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Simple, Bare-Bones Motherboards?

Posted by timothy on from the keep-it-simple-stupid dept.

basic0 writes "After my Windows box recently lost its life in a puff of awful smelling smoke, I tracked the fault to the motherboard. Now I'm in the market for a replacement board, but all the boards I find seem to be all-in-one models with on-board everything. I already have a good graphics card, NIC, USB audio device, etc. I just need a no-frills motherboard like I used to be able to buy. It seems like a waste to buy a board with all the built-in stuff (and probably pay extra for it) when I'm never going to use it. Has anyone else had similar experiences? Do a lot of people actually use the on-board stuff? Is it still possible to purchase a motherboard that's *just* a motherboard?"

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  1. YES by TechnologyX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Awesome story, again! Google gets DNS jacked and we get to help this fucknut find a motherboard, and it will probably be posted 4 more times this week by timothy and CowboyNeal HOORAY OFR /.

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    1. Re:YES by sketerpot · · Score: 4, Funny

      So that's what happened to Google. I tried to search for news that might tell me why Google was down, but then I realized that Google was down. :-(

    2. Re:YES by plover · · Score: 4, Funny
      Slashdot is a bit of an old news / duped news / anti-SCO site than a technical support site.

      What, Slashdot stopped being an anti-Microsoft site? When did that happen? I didn't get the memo! I'm not getting my memos!

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  2. Finally... by Kr3m3Puff · · Score: 5, Funny
    After my Windows box recently lost its life...


    Thank god... one less Windows user out there now. I am sorry to inform you that they no longer make motherboards for Windows as you might as well install Linux or buy a Mac...
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  3. Are You Sure? by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 4, Funny

    After my Windows box recently lost its life in a puff of awful smelling smoke,

    Next time be sure to clean out the registry on a regular schedule.

  4. buy a mac by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    sell the parts at a swap meet.

  5. Can of Smoke by malarkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's so often you let the smoke out of something and it doesn't work anymore. It's too bad you can't just buy a can of smoke, and refill the motherboard.

    1. Re:Can of Smoke by srhuston · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, I did.

      Someone borrowed a Netgear switch from me, and said he had a power supply for it already. Silly me thought he knew what he was doing, and didn't first demand to see the PSU. Whaddya know, a Netgear switch prefers to have 7.5VDC@1A, not 15VAC@.3A

      He came back to my office in a panic, because I didn't have any other switches to lend out. Said he let out the magic smoke, something he'd heard me say about hardware before. I went down to the electronics lab with the switch and user in tow, found a 'lytic cap the same as the one that blew, and said "No problem, I'll just put in a new can of smoke. Gimme 15 minutes." Handed him a working switch (with the correct PSU) and I swear he thinks that little canister literally holds smoke inside it.

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  6. Re:Just buy a new motherboard and STFU by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 4, Funny
    Just buy a new motherboard and STFU

    Isn't that Abit's new marketing slogan?

  7. Re:Big-name computers and motherboards by kettch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dell makes their own floppy drives and internal bays, which have their own proprietary screw arangement.

    Several companies sell products specifically geared toward fixing this problem.

    Here is one of my favorites. There have also been certain times when exreme measures have been needed.

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