Wonder what "chipset" the motherboard was using????? It's sure not to the Athlon! Regarding memory, Pete, it is actually VERY high right now, basically twice as much as I month ago. 256mb DDR ram is now $70.00!!!!! Still memory overall (for what you get, i.e. bang for the buck) is cheap.
Phil W2GE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dx4win] New Computer - Which Windows to use? At 03:15 PM 1/1/02 +0000, you wrote: >FYI, >I recently got an Athlon 1.4G PC. It would not run the Iomega ZIP drive. >WHen I called ZIP, they were very nice and told me the athlon >motherboard chip set will not talk to a zip drive. The local store >where I got the computer, EROLS, confirmed the problem and replaced >the PC aand gave me a P4, now all works good. I also had alot of driver >problems with the athlon. >hope this helps you, These things sure aren't appliances yet, are they? Just by contrast, I replaced the motherboard in my wife's machine with a 900 MHz Athlon and had zero problems. FWIW, www.tigerdirect.com has some very inexpensive motherboard and CPU bundles, and memory is so cheap right now it's a great time to upgrade. 73, Pete N4ZR The revised World Contest Station Database is online at www.pvrc.org _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
