You're all invited to the funeral

[msdos622wasfun]

Because my old Windows XP box died on me this past weekend.

Well, sort of. I mean, it seems obvious to me the hard drive is failing, and since as a whole the thing hasn't been of much use for some time now, I see no reason into keeping it alive anymore.

Going to try and sell the 21" CRT, it's in good condition.

And I wonder if anybody out there needs a GeForce 5200 for their AGP slot. Maybe it can find a new home.

512 MB of RAM, 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor. Off to the recycling center.

It had a good run...

 

[smarteyeball]

So long, old friend.

 

[M1GU31]

I had a xp pro machine die a couple months ago I feel your pain.It's sitting in the garage collecting dust at the moment.Think the dead psu might of killed the mobo also so I didn't bother fixing it since it's really old from like 2002 and bearly died in febarary,so it lasted 10 years before it died. Saved the IDE in it though which seems to have a little speed problems so idk how long that is going to last but put it in the other pentium 4 i had in the house which is still alive.So now the other one has two 40gb ide drives with 1gb of ram running win xp pro.

 

[msdos622wasfun]

I had a xp pro machine die a couple months ago I feel your pain.It's sitting in the garage collecting dust at the moment.Think the dead psu might of killed the mobo also so I didn't bother fixing it since it's really old from like 2002 and bearly died in febarary,so it lasted 10 years before it died. Saved the IDE in it though which seems to have a little speed problems so idk how long that is going to last but put it in the other pentium 4 i had in the house which is still alive.So now the other one has two 40gb ide drives with 1gb of ram running win xp pro.

Thank you.

Yep, just like yours, I bought that system from a mom-and-pop store back in 2001/2002, and it lasted about ten years. Didn't assemble my own systems back then like I do now.

At least now with it being out of the way, there's more room on that side of my home office in the basement, so I put my bean bag there, and it's great to lie in there and chill out with my headphones on.

 

[Joan Archer]

Sending you my condolences for your loss my old XP box is sitting behind me side off gathering dust, took the hard drive out to try and use it for storage but it's kaput so the box is just sitting there acting as a place to stash things on top, more like a table than a computer.

 

[boohbah]

plenty of life int the ole dog yet!

 

[cyclic]

So that's what the boxes with pics of apples are for ! I never would have thought.

Good pics boohbah

 

[msdos622wasfun]

Sending you my condolences for your loss my old XP box is sitting behind me side off gathering dust, took the hard drive out to try and use it for storage but it's kaput so the box is just sitting there acting as a place to stash things on top, more like a table than a computer.

Yeah, the economics of it is pretty funny. A ten-year-old PC, even if it still works, isn't worth much. On the other hand, a muscle car that's four times as old can go for tens of thousands of dollars.

Hilarious pictures! Maybe I could at least take the case and put it outside in the winter for suet or bird seed or something.

 

[Phone Man]

I have a box in storage that has a 486 CPU and lots of parts from various systems that I have never thrown out. I'm a pack rat and I need HELP !

Jim

 

[msdos622wasfun]

Dr. Phil should have an episode on computer hoarding.

 

[Sardonicus]

Because my old Windows XP box died on me this past weekend.

Well, sort of. I mean, it seems obvious to me the hard drive is failing, and since as a whole the thing hasn't been of much use for some time now, I see no reason into keeping it alive anymore.

Going to try and sell the 21" CRT, it's in good condition.

And I wonder if anybody out there needs a GeForce 5200 for their AGP slot. Maybe it can find a new home.

512 MB of RAM, 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor. Off to the recycling center.

It had a good run...

The funny thing is, that with a lot of that old equipment, you almost can't give it away. The scrap guy will take it, but I don't think too many people want to deal with those huge CRT's.

 

[pparks1]

What would you want to get out of the 21" CRT? I cannot even remember the last CRT monitor I owned. I think it was a 19" CTX or something.

 

[msdos622wasfun]

I know what you guys mean, and I don't really have my hopes all that high. I just figure, give it a shot, Craigslist is free, if I can sell the items, fine, if not, no big deal. I'm just imagining that maybe there's a possibility that somebody out there needs parts for an old system that they want to keep alive, for whatever reason. Not too long ago I even was able to sell (for $1) an old keyboard that used the old 5-pin DIN connector, which was prior to the PS/2 connectors. This individual needed it for an old system that they still wanted to use. (Strange, I know ... but I don't judge.) And this 21" monitor may be huge and bulky, but the darn thing has a real nice picture, and it's in great condition. It just seems a shame to just dispose of the darn thing, even if I get it recycled, which I assume is better than a landfill.

But I know it may end up that way.

 

[smarteyeball]

When I volunteered at a charity store for a while, all CRT's had the VGA cables cut and were dumped in a bin. Such a waste.

 

[Joan Archer]

I've still got one but mines a 17" that's sat in the corner as well in front of the XP box, it has my back up stock of loo rolls and kitchen rolls on top of it.

 

[boohbah]

is it in the toilet joan

 

[Joan Archer]

:roflmao:Nah, no room in there.

 

[seavixen32]

is it in the toilet joan

Just make sure you put the phone down first, before wiping your nether regions.

I can hear it now: "Can you speak up? There's a load of sh** on the line!"