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Its not out of the question to use deep cycle marine batteries with these. Just be aware that the internal cooling may not be able to handle extended runs under load.
I have some older 1000va APCs that also could handle larger batteries like this, but opted not to do it because of the age of the unit and the application. The extra run time would have been great since the load was almost nothing, but the risk of fire was not acceptable.

In the end, I went with genuine APC batteries that lasted over 4 years. I got another 4 batteries in the CDW outlet for <$40/ea, and they're back in operation again with batteries to spare. (y) Each of these units were originally purchased in the 1990s, and I just found this link that's selling them for $189(!!)--I would have never guessed :eek::
https://excessups.com/apc-smart-ups-1000-670w-su1000net-refurbished-beige
 
I am giving away this 300GB WD SATAII 10k rpm 2.5/3.5 inch drive
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It currently has 1 pending sector count. everything else is fine
I am in the process of removing all my data from it and gonna do a 3 times overwrite to try to remove it.

No matter what I am giving it away if somebody is less paranoid about HDD's than I am or if you just need a working print

Shipping cost will be on you. I can ship it with or without the 2.5 to 3.5 heatsinke/frame
I live in Anna Texas and work in Plano Texas. If you want to pick it up instead


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After i moved all my data from the drive in above post i did the following on the disk
- quick format
- cipher /w:d:

and now look at it go
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I'm still torn about trusting it so its still up for grabs

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Looking for a small capacity 16 or 32gb mSATA drive if anyone has a spare available. I want to test booting Windows off the cache drive of a ThinkPad T420.
 
Buyer pays for all shipping and PP fees. The cost of the items is free.

BNIB Super Troopers BR - $5 shipped (really you are just paying for shipping)
6-8x 2.5" Dell hot swap caddies
If you still have the 2.5" caddies, I was looking for a few for my r710 server.
 
looking for 2x2GB DDR2 .. or 4x2GB DDR2 if you happen to have a 4 memory slot s775 micro atx mobo laying around
 
Speaking of 775, I'm looking for an X5460 (pref SLBBA) or X5470 pin modded with the sides cut for lga775. Dads running a P5Q motherboard with a core 2 duo in it out in the garage, runs like absolute butt now so hoping to OC a xeon. I also posted in my WTB thread if you need a few bucks for it. They're pretty cheap on ebay but I'll have to wait for shipping from china.
 
Free $5 gift card to Brookstone. I've had it forever and don't even know where one of these stores is. Only claim it if you're going to use it, please. First reply quoting this gets it in a PM.
 
Speaking of 775, I'm looking for an X5460 (pref SLBBA) or X5470 pin modded with the sides cut for lga775. Dads running a P5Q motherboard with a core 2 duo in it out in the garage, runs like absolute butt now so hoping to OC a xeon. I also posted in my WTB thread if you need a few bucks for it. They're pretty cheap on ebay but I'll have to wait for shipping from china.
I may have one but you need the pin adapter. They go for like $2 on eBay

You can get the CPU for shipping

And to anyone else I have some 771 and 1366 CPUs I have no need for if anyone wants them


And if anyone has these I’m looking for a AM3+ Board and DDR3
 
I may have one but you need the pin adapter. They go for like $2 on eBay

You can get the CPU for shipping

And to anyone else I have some 771 and 1366 CPUs I have no need for if anyone wants them


And if anyone has these I’m looking for a AM3+ Board and DDR3

Let me know if you have any of the ones i was looking for. I'm also told e5450 SLBBM and a few others that were ultra high end should be able to hit 4ghz on the p5q. Another user has offered me a sticker so i can try to mod it with that and the dremel.

I just threw out an am3+ board because the plastic socket broke.. it still worked but i thought it was junk. Might have a few random spare sticks of ddr3, have to look. Prob just 2gb 1600 sticks if any.

edit: I'm interested in
X5460 SLBBA
X5470 (only one stepping)
E5450 SLBBM
...I think the x5470 is the best of the three, probably doesn't really matter though.
 
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Let me know if you have any of the ones i was looking for. I'm also told e5450 SLBBM and a few others that were ultra high end should be able to hit 4ghz on the p5q. Another user has offered me a sticker so i can try to mod it with that and the dremel.

