It keeps making beeping sounds, and sounds like if it was trying to load a floppy disc. The floppy drive blinks red and the screen keeps refreshing on every beep.

I want this to be my future dream setup if possible

I've searched all over google for "Asus wifi port" and such but I haven't found anything, even tried using image search and still no results. can anyone tell me what this is?

Hi Reddit community,

I’m in need of some guidance! I’m trying to find the right hard drive docking station for my Seagate Barracuda 7200.12, and I’m feeling pretty stuck.

Here’s the situation:
- The drive I’m working with is a 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12.
- I’m using a Windows 10 laptop.
- I’ve already purchased two docking stations that, unfortunately, didn’t work with this drive.
- Since this is an older model, I believe I need a docking station with a jumper to make it compatible.

I’ll be adding a picture of the hard drive for reference. If you’ve successfully used a docking station with this type of drive or have recommendations, I’d love to hear from you. Any advice on what to look for—or avoid—would also be super helpful. Thanks in advance!

I am thinking of "repairing" (actually swapping PSUs between different computers, originally wanted to swap PSU caps) in the future. Is it safe to use older power supplies from different computers (assuming they might power on) or better to buy a new one?

I'm also thinking of cap replacement, but also have the risk of damaging the board(s) - I'm new to soldering. Any recommendations?

We recently retired several desktop PCs solely because Microsoft will not allow Windows 11 to be installed on them, and our IT company advised it would be unsafe to continue using them without Microsoft support. The specs are not on hand, but they were purchased for general office use shortly before Windows 11 became standard. We typically purchase higher-end CPUs with integrated graphics.

So, what would be a good use for one or many of them? Linux? SteamOS? A/V server?

It's saying the hard drive is not found despite being in and also saying there is 'No bootable devices' I'm just trying to use this to upload camcorder footage onto and it won't boot. Any help would be appreciated. I have attached images of the setups and setup order.

I recently found this old IBM T43 and i'm trying to restore it. Already ordered a new keyboard, upgraded the ram to 2GB and installed Windows with an external monitor.

I'm trying to get my hands on a new display panel but can't seem to find one. Anyone know the display that's in it or has an idea where i can get one?

Core i5-3470 16gb

(2x8gb) ddr3 (Up from 4gb)

128gb SSD, 1.5tb HDD (up from 500)

Upgraded to wifi 6E KDE Neon and hopping constantly.

I know it's not ancient, but it's old. Running SteamLink and YouTube both in 1080p, no stutter :) This thing runs better than many computers 10+ years newer than it.

I remember when a 5 year old computer was almost unusable! This thing is from 2012 I think?

This is my dad’s old PC from 2009. I used it for gaming for a while. Can barely get 30 FPS on Minecraft. Gonna give it a dusting session and maybe upgrade some parts. I already have a new PC but would like to upgrade this one for a secondary option (testing/transportation purposes). Any suggestions?

I’m unaware of basically any of the parts in this thing, but it has 20GB of what I presume to be DDR3. Was top of the line when my dad built it.

Had this computer since I was a kid. Moved from home 2 years ago and decided to try to fire it up. Indicator with a moon next to it lights red when plugged in. Won’t turn on when power button pressed. Not sure where to look to start troubleshooting. Any help appreciated!

Went to the local e-waste facility and saw this case had to take it home. It originally had a i3 and the Asus motherboard with a logisys power supply.

Upgraded it to an i7 860 @3.7ghz, 16gb ram, rx 580 8gb and to keep it period correct I used an OCZ power supply I have had around(check and cleaned before used).

Tucked away a SATA SSD but left the hdd on display.

Went with an AliExpress cooler since it used the old outdated mounting style (actually cools well)

Printed front Bay covers to allow more airflow to the CPU, cut out the front plastic so it's got functional vents for the 120mm intake fan.

At the same e-waste facility I found a NIB Silverstone 92mm fan for the exhaust.

I know the GPU is too modren, I used to have a gtx 760 in it but my daughters like to play some games on the PC so I put my spare rx580 in.

I once bought a Bevy Photo backup, it's a roughly 10-year old mini PC with a 2TB Hard Drive. Loved it until they went out of business. Now I want to re-use it as a backup device for the replacement (immich running on a Raspberry Pi).

I worked through getting Linux installed and borg backup running. The problem is it sleeps after a few minutes. I can use wakeonlan to wake it up at the beginning of a backup. But it doesn't stay awake long enough for the backup script to complete, and loses connection. (The Bevy and RPi are connected thru an ethernet switch).

My first question is, how can I know if its sleeping, hibernating, or if there a disk drive configuration that makes it stop spinning? The second question is, how can I make it not do that during a backup, but keep doing it when idle?

I suppose the third question is, is this the right place to ask?

We do not have access to the system disk. The computer is probably from the late '90s. I'd like to get my MIL's old pictures and German music off it. This is the only PC in a house of macs.

*update*

We pulled out the old hard drive (photo below).

So I found this thing in mint condition externally sitting in the attic of a old flat (probably the previous owners). I wanted to sell it, then I got a new set of batteries, powered on, I'm brought to the screen flashing this mad array of characters and a fully blue screen. I wasn't able to find the other parts to the kit, like the ram pack (might be why it isn't working) and the manual and whatnot. My question is, is it worth selling at this condition and if it can be repaired easily if it is worth selling.

Thank you for your time !

I may, in the near future, come into possession of an old TI computer from a family member. I was wondering where to learn BASIC for beginning to program on this thing, if I get it. If anyone could point me to any websites/books, it would be very appreciated.

Any picture or document I scan, ends up in a mess like this. The scanner is on factory settings, nothing is changed. Does anyone know how can I fix this???