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VIA Announces Lead-Free Motherboard

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the earth-day-special dept.

linuxprox writes "VIA announced today that their AS-1210 motherboard will be the world's first lead-free motherboard. 'The transition to 'green' manufacturing for VIA has been very smooth and we have been able to ship lead-free processors and chipsets since the end of last year,' said Richard Brown, Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. 'The AS-1210 clearly demonstrates the technology leadership of VIA and Yamashita in being the first to market with a lead-free motherboard that meets the requirements of the international market.'"

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  1. Dammit.. foiled.. by brxndxn · · Score: 5, Funny

    All my plans of turning worthless motherboards into precious pencils has failed!!

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    1. Re:Dammit.. foiled.. by Mateito · · Score: 2, Funny

      > Now we baby them so much that the sissies make it to adulthood,
      > mate with other sissies, and spawn yet more sissies.

      And without them, we wouldn't have Slashdot.

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  2. Green? by Unnngh! · · Score: 5, Funny
    'The transition to 'green' manufacturing for VIA

    Aren't most Printed Circuit Boards already green?

    Ah, nevermind...

  3. Way to get the lead out! by shakamojo · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ok, I know, it's not punny. Sorry.

    1. Re:Way to get the lead out! by Weaselmancer · · Score: 2, Funny

      You don't know how lucky you are - if this was 500 years ago, you'd receive the medieval punishment for telling bad puns.

      You'd be drawn and quoted.

      Weaselmancer

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  4. New lead free motherboard... by Amiga+Lover · · Score: 5, Funny

    New lead free motherboard*

    *Supply your own solder.

  5. Oh lordy by boomgopher · · Score: 3, Funny

    So I shouldn't have been eating my old motherboards all these years?

    Please confirm my Slashdot friends! Woe is me...

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  6. Whoopie! by SCSi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can let my toddler chew on motherboards without worrying about that pesky lead!
    Thanks VIA!

  7. "Lead" by TWX · · Score: 5, Funny

    For some reason I thought that all of the discrete components were going to be surface mount instead of through the board when I read that the board was "Lead free"...

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  8. No lead but... by valkraider · · Score: 4, Funny

    50% more mercury...

    :)

    It's a joke people...

  9. you insensitive clod, by pangloss · · Score: 5, Funny

    my pre-1963 computer only takes leaded!

  10. No leads? by pyrrhonist · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you connect peripherals? Oh wait...

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  11. Re:Green Computing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    What are you talking about?

    Just throw them in a dumpster.

  12. Lead free? by Spudley · · Score: 2, Funny

    A lead-free motherboard? No leads? How am I going to plug anything into it?

    Or do they mean no lead-time...? it gets delivered as soon as you order it. Now that would be nice.

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  13. Suspect found: by Tribbin · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://computerfan.de/fun/HP_Gabon.jpg

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  14. Great news kids! by whovian · · Score: 2, Funny

    I will feel soooo much better when my son pulls chips off his motherboards and sticks them in his mouth! Thanks VIA!!!!

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  15. Oooo shiney by mog007 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The article has a site load meter... and it's not entirely red yet... what's the matter with us fellow /.ers? Have we become weakened?

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  16. Re:PC has met motherboards by phraktyl · · Score: 1, Funny

    What exactly is this "kilogram" you speak of?

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  17. Second American Revolution... by vudufixit · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it happens, I will make sure NOT to melt down any Via motherboards to cast lead bullets for our muskets.

  18. Re:How about..... by rtaylor · · Score: 2, Funny

    And poof, that water was gone. You cannot get it back, it has been obliterated.

    The only way to get that water back when an ice comet crashes into the earth, and you don't want that to happen.

    We're all going to dehydrate because of RAM!

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  19. Re:PC has met motherboards by calethix · · Score: 2, Funny

    What exactly is this "kilogram" you speak of? I think it might just exist in the same alternate universe where people get to upgrade their computers annualy.

  20. Re:A nice start, but... by justins · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have no idea what "sheel negceba" is.

    It's someone talking out of their ass.

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