Hey Tom
I'm new to SLUG and I'm just wondering whats all the hardware info for and why most email's don't involve helping newbie's w/ basic Linux problems that inevitably arise while trying to learn it. By the way I always check Tomshardware.com for the latest trends and reviews of everything related to hardware. He's very reliable and up-to-date concerning motherboards. See ya Brian
"Maureen L. Thomas" <elgato@gte.net> wrote:
I just rebuilt my old PII 300, to a Duron 850. I bought a FIC motherboard
for $99 and the Duron 850 processor with heat sink for $90, both from an
auction house (Ubid.com). I then purchased a new power box $40, and a 256
MB 133MHz ram chip ($90 with rebate) from a local store. I used the same
modem and video (Voodoo 3 3000). The mother board had a sound chip in it
and since we don't do a lot of gaming that was OK. I can always disable
the chip and put in a sound board at a later date. So for less than $400
dollars I now have a faster machine and can always upgrade the CPU to an
Anthlon 1.2 GHz later. I bought the pieces as I could afford them so it
took about 6 weeks.
I did have to flash the BIOS because the motherboard had a VIA 686B
southbridge, but I accomplished that (thankfully with help from everyone)
and now I am running a dual boot with no problems at all. Oh, and I added
a 40GB WD ATA100 drive and got rid of my 6.2 GB drive.
Thanks for everyones help with the BIOS. It runs great now.
Moe
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