The Plushroom Patch

PCs

PC 1:

Current name: Critter (Spiddal?)
24/7 clock: 202x11, 1.575v
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ LV, AQYHA stepping (Barton core)
Motherboard: EPoX 8RDA3I Pro (nForce2), stock BIOS (for now)
RAM: 1x512 Samsung TCB3, 2x256 Micron 5-BG, 2.5-3-3-11
Video: ATi/Sapphire Radeon x1600Pro at stock, fan and plastic shroud removed, PCI-slot-mounted 92mm Delta underneath (slightly neater nowadays)
HDD: 160GB/8MB/7200RPM WD1600JB
Optical: LG DVD+RW, Lite-On combo
PSU: Enermax Noisetaker 420w
Case: Ultra Aluminus (silver)
Extra fans: 1x120mm/90-something CFM Delta, exhaust, ex-HP NetServer three-wire (only using two)
 OS: Windows XP Professional SP1

 PC 2: (Not usually on)

Current Name: None (Harrada?)
Clock: 12x167, 1.6v (stock is 12x166, but it’s over 2 GHz this way)
AMD Sempron 2800+, KDYHA stepping (Thorton core)
Motherboard: Biostar M7VIG-400 (KM266Pro), stock BIOS
RAM: 2x512 PNY CL3 PC3200, "Bravo" chips
Video: Sapphire Radeon 9250 with 50mm Socket7 CPU fan, stock
HDD: 10 GB Maxtor 7200RPM (Boot drive), 60GB Maxtor 5400RPM (Possibly failing storage drive), 80GB Seagate 7200RPM (when I RMA it)
Optical: Pioneer DVD-ROM
Floppy: Epson SD-800 Combo
PSU: Channel Well 300-350w (CompUSA 400w), all Teapo caps, fan replaced with 80mm Delta Quietek
Case: Gateway full tower, beige, circa ‘96
Extra fans: 1x92mm 67cfm Delta, intake, ex-HP NetServer; 2x80mm 37cfm Deltas, exhaust, ex-HP Pavilion 87x0C series
OS: Windows XP Professional

PC 3:

Current Name: None (’The T-Bird’ works for now) (Bloodgrass?)
Clock: 7.5x133, 1.75v (stock)
CPU: AMD Thunderbird 1000 (given to me by pimpinaman)
Motherboard: PCChips M810LR, stock (crap) BIOS
RAM: 2x128 Micron, one PC133, one PC100, at 133
Video: Abit Siluro T200 (GeForce2 MX200 w/TV-Out)
HDD: Maxtor 30GB/2MB/5400RPM (Win2000), Fujitsu 6.4GB (FC2)
Optical: Samsung DVD-ROM, HP grey front
PSU: Wintech 250w, fan replaced with ~35cfm 80mm Adda
Case: Black 4U rackmount circa ‘97, modded to ATX
Extra fans: None (yet)
OS: Windows 2000 Professional SP3 (need to update to SP4)

PC 4:

Current Name: None, Aurora (the PPro)
Clock: 3.5x66, 3.3v?
CPU: Intel Pentium Pro 200/256k
Motherboard: Intel Aurora
RAM: 2x32MB EDO, 66 MHz
Video: ATi Mach64 PCI
HDD: Seagate 4.3GB
Optical: Toshiba CD-ROM
PSU: Delta 185w "short-ATX" if in desktop case, Astec or Fortron 200w/92mm if in standard tower
Case: Modified Hyundai AT desktop (eventually), Micron ClientPro 2x5.25" midtower (for now)
Extra fans: 1x80mm (in Micron)
OS: Windows 2000 Professional SP3

PC 5:

Current Name: A500, ‘the 850′
Clock: 8.5x100(200), 1.7v
CPU: AMD Athlon 850 (Pluto core), Slot A
Motherboard: Asus K7M, HP BIOS, one missing RAM slot
RAM: ?? (which is why it’s not running)
Video: Asus TNT2 Vanta 16MB
HDD: 6.4 GB Fujitsu (temporarily in the Tbird)
Optical: CD-ROM (forget the make), red faceplate
PSU: 200w Fortron 92mm
Case: Red-painted InWin A500 from my first computer (P2-266/48MB)
Extra fans: 1x92mm intake
OS: Fedora Core 2

Macs

Mac 1:

Current Name: None (the iMac), original Bondi Blue Rev.B
Clock: 3.5x66
CPU: PowerPC 750 (G3/233)
RAM: 96 MB (160 MB if the Toshiba 128 works in it)
Video: ATi Rage Pro 6MB
HDD: 4 GB IDE
Optical: Laptop-style tray-load CD-ROM
PSU: 200w
Case: Original Bondi Blue iMac, 15" CRT (1024x768)
Fans: 92mm internal
IrDA: 4 Mbps
OS: Mac OS 9.0

Mac 2:

Current Name: None (the Power Mac), Power Macintosh 7600/132
Clock: 132 MHz
CPU: PowerPC 604/132
RAM: 80 MB
Video: Original, w/ Mac to VGA video adapter
HDD: 1.2 GB Quantum SCSI
Optical: AppleCD 8X SCSI CD-ROM
PSU: 150w Delta
Case: Brown cardboard box
Fans: No extra fans
OS: Mac OS 8.6

Mac 3:

Current Name: None (the Quadra), Quadra 610
Clock: 25 MHz
CPU: 25 MHz 68040
RAM: 28 MB (my only computer with more megabytes of RAM than megahertz of CPU speed!)
Video: Original
HDD: 230MB Quantum SCSI
Optical: AppleCD SCSI CD-ROM
PSU: 86w Astec
Case: Original "pizza-box"
Fans: No extra fans
OS: Mac OS 7.6

News is, I’ve really got to get off my ass and flash my BIOS. Yeah, really. I know the board, CPU, and RAM are capable of at least 220, but I’m stuck at 211.

Which is, I suppose, OK. But certainly less than thrilling. 

*grumble* 

Well alright, so I guess this is it. Not bad at all.

This is where I’ll be boring the sA+ crew, and whoever else is readin’ this, with details of what I’m doing with my various computers. And, possibly, other things as well.

We’ll see.

–Sam 

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