CompuJitsu

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

2008-11-27T14:49:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving to all Geeks, Nerds, Thinkers, Computer Fanatics and plain weirdos like me.
I wish you all LOTS of Tofurkey ( to your heart stay healthy)
Lets all stop for a moment and remember the First Nations. ( who still in need of help to overcome hundreds of years of persecution, prejudice, exploitation, hate etc)
And lets all be thankful for advanced computing, clustering, e-waste recycling, cloning, steam cell research and specially OUR Families and true friends, who support (almost)all the weirdness we usually come up with...

Peace and Prosperity

Back to the proliants again

2008-11-26T21:23:00.000-08:00

Well,

Everyone is out for the Thanksgiving, so I kinda have time and space to bring all the machines inside and start again.
My first attempt didn't work as well. I got a myriad of errors...
Any help? Its welcome.
Lets take all apart again...
I really want to make at least 2 of those work.
One will be for files etc, more like a datacenter and the second one will be to host internet stuff like the board I'm making and some games like Soldier of fortune 2, WOW, AOE etc.

FIRST SERVER IS UP

2008-11-17T16:12:00.000-08:00

Our first server is up and running, it has 2ghz processor( real speed) and 1536mb of ram on it.
Now I still have to configure it. Since is the first , it is a File server.
Still, it has , FOR NOW, only 2 hdds with 35 gb each, but i'll be installing more 4 hdds on it soon. ( all the hdds are IDE by the way, wish I had scsi)
And it will also host the HCL ( Humboldt Computer Library) board, which still under construction.
Long Live DIY

HP kayak 6/400

2008-11-15T09:12:00.000-08:00

Howdy

Just got a HP kayak 6/400, which was "supposed" to have a 34.6gb scsi hard drive on it.
At first, was very hard to open the case, after struggling with it for a while and reading almost 8 different manuals, the shell was cracked open.
And for my surprise, there was an IDE hdd on it ( a gimpy WD 40 GB) and an inactive 9.1gb 10000rpm scsi too.
Removed the ide, and installed 2 9.1gb scsi on it.
Unfortunately, I'm still getting error message #( cant recall the # now) but it says :

Operational system not found.

The plan was to use it as a server for my new discussion board ( which is coming soon), but guess it will take a bit longer...
Anyways, I am getting some free pc's soon.

Need a PC? Don't have money to buy it? Would like to learn how to build computers? Help me build more computers for other people who cannot afford, and yours IS FREE!!!!( from available parts. Monitor, keyboard, mouse are also free IF available)

IBM thinkpad iseries 2621 UPDATE

2008-10-30T17:46:00.000-07:00

I got a PS in Eureka from a very nice older computer enthusiast.
Installed a 40gb harddrive ( Laptop had a 5gb hdd with OPENSUSE...) with xp professional sp3. Also installed a 802.11g wireless card on it.
Its working flawlessly , but battery does not hold charge.

L7VMM

2008-10-30T17:32:00.000-07:00

Got this emachine C1641 loaded with a L7VMM, Kinda nice, could become a great gamer friendly machine.
It has a 2600 AMD XP, 2 256mb ecc pc2100 and a 20gb hdd, dvd/cdrw combo, a second cdrw and floppy.
Can't make monitor work at all.Therefor cannot access bios. It seen like many other people had the same sort of problems with this board.
Will keep trying.
Any ideas?

2008-10-24T11:21:00.001-07:00

More info about the Hidden truth of E-waste days that they will NOT TELL YOU

2008-10-24T10:11:00.000-07:00

If you care about your fellow man, and the enviroment as well, you should check those links:

E-Waste: Dumping on the Poor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXzsqTFwV3Q

Greenpeace intercepts illegal US electronic waste shipment to Hong Kong:

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/releases/greenpeace-intercepts-illegal

E-waste dump of the world:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002920133_ewaste09.html

Lets hope that the responsibles for the e-waste day at the Fairgrounds allow us to collect parts on the behalf of our community.

