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WTB/TF: Parts for charity build

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:38 pm
by Nuts4GTS
Still looking for these parts for a charity project on the bench:

8x-32x CDRW (color unimportant)- GOT IT
Floppy Drive (ditto)- GOT IT
60-100GB ATA100/133 HDD
WinXP Pro CD + COA/License
60mm cooling fan - GOT IT

Also looking for a Simon and Garfunkel Greatest Hits CD for my wife ;)

I have these items up FS/T:

$5- Creative Labs SB CT2940 ISA Soundcard
$5- AccelGraphics AccelStar II 4MB 2X AGP (model 225-0128-01 rev D)
$5- Agere 56K PCI modem (model 1456VQH55E)
$5 ea.- 2 x Trident Blade 3D 9880 4MB 2X AGP
$5- 3Com Etherlink III 3C509B ISA NIC
$7- Diamond Speedstar A55 8MB 2X AGP
$5- Samsung 128MB PC2100 DDR SODIMM

All prices shipped. Take the whole lot for $25 shipped. PayPal preferred (CC OK). Thanks!

~Nuts

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:09 am
by Nuts4GTS
bump for edits

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:35 pm
by Qui Gon-Jinn
does it HAVE to be Pro on the xp??

I have a Dell XP home COA I will send you..

Let me know.

and I HAVE!!! the Simon and Garfunkle Greatest Hits CD in MP3 format..

I know the value of Man Points.. let me know if I can help up yours..

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:07 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Qui,

You can't use a Dell OEM key on a non-Dell system. It probably won't pass activation and it definately will fail WGA Notification.

Nuts:
I put Windows 2000 SP4 on all my charity builds. No activation issues, and Microsoft hardly cares if you install multiple copies of a 6 year old OS.

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:18 pm
by mtg
penguin i used a dell coa on a self built sys and microsoft took it

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:23 am
by FlyingPenguin
Recently? Have you tried to do a Wndows Update? You used to be able to do that, and you may be able to activate it, but it shouldn't pass WGA. An I wouldn't want to give someone a system that will be popping up the WGA nag on him.

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:07 pm
by ZYFER
Sometimes it works Penguin, other times it does not. WGA doesn't work very well at that, I have seen it report legitimate versions as non-legitimate, more than once.

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:19 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Granted but I still wouldn't do that to someone when there's a chance WGA might start nagging him down the road. It's only going to get worse. And if you want to be a legal stickler (not that I care) it actually violates the EULA to install a CD key from an OEM manufacturer on any system other than the one it came with.