Giving away old hardware

rolf

Hello everyone,

Today was a big cleaning day at the office. I took the opportunity and joined everyone in the cleaning and emptied drawers of old hardware, most of it having sat there for years.

So basically it's old PC hardware. I threw away all the keyboards (but let me know if you want any), and kept the cards, motherboards and connectors, some RAM sticks and whatever, and now I have a box full of them.

In addition to that there is a handful of old computers (4 maybe?) which are not being used and we have to get rid of them. They are old computers, maybe P3 and P4. The cards might be more interesting, I think there are some ethernet adapters, TV capture, VGA, and maybe a coupld of exotic things...

I am planning to find someone who will take them and use them for old PCs for disadvantaged people. If you have any idea about an organization that does this (I'm calling arc-en-ciel tomorrow for a start), please let me know. Also, if you want to grab anything out of all that - if you have any interest in spare parts for old computers or building a computer, please let me know and I'll post the address.

AvoK95

Do you have any old P4 motherboards ? (Please say yes) and possibly 256MB of DDR1 RAM ? (It's OK if that's not available)

Also if anyone is interested, I have a Pentium 1 200MHz PC with 64MB of RAM and it's literally an antique if anyone wants it. It would be a shame to throw it away.

Nabs

@Rolf, we do annual campaigns to help people out with this. Anything you could give away is highly appreciated.

AvoK95

Can I have the Pentium 4 board please ? I could give you 2 Pentium 3 boards in exchange. I really need it since it's very rare and I got everything else to build a system for our apartment in the mountains. I'll see what other stuff I have to give away. Also, I don't need anything else, just the motherboard, not even the processor is needed.

rolf

Nabs wrote@Rolf, we do annual campaigns to help people out with this. Anything you could give away is highly appreciated.

Sounds great. What should I do?

AvoK95 wroteDo you have any old P4 motherboards ? (Please say yes) and possibly 256MB of DDR1 RAM ? (It's OK if that's not available)

I've thrown everything in a box, and don't feel like getting my hands dirty again, but I'll try to see. I also saw some old RAM but I'm not sure what it is exactly.

AvoK95 wroteAlso if anyone is interested, I have a Pentium 1 200MHz PC with 64MB of RAM and it's literally an antique if anyone wants it. It would be a shame to throw it away.

From the answers that I received to this thread, there seems to be many persons which are interested in old computers - although I'm not sure if they are interested in something that old. But I think it will run Windows 95... It's a miracle that it's still working. My uncle also has some really old hardware. BTW, I came across some EDO RAM, maybe it'll fit the P1.

AvoK95 wroteCan I have the Pentium 4 board please ? I could give you 2 Pentium 3 boards in exchange. I really need it since it's very rare and I got everything else to build a system for our apartment in the mountains. I'll see what other stuff I have to give away. Also, I don't need anything else, just the motherboard, not even the processor is needed.

No, please, lol! The aim is to get rid of old hardware and make some place, not exchange it against even more older hardware! As I said, I'll try to see.

AvoK95

rolf wrote
AvoK95 wroteCan I have the Pentium 4 board please ? I could give you 2 Pentium 3 boards in exchange. I really need it since it's very rare and I got everything else to build a system for our apartment in the mountains. I'll see what other stuff I have to give away. Also, I don't need anything else, just the motherboard, not even the processor is needed.
No, please, lol! The aim is to get rid of old hardware and make some place, not exchange it against even more older hardware! As I said, I'll try to see.

HAHA, what I meant was you can give away those things to Nabs so that he gives it to charity. BTW that Pentium is all maxed out, with 4 slots full. What you can do with those RAMs is make a keychain, it would be awesome, take it from me, I had one of those before =D

rolf

AvoK95 wroteWhat you can do with those RAMs is make a keychain

Sounds good :)

MohammedSF

EDO RAM ?! if i where you i'll keep them for another 10 years then sell them for a million $$ :P

I got tons of old hardware, if someone want anything PM me.

AvoK95, i have intel D845G board, Full ATX, AGP, DDR1 & socket 478 if interested..

Nabs

Fellows, I don't want to get in the way of anyone's needs. Anyone who's got anything left after the other members take what they want, please PM me.