Compu's Conquests

[CompuNurd]

Well, I recently saw Hap selling a Portable for a pretty good price, so I snatched it up! It has a few cosmetic issues, but not in places too noticeable when sitting on my shelf. It does need work, and I will be recapping it as well as having the battery repacked. I paid $140 shipped for everything.

The box was pretty beat up. Once I cut the tape I tore a small amount of cardboard and the box just fell apart like this:



Hap said he didn't want to include the case unless I spent a little more, but to my surprise, it was in the case! I bet it wouldn't have survived if it wasn't in the case.



Looks like there isn't any shipping damage! The center piece of the display was missing when he shipped it. Any idea where to get another one?



I expected this, as he told me about it. Since it's on the bottom I don't care a lot about it.



Looks pretty good, the clips that hold the screen down are missing, but he pointed that out as well.



He also threw in the adapter. Do these need to be recapped?

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

Isn't the adapter just a slightly modified PB1xx adapter? (well, I guess it's the reverse, but..)

 

[Macdrone]

Is it a 5120 or 26?

 

[CompuNurd]

5120

 

[Elfen]

Damn, UPS/USPS are not feeling their gorillas lately! That is one hell of a beaten up box!

Since I read your other posts on this, it looks great. Lets hope you get it working soon!

 

[unity]

I probably have the missing parts. Center part for sure. I have to see how the screen locks are attached, I probably have a spare set of those too.

Word to wise - if you clean this, never dunk the hinges in water! As one here found out, they rust then the hinge clutches are shot.

 

[techknight]

I have all the upper display pieces in my stash somewhere. But all that stash is sitting in a box trailer awaiting my finding of a new home to live in... 

 

[CompuNurd]

Have a pretty decent haul from the recycler today, and got a great price! $400 for everything!

So here's the tally: 14. Mac Minis with adapters, 14 IBM ThinkCentres, and 4 laptops. Not bad!

The stuff is for eBay anyway, so it's all for sale if anyone is interested.

 

[Elfen]

Are those Intel Mac Minis or G4 Mac Minis?

 

[CompuNurd]

I believe most of them are Intel

 

[CompuNurd]

All or most are A1176, which I believe is Core2Duo

 

[Elfen]

Interesting... too bad I wont have the money for a month. What they have (RAM, HD, etc.) and what you expect for them? I forgot his name but I got a Core2Duo from a member here for $70, working and OS installed but no PSU Brick... I notice that on ebay the PSU Brick goes for as much as a mini alone. Together they go for higher.

 

[jruschme]

So, what kind of price are we talking for a C2D Mini with power brick?

 

[CompuNurd]

Well, before we get to a price, I need some help. It looks like the company that recycled these just installed Windows on them. I can't get any of them to boot to a 10.4 install DVD, they just boot to Windows, or boot to "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key". I can get them in Target disk mode and tried to format the drive on my MacBook so it has nothing to boot to but the install disk, but it still shows the no bootable device screen. What should I try next?

 

[CompuNurd]

Nevermind. I put Snow Leopard in one of them and it looks like it's booting. I'm interested to see what happens.

 

[CC_333]

Elfen: It was I who sold you that Mini, and I believe it was a CoreDuo (can't remember if I included a C2D CPU for future upgrading, though). Still no luck on that PSU, sadly (as I might've said before, my friend misplaced it during a move).

CompuNurd: A1176 could mean either Early 2006 (1.5 GHz CoreSolo or 1.66 GHz CoreDuo), Late 2006 (1.66 or 1.83 GHz CoreDuo), or Mid 2007 (1.83 GHz or 2.0 GHz Core2Duo). The only way to tell conclusively is to boot them up (an installer DVD should be enough), open System Profiler and look at the model identifier. If it says "MacMini1,1", than it's either an Early 2006 or a Late 2006. If it says "MacMini2,1", then it's a Mid 2007.

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[Elfen]

hmmm.... The forum is not quoting...

Well, CC_333, thanks! I mean really - no hard feelings. These medical treatments I'm taking is really screwing up my life. But there is no CPU Upgrade though you did offer the upgrade option. The mini is on top of my G5 tower, waiting for its day! LOL

CompuNerd - Windows? Probably through BootCamp. I hate that! Format those drives and install Snow Leopard on them. Take your time. Depending on the time and money I'm interested on at least 1 one of them. I'm trying to build a low power cluster for some 3D stuff (mostly Blender - my PC cluster is slow and I and only turn on 3 machines without blowing a fuse). Sure one machine can do it but compilation is slow. I can go out, make a booty call, take her to the movies, dinner, go back home and get funny looks from my adult daughters and it is still be compiling!

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

Tiger DVD's don't install on Intel Macs, only the specific restore discs. Leopard is a Universal installer though.

 

[CompuNurd]

I see them for sale with Snow Leopard and power brick for $130 or more, I would be happy with $70 + shipping.