There used to be many hard drive manufacturers, but today there are only a few. Three have survived the flood of solid state drives, which are generally better […]
Setup:
Medion PC-MT6 (MD8080)
This is the current status after the revival and overhaul of both computers. Hardware: Base Medion MD 8030 (2004)Ready-made PC Medion MD 8083 (2004)Ready-made PC Processor Intel Celeron […]
Medion PC-MT6 #4:
Maintenance and upgrades
After installing Windows XP with minimal drivers on a 40 GB PATA hard drive from Seagate to perform some hardware tests, I noticed the following: Spare parts are […]
Medion PC-MT6 #3:
Hardware and Possibilities
As mentioned earlier, both models share some components: The motherboard is based on the Intel 865PE chipset with ICH5 and is equipped with a PGA 478 socket. DDR […]
The first desktop quad-core processors: OC legends
After acquiring one of these desktop processors from Intel a long time ago, I came across the bundle consisting of a motherboard and CPU again while rearranging other […]
Setup:
Gast-PC
Revision 1.1 (01/2026) | Revision 1 (11/2025) If you just pack salvaged components into boxes and shelves, you don’t get anything out of them. That’s why we have this “guest […]
Setup:
Lenovo ThinkPad X201
This subnotebook from a bygone era lay unnoticed on my “notebook mountain” for years: It was originally purchased by my brother as a highly mobile travel device with […]
Setup:
LP-Gameserver
This notebook served us well for many years as the predecessor to the Lenovo ThinkPad W540 in our living room as a general-purpose computer. Since it doesn’t really […]
Setup:
Lenovo ThinkPad T440s
This notebook is primarily used as a replacement device or for setting up networks. Some automotive software is also installed, with VCDS being used particularly often. Battery life […]