Re: [newbie] PC Chips 810LR motherboard results

2002-12-30 Thread Charlie
On December 29, 2002 07:11 pm, Joeb wrote: snip In short, I would like to say that if you are looking for a low-cost system board/cpu and don't require a lot of expansion slots, you may want to check out the PC Chips 810LR. Joeb Joe; I've had a few run-ins with a local shop regarding this

Re: Re: [newbie] PC Chips 810LR motherboard results

2002-12-30 Thread Joe Braddock
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] PC Chips 810LR motherboard results On December 29, 2002 07:11 pm, Joeb wrote: snip In short, I would like to say that if you are looking for a low-cost system board/cpu and don't require a lot of expansion slots, you may want to check out the PC

Re: Re: [newbie] PC Chips 810LR motherboard results

2002-12-30 Thread Charlie
On December 30, 2002 12:37 pm, Joe Braddock wrote: ECS sold a K7SEM combo board with attached CPU that stated it was a 1200, but as you point out really wasn't. This board is still available at very low price but is not even fully compatible with the true K7SEM board (bios issues). You can

Re: Re: [newbie] PC Chips 810LR motherboard results

2002-12-30 Thread FemmeFatale
At 03:45 PM 12/30/2002 -0700, you wrote: Yes to the PCI slots question, no to the red color question, yes to CPU replacement. It's still a Duron 850 over-clocked and called a Duron 1200 Pro. The dealer refused to accept return without the customer paying a 10% restocking charge even after ECS

Re: [newbie] PC Chips 810LR motherboard results

2002-12-29 Thread Real Name
I have recently done a very simular upgrade from a AMD K6-2 450MHz to an Athalon +2200. I had no problems with Windows but find that somethings still don't work in Linux. Maybe it depends on the versions. I am using XP and Mandrake 8.0. Just a side note... Dan B On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 20:11:22