Dumpster found HP T520. We learn how to hot wire it, and we see if it works.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2022
- Hi, this is a video with a slightly of topic content. Things I present here are normally from 20 up to 50 years old, if it's not tools to help repair the old stuff. But from time to time I do sink into other kinds of stuff. Some of this I don't make video's about, but other times such as this I think that this might be of interests to someone out there. Please make a comment below if you want more videos on more modern stuff, I can't promise a lot in that regard because some of the modern stuff is so badly documented that I straight out find no interests in it.. My way is to think first, and swap later, but with much of the modern stuff it's swap first, and think later... The reference manual for the HP T520 can be found at : h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/... The Linux Lite distribution can be found at: www.linuxliteos.com/ Be sure to make a donation to them if you are a regular user of their distro.
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It's all fun for me!
I've got at least one thin-client in my parts-bins, bit older than this I think, has the mini-ide flash module for the OS.
Mine also has an internal power-supply, which is what failed (bad caps) and why it was sent off for recycling.
Thanks for watching. I also have several others, and I seam to remember at least two models with build in power.
Hi, as this is slightly off topic, please leave a comment if this is something you want more or less of ?
I have some T520s but they are another Mainboard revision. Mine have 2 SO-DIMM Slots and the SSD is mounted in another direction.
Thanks for watching, yes there seems to be several versions of the T520 out there. I even found documentation for at least one other version. I have tried some PCI express cards in this one, and it really is a versatile unit.
These are nice low power devices for random computing needs and homelabs. I bet you can find a serial port header on the motherboard too.
Thanks for watching, I took a second look, but on this device, there was no RS232 header. I bet the cost saving caught up with them at some point. But a USB to serial adapter would work.
Hi can we upgrade its processor?
I think this must be the least upgradable cpu series there is. I se no way of doing an upgrade on this without replacing the motherboard.
Can you watch online movies in it?
drexxsuma...good question...i have one of these...i bought it from eBay of course...around 2 years ago i think...dirt cheap...no power supply...i did the bridge wire hack as i read that on Parky Towers website for thin clients...some cheap 19v power supply i had laying around did the job...bit underpowered these T520's for much...i didn't try any films...just TH-cam...i'll give downloaded films a try...with Puppy Linux/Slacko Puppy...i'll try his Linux Lite too later...i ran Win10 briefly but slow...then i bought the T620 for retro gaming and Win10...cost a little more...but a quad...same power supply and hack
Hey, it's all good. I learn useful stuff every time I tune in here! Good to see you have no fear of Linux - my daily driver OS is PCLinuxOS, so this was fun.
Somebody just threw away four of these units? Wow... what a find. I hope you can put them to good use, or find good homes for them. The power pull-up trick is a good one!
Thanks again for watching. I have dabbed with Linux since January 1992 when I downloaded the source and the already compiled files from ftp.funet.fi.. That was quite the struggle. Everything had to be unpacked into 1.44 Mb floppy disks, and most of the installation was manual, and most had to be compiled, but we got it running in the end. This absolutely saved my grade in the “operating systems” exam. I still mostly use windows as my day time work is as a IT manager, and we are Microsoft to the core, but at any given time I have at least one computer running that is all Linux.