The [H]ardForum Perpetual Freebies Thread

[JCNiest5]

Woah, thanks for the offer. It looks like JCNeist5 wants it though, so I'll let him have it.

Older boards like this I usually build into machines to give away at the local church and food pantry.

No, I decided to take it only because this is the last day before he tosses it in the trash. If you have a reason to get it, by all means take it.

 

[GiGaBiTe]

No, I decided to take it only because this is the last day before he tosses it in the trash. If you have a reason to get it, by all means take it.

Naah, go ahead and take it. It would have sat in my horde until I got a spare case for it, which I don't come across too often. I usually get cases from the junk yard for cheap, but they only come along every few months.

I currently have two machines ready to go, so there's no immediate need yet.

 

[Gillbot]

I got a Mophie Juice Pack Air model JPA-IP6-GLD that works with regular iPhone 6, 7 and 8 (if you don't put on the top cover) if anyone wants it. Case only, no cables but any typical Micro USB will work.

 

[Lateralus]

Free for cost of shipping: edit - taken

Logitech MX Anywhere with little zip-up case. Has the coveted "free scroll" feature that many desire.

Going through my stash of mice and testing them all, trying to match up receivers, etc. This one works great, except the left button occasionally exhibits the double click issue. I know that can usually be fixed by taking apart and cleaning and/or replacing the switch, but I have no desire to do so as I have 20-25 mice here lol.

 

[mnewxcv]

anyone have an AM2/AM3/FM2/AM4 125w copper cpu cooler that uses that standard spring clip mechanism? fx8350 style or wraith (old or new). Also could use acouple of 92mm fans

 

[Deleted member 89018]

more random stuff, yours for shipping.





Intel 8265NGW 802.11ac / BT 4.2 m.2 2230 card

Intel SSD 320 series 40GB SSD - seems to work fine. 24 power ons, 2534 run hours, says 900 million sectors written in gsmartcontrol.

 

[techdude01]

Intel SSD 320 series 40GB SSD

Interested in the SSD, sending PM

 

[Lateralus]

Another mouse free for the cost of shipping edit: taken

Logitech M325 wireless mouse complete with receiver. Uses a single AA battery. No issues that I'm aware of - just don't need it and don't particularly care for the scroll wheel.

 

[buschman31]

Another mouse free for the cost of shipping

Logitech M325 wireless mouse complete with receiver. Uses a single AA battery. No issues that I'm aware of - just don't need it and don't particularly care for the scroll wheel.

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pm sent

 

[-zax-]

EDIT: THESE ARE GONE.


Is anyone looking for older IDE hard drives?

I've got 5 Western Digital IDE drives that are getting ready to make their way to recycling...
(3) 3.5" WD @ 200GB
(2) 3.5" WD @ 80GB
(1) 2.5" Hitachi @ 20GB

I didn't do a drive test on each one, but I did power them up and make sure they were cleared off.

Would prefer to get rid of them all as a batch, but can part I guess. Just pay shipping and they're yours.

FYI: 2 of the 200GB drives run loud, but do not make any out of the ordinary sounds. Just noisy drives.

 

[GiGaBiTe]

Not looking for free, but need a MicroATX board which can either support a Ryzen 5 1500x (AM4) or an i5-4430 (LGA1150), CPUs which I have kicking around. It must be MicroATX due to the case.

Trying to upgrade a relatives computer on the cheap by transmogrifying their old Dell with an Athlon II x4 620 into something a bit more modern. It's really chugging with Windows 10 since they multitask a lot. Thankfully it's one of the few models with a standard motherboard, so it can be swapped out.

Found.

 

[SamirD]

Not looking for free, but need a MicroATX board which can either support a Ryzen 5 1500x (AM4) or an i5-4430 (LGA1150), CPUs which I have kicking around. It must be MicroATX due to the case.

Trying to upgrade a relatives computer on the cheap by transmogrifying their old Dell with an Athlon II x4 620 into something a bit more modern. It's really chugging with Windows 10 since they multitask a lot. Thankfully it's one of the few models with a standard motherboard, so it can be swapped out.