E-waste day

2008-10-24T09:53:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,

I've been very busy working on the HCL ( Humboldt Computer Library) project accessing sources and legalities.
Tomorrow we will be having another E-WASTE day, this time located at the Redwood Grounds.
For those who don't know about it, I'll explain:

Every year, during different occasions people come here( Arcata-Eureka area) and collect e-waste.
To us, consumers, its a great way to get rid of unwanted material, but such practice hides a more ugly truth behind it.
Unfortunately, those who collect the e-waste are not being 100% clear with us.( not saying that everyone is, please do not misunderstand me)
Do you know what happens to your discarded computers, monitors and other electronics?
Many, many, many times, it's sold ILLEGALY to China or Hong Kong.
E-waste from America, Japan and European Unions is pouring into China through underground channels. In south China's Guiyu, workers are poisoned by toxic fume chemicals when they melt e-waste and environment is severely damaged. Underground channel of smuggling e-waste into the country is making it impossible for the government to fight back.
I 'll be there tomorrow personally and I'll talk to the responsible for this operation and request on the behalf of us, residents of the area, for parts and cases. This way I will be able to build and distribute FREE of charge , computers to those who cannot afford.
Remembering that last year I was granted permission to have as many parts I wanted at the HSU parking lot E-Waste event. And we were able to built and distribute over 14 computers.
Let's see how she or whoever is in the control will behave. I'll be posting the results here, and after the computers are assembled posting then at the FREECYCLE, like always, FREE OF CHARGE.

Dell Optiplex GX150

2008-09-17T09:15:00.000-07:00

Bump, bump, bump...

Nothing seens to work on this machine.

But the mobo and the processor are fine.

I really want to make this one work.

Sticky Dell Optiplex GX150

2008-09-02T11:11:00.000-07:00

Hi there!

Got the machine for free.
Pentium 3 , 1000MHz, 256MB sdram PC133,
no hard drive on it, nor dvd/cd rom.
i added all.
An 80GB Seagate ide and an old 4GB Fireball, very nice, both very clean and working fine.
oooh, and I had to figure out how to bypass the bios password. Sucked badly.
Got the info here:

http://facweb.northseattle.edu/tfiegenb/EET131/GX150User/advfeat.htm#jumpsettings

Next step was to install Xp and Hard Heron dual boot.
But......those old Dells kinda sucks.
Locked bios. No overclocking, period!
When I boot up I get a message that says:

Secondary hard disk drive 0 not found
Strike the F1 key to continue F2 to run the setup utility

I'm locked on a eternal loop. Rebooting to this over and over again....
Any help?

Snail

2008-08-23T13:00:00.000-07:00

My computer died a week ago.
A friends computer chewed my 7 year old original XP install disk.
Im running a gimpy system on the same machine with this adaptor and 2 scsi hardrdives on it.
During OS install system indentified 2 hdds, after install only one hdd
is online....
10000rpms but with lots of bugs.
Any help?

Missing parts and annoying errors

2008-08-12T12:20:00.000-07:00

Missing parts and annoying errors

Proliant 1600 is giving error 1611. Fan stuff.
Missing second fan.
If you have ......
60 bucks on ebay is out of question.

PC800 RDRAM DESPERATELY NEEDED, also called Direct Rambus DRAM or DRDRAM.

2008-08-11T08:26:00.001-07:00

PC800 RDRAM DESPERATELY NEEDED, Direct Rambus DRAM or DRDRAM.

ibm thinkpad iseries 2621

2008-08-11T07:19:00.000-07:00

Lagtop

A 16v 3.36a ....... what's wrong with you IBM? Do you guys know how hard is to get such ps?
Next time try something more common, more universal... Dang, this sucks.
Anyways, frustrations apart, now I have the dang ps.
Its boots fine,
Lagtop comes with an astonishing amount of 64mb of ram ( OOOOH WOW) 500mhz intel celeron (hahahaha) and a dvd rom.
Impossible to install any os.
Driver.cab will not load. Ever.
Help?

