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Gooserider
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 Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:20 am Post subject: Found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster |
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I found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster behind work a couple of days ago.
The screen is broken and the battery doesn't have enough juice to boot the
computer, so hooking it up to my monitor does no good. I called my local
sheriff's department, and no laptops have been reported stolen. What should
I do? Replacing the screen will be expensive, and I don't want to sell this
thing without seeing what's on the hard drive and possibly wiping it(in case
someone was DUMB enough to just throw out a computer without doing so).
Mike |
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Dan
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:20 am Post subject: Re: Found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster |
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Buy a cheap power adapter off ebay and see if it will boot up
"Gooserider" <Gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster behind work a couple of days
ago. The screen is broken and the battery doesn't have enough juice to boot
the computer, so hooking it up to my monitor does no good. I called my
local sheriff's department, and no laptops have been reported stolen. What
should I do? Replacing the screen will be expensive, and I don't want to
sell this thing without seeing what's on the hard drive and possibly wiping
it(in case someone was DUMB enough to just throw out a computer without
doing so).
Mike
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paulmd@efn.org
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 11:03 am Post subject: Re: Found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster |
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On May 24, 5:31 pm, "Gooserider" <Gooseri...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster behind work a couple of days ago.
The screen is broken and the battery doesn't have enough juice to boot the
computer, so hooking it up to my monitor does no good. I called my local
sheriff's department, and no laptops have been reported stolen. What should
I do? Replacing the screen will be expensive, and I don't want to sell this
thing without seeing what's on the hard drive and possibly wiping it(in case
someone was DUMB enough to just throw out a computer without doing so).
Mike
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That looks like a common size power jack. You might want to see if
your local radio shack (or equivalent) has a universal power adapter.
http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Aurora_m9700/aurora-m_gallery.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AURORA-M-9700&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT#pdp-nav
Speaking from experience in the refurbishing business, if it belonged
to a home user, and the hard drive is present, odds are in the 90%
range that the hard drive has NOT been wiped. Corporations, who should
know better, still leave the drive unwiped most of the time.
Alienware is not usually a brand owned by corporations.
To wipe a drive in place, I use this tool:
http://dban.sourceforge.net/ |
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M.I.5¾
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 11:56 am Post subject: Re: Found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster |
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<paulmd@efn.org> wrote in message
news:1180073028.093097.5940@u36g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | On May 24, 5:31 pm, "Gooserider" <Gooseri...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
I found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster behind work a couple of days
ago.
The screen is broken and the battery doesn't have enough juice to boot
the
computer, so hooking it up to my monitor does no good. I called my local
sheriff's department, and no laptops have been reported stolen. What
should
I do? Replacing the screen will be expensive, and I don't want to sell
this
thing without seeing what's on the hard drive and possibly wiping it(in
case
someone was DUMB enough to just throw out a computer without doing so).
Mike
That looks like a common size power jack. You might want to see if
your local radio shack (or equivalent) has a universal power adapter.
http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Aurora_m9700/aurora-m_gallery.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AURORA-M-9700&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT#pdp-nav
Speaking from experience in the refurbishing business, if it belonged
to a home user, and the hard drive is present, odds are in the 90%
range that the hard drive has NOT been wiped. Corporations, who should
know better, still leave the drive unwiped most of the time.
Alienware is not usually a brand owned by corporations.
To wipe a drive in place, I use this tool:
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
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.... and if you can't boot the machine ...
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question397.htm
2 house points to the first poster to spot the error in the first paragraph. |
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notaguru
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject: Re: Found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster |
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M.I.5¾ wrote:
| Quote: | paulmd@efn.org> wrote in message
news:1180073028.093097.5940@u36g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
On May 24, 5:31 pm, "Gooserider" <Gooseri...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
I found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster behind work a couple of days
ago.
The screen is broken and the battery doesn't have enough juice to boot
the
computer, so hooking it up to my monitor does no good. I called my local
sheriff's department, and no laptops have been reported stolen. What
should
I do? Replacing the screen will be expensive, and I don't want to sell
this
thing without seeing what's on the hard drive and possibly wiping it(in
case
someone was DUMB enough to just throw out a computer without doing so).
