It says the same thing for the SDRAM100. I am thinking it does not get along well with the 200MHz FSB. I suppose there is some kind of multiplexing going on or some odd conversion. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maloney" <adamm at sihope.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21990] Computer stores in the Twin Cities? > Bo knows baseball, Tran knows RAM. He probably doesn't want you to use > the super-cheap 133 stuff because he knows it's crap. He offers it so he > can say he's got PC-133 DIMMs as cheap as the next guy, but the > ultra-cheap RAM probably can't keep up at 133MHz indefinately. He would > hate for you to buy an expensive Athlon system with 133MHz fsb and then > have it dog because you bought el-cheapo RAM. > > Adam Maloney > Systems Administrator > Sihope Communications > > On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > > I use the serial port for the occasional fax through my sportster. I don't > > like haveing defective hardware anyway. Compaq shit. > > > > Funny thing is that the mouse works OK under windows - then I open X-Windows > > (either 3.3.6 or 4.0.1 under Linux or FreeBSD) and the mouse jumps all over > > and gets stuck in the upper left corner. If I reboot back to Windows 2000, > > the login screen never comes up at that point. So, it appears there is more > > of a bus problem then just the port. The board has been a nightmare > > anyway - no BIOS options at all, and it uses the AMD750/VIA82C686A chipsets. > > The former sucks. I was thinking I would upgrade the board and then add > > SDRAM133. > > > > Why is some of the RAM "not recommended" for AMD? It only appears to be the > > generic stuff and it only appears to be listed that way at Tran Micro. > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > veldy at veldy.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Adam Maloney" <adamm at sihope.com> > > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 8:18 AM > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21990] Computer stores in the Twin Cities? > > > > > > > www.tranmicro.com I believe. > > > > > > The PS/2 port dies so you have to replace the whole board? You can't > > > convert to a serial squeaker? > > > > > > Adam Maloney > > > Systems Administrator > > > Sihope Communications > > > > > > On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > > > > > > Does Tran Micro have a website? My PC's PS/2 port just died last > > night - > > > > which means I need to replace the entire motherboard. What a rip. > > Anyway, > > > > I may as well get a new case and some memory and I would like to compare > > > > them to General Nanosystems. > > > > > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > > > veldy at veldy.net > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Mike Hicks" <hick0088 at tc.umn.edu> > > > > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 11:57 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21990] Computer stores in the Twin Cities? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris Opp wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I need to know what stores sell individual computer components here > > in > > > > the > > > > > > Twin Cities. I need to build a new system and don't want wait for an > > > > online > > > > > > order to arrive. Not CompUSA and Best Buy. No offense to anyone that > > > > works > > > > > > there. > > > > > > > > > > Heh, I go to Tran Micro (1 block away) because they are two blocks > > > > > closer to me than General Nano (3 blocks away).. > > > > > > > > > > I've never been to the other store(s?). > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ We are Pentium of Borg. > > > > > / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ Division is futile. You > > > > > \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) will be approximated. > > > > > [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | > > mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org