Thanks again for your many helpful suggestions, Allen! Allen Weiner wrote: >>> Many motherboards have Usenet newgroups. >> Thanks for the suggestions, Allen! I'll Google, and if necessary post >> to, the HP/Compaq newsgroups. >> > Other newsgroups to consider are alt.comp.periphs.mainboard*. (This > includes newsgroups for Asus,Gigabyte etc plus a generic motherboard > newsgroup for all manufacturers. I don't see a dedicated newsgroup for > Intel motherboards. I assume HP/Compaq uses Intel motherboards.) > A lot of newsgroups to check... which is a Good Thing. :-) This Compaq uses an ECS motherboard, 945GCT-HM, but that appears to be a custom design for HP, as it's not listed on ECS's web site, although there are 945GCT-M and similar names but the boards are slightly different. > I've found Google Book search extremely worthwhile for Linux and > hardware things. (The Google web search often displays a few hits from > Google Books, but selecting Google Books yields far more useful results > in many cases.) > I didn't know about that. Thanks! > Incidentally, I too wanted to get a detailed understanding of DDR2. I > read Upgrading and Repairing PCs (17e), plus a number of other sources. > I came away from those sources feeling my understanding was less than I > hoped for. What addressed my needs, and what I highly recommend, is a > paper called "What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory" by Ulrich > Drepper from RedHat. The early part of the paper gives an outstanding > description of DRAM. The paper initially ran as a series in "Linux > Weekly News". It is now available as a 114 page PDF at > http://people.redhat.com/drepper/cpumemory.pdf Also added to my "to read" list. Of all the books I've found so far, I've found Scott Mueller's "Upgrading and Repariring PCs" best at explaining hardware concepts, but of course that's only my opinion. Public libraries have it, or you can buy the latest (18th) edition, $60 list, from Amazon.com for $38 with free shipping and no tax.
In a more general sense, does anyone else have any recommendations for books, or online documents, that they've found particularly helpful in explaining hardware? It might be useful to have a list as part of the mailing list archives. Adam _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
