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What to do with an ancient PC?

BlueAcolyte

BlueAcolyte

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I pulled a old SFF PC out of my tech teacher's room on the last day of school. After disassembling it, I was happy to see that it was a socket 370 and dropped another 128MB of RAM into it as well as a Pentium III. (coppermine, 866mhz) I also pulled a 2GB hard drive out of a Packard-Bell computer we had in the basement as well...

I am trying to clean off the processors (one original Mendocino Celeron and aforementioned PIII) and the heatsink, I just hope it powers up when I plug it in.

Edit: This thermal paste is like fucking rock... And it feels like gauze... Eww. IC Diamond to the rescue!

Edit 2: Aww jesus, this shit is not coming off. I've tried spit, isopropyl alcohol, and a flathead screwdriver.

Now with pics! Also, butcher knives don't work either. This heatsink literally sticks to the back of a table.

Case
heatsink and fan
Drives
 
I would use that except I don't know where my mom keeps it... Also, I'm worried about the power supply. I googled it and it's discontinued, as well, there is a design flaw.
 
Why are you using a screwdriver to clean off HS compound... just like the grooves and gouges it leaves? :shocked:

If the MB will take a 133MHz FSB CPU, maybe it supports a Tualatin core. You can find them pretty cheap. And they're good performers for the speed they run.
 
Well, the heatsink is fine actually, the chip on the pentium III is so tiny I would could use the base if 90% of it was scratched. Seriously though, the stuff peeled off. Like bandages.

Also, the good news is that it powers on.

The bad news is that it powers on as soon as I plug it in, and even if I hold the power button down (that works too 😛) as soon as I let go it turns on again. Also, there is no screen output... No idea what's going on. Oh well... I would resurrect the dell in the basement, but the case is actually pretty big and I think I murdered its power supply.
 
try to reset the CMOS. The bios might have been configured to power up after a power loss. Might fix the display problem too.
 
removing the heatsink to reapply paste was probably unnecessary. if it was a melted thermal pad whcih is why it didn't come off easy. it gets soft when hot. you should have just left it alone, its just a p3 by todays standards its nothing in terms of heat.
 
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