Perpetual Freebies Thread
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Would be great! I’ll PM you.I can get some from work. I might have some sitting around my place, though too.
Someone on another forum has this that could be repaired by someone vs trashed. If someone is interested I'll figure out how to get you guys connected:
Following up to say that SamirD is the best! It took a few days to pull the trigger but I am now typing this message of gratitude on my properly illuminated keyboard. Trackpoint, buttons and touchpad all work as expected. Thanks for the great detective work!
You're so welcome! Great to hear! I love hearing gear live on--and sometimes it's just a simple fix like this to help them live on.
Anyone have an M2 SSD (any size)? I have an old ASRock Z97E-ITX mainboard that the specs say can take
"- 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M Key M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)"
"- 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M Key M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)"
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Red_Chaos1
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Any chance that anyone has a dead Seagate Barracuda Compute laying around that has the SATA connector in working condition? Have a 2TB model here that the plastic part for the data pins got snapped off, but the drive is otherwise fine, want to try to swap the connector out. Connector is a Foxconn model 925001252 if I'm not mistaken. If the drive happens to be a 2TB model (ST2000DM008) with firmware 1002, then I might just be able to do a full PCB swap.
I have three older XBox One controllers in varying condition:
all claimed
They're all the second revision Xbox one controllers that support bluetooth in addition to the regular xbox wireless connection.
- I also have an xbox controller adapter for windows (one of these)
Just pay shipping. Send a PM if interested.
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Dawn Shadow - something must slightly loose internally on this as it will sometimes lose power if shaken; otherwise good physical conditionVolcano Shadow - good physical conditionGrey/Blue - rubber over the thumbsticks has come off
They're all the second revision Xbox one controllers that support bluetooth in addition to the regular xbox wireless connection.
- I also have an xbox controller adapter for windows (one of these)
Just pay shipping. Send a PM if interested.
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I have a few of these cables, not sure if this is what you need, if so let me know which one you want.
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sorry just realized your looking for the harddrive side not the connector cable. I have a maxtor and hitachi that fit the cables that and are not in use if you think you could use either case they are both 200gig drives and are from 2004/2005
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Probably a long shot but does anyone have a Motherboard (for a Ryzen 7 2700) that they are not using?
Red_Chaos1
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If the connector on the drives look like this and have the number 925001252 on them then they'd work.
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You can always also get the connector from an electronics parts suppler like mouser or digikey. If you smooth talk enough, you might be able to even get a 'sample before you place a large order for a production run', but I haven't tried that in years.
Red_Chaos1
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I did some searching before posting here, only place I found these connectors was as desolder and pulls on Ali Express or something. Like ~$7 shipped, but it would take forever so I figured I'd check here first.
Super strange. This was the first result from a search for 'digikey sata header':
Red_Chaos1
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That's not the same connector. With the Foxconn one on this drive, the part where the Foxconn logo is houses an additional 4 pins for idk what. It's possible that connector there might still line up with the cutouts on the PCB, etc.
The extra pins are either for communicating with the drive controller for debugging, or for downshift mode jumpers to force the drive into a lower speed for compatibility. In either case, you don't need them if you aren't using them.
Those pins are likely for a molex connector for power. If it's an earlier sata drive, many of them had the capability to be powered by molex or sata power since a lot of power supplies only had molex back then. The digikey part would still work regardless, or you should be able find one just like the original there. Might even be able to get the original foxconn one.
Red_Chaos1
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Indeed, it can be had here from AliExpress, the shipping time seems to have gotten much shorter so I'll probably just get it and be done with it.
Nokia N900 (with charger)
Pocket C.H.I.P.
Unused, still in box ThinkGeek Annoy-a-tron
Bitt-Boy (date stamp on the back looks like it's from 2019), in box with accessories but unused
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight, metal box, opened, metal box is in rough shape but everything is inside new
AdaFruit MintyBoost v3.0 kit
RaspberryPi B v1.2 (original RPi) with USB WiFI dongle with adjustable antenna
Bunch of 3.5" floppy disks, in a floppy disk case, probably 30 or 40 of them. Plus some kind of era CPU, probably a Pentium, unlikely but possible AMD64, does have a metal top so not 386/486 era
2x8GB Corsair DDR4 kit (16GB total), CM16GX4M2B3000C15
You pay shipping, from zip 90405
Make it easy on me and take multiple and I can throw them into an appropriately sized USPS flat rate box
Pocket C.H.I.P.
