August 06, 2003
This one goes out to the geeks
Okay, I'm back up. And though it took a bit of doing, and though I haven't convinced my IDE card to work, this thing is fast. The 2600+ Athlon is a sweet, sweet piece of electronics. And my new motherboard has 6-channel Dolby Digital Surround onboard, plus not one, but two LAN ports. Which I don't technically need, now that my 802.11g card is humming along nicely, but still. FireWire, USB 2.0, front mounted USB ports, I like this thing. 3 PCI slots free, too, now that I can ditch my ethernet and sound card. Plus, my mainboard chip is now made by NVIDIA, whose products I really like.
Unfortunately, getting this thing working has taken long enough that I need to go get ready for work. I'll probably post something after work lets out around midnight.
Ryan, that's AWESOME> What are you doing with your old motherboard/processor?
Posted by: JosiahQ at August 6, 2003 04:39 PMSounds like an Asus A7N8X Deluxe. My favorite--also my board. Is it revision 2.0? I need to get the rev 2.0 to support my AMD XP 3000+.
Posted by: Garrett at August 6, 2003 10:44 PMJosiah: I cashed in my old MB/CPU to help offset the cost of the upgrade. I got all that and a new case for under $300.
Garrett: It is the Deluxe, and I believe it is rev. 2.0.
Posted by: ryan at August 6, 2003 11:56 PMHey, I have the A7V8X. Can I be cool too?
Posted by: nick at August 7, 2003 12:03 AMMan that rev. HF490 was so hot at the party last night. I'd really like to D>ggROM that one, lemme tell ya.
Posted by: mesh at August 7, 2003 02:54 PMNo Nick, you will never be cool. I'm sorry, it's just not going to happen.
Posted by: bhuffine at August 7, 2003 02:57 PMNick's cool like Dan Quayle was cool, and he WAS cool, right?
Posted by: JosiahQ at August 7, 2003 08:25 PMDan transcended cool.
Posted by: mesh at August 8, 2003 12:03 AM