Since it's a dell already, I'd look at a 3020 or one of the other lga1150 Dell motherboards that go for cheap. I know you can work around any minor issues anad that would be a big boost. Other solution is to just pick up a cheap 3020 sff for like $70 that's ready to go.

 

[BinarySynapse]

Since it's a dell already, I'd look at a 3020 or one of the other lga1150 Dell motherboards that go for cheap. I know you can work around any minor issues anad that would be a big boost. Other solution is to just pick up a cheap 3020 sff for like $70 that's ready to go.

Problem with 3020 and newer Dells is that they use non-standard PSU's

 

[jojo69]

fucking Dell and their upside down and backwards mobos and nonstandard pinouts

seriously...WTF?

 

[GiGaBiTe]

Since it's a dell already, I'd look at a 3020 or one of the other lga1150 Dell motherboards that go for cheap. I know you can work around any minor issues anad that would be a big boost. Other solution is to just pick up a cheap 3020 sff for like $70 that's ready to go.

Problem is the PSU connectors are not even close to standard, and the front panel "connector" is a proprietary 6 pin bus using mini-JST headers.

 

[BinarySynapse]

fucking Dell and their upside down and backwards mobos and nonstandard pinouts

seriously...WTF?

The upside-down backwards mobo thing was actually Intel's doing. They were trying to get their hot Prescott processors cooled off, so they came up with BTX to put the CPU directly in front of the incoming air and flip the GPU so it's fan could pull in that air from that stream.

The new PSU thing they're doing now is to meet idle efficiency targets required in some markets. HP is doing it too. I'm not sure about Lenovo. Intel is trying to unify them into a single ATX12VO standard.. we'll see how that goes.

 

[SamirD]

The PSU connectors are standard, the problem is the motherboard form factor is proprietary and the front panel connectors are not standard.


Problem is the PSU connectors are not even close to standard, and the front panel "connector" is a proprietary 6 pin bus using mini-JST headers.

Oh yeah, I forgot about the power supply connector.

 

[joecop120]

Toshiba Samsung IDE DVD Master SD-616 with cable, manufactured...2005.

 

[Deleted member 89018]

I noticed a while back that while Dell moved to the non-standard ATX connectors for the motherboards on the Optiplex line (really liked used 9010s as a budget gaming build for a long time since they were so easy to upgrade), the low-end Precisions (the ones available with regular i5, i7, etc) were still using standard parts last I saw. Like the 3630 desktop, the current model, it can be fairly easily upgraded. I assume the "cheap" precision line needed to be that way for "workstation" reasons.

Still cleaning house.

Advantage Optics "GLC-GE-100fx" SFP modules. These did work at one point, they were used in some Cisco Catalyst 2960 switches, but I have nothing to test them in now. (have 8 of these, take 'em all)


Dayton Audio DTA-120 mini stereo amp. Not the newer bluetooth version. Includes power cable.

I also have a very beat up pair of Acoustic Research m.5 speakers if anyone wants those. They look rough but they sound great. Had them for a long time now, they were a friend's pawn shop find. Ran them with the DTA-120 as my living room audio setup. I downsized to a small Sangean unit since it's a bit more kid-friendly (the little ones liked to pull at the speaker wires). I have a little bit of speaker wire left I will toss in the box too.

 

[leezard]

Dayton Audio DTA-120
Acoustic Research m.5

I'll take these, how much to ship to 77449

 

[Lateralus]

Free for cost of shipping: D-Link DIR-655 edit: taken

 

[jojo69]

^ solid old router, my old one runs our band's networked PA now

 

[Lateralus]

^ solid old router, my old one runs our band's networked PA now

Yep, and Gb ports so not WRT-54G old!

Side note, people on Amazon hitting the good stuff:

 

[leezard]

Free for cost of shipping - D-Link DIR-655

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I threw out one of those last week along with a couple of other Dlink routers and Dlink wireless cards. I would have offered them up here but if I recall they were all having connecvtivity issues at one time or another, and I just couldnt take the time to test them. They all went to recycle.

