What is your oldest hardware component?

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Sun May 14, 2006 11:21 pm

In your current rig? Mine:
1. Plextor 12/4/32 SCSI Plextor. I bought it back in 1998. To bad it does not have a counter as to the number of burns I've done with this classic CD burner. Still works to this day.
2. I have a Plextor Ultra Plex 40x SCSI CD reader. It replaced my 32x Plextor reader that died about 6 months ago. I bought this one as a spare at a real good price, and kept it in my closet. I think the mfg's date is 2000.

The Plextor 12/4/32 burner has been through Win95b, Win98, and XP. I believe I shelled out big bucks for these items including the SCSI card back in 1998. I might have spent ~$300+, and I think the SCSI card was used.

Qui Gon-Jinn · Post by **Qui Gon-Jinn** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:00 am

hmmm with recent upgrades and what not.. alot has been replaced. use to be the Mobo in my work box.. 2003... but it bit the bullet.. now.. i would have to say my Sony CD-RW.. it's.. hell.. been throught 3 cases. and numerous mobo's.. still runs great.. I love it..

on the flip side.. NEWEST hardware.. my 3800 X2.. mmmm dual core Goodness..

MegaVectra · Post by **MegaVectra** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:34 am

ISA 56K modem in a 550Mhz Emachine, running Server 2003, that I'm using as a fileserver, network answering machine, and Teamspeak server.

beef · Post by **beef** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:39 am

56k modem that was pulled out of a 75mhz computer. I think this dates back from like 1997. Only used it because i came home from college, and had to use dialup for a month...

d_b · Post by **d_b** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:13 am

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:29 pm

Floppy drive in ANY of my rigs. I use them until they die and they run forever. I think the one in my main rig is probably 6 years old.

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:54 pm

I'd have to say it's the Motherboard in my main rig.. It's an Epox 8RDA+ still running tried and true.

*knocks on wood*

eGo

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon May 15, 2006 5:12 pm

8RDA+ was a ROCK assuming you didn't get one with defective capacitors. But if you did, you would have found out about it by now.

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Mon May 15, 2006 5:32 pm

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
8RDA+ was a ROCK assuming you didn't get one with defective capacitors. But if you did, you would have found out about it by now.

Yah, I took a look yesterday and I didn't see any of the tell tale signs. So I'm super pleased. once I decide on which PCI-E AIW card to buy I will be passing this rig onto the fiance and getting back to my A64 3200+ lol..

eGo

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:05 pm

I still have my 8rda+ in a box. when i build a HTPC its gonna be the mobo to use... I still wish they would have made a PCI soundstorm card... thats thing was tits.

But oldest hardware still in use... has to be my keyboard... it is AT and doesent even have windows keys on it.

123cool · Post by **123cool** » Tue May 16, 2006 10:11 am

with my new rig, its the floppy Drive.

MK888 · Post by **MK888** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:01 pm

8RDA+ was a ROCK assuming you didn't get one with defective capacitors. But if you did, you would have found out about it by now.

Been there... done that. Cooked up pretty good, but I did not loose anything other than the mobo.

Oldest part.... probably my trackball. At least five or six years old. Inside the pc, is the floppy drive.

MAC · Post by **MAC** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:03 am

It's not on my PC, but my wife's PC uses the 19" Viewsonic GS790 monitor I bought back in 1999. I has worked flawlessly for 7 years. (knocks on wood)

MAC

Shmithers · Post by **Shmithers** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:13 pm

My geforce 2 card. I cant remember the exact model, but it is pretty old.

or maybe my keyboard, the old crappy white one.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:08 am

old floppy drives in each computer plus two external 56k usrobotics modems, all from 99 or 00, g400 vid card in small celeron machine as well is about 5 years old