Karl Cunningham wrote: > On 1/16/2008 9:28 PM, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >> on the subject of cheap computers, Frys has some cheap (<~ $100.) >> MoBo+CPU packages, which lately seem to use ECS MoBo's. >> >> Are these any good? > > About three years ago I heard the FTTO (first time turn on) for ECS > boards was about 50%. I had 1 out of 2 work. My friend had 1 out of 3 work. > > YMMV, but don't expect too much.
Wow! You mean the rate of successful FTTO is as quoted? Just out of curiosity, does anybody care to speculate on causes that might give such results? Ideas I can think of are: Physical (incl. electrostatic) damage -- perhaps(?) the most forgivable" CPU incompatibilities -- design error? -- cause for blacklist! Violation of unspecified requirements -- cause for major stink PS RAM devices Misconfigured old-fashioned switches/jumpers -- bad docs? What else? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