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1000mhz P3 ?

2008-08-08T12:49:00.000-07:00

P3

Pentium 3 processor and card.
Besides being old as @#*^, it is in great condition. Lovely.
boots fine.
Have FUN.

Some inside pics of the Compaq proliant 1600

2008-08-08T09:38:00.000-07:00

Pics of parts.
Clean now.
Error 178, error 1611.
It is a pain. Need the right parts.

More stuff

2008-08-07T10:10:00.000-07:00

More dell

Dell optiplex gx400.

has no ram pentium 4
Here the specs:

Brand		Dell
Model		Optiplex GX400
CPU		Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz
RAM Memory		256 MB RDRAM
Hard Drive		none yet
CD ROM Drive		None installed
Floppy Drive		1.44 MB Floppy Drive
Video		none yet
Network		Integrated 3com 3C905C-TX 10/100 Ethernet Network Adapter
Modem		not included
Sound		Integrated Audio
USB		4 USB Ports
Keyboard		Dell Black PS2 Keyboard
Mouse		Black/Silver PS2 Optical Mouse
Speakers		Dell A215 2 piece Speaker Set
Software		Windows 2000 installed with all Windows updates, attached COA, application media not included

Interfaces		2 - Serial, 1 - Parallel, 4 - USB, 2 - PS2, 1 - VGA, 1 - RJ45, 1 - MIC, 1 - Speaker, 1 - Audio Line, 2 - PCMCIA
Internal Card Slots		5 - PCI, 1 - AGP

RAM Rambus rimm

Problem with this server is the dreadful RDRAM which is RARE and EXPENSIVE.
Awesome old machine and waiting for upgrades.
Cheers!

Tyan

2008-08-06T23:54:00.000-07:00

2 socket A (462) AMD

Having problems.
Maybe processors, maybe arrangement,
PS tested fine.
I have a second tyan and another pair of amds to test.

More pics 2

2008-08-06T21:45:00.001-07:00

Dell Poweredge 1300 specs:

Pentium® IIor III Processors Single or dual with 512K L2 cache
Memory 64MB ECC SDRAM, upgradeable to 1GB ECC SDRAM
Hard Drives/Bays Two 1.6" bays and two 1.0" bays; 4GB, 9GB and 18GB Ultra-2/LVD SCSI (7200rpm);
up to 54GB maximum internal storage (2 x 18GB + 2 x 9GB); Optional PowerVault™
SCSI external storage available
Media Drives/Bays Three bays: one 3.5" 1.44MB diskette drive and bay; one 5.25" media bay and one
32X max./14X min. variable-speed EIDE CD-ROM with an Integrated EIDE Controller
SCSI Interface One Integrated Adaptec® AIC-7890 (80MB/s) Ultra-2/LVD SCSI Controller; Optional
Adaptec Ultra-2/LVD Controller Card; Optional PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller
(Single Channel)
Video Subsystem Integrated ATI-Rage IIC, 2MB SGRAM, 1024 x 768 resolution
Ports One parallel port, two 9-pin serial ports, two universal serial bus ports, VGA port,
PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports
Monitors Dell 825TM (13.7" v.i.s.) D1025TM (15.7" v.i.s.)
Network Operating Systems Microsoft® Windows NT® Server 4.0 and BackOffice® Small Business Server 4.0,
Novell® NetWare™ 4.11 and NetWare 5.0
Network Adapter Cards Intel® Pro 100+ Ethernet PCI NIC, Intel Pro 10+ Combo Ethernet PCI NIC,
3Com® 3C980 100Mb PCI NIC, IBM® 16/4 Token Ring PCI NIC
Availability Features ECC memory; optional RAID Ultra-2 LVD/SCSI Controller
I/O Slots Six 32-bit slots (5 PCI, 1 shared PCI/ISA)
Chassis Tool-less accessibility Mini-Tower; Height: 17.25", Width: 8.25", Depth: 17.5"
Power Supply Single 330W
Management HP® OpenView™ Network Node Manager Special Edition; HP OpenView ManageX™;
Integrated Hardware Monitoring; Optional Dell Remote Assistant Card Version 2.0

More pics

2008-08-06T21:38:00.000-07:00

What is this?
I dont know how to use this first machine( the one with 7 cd roms),
Second machine here is a DELL poweredge 1300. It lacks processors, rdram.

