List of old computers

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Machines are listed in order of decreasing usefulness, discard from the bottom!

Contents

64 bit systems

Check the processor is really 64 bit using a test disk before adding here. Minimum would be a Pentium 4 2.66GHz, L2 cache 1024MB, Celeron D 2.8GHz, Sempron 2500.

  • Public Computer 2 Ipex AllStation X, 1024MB (?? DDR???), 144GB, XP Home, Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz Conroe/Allendale 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 (Passmark 1114, Blowfish 9.32), Intel 82946GZ/GL Integrated graphics (??Driver, 106 G3D), Ipex 19-inch LCD Monitor (1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz), DVD RW.
  • Public Computer 3 Ipex System , 2048MB (?? DDR???), Pentium D 830 3Ghz Smithfield 2x1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 (Passmark 813), 19-inch LCD Monitor.
  • Public Computer 4 Ipex AllStation X 2, 1024MB (?? DDR???), 160GB, XP Home, Intel Pentium 4 HT 630 3.00GHz Presscott 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 (Passmark 491, Blowfish 14.76), Intel 82946GZ/GL Integrated graphics (??Driver, 106 G3D), Ipex 19-inch LCD Monitor (1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz), DVD RW.

32 bit systems

  • Public Computer 1 - Black Box, 1024MB (1x1024MB DDR400), 120GB, XP Home, Pentium 4 HT 3.2E (Presscott, 1024MB L2 Cache, Socket 478) (Passmark 519, Blowfish 11.0), GeForce4 Ti 4200 (Nvidia legacy 96, 203 G3D), HP L1910 19-inch LCD Monitor (1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz), DVD RW.
  • Public Computer 5 - Viewmaster - 1024MB (1x1024MB DDR), Pentium 4 HT 2.80C (Northwood, 512MB L2 Cache, Socket 478)(Passmark 416, Blowfish 12.27), Dubious GeForce2 Ti NV15DDR (116 G3D), Ipex 19" monitor on AllStation X base, 80GB, DVDROM, XP Home
  • Workroom Computer - Ipex Allstation X - 1024MB, Pentium 4 HT 530 3.00Ghz (Passmark 491, Presscott, 1024MB L2 Cache, Socket 478), XP Home, Integral 19" LCD Monitor, runs Windows XP

Unused boxes

  • Microbits, 1024MB (2x512MB DDR400 Matched), 40GB, XP Home, 2.00Ghz Celeron 128kB L2 Cache, Northwood-128 Socket 478 (Passmark 233, Blowfish 26.97), Sis Onboard Video, GeForce4 MX 440 (Nvidia legacy 96, 97 G3D), runs Windows XP, DVD ROM, Dell 17" LCD.
  • Beige Box, Intel D865PERL Motherboard, 1024MB (2x512B DDR400), 40GB, Pentium 4 3.0 (Northwood, 512MB L2 Cache, Socket 478) (Passmark 491, Blowfish 11.12), Radeon 9200 Pro (G3D 102), DVD ROM. DVD Reader poor or faulty. Sound faulty.
  • Old Office, 1024MB (2x512MB DDR400), 2.8GHz Celeron, (Pass Mark 335, Blowfish 22.10). Onboard Intel 82915G Controller (115 G3D), DVD ROM. XP Professional
  • Black Box Athlon, 1024MB (512MB DDR400, 512MB DDR333), AMD Athlon XP 1500+ (Pass Mark 278, Blowfish 27.24), 20GB, Ubuntu, CDRW, GeForce4 MX 4000 (Nvidia legacy 96, 59 G3D), DVD ROM.
  • Usicase, Beige Box, 0MB, 20GB, Ubuntu, 2.6GHz Sempron DVD RW (Passmark 405, Blowfish 20.82), No video. If shutdowns suddenly remove power and restart.
    • Currently not booting (again)
  • Computerscene Beige Box, 0MB, 20GB, 1.6GHz Pentium IV (Passmark 197, Blowfish 32.08), DVD RW

Used in office

  • LG Flatron L1950SQ (19" TFT LCD 1280x1024@60Hz recommend 75Hz Max, 30-83kHz Horizontal, 56-75Hz Vertical). Ubuntu Nvidia driver when activated is only 640x480. Default driver does on 1024x768, this is due to the monitor, not the Video Card. See xrandr and monitor resolution, seems to be resolved by adjusting sync range in xorg.conf)

Spares

Motherboard

  • 3.2GHz Celeron (Passmark 335, Blowfish 18.66). Sound card fitted as motherboard sound fails under Ubuntu. Does not power up. Has trouble powering down. Either Motherboard or processor is faulty.

Monitor

  • Dell 17" monitor
  • Mitsubishi Electric DV175 17", has separate power supply
  • Unknown Brand 17", has speakers, separate power supply.

AGP Video Cards

  • GeForce4 MX440-SE (Nvidia legacy 96, 77 G3D)
  • GeForce4 420 (32M) (Nvidia legacy 96, 74 G3D)
  • GeForce 2 MX (59 G3D)
  • TNT2 M64 32M (19 G3D)
  • AM64A3 - 32M
  • SIS6326/8MB
  • Matrox MGA

ATA Hard Disk

  • 120GB with Ubuntu installed last used 11 Sep 2011

Memory

  • 1x256MB DDR333
  • 1x256MB DDR333 (PC2700)

Discard or Accept New Material?

The table below shows what to accept/reject. Enough material should be accepted until all hall computers, workroom and two spares are equipped, along with frequently used spares (eg Power Supplies and mice). Then raise qualification for Accept, move accept to hold and so on.

Item Accept Hold Discard
Complete System 2.5 GHz Pentium IV/Athlon or later, 64bit capable, socket 775 or newer Older Pentium 4 not 64bit Any Pentium III or below
Monitor LCD/LED 19" or larger LCD 17" LCD with separate power supply, CRT
RAM Any DDR SDRAM, EDO
Power Supply ATX12V (has extra 4 pin square connector) ATX, All Other
Optical Drive DVD Writer DVD ROM CDRW, CDROM
Hard Disk SSD, SATA >=20GB IDE All other
Motherboard with CPU Using DDR RAM and 64 bit or later (generally Pentium IV or later) Using DDR RAM and 32 bit Any Pentium III or below
Video Card PCIe, AGP (Minimum GeForce 5) Other AGP All other
Other Cards SATA PCI LAN 2001 onwards ISA , Modem
Mice USB or PS2(Bus, Optical) Ball, Serial, Furry
Keyboard USB AT (With Windows Key?) XT
Macintosh Systems Runs MacOs10.3 and above Runs MacOs 10 Doesn't Run MacOs 10
Home Entertainment LCD TV, DVD Recorder, HD Set Top Box CRT TV, DVD Player, VCR SD Set top Box
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