Dismantling the old machine
Sep. 15th, 2009 11:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
riariI have the Dell I got from the anime store. (I consider it overtime compensation. :>) So yeah, I had two computers at one point, with one not being used all that much. Now with the brand new computer, I have three computers running around here. Though now one is needing to be dismantled because I can't keep three computers around here. There's not much space. The Dell lives under the desk as it is.
(For those trying to keep track - there's new desktop, old desktop, and the Dell.)
Yesterday, I decided to try to fit the larger of the hard drives from the old desktop to the Dell.
Boy, Dells are compact. Good thing I have small hands. :D And while I was in its innards, I took note of the memory the Dell was using. Because it was supposed to be only a basic work machine, my boss ordered it with only 512mb memory (two 256MB sticks). Can't do much with that. :> And coincidentally enough, the memory in the old desktop was the same exact type. So now the Dell has an extra 200GB hard drive bringing it up to 280GB and a full 1GB memory (two 512MB sticks). It also tells me that if I was to update the memory further, that its not the cheap memory. I was looking at memory prices for the old desktop before. And they were around $60 for a GB stick.
Made me feel useful for a bit. :D Though I did ask for help on the memory so I didn't fry them by accident.
I'll probably save the other two hard drives from the old desktop for now. They're fairly small drives and good for backups if a drive fails somewhere along the way. I'm going to try to find a recycling center for the motherboard and case. The video card goes back to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lantyssa cause I've been borrowing it after my last video card died a horrible death. Sound card is being saved for now.
After all that I'll be back to two computers with some spare parts. :>
(For those trying to keep track - there's new desktop, old desktop, and the Dell.)
Yesterday, I decided to try to fit the larger of the hard drives from the old desktop to the Dell.
Boy, Dells are compact. Good thing I have small hands. :D And while I was in its innards, I took note of the memory the Dell was using. Because it was supposed to be only a basic work machine, my boss ordered it with only 512mb memory (two 256MB sticks). Can't do much with that. :> And coincidentally enough, the memory in the old desktop was the same exact type. So now the Dell has an extra 200GB hard drive bringing it up to 280GB and a full 1GB memory (two 512MB sticks). It also tells me that if I was to update the memory further, that its not the cheap memory. I was looking at memory prices for the old desktop before. And they were around $60 for a GB stick.
Made me feel useful for a bit. :D Though I did ask for help on the memory so I didn't fry them by accident.
I'll probably save the other two hard drives from the old desktop for now. They're fairly small drives and good for backups if a drive fails somewhere along the way. I'm going to try to find a recycling center for the motherboard and case. The video card goes back to
lantyssa cause I've been borrowing it after my last video card died a horrible death. Sound card is being saved for now. After all that I'll be back to two computers with some spare parts. :>
