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Identification of PC

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September 7, 2014 6:33:20 AM

I have a PC, and all I know about it is:
1. Its was made by the brand "tiny"
2. There's next to nothing about it on the internet, or on the PC itself, no serial numbers, nothing.
The only thing is the tiny logo on the bottom of the front panel. I found this image that looks exactly like it:
http://callandick.com/images/computers/tiny_computers.j...
Has anyone seen this before and can anyone tell me more about it?

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September 7, 2014 7:48:41 AM

You can use free tools CPU-Z and GPU-Z to find out about most important internals (such as CPU, chipset, GPU....). Also there is more comprehensive tool Aida64 (it has limited trial but may still be useful).
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September 7, 2014 7:51:40 AM

Unfortunately I can't - There is no operating system currently installed on it, and I am struggling to get one. It can't read DVDs, only CDs. I have tried puppy llinux to no avail.
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September 7, 2014 8:01:52 AM

Perhaps there is a clue in BIOS as to certain components (often CPU name/ID). Why has Puppy Linux failed? Perhaps it was 64 bit while computer is 32 bit?
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September 7, 2014 8:14:15 AM

It must be some 32 bit CPU then (probably some Celeron which were popular then), and you should be able to see total amount of installed RAM in BIOS POST (press Pause key to keep BIOS POST info on screen, Enter should resume).
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September 7, 2014 9:24:25 AM

According to the BIOS, the processor is a Pentium III @ 733MHz. There is nothing that says 'RAM' exactly, is there something I should be looking for?
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September 7, 2014 9:27:23 AM

Given the brand "Tiny"
And given that "Tiny Computers" went belly up in 2002
And given that it reports as a PIII...

Yes, it is a very old PC.

What are you looking to do with this? (other than being a museum piece?)
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September 7, 2014 9:45:13 AM

I knew it was old, I was planning on having a lightweight Linux distro (such as puppy) and using it to do simple tasks when my dad wants to use the main computer. Puppy failed though, the first one I tried threw up an error about a "layered filesystem" and the second (slacko) crashed on the boot screen
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September 7, 2014 9:50:22 AM

Edir said:
I knew it was old, I was planning on having a lightweight Linux distro (such as puppy) and using it to do simple tasks when my dad wants to use the main computer. Puppy failed though, the first one I tried threw up an error about a "layered filesystem" and the second (slacko) crashed on the boot screen


Well...I've installed Puppy on older systems (PII 300MHz, Dell laptop).
Possibly the drive is toast.
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September 17, 2014 10:38:35 AM

For about 20-40 you can get a much faster P4 system with 1-2 gig of RAM. A modern Linux with GUI will not run well in a PIII system. CPU is pretty slow and there will be severe RAM limitations.

Unless you just want to play around with the system, it's not worth trying to get it running really.
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