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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?"

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  1. fp by lintmint · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hah!

    1. Re:FP by Hallowed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I did, weird.....

      --

      1. When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend.

      2. Do not eat iPod shuffle.

    2. Re:FP by MiKM · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      My motherboard has spinning rimms.

  2. FIGURES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Google gets hacked and slashdot fails to even notice!

    But I'm sure we can expect this to get posted twice tomorrow when the slashdot janitors finally get around to reading some news - but not reading their own site!

    Is it just me or has this blog really been sucking lately?

  3. I have a tyan MB by cachimaster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Its fast, 64 bits-enabled, so fast that i can make a FP. heh

    1. Re:I have a tyan MB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah, your failure really sold me on Tyan! (sarcasm)

  4. Ops... by dark-br · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Second post :) But not bad anyways ;)

  5. Second post? by cachimaster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Come on! i am the only one?? ohh...its saturday night...damn i am lonely...

  6. Amazing Stuff Below!!!!!1!!!1!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jalet smiled and kissed him tenderly. Obi-Wan tasted himself on the other man's tongue, an erotic reminder of what had just happened. And of what had not happened.

    "What about you?" he asked, suddenly aware that he had come twice tonight, while not returning the favor for either of his partners.

    "Yes, I have a plan for that as well," Jalet grinned. "But first, I think it's teatime." He sat up and found the pipe where Obi-Wan had dropped it earlier. He lit it and took a few hits before handing it to Obi-Wan, and sank back onto the blanket. Obi-Wan shifted the pipe in his hand for a moment, feeling increasingly guilty about the prominent bulge in his friends' trousers.

    He lit the pipe, inhaling more easily this time. Jema appeared in front of him and leaned in grinning, pressing her open mouth against his as he exhaled, inhaling the still potent smoke. He pulled her down next to him as he lay back against Jalet, the rush of clenasyn in his blood noticeably different from the feeling of orgasm he'd just experienced. It was centered at the base of his skull, and the pleasure was more pure, less animalistic.

    He spooned his body behind Jalet's, pulling Jema behind him, comfortably sandwiched between the twins. He smiled.

    Jalet seemingly read his thoughts. "This gives me an idea."

    Obi-Wan laughed, kissing his shoulder, and slipped his arm around the prince's waist. "And just what would that be?" His fingers grazed the other man's still-hard cock.

    "Mmmm... well... Turn over and I'll show you what I have in mind."

    Jema giggled. "I think I dreamed about this last night." The three of them turned around so that Obi-Wan's chest was pressed against Jema's back, and Jalet was behind him, hard cock pressing into his buttocks through a layer of cloth. He had a picture firmly implanted in his mind of the three of them together like this -- he had been thinking of it for days -- and amazingly found himself growing hard again at the thought.

    His erection pressed into Jema firmly, and he pulled the fabric of her dress up to access bare skin.

    "Why am I the only one who's naked here?" he whispered. Jema shifted her hips back and he slid his shaft between her thighs, still feeling the wetness of their previous encounter on the soft folds of skin there.

    Behind him, Jalet disappeared for a moment -- and then warm bare skin pressed against the length of him from behind. Jema leaned away from him enough to pull her garment over her head again, and the three of them lay there pressed against each other, breathing unsteadily, for a long moment.

    Obi-Wan felt Jalet's lips on his shoulders, his hardness pressed into the cleft of his buttocks. He kissed the back of Jema's neck, and slipped his hand between her thighs to touch the warm wet skin he found there. She moaned softly when his fingers found a sensitive nub, and he kept them there, swirling gently.

    Jalet's hands were stroking his buttocks, dipping tantalizingly close to sensitive areas. He was enveloped in raw sensation, the clenasyn pulsing through his veins, every inch of his skin exquisitely sensitive.

    They stayed like that for a few long minutes, touching, teasing each other with hands, lips delicately pressed against sensitive areas along shoulders and necks, with Obi-Wan in the center of it all.

    "Get on your hands and knees," Jalet whispered hoarsely before pulling away from him. He complied, pulling Jema up with him. She sat in front of him, kissing him, while Jalet kissed his way down Obi-Wan's spine slowly.

    And kept going lower... Obi-Wan was genuinely startled to feel Jalet's tongue slowly trace a hot wet path between his buttocks. The destination was clear, and he briefly thanked the Force that he'd taken such a thorough shower that afternoon.

    The tongue slowly circled the entrance to his body, and he broke the kiss with Jema to gasp at the sensation. He'd heard of this intimate act, and had previously found the thought of it a bit disgusting, but now

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  9. Re:You'll end up paying more by PepeGSay · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is a common method to make typed text more conversational. Get over it.