Mike
That looks like a common size power jack. You might want to see if
your local radio shack (or equivalent) has a universal power adapter.
http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Aurora_m9700/aurora-m_gallery.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AURORA-M-9700&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT#pdp-nav
Speaking from experience in the refurbishing business, if it belonged
to a home user, and the hard drive is present, odds are in the 90%
range that the hard drive has NOT been wiped. Corporations, who should
know better, still leave the drive unwiped most of the time.
Alienware is not usually a brand owned by corporations.
To wipe a drive in place, I use this tool:
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
... and if you can't boot the machine ...
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question397.htm
2 house points to the first poster to spot the error in the first paragraph.
Ammonium nitrate is not an explosive. When combined with a |
hydrocarbon like oil in the right proportions, the result is
ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil) which *is* explosive. |
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mike
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 7:43 am Post subject: Re: Found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster |
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Gooserider wrote:
| Quote: | I found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster behind work a couple of days ago.
The screen is broken and the battery doesn't have enough juice to boot the
computer, so hooking it up to my monitor does no good. I called my local
sheriff's department, and no laptops have been reported stolen. What should
I do? Replacing the screen will be expensive, and I don't want to sell this
thing without seeing what's on the hard drive and possibly wiping it(in case
someone was DUMB enough to just throw out a computer without doing so).
Mike
Do NOT wipe the drive. |
Laptops almost always have a licensed operating system and maybe other
licensed software that has value.
It's not YOUR responsibility to protect someone else's data. Having
said that, the nice thing to do would be to clear their private data...
but don't WIPE the drive until you have determined what's on it,
extracted valid license keys, software and anything else useful.
Is the power supply voltage/current printed on the bottom?
If so, hook it to a bench supply to see if it works. Alienware
is rare enough that you're not likely to trip over a proper power
brick at a rational price. And no price is rational until you determine
that the machine works.
Ditto for the screen. Laptops are getting cheap and replacement screens
are expensive. 'Bout the only way to make this feasible is to find
another one with a good screen and make one good out of two bad.
If the screen's not too bad, it might be useful as is.
I have a laptop with a cracked screen...but there's enough of it
working that I can watch a DVD on it...
You must live in a small town if NO laptops have been stolen ;-)
mike
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Return address is VALID!
Bunch-O-Stuff Forsale Here:
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M.I.5¾
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 11:04 am Post subject: Re: Found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster |
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"notaguru" <notaguru-obvious@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | M.I.5¾ wrote:
paulmd@efn.org> wrote in message
news:1180073028.093097.5940@u36g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
On May 24, 5:31 pm, "Gooserider" <Gooseri...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
I found an Alienware M9700 in the dumpster behind work a couple of days
ago.
The screen is broken and the battery doesn't have enough juice to boot
the
computer, so hooking it up to my monitor does no good. I called my
local
sheriff's department, and no laptops have been reported stolen. What
should
I do? Replacing the screen will be expensive, and I don't want to sell
this
thing without seeing what's on the hard drive and possibly wiping it(in
case
someone was DUMB enough to just throw out a computer without doing so).
Mike
That looks like a common size power jack. You might want to see if
your local radio shack (or equivalent) has a universal power adapter.
http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Aurora_m9700/aurora-m_gallery.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AURORA-M-9700&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT#pdp-nav
Speaking from experience in the refurbishing business, if it belonged
to a home user, and the hard drive is present, odds are in the 90%
range that the hard drive has NOT been wiped. Corporations, who should
know better, still leave the drive unwiped most of the time.
Alienware is not usually a brand owned by corporations.
To wipe a drive in place, I use this tool:
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
... and if you can't boot the machine ...
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question397.htm
2 house points to the first poster to spot the error in the first
paragraph.
Ammonium nitrate is not an explosive. When combined with a hydrocarbon
like oil in the right proportions, the result is ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate
Fuel Oil) which *is* explosive.
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Au contraire. Ammonium Nitrate is an explosive. It is often used for some
types of quarry work. It does require some sort of a gayne (often dynamite
or gelegnite) to set it off properly. |
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