Unused, still in box ThinkGeek Annoy-a-tron
Bitt-Boy (date stamp on the back looks like it's from 2019), in box with accessories but unused
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight, metal box, opened, metal box is in rough shape but everything is inside new
AdaFruit MintyBoost v3.0 kit
RaspberryPi B v1.2 (original RPi) with USB WiFI dongle with adjustable antenna
Bunch of 3.5" floppy disks, in a floppy disk case, probably 30 or 40 of them. Plus some kind of era CPU, probably a Pentium, unlikely but possible AMD64, does have a metal top so not 386/486 era
2x8GB Corsair DDR4 kit (16GB total), CM16GX4M2B3000C15
You pay shipping, from zip 90405
Make it easy on me and take multiple and I can throw them into an appropriately sized USPS flat rate box
I could use the DDR4 kit and the "some kind of era CPU" if not taken already.
I'd love the Pi and the Bitt-Boy. PM incoming! Thank you for your generosity towards the community.
I love my N900, btw. You can take it from my cold dead hands. Compared to what else was on the market at the time, the N900 was just so much more powerful hardware. The resistive touchscreen was a weird choice, but still, everything else was head and shoulders above the competition. There is a lot you can do with it, now. PostmarketOS is probably the most interesting: full install of proper Linux. The N900 is one of the best supported devices for this amazing Alpine Linux based distro. Alpine is my favourite distro, so I'm happy to see there is a fork of it just for mobile phones.
I have a PocketCHIP, sadly, the company went defunct so there isn't any community for these cool little boards any more. There was a utility that let you convert the PocketCHIP between desktop and Pocket firmware that ran as a browser extension which was a pretty cool thing at the time. I think now that's pretty common, but for the era, any browser extension that could do anything more sophisticated than ad blocking was dope. I don't think it works any more though. So my PocketCHIP is stuck permanently inside its Pocket.
I love my N900, btw. You can take it from my cold dead hands.
Compared to what else was on the market at the time, the N900 was just so much more powerful hardware. The resistive touchscreen was a weird choice, but still, everything else was head and shoulders above the competition. There is a lot you can do with it, now. PostmarketOS is probably the most interesting: full install of proper Linux. The N900 is one of the best supported devices for this amazing Alpine Linux based distro. Alpine is my favourite distro, so I'm happy to see there is a fork of it just for mobile phones.I have a PocketCHIP, sadly, the company went defunct so there isn't any community for these cool little boards any more. There was a utility that let you convert the PocketCHIP between desktop and Pocket firmware that ran as a browser extension which was a pretty cool thing at the time. I think now that's pretty common, but for the era, any browser extension that could do anything more sophisticated than ad blocking was dope. I don't think it works any more though. So my PocketCHIP is stuck permanently inside its Pocket.
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I love my N900, btw. You can take it from my cold dead hands.
I used my N900 into the ground. Even after I stopped using it as a phone it kept getting used for other various things. I'll fiddle with Alpine, it'll give me something to keep me busy.
I had wanted the CHIP when it came out but I'm not sure why I never picked one up. I'll tinker with it and see what I can use it for.
Then what am I supposed to do with all these textbooks on Phrenology?
Meta question. Is offering for drop off/collection in London (for free) okay for this thread? I have some stuff that's not worth shipping but I'm happy to actually get to people if they want it.
I have a 4GB GTX and a G.Fast/ADSL Draytek Vigor 166 going spare.
Both work. the Vigor just wouldn't play nice with my BT box so I just got a full draytek router/modem combo.
Edit: sorry these are in London England (see post above) I’m happy to drop off or you pick up.
Both work. the Vigor just wouldn't play nice with my BT box so I just got a full draytek router/modem combo.
Edit: sorry these are in London England (see post above) I’m happy to drop off or you pick up.
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Blank DVD-R and CD-R Media - free for shipping costs
I am cleaning out crap and found two spindles of optical media. One of DVD-R and one of CD-R. Both
DVD-R: Spindle of about 100 - 1/3 are white printable surface top, 2/3 staples branded shiny surface top
CD-R: Spindle of about 100 - Mix of staples branded writeable and white printable surface and Memorex shiny/writable surface
I haven't written optical media in forever, so free for the price of shipping unless you're in minutes for 12302 zip code. (About 8lbs). PM Me please
I am cleaning out crap and found two spindles of optical media. One of DVD-R and one of CD-R. Both
DVD-R: Spindle of about 100 - 1/3 are white printable surface top, 2/3 staples branded shiny surface top
CD-R: Spindle of about 100 - Mix of staples branded writeable and white printable surface and Memorex shiny/writable surface
I haven't written optical media in forever, so free for the price of shipping unless you're in minutes for 12302 zip code. (About 8lbs). PM Me please
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I'm looking for a pair of SODIMMs to extend the life of an ancient HP laptop. The memory in need is 2 each of 4GB 204Pin PC3-8500 CL7 8c 128x8 DDR3-1066 SODIMM.
The laptop maxes out at 8GB total.
I appreciate any that you have to offer.
The laptop maxes out at 8GB total.
I appreciate any that you have to offer.
