Re: [SLUG] Cheap Box

From: Seth (seth@hollen.org)
Date: Sun Apr 29 2001 - 13:14:49 EDT


Moe, does that via southbridge have ATA100 ide connectors that work in Linux?
I want a board or add in card that will give me ATA100.

Seth

On Sunday 29 April 2001 00:52, you wrote:
> I just rebuilt my old PII 300, to a Duron 850. I bought a FIC motherboard
> for $99 and the Duron 850 processor with heat sink for $90, both from an
> auction house (Ubid.com). I then purchased a new power box $40, and a 256
> MB 133MHz ram chip ($90 with rebate) from a local store. I used the same
> modem and video (Voodoo 3 3000). The mother board had a sound chip in it
> and since we don't do a lot of gaming that was OK. I can always disable
> the chip and put in a sound board at a later date. So for less than $400
> dollars I now have a faster machine and can always upgrade the CPU to an
> Anthlon 1.2 GHz later. I bought the pieces as I could afford them so it
> took about 6 weeks.
>
> I did have to flash the BIOS because the motherboard had a VIA 686B
> southbridge, but I accomplished that (thankfully with help from everyone)
> and now I am running a dual boot with no problems at all. Oh, and I added
> a 40GB WD ATA100 drive and got rid of my 6.2 GB drive.
>
> Thanks for everyones help with the BIOS. It runs great now.
> Moe

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Seth seth@hollen.org

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