any ideasd what to do with this stuff?

[stinkoman]

ive got somewhere around 30 ram chips, and a few cpu's. any idea what i can do with them?
is there a quick or easy way to see whats compatible with my system?

[Cabhan]

The documentation for your motherboard should tell you what sort of RAM it supports. If the RAM that you have is unlabeled but fits, you can open your BIOS setup to see how much RAM you have and figure out how much each chip is based on that.

[stinkoman]

ok, thanks, so would IBM have the doc. for my motherboard?
I have an IBM thinkcentre.

[bidi]

If you know the model number it shouldn't be hard. Just go on IBM's or Lenovo's (might be under Lenovo now that they bought IBM's consumer computers operations) and check the specs, you'll find it there somewhere. I've done exactly this with my older Dell 4100 which had a bad memory chip.

[ryokimball]

I'll take it!!

Heh, I went a-lookin' for an old 75 megahertz processor that I had a while back and lost....

[bigtomrodney]

I have found that often DIMMS and SIMMs aren't labelled but often contain a serial or product number that can be googled for info

I have a few old bits of hardware lying around I'd love to get rid of, so if you find something is missing just say and I'll dig through what I have.

[stinkoman]

i checked and they dont fit any of the computers i ahve, theyre all pc100 or pc133 i was thinking ebay maybe? i dont know the market for ram chips or old processors(i doubt anyone wants a pentium 1 right?) but it passed my head i figured id run it by you guys. i have a practically unlimited source of free computer parts, albeit theyre not great parts though.

[ryokimball]

Someone would take them; eBay is not a bad idea --the what's the worst that could happen? Or, rather, what's the chance of the worst happening?

I'm a sucker for spare parts. If you're trying to get rid of it and will spend the shipping I would gladly take them. Otherwise, finding someone online and such would be easy. Heck, you can find a less-cheap version of me that would pay for shipping and such (i.e. sell on eBay for shpping price).

[stinkoman]

yeah i could, and the best part is, if i make 1 cent, then i made one cent, its all free! now, lets say i were to scrap a pretty bad computer, whats worth taking out to sell? chords? and what parts?

[ryokimball]

Well, power supplies rarely go out of style. HDD and RAM, processor(s), and the Mother board itself might even sell (perhaps bundle the processor and motherboard together). You are probably better off trashing the floppy drive --you can get them cheaper than it costs to ship to your neighbor's house. And you probably would want to bundle the IDE cords with the drives.
What else is there? PCI et alii might sell. You can keep the battery, just in case the one in your watch dies (that's a half-hearted joke, BTW). Oh, and the case might sell as well. Depending on the case, it might sell better than the rest. Are you artistic? Paint it up some, then sell it. Or melt it down and call it art ("The Future of Modern Computers" --convience some people you're being metaphorical and you could sell it for millions).