Recent content by Rafdog

Not to bring up an old post but I was able to finally get this guy restored and mods can lock this post as solved. I was able to buy replacement keys from replacementlaptopkeys.com (as jokey as that sounds but great site). I also fixed the charger port by replacing the screw when I opened it...

Hey, guys, So I recently picked up a Late 2008 A1281 MBP in rough shape. Took a gamble on it for funsies to see if I can get it back up and running and maybe even flip it after fixing it up. It needs: Keyboard keys 'G' and 'H', Charger, Possibly a new battery, Possibly a hard drive / new...

Right exactly what I was just thinking! I think for these they don't have any valid MS keys so I'm just gonna either turn them into lightweight Plex servers or use them for emulation machines. I had a few 1GB Radeon cards laying around so I put those GPUs in them and wouldn't mind getting...

Gotcha. Thank you for explaining the differences for the speeds of the CPUs. Lol I do accept the info; was just wondering what source to look at to 100% confirm and clear up the confusion. Info was coming at all directions and was wondering what was valid or not as valid. So basically the...

So it's a little confusing. According to that list it says my Core 2 Duo is the best above all the two AMDs listed. However, if you look them up against each other (just simply Googling one vs the other and clicking one of the CPU sites) it says the Phenom with 4 cores performs better than the...

Hey, all, So I have 3 old machines that I've been having fun with and idk what to do with them yet. I've taken them all apart, cleaned em up, new thermal paste and all that. I've got the CPUs listed down below and even though I've compared em on Benchmark sites I'm kinda noob when it comes...

Gotcha. And how can I tell either or? If I just write down the key and then wipe it with Linux I can use that key as the machine no longer sees the key right (assuming the key is transferrable)? I can also try the above comments script and give that a shot and see what I truly have on these...

Hey, all, Thanks for all the awesome info and responses! Much appreciated! I'll get to your guys responses and see what I can do. So I booted them up and they are fully fresh formatted. I looked up to see what kind of Windows 10 license I have and all I get is that it says it's Win 10 Pro and...

Hello, all, I recently purchased two old HP desktops that have Windows 10 on them (I believe Pro). The person I'm repurposing them for is purely Linux and told me I can keep the Windows keys as he won't ever need them. I obtained no paperwork or boxes to indicate my Win 10 key. The machines...

Awesome. Thanks for the info! If we do need to call Microsoft, which # or department are we looking to call to help with Reactivation?

Hey, all, So here's the dilemma: Upgraded a buddies old HP laptop from native Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 (Home I believe it was?) with the still-available-to-upgrade option. Months later his main 500gb hdd just died. Was an old 5400 hdd. He's ordered a new one and comes in soon. Now here's my...

Hey, Do you have the listed Debug codes? My MSI M5 board recently did this crap when I simply just added more RAM. I unfortunately ended up buying a new ASUS board as it was taking me awhile to troubleshoot my issue but your board is newer so it may not have the same issues mine did. Debug...

So I reseated the CPU gently (there was one bent pin that I bent back with tweezers) and reapplies thermal paste and I got an image now. It seems the onboard HDMI had an issue and I had green lines all over. Added my gpu and it shows me BIOS and all now! My Linux bootable just isn't booting...

Hello all, Happy New Year! Long time browser; first time poster. Finally made an account and figured I'd ask my info here for any help / troubleshooting. So I recently picked up a Gateway DX4200-09 with 2GB of DDR2, a 160GB HDD, and an AMD Phenom X4 9100e quad-core CPU. I like doing fun...