 

[Lateralus]

I threw out one of those last week along with a couple of other Dlink routers and Dlink wireless cards. I would have offered them up here but if I recall they were all having connecvtivity issues at one time or another, and I just couldnt take the time to test them. They all went to recycle.

Huh not aware of any issues with this one. It was a really solid router for me - I just eventually upgraded to an Asus RT series because I got one for free through work. Kept the D-Link around as a spare but never had a need for it.

 

[SamirD]

I threw out one of those last week along with a couple of other Dlink routers and Dlink wireless cards. I would have offered them up here but if I recall they were all having connecvtivity issues at one time or another, and I just couldnt take the time to test them. They all went to recycle.

Bummer. They were probably still perfectly good as dumb switches. I still have some netopia adsl routers that I repurposed as switches still working after almost a decade of 24x7 duty. The good stuff never dies.

 

[Lateralus]

I still have some netopia adsl routers that I repurposed as switches still working after almost a decade of 24x7 duty. The good stuff never dies.

Yeah, I hate seeing perfectly good equipment thrown out. And when it’s cheap or free, you can be like

 

[GiGaBiTe]

I threw out one of those last week along with a couple of other Dlink routers and Dlink wireless cards. I would have offered them up here but if I recall they were all having connecvtivity issues at one time or another, and I just couldnt take the time to test them. They all went to recycle.

A lot of older wireless routers, switches, etc. start having issues because the wall warts they came with fail. The older unregulated linear type wall warts with big transformers fail because the varnish coating on the windings turns to goop or dries up and allows the windings to short together. These transformers tend to drift upward in voltage and can destroy equipment powered by them if left unchecked. The newer switching type wall warts fail because of heat, design flaws and shitty capacitors. I've had an endless number of house calls for misbehaving network gear, when it was just the power source that failed.

Netgear I find is the worst because their power adapters are shit. The wall warts of theirs that look sort of like an overstuffed pillow are notorious for failure both because of trash capacitors and because they made a shitty design decision to use two transistors in a TO-92 package (think 2n3904 size) that run hotter than the blazes of hell and desolder themselves from the PCB. Since the transformer housing is completely sealed, it runs like an easybake oven inside.

I tend to keep 4-5 new wall warts and a handful of refurb ones on hand because I replace so many of them. I usually double or triple rate replacements so they aren't running balls to the wall 24/7.

 

[leezard]

Bummer. They were probably still perfectly good as dumb switches. I still have some netopia adsl routers that I repurposed as switches still working after almost a decade of 24x7 duty. The good stuff never dies.

Yeah, they still had some life left in them most likely. We have a goodwill that is strictly computer and related stuff, they were dropped off there. Hopefully they will find a use somewhere.

A lot of older wireless routers, switches, etc. start having issues because the wall warts they came with fail. The older unregulated linear type wall warts with big transformers fail because the varnish coating on the windings turns to goop or dries up and allows the windings to short together. These transformers tend to drift upward in voltage and can destroy equipment powered by them if left unchecked. The newer switching type wall warts fail because of heat, design flaws and shitty capacitors. I've had an endless number of house calls for misbehaving network gear, when it was just the power source that failed.

Netgear I find is the worst because their power adapters are shit. The wall warts of theirs that look sort of like an overstuffed pillow are notorious for failure both because of trash capacitors and because they made a shitty design decision to use two transistors in a TO-92 package (think 2n3904 size) that run hotter than the blazes of hell and desolder themselves from the PCB. Since the transformer housing is completely sealed, it runs like an easybake oven inside.

I tend to keep 4-5 new wall warts and a handful of refurb ones on hand because I replace so many of them. I usually double or triple rate replacements so they aren't running balls to the wall 24/7.

That is damn good info, gonna keep that tucked away for later.

 

[GiGaBiTe]

Yeah, they still had some life left in them most likely. We have a goodwill that is strictly computer and related stuff, they were dropped off there. Hopefully they will find a use somewhere.

