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For the past three years, I’ve had a 2002 OptiPlex GX260 small form factor that opens like a clamshell. The previous owner replaced the motherboard and PSU with brand-new ones from eBay after some capacitors started leaking, following years of use by a physical therapist. It still has the...

Righting a Wrong My company was cleaning out an old telecom closet when they decided to get rid of the "door stop" they had been using to prop open the door when working in the tight space. It was a Dell System 310, or so it seemed. The IT guys knew of my interest in old computers, and I was...

As part of the massive barn haul I picked up last year, there was a Dell CRT that had a Trinitron tube in it, but had no power button and the base was missing. The monitor looks like it was designed to be used with or without the base, so I decided not to try to replace the base. But having...

For those that are unaware, the TD Game server is run on a Dell R520 - as shown here: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/tinkerdifferent-game-server-now-testing.2909/ In modern terms, it's ancient, was destined for the e-waste until i rescued it. I mean, who'd want a 10-core, 20 thread...