Essentail Spare Parts for onsite computer service

[Harper]

Now that my business has changed hands, i am not going out on site more offen than before. Previously most of the time I was sitting back at the office where my boss was going out onsite.

Anyways, the last few times that i have gone out on site, i have found myself going back for some basic spare parts has I did not have them with me. However at the same time, I do not want to be repeating the same mistake my boss did where he had half the computer shop in the back of his car as I drive a Holden Astra and not a stationwagon.
And the end of the day, all i want to do is put every thing into one plastic container and just put that in my car for when ever i am going out onsite. This will be my standard kit. However if I do need extra parts, i can always grab them before going out.


DRIVES
* 320Gb SATA Hard Drive
* 320GB IDE Hard Drive
* SATA DVDRW Drive
* IDE DVDRW Drive
* Floppy Drive
* 5.25 to 3.5 Drive bay converter

CABLES
* 2x Floppy Drive Cable
* 2x IDE Cable
* 4x SATA Data Cable
* 4x SATA Molex Cable
* 2x Molex Power Splitter Cable
* 1x 2m USB Cable
* 1x 5m USB Cable
* 1x 5m USB Extension Cable
* 2m 15 Pin Monitor Cable
* 2m DVI monitor Cable
* 1x DVI to VGA Cable
* 1x DVI to HDMI Cable
* 2 Meter CAT5e network cable
* 5 Meter CAT5e network cable
* 5 Meter CAT5e Cross Over Cable
* USB to PS2 Keyboard and Mouse Converter
* Standard Wall to PC Power Cable
* Figure 8 Power Cable
* Micky Mouse Power Cable
* 5x ADSL Line Splitters (you can have a maxium of 5 per phone line)

CARDS
1x Cheap AGP Video Card
1x Cheap PCI-E Video Card
1x PCI USB I/O Card
1x PCI Firewire I/O Card
1x PCI 10/100 Network Card (Realtek Chipset, but make sure I have Windows 98 Drivers)
1x PCI Gigabit Network Card
1x PCI 802.11G Wireless Network Card
1x PCI Sound Card
1x PCI 56k Fax/Modem

RAM
2x 512Mb SD Ram PC133
2x 1GB DDR Ram FSB400
2x 2GB DDRII Ram FSB800

OTHER PARTS
1x PS2/USB Keyboard
1x PS2/USB Mouse
1x ATX Power Supply with Sata and 20+4 Pin Power Connection
Cable Ties
1x Motherboard BIOS Battery
1x 8 Port 10/100 Network Switch


ADSL/CABLE INTERNET Debating this. Comes down to whether or not i can fit every thing into one container.
ADSL2+ Modem
Wireless Router
ADSL2+ Wireless Modem Router


Anything else that I should be carrying?

 

[Yami]

Hunh, I never would have thought of BIOS battery. Makes sense though.

Great list
How often do you need a firewire card?

 

[Hefemeister]

I would add:
molex to pci-e
2.5" to 3.5" ide converter or usb converter for laptop drives.

 

[Harper]

Hunh, I never would have thought of BIOS battery. Makes sense though

I have had quite a few of those "I just took my computer out of storage and it's not keeping the date" call outs.

How often do you need a firewire card?

Most digital video cameras use this technology. High end flatbed scanners with firewire.
I don't need them as much as USB, but I still need them. I don't think I am going to worry much about Firewire800.

I would add:
molex to pci-e

Good point. Just incase I need to replace a PSU on a gaming rig.

2.5" to 3.5" ide converter or usb converter for laptop drives.

That is more of a tool as appose to spare parts, but I get where you are coming from.
Most laptop service I find people coming out to my shop.

I would seem that I have just about covered every thing. I am currently putting this kit together.

 

[Harper]

I am currently putting my on site kit together. This morning I picked up a large pastic tub to keep every thing in. I was thinking about getting a 2x medium sizes one, but I just want to make one trip out to the car, not a few.

Few extra things that I am adding.

2x 1m SATA Data Cables
2x CD Rom to Sound Card Cable

 

[Jorsoft]

I don't see a legacy pci video card on there? I've had onsite visits where their video was acting up for whatever reason or they just needed an upgrade and they only had pci slots. A lot of older Dells don't have any other expansion slots.

I think it might be prudent to bring a surge protector as well.

I can't think of anything else, looks like a pretty complete list.

 

[Harper]

I don't see a legacy pci video card on there?

Yeah.... I got some PCI Video cards in my shop, however they have been doing a good job of gathering dust in the last few years.

Anyways, here's pics

Since hard drives, ram, optical drives and PSU are popular items, I have left them in a separate box.

Now to clear the garbage out of the boot of my car, and I will be right. ^_^;