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Today I tried out most of the parts we scavenged last night. I don't think either of the processors work, but both of the heatsink/fan combos do, as well as the case with power supply and CD-ROM. If anybody has a spare socket 478 processor they want to loan or give me I can test the P4 mobo, but failing that it will probably sit. I need some more RAM to test to the Athlon mobo. I could theoretically use the PC3200 I've already got, but I really don't want to break it, since it's the RAM I'm actually using in my computer. It only really wants PC2700 anyway, so we're going to try to drum up that or something slower. Whether or not it works, however, we do have a new socket A heatsink and fan, which means I can at least use my old mobo with my brother's old Athlon if nothing else works. The heatsink's somewhat bigger than mine, but I don't yet possess sufficient confidence in my ability to install it without punching a hole in my motherboard to try putting it in my system. I got it on once with a kitchen knife and after that with a screwdriver held at a funny angle, but several times I've heard a sickening click and found little flakes that are probably from the edges of the plastic CPU socket. As yet, it still boots, though, so I'm going to leave it be for now. I can either put it in the new case, which has a 400 watt power supply, a 52x CD-ROM, and no sides, or I can swap it in for the motherboard in the older ATX case I brought up, which can be fitted with either that 400 watt power supply or one of the old 230 watt ones from the AT cases. The other case only has a 44x CD-ROM, although I can switch them if it actually appears to matter, but it also carries the possible advantage of having sides. I think the large heatsink can probably keep the old 750 T-Bird cool enough that I don't need to run it open and free, especially if it's not used for anything intense. I still need to cull useful parts from the AT boxes and check what hardware is in the old ATX one. It's probably a K6 or K62, and I'd guess something between four and six hundred megahertz, but I'll have to check to be sure. For work today I'm compiling things again. I sure do like these computer-machines.