Thursday, August 12, 2021

Windfall Computer Part 1

 Covered in dust and leaves; on the sidewalk a black tower pc. Free.  Hmmm.


Quality Corsair case.  Plastic retention clips brittle with age.  What was inside?


  • Asus H81M-K motherboard
  • i7-4790 cpu (85W TDP)
  • stock Intel heatsink and fan
  • quiet case fans
  • 8GB DDR3 RAM

I had hit the jackpot!  Free on the street but Windows 10 install fails. ubuntu install fails.  Ran memtest86+ for hours and then found bad RAM. 

 

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