what is your longest lasting component?

[jehh]

I've had the same speakers since '94. They work great, but cost a bunch at the time.

Jason

 

[lastig21]

33.6 modem salvaged from my p166. Still going strong, using it to type this reply.

 

[zxczxc]

my floppy drive(from p133) since 95' winter. still going

 

[DaejangNim]

ive only been into comps for not even 2 years now so most of that stuff still works, but the oldest component i have that still runs is a shamrock 14" thats from the early 90s, i just put it as my second monitor on my v3 today woohoo!!!

 

[erub]

over on my floor (part of a non-working linux box) i have a floppy drive that came with a Dell 386 bought in 1991

in use, i have a Dell monitor from another 386 system that i still use (1990)

 

[Doctorweir]

Floppy-drive and the monitor of my second rig...

Both up and running since June 1992!!!!

Next year big 10th anniversary...you're all invited (just kidding!)

 

[amdskip]

5 year old gateway monitor and epson 500 printer.

 

[Degenerate]

my dust in the fan

 

[Macro2]

My personal hard drive...

Mac

 

[b0mbrman]

Teehee...Forgive me if someone's already made this joke, but my longest lasting part is what I like to call "The Little General"

Teehee...this question ahd me giggling like a schoolgirl from the start

Okay, my serious answer would be an old hard drive i used to have on a 486/33. I can still dock it and an a whopping 60 mb's to my system...

 

[shathal]

My trusty "pride & joy" a.k.a. "the windmill" - my 386 SX/33 .

All the components bar the original 80 MB Connor HD are still in there.
* Some GFX card I can't be asked to remember.
* Creative SB 2.0 - the one & only .
* 4 MB (!) of RAM.
* 1.44" FDD

It has worked it's way through through one Conner HD, "now" replaced with a 512 MB disk (8 years ago, methinks). Also, it worked its way through no less than 2 (I think) Controllers. Good thing I still happen to have a spare ISA Controller - just in case .

I got that system in 91 - & it still works. Hah - who needs all those Athlon 4's & Pentium 4's when a 386 is just as good ... well ... okay - maybe not .

 

[Looney]

I would have to say monitor... i have one least 8 years or so.

 

[Electricice]

my floppy is pretty old not sure when i first og it but i know i hvaent ever bought a new onw and soits must be over 10 years

 

[CrackRabbit]

i have you all beat, i have 2 count em 2! 80mb Maxtor HDDs still going good...dated 1990 and 1991. i use em as transfer drives for mp3s and stuff

 

[Pakman]

I would have to say that my HP Laserjet 4L printer has got to be the longest lasting computer component I've purchased. Actually, it's the best thing I've purchased for my computer. I bought it in early '94 when I got my 486, and it's still my main printer right now hooked up to my server. I've only recently replaced the toner on it just a few months ago for the first time. Still prints like a champ!

 

[Mookow]

Probably my keyboard off my uncles 386. 6 pin, but still going strong. Its better than the "clicky" boards that Dell ships.

 

[dcane2000]

I'd have to say my ATX case that I"ve had for a long while now

 

[kag]

I use my 8 years old floppy disk in my P3 right now .. and the 8 years old 13" monitor also runs fine on my backup computer (a P200MMX) @ 640*480

those 2 components are from my first computer, a 286 bought in 91, 92 or 93, I don't remember

 

[davidsnot]

Floppy here, too. What's a new one cost nowadays? Of course, with bootable cd's, who needs a floppy, right?

 

[HansXP]

<< Floppy here, too. What's a new one cost nowadays? >>



A new one costs around $15, tho I'm sure you can get them cheaper.



<< Of course, with bootable cd's, who needs a floppy, right? >>



Exactly why my computer doesn't have a floppy drive

 

[Rankor]

My longest lasting component? I won't go there, but for computers...

It's gotta be my floopy drive. Still running after 5 years. I never use the thing only for booting up to format/reinstall.

[edit]

What am I talking about? I'm still using my HP DeskJet 500 that I bought in 1994. That's the oldest running component I have running in my computer setup(s).

[/edit]

 

[orty]

It's gotta be my HP 600c inkjet printer...still working (barely).

My tower case from my Pentium 100 from gateway was easily modded to work with an ATX board, so that's still being used by a system.

My parents are still using a hard drive from my original Packard Bell <shiver> 486sx25.

But yes, this thread has been done a few times....

-orty

 

[Hullboy]

I just got a Western Digital Caviar 850MB hard drive from a pc at work, which I plan to use in conjuntion with another drive (an 850MB Quantum ProDrive) to build a crappy system and make it work - hopefully with a linux install!

Wish me luck.........

 

[Soccerman]

so it appears monitors and floppy drives are the longest lasting..

Speakers, and printers appear to come in second..

OK then what's your longest lasting video card, CPU, Motherboard, Soundcard, Modem, and things like that

no cords (why would you list a power cord??) please.

I'm guessing none of those were mentioned simply because Video cards only really gained popularity fairly recently (compared to before, with ISA slots, you probably just stuck with the onboard video?)..

I had a few XTs that worked fine, though I didn't want them anymore.. the CPU, cache, and hard drives (they were 40 meg hard drives) all worked fine..

 

[Mem]

My Epson 600 printer is 4 years old,cpu,soundcard , modem,motherboard &amp; graphics card,well I replace the cpu/mb every 2 years so the modem is the longest of those about 3yrs &amp; 6 months old.