-=PCTechTalk=- Re: $5 computer
- From: "Tech Rose - LoveBytes" <TechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:33:12 -0800
Great deal! You should shop more often... start your own business! Good
for you.
Thanks so much for sharing this experience. You gambled $5 ($20 at most)
and now you have a pc and monitor worth hundreds!
Kudos!
Rose
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "T. Hunt" <ilrover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:11 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: $5 computer
You go girl! There's a lot of stuff out there like that and a little
work and a little smarts will give great rewards. Keep shopping!
BTW, HP has all the stuff for Compac's and they have maintained their
old database well. Drivers and other things like manuals are easy to
find. Start with this page:
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/index.html
and read the Caution on model numbers.
Tom
Jo Ann Weaver wrote:
> I just have to tell this story. I'm a veteran yard sale person. I went to
> a
> sale yesterday morning. They had a 19 inch CRT Mag monitor labeled "works
> great" for $20. Right beside it was a fairly new looking Compaq tower
> marked $5. They said the computer didn't work and was good only for parts.
> I
> bought both for $20. Took them home and hooked the monitor to my main
> computer. It has a great pic and I'm using it now. I hooked up the
> computer,
> it powered up, but hung while loading Windows. I went into setup and
> discovered it had a 40 gig Maxtor hard drive. Got out my Maxtor diagnostic
> boot floppy and booted from it and run the tests which showed the drive
> was
> ok and properly connected. Got out my Maxblast floppy and booted from it
> and
> formatted and partioned the drive, but couldn't load Windows from it. Got
> out my 98 boot disk, booted and loaded Windows from it. It is running
> fine.
> It's a Compaq Presario 5000 with a 1.1 gig processor, 128 RAM and a CD-RW.
> Will add more RAM, but I think I got a pretty good machine for 5 bucks.
> The
> only problem right now is the onboard sound isn't working, but I think I
> can
> figure it out. Just had to brag a little. For someone who had never
> touched
> a computer four years ago, I am learning.
>
> Jo Ann
>
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