I remember when we had one of those then Goodwill in central Texas went to hell. Stopped selling recycled computer goods and started buying pallets of old Dell machines from Dell and selling them at three to four times their market value to poor people that didn't know any better. They're a "non profit" that is run as a for profit business now. Any donated computer gear is usually sent straight to the shredder and thrown in the landfill or rarely recycled.

 

[leezard]

I remember when we had one of those then Goodwill in central Texas went to hell. Stopped selling recycled computer goods and started buying pallets of old Dell machines from Dell and selling them at three to four times their market value to poor people that didn't know any better. They're a "non profit" that is run as a for profit business now. Any donated computer gear is usually sent straight to the shredder and thrown in the landfill or rarely recycled.

I've been in the back of the one here where they test equipment when I was looking for a rackmount chassis, I'm sure a lot of it gets scrapped but they test pretty much everything that looks intact. Maybe they'll throw them out, maybe they won't. If I put it out with my garbage it is for sure going in a landfill.

 

[jbltecnicspro]

Huh not aware of any issues with this one. It was a really solid router for me - I just eventually upgraded to an Asus RT series because I got one for free through work. Kept the D-Link around as a spare but never had a need for it.

I'll take it if no one else has claimed it. I have an old Belkin router that's probably going out...

 

[Lateralus]

Free for cost of shipping: Netgear WNR2000 v2

Also still have the Logitech M325 mouse from several posts above.

 

[Ruiner]

^ solid old router, my old one runs our band's networked PA now

I've got one doing switch duty as well. If anyone has another one, or something similar for unmanaged GigE switch duty, PM me. (edit, eh, turns out I need at least 5 ports).

Aside, is it safe to use these things as WAPs, given that firmware/security support is finished? That one in particular doesn't take openwrt or the like.

 

[GiGaBiTe]

Free for cost of shipping: Netgear WNR2000 v2

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Those are great routers, and they take DD-WRT.

And for reference, the wall wart pictured is the garbage one I was talking about a few posts earlier, so whoever gets it should toss it and replace with a better wall wart.

 

[SamirD]

I've been in the back of the one here where they test equipment when I was looking for a rackmount chassis, I'm sure a lot of it gets scrapped but they test pretty much everything that looks intact. Maybe they'll throw them out, maybe they won't. If I put it out with my garbage it is for sure going in a landfill.

The Goodwill in Deerfield, IL was a treasure trove of computer stuff for dirt cheap. I would buy ethernet/dvi/hdmi cables there sometimes brand new for 50 cents each. Not sure how it is today, but I hope it's not like the TX location.

 

[SamirD]

Aside, is it safe to use these things as WAPs, given that firmware/security support is finished? That one in particular doesn't take openwrt or the like.

It depends. As an AP in the middle of the woods connected to a spare vlan--sure why not. As an AP in the middle of an urban area full of hackers with a juicy payload on the other side--probably not.

 

[atp1916]

Board is going out to flatty

Free for the cost of shipping ($30 - CONUS)

The below: A X9DRX board that just won't stabilize on Post. It'll turn over..... and just sit there. Both sockets do have what appears to be (slight?) pin aberrations that i do suspect are causing the post issues. Someone with more time on their hands could likely get this board back working.

 

[commissioneranthony]

Hey guys! Thought i'd post this up on freebies before it goes on craigslist free. not shipping because will probably get damaged in shipping.
Free tempered glass computer case and late 2009 iMac a1311 Inch Core 2 Duo 3.06ghz. Case has a dent on bottom near feet and a threaded screwmount stripped off. imac has damaged lcd cable on mainboard. previous owner was in rush to remove hdd, damaged lcd port. both free for pickup in Huntington LI, NY area. Pm me for cross street.

Update: case has been taken. imac is all there lonely.

 

[SamirD]

Free for the cost of shipping ($30 - CONUS)

The below: A X9DRX board that just won't stabilize on Post. It'll turn over..... and just sit there. Both sockets do have what appears to be (slight?) pin aberrations that i do suspect are causing the post issues. Someone with more time on their hands could likely get this board back working.

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That's alot of pcie slots!