Simple, Bare-Bones Motherboards?

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?"

Comments

YES

[TechnologyX]

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 /.

Re:YES

[sketerpot]

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. :-(

Re:YES

[plover]

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!

Finally...

[Kr3m3Puff]

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...

Are You Sure?

[the eric conspiracy]

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.

Re:Just buy a new motherboard and STFU

[Sponge Bath]

Just buy a new motherboard and STFU

Isn't that Abit's new marketing slogan?

Re:Can of Smoke

[srhuston]

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.