HuntinDoug Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) I stumbled on this looking for parts for my CNC. It came in today. Works great so far. You just cant beat the price! I'm half tempted to order a second one. Directron PC Ooops...80 GB HDD Edited February 3, 2012 by HuntinDoug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKro Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I stumbled on this looking for parts for my CNC. It came in today. Works great so far. You just cant beat the price! I'm half tempted to order a second one. Directron PC Ooops...80 GB HDD That's perfect for the controller. Mach3 should run well on that.Just remember to set watchdog, and turn off all power saving crap. LOL! and screen saver.You don't want the CNC to run off where it isn't supposed to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntinDoug Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I'm really surprised that this PC shows very little signs of use. The icing on the cake is the 3.5" floppy Even though it doesnt work. I've got Mach3 loaded, and the power savings & screen saver disabled. I won't have this PC connected to the internet, so I'm not going to set up watchdog. I'll most likely get another gig of ram for good measure. I already have a pci 25 pin card for the closed loop. I ordered a Gecko G540, and 3 300oz/in stepper motors yesterday...so I'm getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntinDoug Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Ooops...take that back. It does work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKro Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 " so I'm not going to set up watchdog. " Still set it up just in case you accidently hit a key and minimize M3 or else you court disaster. Ask me how I know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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