Free to a good home: Compaq Deskpro EN

[Madison Kelly]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 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.

Or for someone with a spare normal power supply who doesn't care about 
running it with the case off. :)

Madi
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