<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Im looking for something cheep cheep cheep that will run my AMD 1800+ and the gig of 3200 RAM that i have. other then that i dont care. Just want something to get my server back up untill i can afford a new nicer box.<br><br>Thanks<br>Jack<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Michael Rudas <audiotech50@gmail.com><br>To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug@mdlug.org><br>Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 1:01:01 AM<br>Subject: Re: [mdlug] Kernel panic<br><br><div>On 7/3/07, Jack Freeman wrote:<br><br>> There are a bunch of the caps that are swelled. Looks like its time for a<br>> new board. Where is there a good place to get them. I just
moved into Fort<br>> Atkinson.<br><br>I don't know that area, so I don't know what stores are around. I<br>also don't know what motherboard you are starting with<br>brand/model-wise (let us know), so I don't know what to suggest.<br>Here's some general advice.<br><br>First you have to decide what your price range is, then what you are<br>going to buy. There is something to be said for salvaging your<br>current processor and RAM if the current system is powerful enough for<br>your needs-- what DO you have in the bad board? You can check<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.PriceWatch.com">http://www.PriceWatch.com</a> for some prices and availability.<br><br>If you want someting more powerful-- or just plain newer-- you have a<br>decision ahead of you. Due to (admittedly controversial) bug issues<br>with the Intel "Core" series, I cannot recommend that family of<br>processors yet, but since you ARE using it as a
server, the anemic<br>performance of the Intel integrated graphics is not a problem-- and<br>they are well-supported by Linux-- so a 2.6 GHz or higher Pentium 4<br>with an integrated-graphics chipset is more than OK.<br><br>AMD's chips are also a good choice for these applications, as well.<br><br>Remember, too, that newer boards use DDR2 memory, so you likely will<br>have to replace that as well. The upside? With WinVista sales in<br>the dumper, the bottom has dropped out of the memory market and prices<br>are near all-time lows.<br><br>Typical good board brands for server use include Tyan (sightly more<br>expensive, but popular), ASUS, Abit, and DFI. Foxconn is also coming<br>up strong-- they're the OEM for all of Dell's desktop and (possibly)<br>server motherboards these days.<br><br>I am more than willing to provide further assistance if we can figure<br>out what your starting point is. Was your old board suitable for
your<br>needs before it started to go south on you?<br><br>Don't feel like the Lone Ranger, by the way-- my ATX power supply just<br>blew up and took out my floppy drive(!) and my main hard drive(!!) and<br>the problem turned out to be... bad capacitors! Then I looked at my<br>mobo, and guess what? MORE bad caps-- but I can re-cap the board<br>myself and not have to replace it (I really can't complain, though--<br>I've had the board since December 2001, ran it hard, and I won it in a<br>contest anyway). I'm running from the Knoppix DVD for now until I<br>figure out how I'm going to shuffle a terabyte of HD space.<br><br>-- Mikey<br>_______________________________________________<br>mdlug mailing list<br>mdlug@mdlug.org<br><a target="_blank" href="http://mdlug.org/mailman/listinfo/mdlug">http://mdlug.org/mailman/listinfo/mdlug</a><br></div></div><br></div></div><br>
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