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I use a computer to test the RAM. I have several laying around that I use.

You will need one for each type of RAM.

PTS,
Is there a way to know which ones came out of a server versus a tower? I mixed them all together. Maybe mother lesson learned... Keep them separated.

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

Yes 5.25 drives are the old floppies. I buy them for $3 each. If you want to do the ebay thing you can usually get $10 for them untested.

As far as what I use to test them. I have a test bench set up to test all the ram and parts. Basically just three different motherboards ddr1 2 and 3 boards so I can test the ram. You could buy a ram tester but thy are about $4000. Hard drives I have a USB hard drive disk I use to test them with some software that I have. But again if you dont want to spend the time to test all the stuff yourself I do buy the working stuff for better than scrap value.

what do you use to test the ram with?

also if I remember correctly of a past conversation with you, you got the usb tester for the hard drives off ebay right?

Originally Posted by parrothead

George, send me an email, parrothead60450@gmail.com I have some questions for you.

sent you an email

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

what do you use to test the ram with?

also if I remember correctly of a past conversation with you, you got the usb tester for the hard drives off ebay right?

Here you go George, This is the one I got awhile back. USB 2.0 to IDE SATA S-ATA 2.5 3.5 HD HDD Adapter Cable | eBay

Originally Posted by Scrapcrazy

PTS,
Is there a way to know which ones came out of a server versus a tower? I mixed them all together. Maybe mother lesson learned... Keep them separated.

Server RAM should have a chip count that is divisible by 3 or 5. Or it may be labeled as ECC. It can also be bigger than your regular RAM.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Here you go George, This is the one I got awhile back. USB 2.0 to IDE SATA S-ATA 2.5 3.5 HD HDD Adapter Cable | eBay

Thanks mechanic

Originally Posted by Scrapcrazy

PTS,
Is there a way to know which ones came out of a server versus a tower? I mixed them all together. Maybe mother lesson learned... Keep them separated.

Server ram will usualy be ECC REG on the label. Desktop ram is non ECC. Thats the easiest way to tell. In the older servers the ram is usualy larger than a desktop ram stick. Not so in the newer ones.

Here is the one I use to test my hard drives GEO. HDD Docking Station - USB to SATA and IDE External HDD Dock | StarTech.com
I have several of those cables as well but the quantity of drives im testing the cables break to easy. So i stepped up and bought a dock.

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

Here is the one I use to test my hard drives GEO. HDD Docking Station - USB to SATA and IDE External HDD Dock | StarTech.com
I have several of those cables as well but the quantity of drives im testing the cables break to easy. So i steped up and bought a dock.

Thanks for that info PTS, I looked on ebay and bought one similar. I hope it works because I have a bunch of hard drives I need to check and wipe before selling them. I have used the cable set that sells on ebay but I am certain that this will work out better. Mike.

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

Here is the one I use to test my hard drives GEO. HDD Docking Station - USB to SATA and IDE External HDD Dock | StarTech.com
I have several of those cables as well but the quantity of drives im testing the cables break to easy. So i steped up and bought a dock.

what kind of dock?

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

what kind of dock?

LOL Geo i posted a link to the dock. Its an external docking station for testing sata and ide drives. It plugs in USB.

lol sorry pts, I haven't looked at yet and didn't know it was for the docking station.

PTS, what DVD/CD drives do you sell on ebay? I thought CD/DVD RW would be one, but last time i did a quick search, they didnt seem to be to popular.

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

PTS, what DVD/CD drives do you sell on ebay? I thought CD/DVD RW would be one, but last time i did a quick search, they didnt seem to be to popular.

I sell DVDRW and DL dvdrw all dvdrw drives will do CD's.
Here is a link to one of my auctions.
NEC ND-2510A DVD-R/RW CD-R/RW DRIVE dvdrw IDE | eBay
you can then save me as a seller if you want and see what im selling.

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

I sell DVDRW and DL dvdrw all dvdrw drives will do CD's.
Here is a link to one of my auctions.
NEC ND-2510A DVD-R/RW CD-R/RW DRIVE dvdrw IDE | eBay
you can then save me as a seller if you want and see what im selling.

I saved you on ebay.

How hard is it for you to find similar items and to figure out what to sell your item for?

I have a few DVDRW's but when I research them on ebay, I see them as not really selling. The prices that I see you selling yours for, seems reasonable, especially if your making the seller pay for shipping, but like I said, when I search on ebay, I see no green lol

Also, how do you test them? Just plug them into the PC?s

okay apparently I was wrong. Maybe I typed something incorrectly on the android ebay app, because on the pc, it pulled up a bunch of dvdrw's lol