Re: Junkyard 1400's Answering Yersinnia

2005-05-29 Thread Yersinia
Adrian writes, Yes, I know -- I was AGREEING WITH YOU. Namely I was trying to say that to my way of thinking, it doesn't make sense to build one if you can afford to buy one in running condition -- which, IF you could afford that (I know you can't, and BTW my own computer budget is also sever

Re: Junkyard 1400's

2005-05-29 Thread Brian Mahoney
I've been following this thread a bit, and I have a suggestion for anyone who is financially strapped and wants a newer computer/powerbook etc. Being the local bargain expert here are my suggestions : 1. Craigslist. Check it out. There is one list in virtually every city in NA and major cities

Lombard Questions

2005-05-29 Thread David Rodriguez
Morning all, Been a long while since I've posted here. I just picked up a Lombard the other day, of course it has problems but it's got enough good things going to make it worth resurrecting. Good screen, dvd/rom w/ decoder, fair battery, a 256 mb chip. It's got a new 20 gig drive installe

Re: Lombard Questions

2005-05-29 Thread Tom and Lisa P
I guess I'm also curious if anybody has been using a failing L2 cache mobo long term? If so, how's that working out? You mean CPU card ? I have heard the CPU caches on the lombard are fragile. Still if its the cache parts themselves, you can get new Cache parts from daystar and they can

Re: Lombard Questions

2005-05-29 Thread ACFX44501
>Other Question: Any guidance is appreciated in the search for the >appropriate type of low profile 256 Mb Ram Stick that will allow full >512 ram. SO-DIMM sticks for PCs are what works. These 256 MB sticks are no bigger than the original 32 or 64 MB sticks which came with the machine, and wi