A new month, a new header. This month’s header features one of my favorite parts of any electronic, the circuit board. Circuit boards have always been a mystery to me. If you just examine one you’ll see what appears to be a whole city. Small little pieces which maybe only create miniscule effects, but when [...]
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Compaq (HP): Another Horrible Computer Manufacturer
Tonight I was working on a Compaq computer that I’m repairing for one of my parents’ friends. The motherboard was shot from a shipping mishap, so I was replacing the motherboard with a new one. Since nothing was wrong with the computer’s processor, I needed to move the processor from the old board to the [...]
The Perfect OSx86 Motherboard?
Yesterday I received my new motherboard for my Mactel (aka OSx86 box). The motherboard is an ASRock P4DUAL-915GL, and it’s the only socket 478 motherboard which has a 915 based chipset. The 915 based chipset is key in OSx86 boxes as the official Apple developer x86 boxed run on that chipset. I was lucky to [...]
Intel Socket 478 Motherboard for Sale
I usually don’t do this, but I’m going to be selling my Gigabyte GA-8I865GVME motherboard, and I thought I would see if any of my website readers would be interested in it. It’s only three weeks old and is rock solid. The reason I’m parting with the motherboard is I’m getting a new one tomorrow [...]
December’s Header Image
Alright, I know it’s not December yet, but the header image displayed up above will be December’s. Each month I will be doing a similar writeup on why I chose that month’s header. If you can’t tell, this month I chose the Xbox 360′s motherboard. The Xbox is my console of choice, and I’m almost [...]