What is your oldest running PC component?

[Konovalov]

The other night I was thinking to myself what is the oldest component that I still use with or in my PC? This question includes any peripherals attached be it a keyboard, monitor, mouse or anything else for that matter. So what is the oldest component you use or that is incorporated within your PC?

I'm not sure myself. I will have a look at my old receipts and components in my case to see what is the oldest component still in use. I suspect it might be the memory or soundcard. :hmm:

What about others here? Please share.

[Gizzmoe]

A five year old soundcard, Terratec XFire 1024.

[Skybird]

Audigy 2, 5 or 6 years.

[JJ]

My trusty 15" monitor, Sony Multiscan 110ES. It's some 7-8 years old but still works like a charm. Had it already in mothballs but had to dig it up when my 19" Crapsung blew up.

I'll be getting myself a whole new computer some time soon and I'll be getting a new screen in the process.. a Sony 23" flatscreen beast. Yay :|\\

[Kapitan]

The power point plug its the origional 7 years ago everything else has totaly changed.

[STEED]

My old Compaq 2110 Win95 I've had for over 10 years and still running and no repairs or upgrades, not bad for a PC that should be in a museum. :)

And the original monitor as well.

[Sailor Steve]

My PC is pretty much brand new (1 year old now), but I still use my 15-year-old Atari 520ST sometimes.

[bradclark1]

My 19" monitor is at least 5 years old. (I think) I got it with the kick-back for using MSN as my internet provider for 3 years.

[Immacolata]

My 19" Sony Triniton CRT is from february 1999. Thats over 7 years of chugging along. It had to get some... spark thingy... fixed around late 2000 but that was under warranty. I think my US Robotics Courier modem is on 2nd place. Lasted me from 1994 to 1999 untill I got DSL internet. That was 5 years of trusty work. In that period it grew from 21000 bps to 32000 bps to finally "x2" 56000 bps...

Audigy 2, 5 or 6 years.

In your dreams mate. The Audigy 2 came out september 2002 :) Yours could just be hitting the 4th year.

However, MY old Audigy (1) was installed september 2001. Thats more than 5 years! It works splendid yet with EAX and all things fancy. It seems that all Creative changed from Audigy 1 through Audigy 4 was the software and the price. The drivers are working just fine. First with the X-Fi have they actually bothered to develop new stuff. Oh I still have my Live! somewhere I think... Thats from 1998.

[AG124]

I have a 1.2MB 5.25" Panasonic floppy drive in my P4 - I got it out of an old 8088 or 8086 (not sure) - it is still working and is about 20 years old. It replaced a dead Samsung 5.25 floppy that was from a 15 year old 486 DX. Adds a vintage and nostalgic touch to my 3.0 Ghz P4...:cool:

Also, my 3.5" floppy is about 10-11 years old.

I am also still using a Pentium MMX (233 Mhz) that is 11 years old, although it received a new 52x CD-ROM about three or four years ago and a RAM upgrade (from 32 MBs to 256). It is useful for older software, although I usually run that kind of software with DOSBOX now.

I have a lot of older equipment that I never use anymore (I never throw anuthing out). I used a 14" monitor for six years (still working now, but not needed) and an old Canon BJC 4100 Inkjet printer for printing text documents for over 10 years.

[Linton]

I have a boxed Commodore 64 in the loft from circa 1980.It has the tape player plus the original games.On my current system the oldest component is the one who presses the enter button!

[snowsub]

My "A" Drive, it's been in every one of my computers since it was first bought in my P1 166 mHz computi back in '96.

10 years and still going strong :rock:

Next after that is my 10gb HDD it's about 5-6 yrs (it's a slave for music)

[Hylander_1314]

Was my old SB PCI 512 soundcard. Got it when they were new tech, and had it through all kinds of driver updates, but it wasn't good for the 7.1 surround sound.

[MobyGrape]

surge protector..circa 1995:sunny:

[fred8615]

I've got a pair of JBL Pro speakers and a subwoofer that came with my first store bought computer back in the mid 1990s. I'm currently on my 3rd computer since that one, but still using the same speakers.

[2019]

What is your oldest running PC component?
power cable

[I-25]

A 1987 5 1/2 " floppy drive in my P4!!! runs like a charm and i still use it to play F-19!:up:

[kiwi_2005]

Sound card - Creative Soundblaster live, which i think is about 5-6 yrs old

[HunterICX]

Monitor from 1996 ( the color appear to dark :x )

[The Avon Lady]

One of my daughters is working off of an old Dell Optiplex GX1 that was purchased in 1999. It's got a PIII and is running W2K.

The only components that are not original are the mouse, keyboard, LCD monitor, CD burner and the wireless PCI adapter. Otherwise, they system box is all original.

However, I think we'll be buying her a replacement, as you can imagine how sluggish the machine is with today's web pages, file downloads and streaming videos. :dead:

[Takeda Shingen]

I have my parents' AT&T Unix 7300. It is still functional.

http://reagan-era.martnet.com/ATT/images/3B1.gif

[sonar732]

A 1987 5 1/2 " floppy drive in my P4!!! runs like a charm and i still use it to play F-19!:up:

I'd like to see a picture of that rig!:rock:

[sonar732]

I have a boxed Commodore 64 in the loft from circa 1980.It has the tape player plus the original games.On my current system the oldest component is the one who presses the enter button!

Time to look on eBay for old stuff!

[Konovalov]

After much thought and investigation I determined that the oldest still running component on my current PC are the speakers. They date back to 1997 and came with my Gateway computer that I bought at the time. The speakers are a 2.1 system that Gateway sourced from Boston Acoustics so they had good pedigree but are starting to show their age now. But for basic gaming they still get me by. :D

Thanks for the responses subsimmers. It has made for some interesting reading. It certainly is a change from the common topic question of "What are your latest blistering fast system specs or new build system?" :up:

[SUBMAN1]

2 things - my keyboard is of the earlier ergonomic varieties and dates about to 1994. 1 of my 2 mice than I have hooked up to my system also is from the same time - it is a PS/2 Microsoft Ergo mouse - the original nice ones with a smooth curved finish, heavy ball, etc (Why don't they make their new ones like this old one? I'd pay $100 for a new version of this mouse. I originally paid over $80 for it). Won't give it up for anything. I have a 2000 DPI Boomslang Razor mouse for gaming, but for the most part, I use the MS Ergo mouse.

-S

PS. Everything else is completely new, or at about 1 yr old at the latest such as my Plextor DVD burner.

[Bertgang]

A whole Pentium I, 75 mhz, from '94 or '95 (monitor and serial mouse included)
I installed a soundcard one month later, to play Aces of the Deep, and the dynosaur still works fine for that.
The starting ram was just 8 mb, but later I had 32 mb for free (transplantion from unknown cadavers)

[Phantom II]

Seagate 30GB HDD, been going since 2001.

[AG124]

A 1987 5 1/2 " floppy drive in my P4!!! runs like a charm and i still use it to play F-19!:up:

Glad to see that I'm not the only one who put a 5.25 floppy in a P4.:lol::rock:

[SkvyWvr]

Next to me, Creative Soundblaster live, 5 yrs.

[SubSerpent]

I'm the oldest part of my computer! :smug:


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