[Pc_Support] Note-To-Self: Check Every Part For Failure (TheBS is an idiot) ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

Oh yeah, TheBS is an idiot, and loves to waste his own time
...
http://thebs413.blogspot.com/2005/12/note-to-self-check-every-part-for.html

So, anyone interested in a spare S754 mainboard+CPU I have? 
;->

Here's the URLs I purchased them directly from:  
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157084
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819104245

The ASRock is a very small board (9.6" x 8.0"), but it has a
lot of options.  It's the C51 chipset, GeForce 6100 (NV44
GPU) and nForce 410.  It also has the newer RealTek ALC850
codec, which is lot better at 3D without killing the CPU,
unlike the ALC600-series.

I've now tested the mainboard+CPU combination again -- just
fine now that I don't have the stupid, broken Mitsumi F404
connected.  I assembled an exact same combination earlier for
a friend, and he's using his right now.

As far as Linux compatibility, see my earlier blog entry ...
http://thebs413.blogspot.com/2005/12/linux-on-nvidia-c51nv44-nforce.html
 


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Bryan J. Smith  b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com
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