Dumpster Diving

[Cuog]

Yes it is legal (at last here in VA)the only time that its really a problem is when its at people's houses it must be sitting at the curb then. lets see in a dumpster we have accumulated a grill, half a motocycle(we needed some part off of it)not to mention a bunch of electronics stuff people have broken and i have gotten working(like and in box flightstick that has a driver CD that only works in win95/98)

[anna~marie]

Well it's not exactly a dumster, but my friends and I were driving along and saw some trash outside a person's house - at the road. Among the ruins was a plywood dolphin [about 4 feet long], painted and everything. So we loaded it in her backseat (with me, of course, squished with it) and brought it to school early to put our physics teacher's/mentor's room

[CmptrGk]

ive gotten a 400 watt computer psu, a small robot kit (which is now parts), and assorted fans

[sciguy125]

In my area, it's illegal. Once something is in the can is at the curb, its contents belong to the city.

[Morgan Gillespie]

Today I found a computer in the trash. Go along college streets right after graduation. Since they are moving out they throw out 50% of their stuff. Great things get thrown out simply because they can't take it with them.
It was a HP computer, Celeron processor , 60g hd, 6g backup, dvd/cd drive, cdrw drive, and 256mb of ram. Not a bad find if I do say so myself. Found the monitor too, rather nice one at that. Yet I wanted to gut this comp for its ram and hd yet my mom wanted the computer for herself. So i let her have it, my dad said because I let my mom have it he will buy me 512mb of addition ram to add to my comp. Sweet!

This leads me to a pressing question.
I would really like to do a multi monitor setup. What is required for me to do so? I have a GigaByte Radeon 9600pro 256mb on WXP SP2 in my comp. Could I do a multi monitor setup with this card? If so how, if not what would be required for me to get to create a multi monitor setup? Would me having an extra Radeon 9200se 128mb help me in this matter?
I have contacted ATI yet they will take forever to respond.

[Eric Finn]

Originally Posted by Mercury Rising

Could I do a multi monitor setup with this card? If so how, if not what would be required for me to get to create a multi monitor setup? Would me having an extra Radeon 9200se 128mb help me in this matter?

Getting a 2nd video card will not help at all, unless you have a video card that can do Crossfire, which does not include the 9000 series
(A full list can be found here: http://www.ati.com/technology/crossf...ldyourown.html).
EDIT: Oops, see post below.

Take a look at the back of your video card.
If it has the standard VGA monitor port and a DVI port that looks like this:
http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data...5/dvi_port.jpg
Then you can do a dual monitor setup with an adapter like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814999201

If you don't have the 2 ports, then get a different video card that has 2 ports.

Anyways, back to the topic:

I've never managed to find anything good in the trash, most likely because I've never bothered to look. I guess I should start looking occasionally, though, since it appears as if many people throw out good stuff.

[Cuog]

You can use multiple video cards for multiple monitors, they will not combine thier computing power for one monitor like crossfire.

[Cody Carey]

Originally Posted by Mercury Rising

This leads me to a pressing question.
I would really like to do a multi monitor setup. What is required for me to do so? I have a GigaByte Radeon 9600pro 256mb on WXP SP2 in my comp. Could I do a multi monitor setup with this card? If so how, if not what would be required for me to get to create a multi monitor setup? Would me having an extra Radeon 9200se 128mb help me in this matter?
I have contacted ATI yet they will take forever to respond.

If you have an onboard video card on your mobo, then you may be able to just plug a second monitor into that... It will probably only be useful for standard windows programs (no MAX or Inventor), but it is still handy.
Depending on your machine, It is likely that the onboard is turned off in the bios and needs to be turned on, which is simple enough. This was the setup we used on My friend Bemis's computer and it worked just fine