Your utilitys?

[waynejkruse10]

yeah, i have a few boxes worth of parts to fiddle around with. Also, i try to keep a spare computer working with win 98, just in case my good computer has a hardware failure.

 

[Harper]

I make sure that i have a spare 350 Watt PSU kicking around the house. They are the most volitile PC componant.

Thankfully I have never needed to use it. (But then again, I am sitting behind a UPS)

 

[waynejkruse10]

yeah, this week ive gotta dig out my old 400watt ATX psu to test a friends mobo. His computer just wasnt turning on, which narrows it down to either the mobo or psu which i can test with a working psu that i have

 

[Red Fox]

Tons of stuff ...

- Snap-on Screwdriver with multiple bits
- Dremel w/multiple attachments
- P.H.D PCI Tester
- ATX Power Supply Tester
- Lindstrom 1890 Pliers
- Fluke 16 Multimeter
- ESD Field Antistatic Kit
- Antistatic Spray
- Erem 792e Wire Cutters
- Metcal SP200 Soldering Station
- Mini Mag Lite
- Spare NIC/Video Card
- Zip Ties
- Compressed Air
- Assorted screws and cables(USB, IDE, Cat-5)
- Various tape (electrical, duct)
- Wakefield Thermal Compound
- Precision Screwdrivers
- Nylon Probes
- Notebook and pen
- Win 98 boot disk(floppy)
- Various cd's wth drivers/spyware/accesories

~ Fawks

 

[waynejkruse10]

i need to get some of that compressed air stuff

 

[jono199]

Yeah I could do with some of that - but not many places sell it.

 

[waynejkruse10]

In Australia, at a electronics chain called **** Smith Electonics you can get all sorts of stuff in cans, including compressec air, and about 2 hundered forms of lubircant oil. You should look in electronics stores that sell hobby electronics equipment. They shoucl have compressed air.

 

[jono199]

Yeah Maplins sells that sort of thing overhere, but im nowhere near a shop and im not paying £ 5 for delivery on a 99p item.

 

[Wisconsin9erfan]

how about software utilities your guys use?

 

[Harper]

how about software utilities your guys use?

Ouch.... where do I begin with those......


Adware / Spyware removal - Spybot S&D, AdAware SE, HiJack This

Anti Virus - Nortons / McAfee

Data Recovery :- PC INSPECTOR, Restoration

Misc :- Partition Magic, SiS SANDRA, GHOST, Tree Size, NTFS Password Cracker

There is a lot more.