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Hardware Listing

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Background

This is only as far as I know what we have. It should be said that there is always more stuff coming into the Lab.

Netbooks

  • ~15 x Acer Aspire One
    • AMD C50/C60 processor. One DDR3 SODIMM slot (up to 1600MHz, 8GiB for 1 slot)
  • ~1 x Acer Aspire V5
    • Intel Celeron 1017U. Two DDR3 SODIMM slots (up to 1600MHz, 16GiB / 2 slots)
    • Quite fast.
  • 20 x Toshiba NB305
    • Atom N455 or N450, with one DDR3 or DDR2 SODIMM slot (up to 2GB of respective RAM)
    • We are short on chargers, but they are cheap.
  • 20 x Toshiba NB205
    • Atom N280, with one DDR2 SODIMM slot (for up to 2GB of respective RAM).
    • We are short on chargers, but they are cheap.
  • - ChromeOS has been removed
- running Coreboot and GalliumOS.
- As much as this and other Chromebooks that have passed by the Lab are cautionary tales about flashing Chromebooks, they are also working proof that it is worth flashing Chromebooks.
  - ["Flashing Chromebooks???"](https://mrchromebox.tech)
  • 10 x Acer C710 Chromebook ('parrot')
    • ChromeOS has been removed
    • running Coreboot and GalliumOS.
    • 4GiB DDR3 RAM (upgradeable to 8 / 16, 2 slots)
    • 16GB SSD (SATA slot with 9.5 mm height tolerance)
    • Very, very easy to service and upgrade

Laptops

  • 1 x Z61t

    • In essentially mint condition.
    • Needs a HDD baffle and HDD caddy ($4 + $6).
    • Needs a Thinkpad charger (+$10)
    • Needs an SSD (+$6) or HDD (+$0)

  • 2 x Unidentified enterprise-grade Dell laptops

    • Core 2 Duo T5600

Desktops

Watch this space while we dig out of storage.

"Computers"

(This one is my favorite -- it kind of unravels out the unparalleled possibilities of the junk I've collected at the Lab.)

Laptop Motherboards

  • 5 x Thinkpad X61t
    • Core 2 Duo L7700
    • One of which has the necessary SATA power bridge. (+$6)
    • All require additional 20V Thinkpad AC chargers (+$10 for OEM ones; +$7 for off-brand)
    • These motherboards work fantastically on very cheap RAM (DDR2 PC2-6400 is about $1/GB, up to 4GB), and once zip-tied to a flat piece of cardboard are perfect for running unattended servers, or working on crazy WiFi experiments (they have two miniPCIe slots!)
    • They automatically output over VGA as well.
    • Great for "computer in cardboard box" take-home projects.
    • Do you remember Cardbus? Well guess what! It has Cardbus.