[TriLUG] rfc on motherboard for anti-establishment pc

[Jim Ray]

yeah, you're right.  i prolly just need to chunk it.

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Brian Henning wrote:

>My only input would be that if the impact was enough to damage nonmechanical
>parts such as the motherboard and/or processor, it was probably way more
>than enough to severely damage the hard drive.  It'd be a shame if you
>shelled out dough for an old-tech replacement only to find the HD was also
>inoperable.  (I think some hard drives, if not all, have shock sensors that
>are effective even when powered down, so that it won't spin back up after a
>strong enough impact)
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>Best of luck!
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]On
>>Behalf Of Jim Ray
>>Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 8:50 AM
>>To: Trilug Discussion
>>Subject: [TriLUG] rfc on motherboard for anti-establishment pc
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>>recently, i dropped my anti-establishment pc (non-intel and
>>non-microsoft system) en route to the open source lab at exploris.  it
>>hit the sidewalk rather hard and fried the motherboard or processor.  i
>>really need to buy a new pc since it is a few years old yet spent way
>>too much money prior to dec 31 to reduce tax liability and am low on
>>$$$.  repair is inevitable.
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>>so, my request for comment is as follows:
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>>does anyone have a recommendation on a replacement motherboard/processor
>>that takes the old 512 MB SDRAM and IDE hard drive?  currently, the
>>motherboard is MSI and processor is AMD Athlon.  am i better off
>>chunking the old one and chocking it up to experience?
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>>better yet, if someone has a beater machine they want to donate to
>>exploris and take a tax write off, i can donate my parts to beef it up.
>>then, we can leave our ubuntu machine in the server room online at 45
>>Mbps for the open source lab to use.
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>>regards,
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>>jim
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>>Jim Ray, President
>>Neuse River Network, Inc.
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>>tel: 919-838-1672 x111
>>toll free: 800-617-7652
>>cell: 919-606-1772
>>http://www.Neuse.Net
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>>Ask about our Clean Technologies.  Established in the Carolinas 1997.
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