Found an Old computer and pulled apart.

[camohanna]

Socket 7 AMD K6-2

WD Caviar 21000, with a whopping 1GB of storage!

I have the rest of the computer, and i am about to go pull it apart. Will be posting more photos soon.

Any idea what i should do with these components?

Not sure whether to pull everything right apart or disassemble and reassemble the computer (I ave never made a computer and i am planning to build my first in the new year, so this will be some practice for me!)

 

[payturr]

Clean it up, reassemble, put Linux on it, make it a web browsing machine!

 

[camohanna]

Clean it up, reassemble, put Linux on it, make it a web browsing machine!

Thats a good thought, but i already got my P4 desktop and my old Core 2 Duo 17" Laptop for that 😛 Anyway, just remembered that it does not work.

 

[payturr]

I love my P4 desktop 😀 Hm, maybe super simple file server (throw in more drives of course)

 

[camohanna]

230W PSU

Some sort of expansion card?

Ditto?

Cpu Pins

Cables

Chipset

RAM

 

[payturr]

Oh my god it's beautiful c: There should be a thread here for aging machines.

 

[camohanna]

Haha, it was fun pulling it apart :3. It is now sitting on the table.. Going to go put it together again. (dubbed it Humpty Dumpty MKII)

 

[payturr]

Haha, it was fun pulling it apart :3. It is now sitting on the table.. Going to go put it together again. (dubbed it Humpty Dumpty MKII)

Neat :3 Gonna put Linux on it? & Did you clean it? :3

 

[camohanna]

Yes ill put Linux on it. By exterior clean..i blew on it 😀. It will work or not! Here is what i am up to now.

The laptop i am on

I have everything plugged in and now need to see if the thing starts up!

 

[camohanna]

Yes, completely befuddled! what two pins do i connect to start it up. I know where they are (with the front led etc) but dont know which one.... Is there a motherboard manual that shows me which pins are which??

 

[camohanna]

Been trying for about 30 minutes to start it up. all in vain. im done with this computer now! *^%^#%#@%#^ *major button mashing sesion*

 

[chris2341]

Been trying for about 30 minutes to start it up. all in vain. im done with this computer now! *^%^#%#@%#^ *major button mashing sesion*

Look on the mobo manufacturers website for a pdf of the manual there should be a pin schematic there to show you what to plug in to start it up.

 

[camohanna]

Look on the mobo manufacturers website for a pdf of the manual there should be a pin schematic there to show you what to plug in to start it up.

This is like a 10-15 Year old mobo. dont know what manufacturer. all i know is its super fx 100... looked that up and no help. Ahh, i dont mind. im buying a computer for $10 that i will pull apart and re assemble. It has a p4

 

[Mousemonkey]

This is like a 10-15 Year old mobo. dont know what manufacturer. all i know is its super fx 100... looked that up and no help. Ahh, i dont mind. im buying a computer for $10 that i will pull apart and re assemble. It has a p4

What do you have in the way of front panel connections?

 

[camohanna]

What do you have in the way of front panel connections?

I have pulled them all out! I know that i can start it up by touching the on ones together but am not sure which two they are.. Dont matter now as i have finished with that computer and i am building myself a budget P4 pc that has hyperthreading for under $100NZD

 

[camohanna]

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