by i have heard that ASUS motherboards need very high quality memory.
i have two, and i've had difficulties with memory in both.
i'm wondering if there are motherboards that don't have this
"weakness"--weakness in quotes because i'm not sure it's
right to call it that.
welll, nevermind that anyway--the point may be moot.
i have an ancient 166 MHz board, and i'm growing impatient waiting
for it to boot. the machine only acts as a print server, so it's
fast enough once it's up. so here are the questions:
1. i have some memory lying around, PC2100. i don't need speed
to run the printer. i'm just impatient at boot time. is there
an el-cheapo board i can use with my PC2100 memory?
2. what moderately priced board would you recommend, assuming you
just needed a decent, moderate performance box? i seem to be hearing
good things about supermicro. round numbers, those look to start
in the vicinity of $250 w/ cpu, and i'm not sure i could re-use my memory.
i'm just thinking, if the answer to question 1 turns out to be
not too far from the answer this question, maybe i should just give
up my old memory.
my only constraint is ATX form factor.
j.
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Head of Sun Support, Sr. Operating Systems Specialist
Applied Research Labs, Computer Science Div. S224
University of Texas at Austin