> I received an 8500/180 last Friday that I purchased from eBay and it
> has been giving me quite a few fits ever since, not the least of
> which is the difficulty in getting to the mobo to upgrade/swap RAM
> DIMMs. I find it so much easier to work on my 7600/132-which the 8500
:
:
> Is it possible to swap out the processor cards in these two machines?
Not only is it possible, but they use the same processor card type (or,
at least, daughterboards that work in one will work in the other).
8500s are annoying designs. Cool-looking, but annoying to work on. My
personal favourite cases are the tower G3s and the 72-7600 series cases.
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