I just threw out an am3+ board because the plastic socket broke.. it still worked but i thought it was junk. Might have a few random spare sticks of ddr3, have to look. Prob just 2gb 1600 sticks if any.

edit: I'm interested in
X5460 SLBBA
X5470 (only one stepping)
E5450 SLBBM
...I think the x5470 is the best of the three, probably doesn't really matter though.
Man I could have definitely used that AM3+. Socket wouldn’t even have mattered to me

And RAM specs doesn’t matter. Just need 2GB or bigger

And I’ll check what I have once I get home
 
Ergh sorry.. I didn't think anybody would want that.

same, will check ram bins and see what I have shortly
 
Speaking of 775, I'm looking for an X5460 (pref SLBBA) or X5470 pin modded with the sides cut for lga775. Dads running a P5Q motherboard with a core 2 duo in it out in the garage, runs like absolute butt now so hoping to OC a xeon. I also posted in my WTB thread if you need a few bucks for it. They're pretty cheap on ebay but I'll have to wait for shipping from china.
There were some lga775 xeons as well that may also respond to overclocking (I'm not sure but I would guess they would like their core 2 quad counterparts if those do):
https://www.delidded.com/lga-771-775-cpus/
 
Ergh sorry.. I didn't think anybody would want that.
I used to think that until I saw a lot of stuff on ebay that sell for the parts as there's a lot of talented people out there that can fix stuff with the parts. (y) Now I think of who I can give bad parts to for them to repair if they can. :)
 
I have a Tuniq Tower 120: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16835154001

Works fine, comes with the fan + controller, socket 775 backplate, may have other backplates that came with the kit. Yours if you want it, just pay shipping. Due to the odd shape and heavy size, expect around $15 for shipping for most of CONUS.


...and GONE!
 
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BOTH GONE

1. Gigabyte GA-AM1M-S2H + Sempron 2650. Only DDR3_1 slot works for memory. I've had this for years and last time I tested it out, it posted just fine. It's been sitting for about a year since then in an ESD bag.
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2. Biostar TForce 6100, AMD Athlon 64 3000+ ADA3000AIK4BX, + Patriot 512MB DDR. This was shipped to me by accident, the person didn't want it back, and it's been sitting for about two years in an ESD bag.
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Anyone want a 25 cigar (what the box says) humidor? Cedar lined and mahogany finished.
 
These are going for the price of shipping (from NE Florida) + any paypal fees.

1. Gigabyte GA-AM1M-S2H + Sempron 2650. Only DDR3_1 slot works for memory. I've had this for years and last time I tested it out, it posted just fine. It's been sitting for about a year since then in an ESD bag.
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2. Biostar TForce 6100, AMD Athlon 64 3000+ ADA3000AIK4BX, + Patriot 512MB DDR. This was shipped to me by accident, the person didn't want it back, and it's been sitting for about two years in an ESD bag.
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Sent you an unrelated PM
 
These are going for the price of shipping (from NE Florida) + any paypal fees.

1. Gigabyte GA-AM1M-S2H + Sempron 2650. Only DDR3_1 slot works for memory. I've had this for years and last time I tested it out, it posted just fine. It's been sitting for about a year since then in an ESD bag.
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2. Biostar TForce 6100, AMD Athlon 64 3000+ ADA3000AIK4BX, + Patriot 512MB DDR. This was shipped to me by accident, the person didn't want it back, and it's been sitting for about two years in an ESD bag.
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I'd take the biostar just to add it to my wall. It's just ugly enough to be pretty. lol
 
I'd take the biostar just to add it to my wall. It's just ugly enough to be pretty. lol

I had one of those Biostar boards years ago, it wasn't bad. I used a Turion 64 in it rather than an Athlon because it had a much lower TDP of 25W and performed about the same. The low TDP helped with overheating issues from the junk OEM cooler and a poor airflow case I had at the time.

For whatever reason, AMD used the same 754 socket for mobile parts so desktop and laptop processors were interchangeable. The only compatibility issue is the laptop parts didn't have an IHS, so sat lower in the socket. In order for the heatsink to make contact, you had to shave the four plastic nubs in the corners of the heatsink bracket down and make it flat.
 
I have a bunch of scythe fans that are missing the power connector. If anyone is willing to pay postage they are yours. Most are 120mm.the 120mm are 500rpm to 1200rpm models.

Also looking for a 3 1/4 and 5 1/2 inch floppy drive. They don't need to work. Just want the face plates.
 
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looking for 2x2GB DDR2 .. or 4x2GB DDR2 if you happen to have a 4 memory slot s775 micro atx mobo laying around
If you stil need i have 2x2gb and 2x1gb i used in my file server but i need to replace the mobo


Im in need of some DDR3 memmory modules
Im hoping for around 4gb ( 4x1 would be perfect) but anything goes really. does not need to be matches. just need some ram to put in the new mobo for my fileserver

Side rante:
this has a been a chain reaction of event with my file server
my disk on my gaming rig went bad( the one i have away ealier)
then a disk in my fileserver went bad ( hurray for raid 5)
bought 4 new driver after debating with the wife why i need them
driver are to big for my old socket 775 mobo raid cotroller
buy a new raid controller. mobo will not start with anything in its pcie port

So new im buying a mobo and cpu form another [H]
not happy with the long down time and wife is not happy with the continued cost increase...
 
driver are to big for my old socket 775 mobo raid cotroller
buy a new raid controller. mobo will not start with anything in its pcie port.

