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Motherboards with i845 Chipsets

Posted by michael on from the penny-pincher dept.

manplusdog writes: "Dan reviews a couple of i845 motherboards here and lets just say he doesn't hold back! "Mainboards For The Stupid" is the verdict. I have no affiliation with Dan or his site (aside from being Australian) but found the review..... entertaining. Cheers"

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  1. Speech output by kingdon · · Score: 4, Funny

    The coolest part was the ASUS board which speaks for power on self-test errors, rather than the age-old cryptic beep system. And the fact that you could download new messages. Anyone done the Klingon translation yet?

  2. His page is upside down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This Australian forgot to add the hemisphere qualifier to his HTML tag. When will they learn?

    <html hemisphere="south">

    1. Re:His page is upside down by Chagrin · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'll bet that once the server gets slashdotted it will go down counter-clockwise.

      --

      I/O Error G-17: Aborting Installation

  3. Custom Errors by Myriad · · Score: 5, Funny
    Instead of using lights or mere beeps to tell you about its Power On Self Test progress, it speaks its errors,in a quite comprehensible female voice.

    The P4B also comes with a Windows utility that lets you convert WAV files to make your own error messages.

    In related news, Asus will begin shipping the Custom Error Pack with errors including:
    - I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that!
    - It's Microsofts Fault - Really!
    - BSOD my ass!
    - Doh!
    - Need Beer!
    - I've been Slashdotted!
    and many more!

    --
    "They do not preach that their god will rouse them, a little before the Nuts work loose." Kipling, 'The Sons of Martha'
    1. Re:Custom Errors by samason · · Score: 2, Funny
      I'm taking bets for the amount of time someone will take to record a standard set of POST beeps. . .
      • 1 year
      • 1 month
      • 1 week
      • tomorrow
      • its already been done