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Discussion in 'hardware' started by ThunderZ, Jan 6, 2009.

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  1. ThunderZ

    ThunderZ Registered Member

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    Anyone ever purchase any products manufactured by PCCHIPS?
    I am looking at a very cheap mobo made by them at Newegg. I was given An AMD Athlon 2600+ (Barton core). Just looking to put together an extremely low budget tower to use it in. The unit will probably serve as a HDD tester\data recovery machine.
    Zero gaming.
     
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    ThunderZ Registered Member

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    Took the plunge and ordered the board. Sure would not rely on a board of this questionable quality for my main tower. (but with the processor having been a freebie do`t want it gathering dust). Will throw in decent AGP 8x card (512 onboard) to help with the minimal graphics load it will have and air cool the heck out of it. Will keep you all posted if anyone is interested.
     
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    That's the motherboard I had on my last main home computer amd 2800 pc chips m848 version 2.1. It ran fine for 2 years and then I upgraded my computer/motherboard. I actually still have that pcchips computer as a backup and it's running fine.

    For me it was a good board, I paid 59.00 for it, it served me well.
     
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    Appreciate the feedback. Figured for the price and what I want to use it for it was worth a try. Sounds like I got a deal at under $40 which includes shipping. Supposed to be here tomorrow. :D

    Thanks again.
     
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    Well, the good news, the mobo arrived. The bad news, it will not display. The monitor does show it is receiving a signal. Using an old AGP 4x which it is supposed to support. (was planning to upgrade to 8x).

    All hardware excluding the mobo were pulled from a working system.

    I have seen far better documentation.

    No display = no access to BIOS. Have reset the BIOS using the jumper after having disconnected the cord, ATX connector and even pulled the battery.

    As a last test I will un-case the board and see if that makes a difference.

    o_O :( :doubt: :blink: :ouch: o_O
     
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