Check for BIOS updates, if your board has a PCIe 1.0a or 1.1 slot (LGA775 is old enough to have them) and a bugged BIOS, newer PCIe cards will cause the system to fail to boot. I've had this problem with many boards, and sometimes motherboard manufacturers have released BIOS updates to fix this.
 
Check for BIOS updates, if your board has a PCIe 1.0a or 1.1 slot (LGA775 is old enough to have them) and a bugged BIOS, newer PCIe cards will cause the system to fail to boot. I've had this problem with many boards, and sometimes motherboard manufacturers have released BIOS updates to fix this.

Hmm i could give this a look. but this mobo is something i dug out form an old rack server. o nly using it because it had my raid abilites and the minimum power draw of all the mob/cpu combinationg i ha
 
Have a few things I found in my horde that I want gone, about to make a GW trip to offload some stuff.

2 x Xeon E5503
1 x Xeon W3505
2 x AMD FM2 APU OEM heatsinks
2 x 2 GB DDR3 1333 ECC (generic modules)
2 x 1 GB DDR3 1333 ECC (more generic modules)


Quadro NVS 295 256 MB PCIe x16 (This is a low profile card with a full height bracket.)
 
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Any AM4 compatible coolers around

My H60 decided to crap out on me and the H70 pump died so I have no backups now
 
Have a few things I found in my horde that I want gone, about to make a GW trip to offload some stuff.

2 x Xeon E5503
1 x Xeon W3505
2 x AMD FM2 APU OEM heatsinks (these things are junk to me, they're too small to effectively cool a 65W+ APU and too damn loud)
2 x 2 GB DDR3 1333 ECC (generic modules)
2 x 1 GB DDR3 1333 ECC (more generic modules)

Quadro NVS 295 256 MB PCIe x16 (This is a low profile card with a full height bracket.)


I'll be happy to take care of those DDR3 for my "new" file server:" ( are they unbufferede or registered?)
 
I'll be happy to take care of those DDR3 for my "new" file server:" ( are they unbufferede or registered?)

They're ECC. They probably won't work in consumer Intel boards, but may work in AMD boards since AMD is less picky about RAM, though I don't currently have any AMD boards to test them in.
 
They're ECC. They probably won't work in consumer Intel boards, but may work in AMD boards since AMD is less picky about RAM, though I don't currently have any AMD boards to test them in.

The board im looking at support ECC but im not sure if its take registerede unbufferede/registered is a seperate aspect of the module than ECC/non-ECC
That size they are most likely unbufferede. ill take em.
 
The board im looking at support ECC but im not sure if its take registerede unbufferede/registered is a seperate aspect of the module than ECC/non-ECC
That size they are most likely unbufferede. ill take em.

ECC and Registered are two different technologies. Memory modules can have one, the other or both at the same time. Memory support today is derived from the CPU since the memory controller is integrated into it. Intel desktop CPUs don't support ECC or Registered memory, you have to go with their Xeon server CPUs to use them.

If you want to risk trying ECC, I can ship you the modules. You'll need to send me a PM with your shipping address and I'll let you know the cost of shipping.
 
ECC and Registered are two different technologies. Memory modules can have one, the other or both at the same time. Memory support today is derived from the CPU since the memory controller is integrated into it. Intel desktop CPUs don't support ECC or Registered memory, you have to go with their Xeon server CPUs to use them.

If you want to risk trying ECC, I can ship you the modules. You'll need to send me a PM with your shipping address and I'll let you know the cost of shipping.
I'm aware of all that. Hence why I was asking about if the ECC memory is registered or unbuffered. :)
Most of the servers I've worked with takes ECC/registered. However Pro/consumer board with ECC tends to take ECC/unbuffered when they support both ECC and nonECC (in my experience. but thats a small amount of mobos)
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I'm aware of all that. Hence why I was asking about if the ECC memory is registered or unbuffered. :)
Most of the servers I've worked with takes ECC/registered. However Pro/consumer board with ECC tends to take ECC/unbuffered when they support both ECC and nonECC (in my experience. but thats a small amount of mobos)
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FWIW, I've never seen a board that can take ECC and non-ECC ever take ECC Registered and vice versa. (y) The only oddball to this rule is the Dell r410 server I have as it can take ECC Reg or Unreg ECC, but not non-ECC.
 
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