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 Message-ID: <m1lip7ixqk....@156-56-179-237.dhcp-bl.indiana.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
