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Bob_Villa

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Apr 13, 2013, 8:52:16 AM4/13/13

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I recently got a salvaged Dell for nix (knowing an IT person is very convenient) and added 3 Gigs of RAM, 320Gig HDD, and W7 32-bit. Runs very nicely. The only minor hassle was the audio driver.
The things I added were from a dead Gateway (bad M/B) that I got from a friend (I gave her an old Dell to use).

RnR

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Apr 13, 2013, 2:30:05 PM4/13/13

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Good for you but what is your point or problem ?

Bob_Villa

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Apr 14, 2013, 10:00:44 AM4/14/13

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Simply an FWI about using a PC that was destined for scap...and making it usable.

RnR

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Apr 14, 2013, 11:45:10 PM4/14/13

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On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:00:44 -0700 (PDT), Bob_Villa

<pheeh...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Saturday, April 13, 2013 1:30:05 PM UTC-5, RnR wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:52:16 -0700 (PDT), Bob_Villa
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>> <pheeh...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >I recently got a salvaged Dell for nix (knowing an IT person is very convenient) and added 3 Gigs of RAM, 320Gig HDD, and W7 32-bit. Runs very nicely. The only minor hassle was the audio driver.
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>> >The things I added were from a dead Gateway (bad M/B) that I got from a friend (I gave her an old Dell to use).
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>> Good for you but what is your point or problem ?
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>Simply an FWI about using a PC that was destined for scap...and making it usable.

Ok. I don't think your point was clear but I agree with you in regard
to older computers still having useage.

Bob_Villa

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Apr 15, 2013, 6:57:40 AM4/15/13

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On Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45:10 PM UTC-5, RnR wrote:

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> >Simply an FWI about using a PC that was destined for scap...and making it usable.
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> Ok. I don't think your point was clear but I agree with you in regard
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> to older computers still having useage.

Next time I'll run things by you 1st...to make sure they're okay to post!

RnR

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Apr 15, 2013, 1:31:59 PM4/15/13

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Good Idea !!!

Ben Myers

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Apr 15, 2013, 11:30:03 PM4/15/13

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On Saturday, April 13, 2013 8:52:16 AM UTC-4, Bob_Villa wrote:
> I recently got a salvaged Dell for nix (knowing an IT person is very convenient) and added 3 Gigs of RAM, 320Gig HDD, and W7 32-bit. Runs very nicely. The only minor hassle was the audio driver.
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> The things I added were from a dead Gateway (bad M/B) that I got from a friend (I gave her an old Dell to use).

If you still don't have the audio right, try a newer Creative Labs audio card, an Audigy, for example.

Kicking up the memory to 4GB will give a marginal improvement, increasing by maybe 256MB the memory usable by a 32-bit OS. But only if you have some 1GB DDR2 DIMMs with no other use.

... Ben Myers

Bob_Villa

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Apr 16, 2013, 6:26:13 AM4/16/13

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This was salvaged DDR2 and you know how much that stuff goes for! I did a little searching for a Vista driver that worked.
This whole system only cost me $30 for a 19" flat panel. Both the panel and the 8400 have DVI...who woulda guessed? Thnx Ben

Ben Myers

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May 19, 2013, 7:02:51 PM5/19/13

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Not surprising. I bought three working Optiplex 755's and two 19" LCDs yesterday. The guy wanted $85. He also had a few boxes of other stuff, so I gave him $100. That does not quite match what I got about 10 days ago from a long-time customer who was moving. He said to come over and take his desktops away, because he and his wife used only mobile devices now. So the takeway included a quad core Insprion small tower with 4GB memory and 500GB disk drive plus a 19" LCD.

With all the mobile "fondle-slabs" to beguile people, desktop prices have gone through the floor, and they are rapidly approaching the sub-basement... Ben Myers

RnR

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May 20, 2013, 11:53:08 PM5/20/13

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On Sun, 19 May 2013 16:02:51 -0700 (PDT), Ben Myers
<ben.m...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:26:13 AM UTC-4, Bob_Villa wrote:
>> On Monday, April 15, 2013 10:30:03 PM UTC-5, Ben Myers wrote:
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>> > On Saturday, April 13, 2013 8:52:16 AM UTC-4, Bob_Villa wrote:
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> -snip-

Funny you mention this as I fit what you said... I have 3 or 4 Dell
desktops literally collecting dust that work fine as far as I know.
I'm no gamer or upgrade junkie so modern laptops work fine for my
needs.

OT: Ben, what software do you use to post messages as lately I'm on
a server that doesn't allow me to reply to your posts when it goes
beyond 79 characters and lately some of your posts exceed this. I
have to either chop it or edit it to post here. No big deal but most
people seem to reply under 79 characters long on a line.

Ben Myers

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May 21, 2013, 10:38:58 PM5/21/13

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I reply through Google Groups, using Firefox. Google Groups apparently wraps around text in its box used to post newsgroup messages... Ben