Free to a good home: Compaq Deskpro EN

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 08:16:22AM -0700, Salman Ahmed wrote:
> I have a non-functioning Compaq Deskpro EN SFF (small form factor) PC that might be of use to someone who can fix it. This PC has a dead or damaged PSU - either it can be repaired or replaced.
> 
> This PC had been running Debian perfectly for a few months until about two weeks ago when a power fluctuation knocked it out. I now regret not having it on a UPS.
> 
> Googling for this type of problem revealed that it is a "Power Supply Crow Bar" which means that the PSU has died. However, since this SFF PC uses a non-standard PSU I can't be bothered to look for a replacement.
> 
> The PC's specs are: PIII 733MHz CPU, 128Mb PC100 SD-RAM, CD-ROM drive, built-in 10/100 NIC, built-in VGA (or SVGA) graphics, >= 2 USB 1.0 ports.
> 
> This PC is being offered as is without monitor, mouse, keyboard, HDD, or any cables to anyone who can pick it up and repair it. You just need to find a replacement PSU and add an IDE HDD and you'll have a very quiet and compact PC for running Linux.
> 
> Pickup only from near Don Mills Rd & Eglinton Ave.

Given it is small form factor, it is quite likely a new power supply would
be pretty expensive, and worth more than it would cost to buy the whole
machine used (I know we bought some compaq 733 P3 boxes (although ATX)
5 years ago for $100 each, so I doubt they are worth anything these days).

Nice solid little machines, but a shame about the formfactor.

Still a nice toy is someone has time to play with it.

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Len Sorensen
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