OT: PIII vs Celeron

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 10:06:52PM -0400, John Moniz wrote:
> I found the board manual on the manufacturer's web site and it does 
> support 512MB sticks. However, I think it's all a mute point now as I'm 
> having no end of troubles with both CPU's and two boards. In summary, 
> the only combination that seems to work (somewhat) only boots when it 
> feels like it. About half the time, it won't even read the bios - just 
> sits there like a dork. I power off and on, then it boots all the way. 
> Last night I left it on all night. This morning, it would have been 
> easier to wake up a drunken sailor - nothing I could do with the mouse 
> or keyboard would get me back the system. It's now headed for the parts 
> bin, and only because I feel charitable.

Given the performance you can get in a cheap $400 machine new these
days, it's getting hard to justify even looking at perfectly good old
computers, never mind those that are getting flacky.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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