EEVblog #1212 - Dumpster Diving PC Motherlode!

A whole stack of HP PC's found in the dumpster!

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[shanemaher]

DAVE I HAVE THE PERFECT SOLUTION. (Sorry for yelling). :)

If you get a couple running with cheap SSD’s ($35), donate them to a charity via GIVIT (this is an organisation that has a database of items that charities require, locally in your area). These PC’s could help people escaping Domestic Violence, youth services, etc.

I am a semi-retired electronics technician here in Canberra. Myself and my wife gather up old MacBooks (2010 and onwards). Do board repair under microscope, overhaul and upgrade with new SSD’s, then donate to charities in our local area, via GIVIT.

Most of the MacBooks we overhaul, go to domestic violence shelters, so the ladies escaping DV, push onto to study at local TAFE/Universities. These MacBooks make a really BIG For example we are dropping off 3 MacBooks, to a newly opened youth Center in Canberra.

It’s only myself and Kaz, we are not a charity, we are not a company, we are a philanthropic hobby. We push out 15 MacBooks a year via GIVIT. If you want to know further info checkout our Facebook site “MBK Pizza”.

Cheers Shane. :)

[manickn]

Really helps working in a rich zone. That will never happen where I live.

[ocrossrep]

As a HP/Compaq Certified Tech from the old days circa 1999 (HP)/2002 (Compaq) to 2010, these units have a Windows 8 key embedded in the HP Bios that would allow the installation of Windows 8 or Windows 8 upgrades to the Windows 7 OEM without needed to purchase additional keys. (edit dates, had to look them up again, no wonder I retired after my stroke)

This was also a option for folks that still wanted the XP environments for software to run in compatibility mode.
(clarification - This was meant as the Explorer Based frontend (Shell) founded with Windows 95. Not the NT kernel that all version of Windows since Windows 2000 are based on now.) My mistake for not clearing that up. - See John Francis Doe below

Windows 7 was nothing more that an updated Window XP Core and interface. With the launch of Windows 8, the development of the Metro (tiles) UWP Interface and updates to the kernel (core OS functions) that continue to this day in Windows 10. (edit - Windows XP Core should be NT. other edits for clarification)

So, yeah, you could load a HP OEM Windows 8 or 8.1 build, and still be within licensing agreement per HP TOS and Microsoft EULA. (edit - added EULA as that is different from Sales TOS)

Also, you are correct, most companies did not want to have to teach a user class for the new interface on Windows 8, which is why desktop (classic mode) became an option in Windows 8.1.

[xenonram]

"That's a little bit, how ya doin. Bobby Dazzler. Like a bought one." 10:32

Three in a row!?!? It's like Dave tweaked out a bit there.

[AzureFlash]

EEVblog #1337 - Dumpster Diving Entire Freakin' IBM POWER9 Supercomputer Cluster!

[Emma__Smith]

starting with windows 8 the product key is embedded into the bios. You can use belarc advisor to pull the windows key from the bios. Windows 10 during a fresh install should auto detect the product key and activate.

[Herby-]

You need to put in a web cam in the dumpster room for up to date

[jeremymcarpenter]

Downgrade is basically you are Licensed for Windows 8 and are allowed to use a lower version. Businesses usually use an older version for app compatibility.

[Stefan_Payne]

oh and FYI: since Windows 8 the Windows Certificate is in the BIOS of the Motherbard.
So if you install the Windows 8 Version on the sticker, it is automatically activated.

[jamesdavies]

If you have that purple windows 8/10 sticker, your windows install will activate automatically after you install windows 10 as long as BIOS is in UEFI boot mode.

[tndabone]

Windows 8 had a embedded product key in the motherboard when purchased from a large odm (HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc.), and professional models offered downgrades to 7 for years. My company offered downgrades until the hardware stopped supporting 7.

[granthoughton]

Love it! I procured four hp6000s myself - the same way, for the same price, here in NZ!!!
Since 1999, I've only had to buy one laptop new. Everything else I use to run my home and business has been free, sponsored by ex corporate or private people with too much money!

Combined with open source software and free networking software, I can run an annual seven figure company with zero computer overheads!
Twenty years ago, the same setups I use today would have cost easily $25000, plus the almost compulsory ongoing "support contracts".
Today, it's a thousand times faster, a thousand times more reliable and, is ultimately free; apart from my time.

[GadgetUK]

That building has the best dumpster ever! I would live in that dumpster lol!

[Jaycsee]

A few years ago i used to volunteered for a charity op-shop. The manager found out that I.T. used to keep all the old computers in a store room, so she arranged for them to be sent to me to be fixed and sold second hand in the shop. All of the computers were small form factor HP's, and everyone worked perfectly, all I had to do was format the hardrive (I.T. never wiped the hard drives on the old computers) and reinstall Windows XP. I used to also install Open Office, and we used to sell them for $80 each. Just about every single machine sold the day it was put out for sale. The manager and I left around the same, and there were about 30 computer setup and ready to be sold. The new manager through every single one to the tip.

[everythingfeline]

7:27 that graphics card on the left is an HD5450, the exact same model (sapphire) of videocard I used up until November of last year. Now I've got an RX570 8GB. Bit of an upgrade

[gbestwick]

The reason is simple: Many IT departments didn't want their users to user Windows 8, and Microsoft knew this. So, you could purchase a PC "with Windows 8", but they provided a serial number for Windows 7 as well.

Now, this isn't really unique to Windows 8 though. If memory serves me correctly, and it may not so please don't shoot me, you could get a Windows XP downgrade from Vista, a Vista from 7, and so forth.

Downgrading for deployment reasons is actually fairly common practice.

[samuelclemens]

Is Ben Heck still living in that room?

[Simion_T]

Startups could greatly benefit from dumped office equipment.

[ZylonFPV]

11:03 - usually when an external graphics card is present it will disable the integrated graphics present on the intel CPU.

[FortyTwoAnswerToEverything]

ebay absolutely murders you with fees, along with shipping prices that keep climbing, amount that with some states forcing sales tax for out-of-state customers