Biostar is one of the cheapest boards out there. I prefer Asus, but
frankly, I have had better luck with the el cheapos, including
Biostar. For one of a kinds, the Biostar works fine. After 2000, I
have bought behind the curve. The more time has passed the further
behind you can go and still have a decent computer so long as you are
not doing graphics, CAD, video editing etc. I have been using Asus 1
gig boxes mostly until recently. Now I am moving to used P4 2.6 to
3.2 boxes.
For my business we had many PII 400 and PIII 500 machines that were
top of the line in 1999. I still have some of them in near new
condition, but they are too slow for modern software. They'd be good
for things like Rich's NC machine.
If anyone can use one, see my next post
Back when I used to build systems I had the best luck when I went
with the cheapest components I could get. The one time I bought a
very nice expensive motherboard I had a helluva time getting RAM
that would work well in it...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:27:15 -0500
From: Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: compaq/hp won't boot
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To wrap this thread up...
The new motherboard, CPU, and RAM arrived a few days ago. Everything
fit the Presario case nicely. After parsing the Chinglish instructions
for hooking up all the peripheral devices, I booted up. Windows
complained it was not "genuine" but I re-entered the product key from
the sticker and it activated without complaint. I am guessing for old
versions (this is Vista) Microsoft allows occasional reactivations, as
long as the same key is not being obviously re-used on dozens of
installs. Anyway all has been stable and solid for a couple of days
now, so I'm calling it good.
For $136 he went from a single-core Athlon to a dual-core at roughly
twice the clock speed, and from 1GB RAM to 4GB. And I don't know how
well the motherboard was put together (brand-name is "Biostar") but it
looks at least as good as the old one (which was an Asus... not a thing
in that box was made by either Compaq or HP).
Allan
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