Ima geek! Hardware keyrings.

[Drum Thumper]

So I have this burnt out socket 478 processor...

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/drumthumper5150/Picture011.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/drumthumper5150/Picture012.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/drumthumper5150/Picture013.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/drumthumper5150/Picture014.jpg

According to my wife, my geek factor just went through the roof.

[b4i7]

i have an old sim stick on my key chain :D

[Zephik]

lol oh man, I am SO making a necklace out of my old MicroATX motherboard! ROFL

[Andr0m3da]

That's awesome! I wish I thought of random things like that to do =P

[mercerman318]

Lol good idea, now i wish i had a burnt out processor

[peoplefire]

oh ****. i used to have a AMD keychain and a DDR2 one also :]

[.Maleficus.]

Hey DrumThumper, I have a question for you. CAN I COPY YOU?! That's the sweetest key chain I've ever seen!

[Omega]

I used to have a P1 166MHz (Socket 7) CPU as a necklace. =D

[Drum Thumper]

Hey DrumThumper, I have a question for you. CAN I COPY YOU?! That's the sweetest key chain I've ever seen!

Do it. Or if you're lazy, I can butcher some other outdated stuff and put it up on Ebay...

[Commando]

DrumThumper,

Now that was a strong move. Why didn't I think of that? Absolutely great idea. I mean, like you could like start selling those, kinda good idea.

Definite +rep for an awesome idea.

I'm in. I've got an old processor just waiting for that. You know what would even be cooler, is if someone could etch a TBCS logo on the head of the proc.

[jdbnsn]

if someone could etch a TBCS logo on the head of the proc.


You should hit up b4i7...he is our new etching guru.

[Drum Thumper]

Better yet--I'm smelling a prize for the next Modder's Challenge!

And thanks everyone for the repfest, I'm lovin every minute of it!

[Eclecticos]

Thats Preddy Kewl! I need to make one out of a Stick of ram so I don't lose them anymore.

[Commando]

You should hit up b4i7...he is our new etching guru.

Yeah, he just PMed me. He definitely is the new go to guy for etching. Sounds like he's got some killer resources.

[xmastree]

I once made one out of a chipset I dremelled out of a dead mobo.

[BerticusPryme]

I found a whole crap load of edo memory and had a 16 mb stick for a keychain for some time.

[onelegout]

I've got an IBM 6x86 P150+ from 1995 on mine :D
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http://www.technostorm.it/surplus/pr-IBMP150.JPG

120mhz for the win!

[peoplefire]

i might try that later ;]

[xmastree]

Better still, remove (dremmel?) the cover over the cpu, to show the insides. This would be better with older processors as they're bigger inside.

[psychowit]

kewl awsome man

[Computer-Geek]

lol this is a cool idea i may have to try this.

[Atomic]

Wow. Sweet idea!

Now I have a use for all the old bloody Pentiums I have lying around.

[xmastree]

Hmm...

http://content3.i-am-bored.com/games/3298_geekjewerly.jpg

[BinaryDemon]

Are all the pins still on the other side? Or did you do something special to that side as well? I have alot of old cpu's that I could definately try this on.

[Greco101]

Are all the pins still on the other side? Or did you do something special to that side as well? I have alot of old cpu's that I could definately try this on.

That gave me an idea. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Diphosgene/478.jpg

[FuzzyPlushroom]

Hmm, I'd heard of this being done but never actually seen it. Now I want to... man. I got Pentium MMXs all over the place 'round here too!

Now we just need to think up a good use for Pentium IIs (Slot 1). :D

[alphastryk]

lols... this how I remember that this pllace is like home...

I used to have an old 8MB stick of ram on mine until the board broke, and one of my good friends has a Pentium 2 on there...

btw... you're scaring me with this dead 478 buisness... I'm currently running 1 Dothan, 2 Northwoods, and 1 Willamette....

[Drum Thumper]

btw... you're scaring me with this dead 478 buisness... I'm currently running 1 Dothan, 2 Northwoods, and 1 Willamette....

I bought a HP Pavilion off of ebay that had been sabotaged by the seller's kid's--they pulled the HSF off of the CPU and let it run for however long it took for it to go to data heaven.

So don't worry too much about other 478's dying--in fact, my server is a 478.

[Greco101]

what thumper said.... my northwood 2.4 lasted 5 years (I believe I got it at the end of '02?) with stock everything

[Bucko]

Nothing like using outdated hardware for something else.

I have two 486 MoBo's, both have 8 sticks of memory:

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2140/cameradump065ru1.jpg


So I pulled them out:

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/5332/cameradump067jt9.jpg


And made keyrings!

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/984/cameradump068nr2.jpg

[Bucko]

And the other 8 with only 2 chips on each stick:

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4627/cameradump069gt6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Eclecticos]

Those are preddy neat. . Only one question I can think to ask. .
What are you going to do with all of them?

[Bucko]

I'm giving out a few to friends, then I'll probably chuck the rest on eBay.

[xmastree]

Hmm... I have an old computer in the car boot (that's the trunk for you Americans). It's been there since I collected it ages ago. One day, I'm going to put a new board in it and get it up and running.
Did I say it's old? It's a 286! Two huge 40MB drives in it (apparently). I haven't looked into it yet, but I think I will, just so I can be the one with the oldest hardware keyring on the forum!

[Mitternacht]

Celeron 2.8:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/gigaglytch/DSCN1828.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/gigaglytch/DSCN1829.jpg

[FuzzyPlushroom]

I've got an ISA hard drive in a box somewhere. It's well over a foot long, full-length card. A hundred megs or so. I could drill a series of holes into it and put hooks in 'em for a whole line of keychains, but I have no need to. :D

I think the P4 s478s make the best keychains... or a P4-775, if you're lucky enough (or unlucky enough) to find a dead one. No pins to worry about! I'd be a little concerned with the strength of anything else - would hate to have a corner break off and lose my keys.