gave it to a neighbor and told him to sell it off. Bad idea. |
| "Smart Design" SFF PC | 2/??/2015 | P3-866/128MB/20GB/???/??? | No | Got it from a psychologist's office, who now works in a different state. Didn't have a power supply and I didn't know how to work it. |
| HP Compaq 2710p | 1/20/2015 | U7600/3GB/80GB/VISTA/X3100 | No | The root cause of a hellspawn. However, it was a great computer for me while it lasted. Ended up "breaking it by curiosity". |
| HP Pavilion ze4547wm | 11/8/2014 | Cel4-2.4/768MB/40GB/XP/IGP340M | No | Passed down from my grandmother on my father's side. Painful. |
| HP Pavilion g4-2235dx | 12/25/2012 | A6-4400M/6GB/500GB/8/HD7520G | No | My first completely new computer. Technically it wasn't really mine as everyone in my family followed suit and used it too. It was my only first-hand experience with the average life of a consumer grade laptop. It got dropped, used so much, had its OS corrupted a few times, do I need to say more? I ultimately threw it away when the southbridge stopped working. It was simply too far gone, but I still have its CPU. |
| Sony VAIO PCG-K13 | 11/??/2011 | ???/512MB/40GB/XP/IGP340M | No | I went full on Garret Claridge in November 2012 and destroyed this one. It was to the point where my grandfather set up a "No breaking" calendar as a bit of a reward... thing, and I got the laptop above as I didn't break anything. |
| Sony VAIO PCG-F650K | ??/??/2011 | P3-600MHz/192MB/20GB/2000PRO/RAGE | No | I really hate myself for this one. I destroyed it on January 6th, 2016. It was my dad's laptop and he was PISSED when he found out that I destroyed it. I used it for a good year until I accidentally deleted Windows 2000's bootloader in 2012. |
| Compaq Presario 12XL310 | ??/??/2011 | Cel600/64MB/6GB/ME/TRIDENT | No | This broke in comedic fashion; the computer kept bluescreening a lot and as it kept that up, the front bezel fell apart. I only remember the model because I got another one of the same spec and it was pretty much the same computer. Also, this was my first very own computer. |
Conclusion
Do I have a problem? Yes. Am I working on it? Yes. I've recently started selling stuff on eBay.
Overall, I have had a little over 200 systems over the course of my life, and now have a third of those left. That number is likely to go down significantly as I start selling off half my inventory. Honestly, it's nothing to brag about; I just knew where to go. I have definitely missed some, but I don't really care anyway. Please, don't let this inspire you. I just felt stupid.
"HOLY SHIT, GO OUTSIDE!" -A friend
