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Assorted computer stuff
Somebody a couple blocks away from me put out a huge pile of computer stuff, with a sign that says everything works, but is old. The towers I looked through all had Windows 2000 stickers on them. All of the machines I checked were devoid of hard drives, but still had CD and floppy drives. I always expect people to be dumb enough to leave their hard drives inside, but it seems they've yet to prove me right. If I didn't already have a pile of PC towers and monitors to mess with, I would have taken some. However, I did manage to plunder some assorted bits I've been needing.
The grand total was 2 USB cords, 12 sticks of PC 133 RAM (a mix of 128 and 256MB), and a couple 2032 button cell batteries. The RAM all seem to work just fine. My beloved Blue&White recognized them all, though as unknown vendor and speed. It reported the appropriate size for all but 2 of them; two of the 256MB sticks were recognized as only 128MB. I have yet to give them a more long-term usage test, but for now, being recognized is good enough. As for the sticks that weren't recognized as the correct size, I have yet to look into why that is, but it's not really that big of a deal at this moment.
All in all, I was disappointed in what I couldn't (but was hoping to) find, while also being satisfied with the things I did find. Not a super haul, but not too bad overall.
UPDATE: [:O] ]'>
Well, this is really odd. Those 256MB sticks that my B&W wouldn't see as the right size... well, the family's iMac DV sees them as the 256MB sticks that they are. Go figure. Looks like it's going to get a snazzy upgrade from dual 128s to dual 256s for free! At least I'll get the old 128s in the trade-off.
The grand total was 2 USB cords, 12 sticks of PC 133 RAM (a mix of 128 and 256MB), and a couple 2032 button cell batteries. The RAM all seem to work just fine. My beloved Blue&White recognized them all, though as unknown vendor and speed. It reported the appropriate size for all but 2 of them; two of the 256MB sticks were recognized as only 128MB. I have yet to give them a more long-term usage test, but for now, being recognized is good enough. As for the sticks that weren't recognized as the correct size, I have yet to look into why that is, but it's not really that big of a deal at this moment.
All in all, I was disappointed in what I couldn't (but was hoping to) find, while also being satisfied with the things I did find. Not a super haul, but not too bad overall.
UPDATE: [:O] ]'>
Well, this is really odd. Those 256MB sticks that my B&W wouldn't see as the right size... well, the family's iMac DV sees them as the 256MB sticks that they are. Go figure. Looks like it's going to get a snazzy upgrade from dual 128s to dual 256s for free! At least I'll get the old 128s in the trade-off.
Those two 256MB sticks may have been high density DIMMs. Older PC systems only recognize half of them too.
The G3 B&W and the DV iMac are from about the same time... why would one recognize it properly, but not the other? Just to be safe, I'm holding on to the RAM I took out of the iMac, just in case those 256mb modules ends up causing problems later on.Those two 256MB sticks may have been high density DIMMs. Older PC systems only recognize half of them too.
When I was hunting for parts, I basically got to the point where I was just grabbing RAM before the rain started up again. It's not really that big of a deal that my tower didn't like them... it's just that I found it to be odd. Sorta ruins my chance to max out my B&W with 4x256MB like I had hoped, but for free, I think i can deal with it. Having 3x256MB + 1x128MB is still a lot better than what I had in it before. I'm just glad that those RAM modules worked properly in something we have here right now.