One done ( more or less) 3 more to go

2008-08-06T20:21:00.000-07:00

I Using six SCSI 9 GB 10000rpm hard drives on it.
Later on, I guess a DVD RW and some other upgrades.

Key Features
Form Factor	RACK MOUNT

Processor	2 x Pentium III 650 MHz

Processors Qty.	2

Installed Memory	768MB (SDRAM)

Platform	PC
Processor
Processor Manufacturer	Intel

Processor Type	Pentium III

Processor Speed	650 MHz

Installed Qty	2

Max Supported Qty	2

Processor Upgradability	Upgradable
Memory
Installed RAM	768MB

RAM Technology	SDRAM

Maximum RAM	1 GB
Hard Drive
2nd Storage Controller	IDE / EIDE/ SCSI
Networking
Networking Type	Network Adapter

Data Link Protocol	Ethernet • Fast Ethernet
Motherboard
Installed L2 Cache Memory	512 KB

Video Output Interface	PCI



Read Speed	24x (CD)
Other Drives
Floppy Type	3.5" 1.44 MB floppy
Audio / Video
Max. Video Resolution	1024 x 768


Dimensions
Width	10.64 in.

Depth	22.69 in.

Height	18.64 in.

Weight	62.62 lb.

2008-08-04T03:20:00.000-07:00

Bloody heavy bastard

Major crash, man.
I was testing the hard drive cage and board for the server. You can break those old Compaq ProLiant 1600 Server series onto 3 or 4 modules.
Clean
Got clean barebones, 2 clean cpu/ram cages, 2 clean hard drives cages. The other machine came loaded with blanks.
7200rpm hard drives reloaded with 10000rpm 9gb IBM Ultrastar scsi s.
Have some of it's original manuals and install cds.

Scsi ribbon cable supports up to 5 hard drives.

2008-08-03T18:28:00.000-07:00

4 to 1

Got 4 old Compaq servers and loads of SCSI stuff.
2 Pentiums 3 and one 2 one regular.

CHEERIO

2008-08-02T01:26:00.000-07:00

Pepper

Watching Spice and wolf.
Good Anime, very capitalist.
Episode 12 is the best one.

2008-08-01T11:25:00.000-07:00

Egg Shell

Custom old off the shelf recycled computers.
My first real computer was an Emachine with a 20gb harddrive ,a socket a ( 462) running the amd processor at 1200mhz ( awesome at the time, you know, I could play Diablo II online), a gimpy cd burner, and 512mb ram.
It was a love/hate experience. The mobo (motherboard) died.
Nowadays, I play a different game , by the same company..(should have bought some stocks) with the rig on the pic.
This computer was built with free parts collected here and there.
Specs:

Mainboard : MSI MS-6501 also know as K7D
Chipset : AMD 762
Processor : AMD Athlon MP @ 2000 MHz
Processor : AMD Athlon MP @ 2000 MHz
Physical Memory : 1024 MB (2 x 512 DDR-SDRAM )
Video Card : RADEON 9600 SERIES
Hard Disk : Maxtor (137 GB)
Hard Disk : ST94811A (40 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : DVDRW IDE 16X
Monitor Type : Dell Computer - 14 inches
Monitor Type : IBM IBM MM75 - 16 inches
Network Card : Accton Technology Corp EN-1207D Fast Ethernet Adapter
Network Card : Intel Corporation 82550/1/7/8/9 EtherExpress PRO/100(B) Ethernet Adapter
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600
DirectX : Version 9.0c

Core speed is 2159.7mhz , runs overclocked for over 9 months and it's quite fine with few minor errors here and there.
It's an old board, server board, and can be tricky sometimes.