[Uaflug] Hello and looking for an older model motherboard

[Dustin Rice]

Another piece of advice is buy a line conditioner (Sams carries an APC
for ~$160). The power in this town is terrible and will fry PSUs/etc.
Trust me, in the 8 years or so I've been here, I've lost 3-5 PSUs.

Paul Swanson wrote:
> 2 Geeks is now called Geek City, where I work. We don't have any ES2
> drives in stock, and you could probably get them cheaper on newegg.
>
> We don't carry any non-AM2 boards. If no one else on the list replies,
> call the other two places Roger suggested, then look online, probably
> amazon and newegg.
>
> On 9/15/08, roger <roger at eskimo.com> wrote:
>   
>>  2 Geek Computers
>>  116 Minnie St # C, Fairbanks, AK - (907) 455-7281‎
>>
>>  -- A lot of new h/w & good stock.  Expect hard drives to be pricey.
>>  Similar to Best Buy on a small scale.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Computer Cache
>>  3580 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK - (907) 457-2665‎
>>
>>  OR
>>
>>  Computerwerks
>>
>>  -- One of these two stores had a good price on Seagate Enterprise
>>  (Barracuda ES) model hard drives.  The guy there didn't know what the
>>  model numbers for the drives were, but the girl there with the pretty
>>  voice did.  Most stores around here want $40-50 around here wanted
>>  $40-50 over the price found within the lower 48 States.  One of these
>>  two stores offered a price competetative with the online stores.
>>
>>  All I know... for an older motherboard, you probably found the best
>>  place to post for this info.
>>
>>  Sometimes, you can find a lot of things on Amazon.com, and with a little
>>  luck, the Amazon ships using a specialized (reduced) UPS pricing for
>>  Alaska.  Usually the item needs to be stocked by Amazon to qualify for
>>  this pricing.  Shipping costs from any other stores from the lower 48
>>  States will usually cost $40+ (... some also want an arm and/or leg for
>>  satisfying shipping costs).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 18:25 -0500, Joyce Young wrote:
>>  > Hello,
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Recently moved here from Florida and found this list. I am a new
>>  > employee at UAF, currently working for StateWide Finance as an Analyst
>>  > Programmer (mostly doing PL/SQL with a bit of ProC, and Perl).
>>  >
>>  > I noticed someone else asking about Pc parts, so I thought I would ask
>>  > here since I discovered when I pulled my pc out of the box to plug it
>>  > in, the first boot up (and possibly 4700 miles of bumpy roads during
>>  > transit) fried my motherboard and took the power supply too (actually
>>  > I think it was visa versa, but the results are the same). Fortunately
>>  > I was able to get a power supply, but finding a local replacement
>>  > motherboard is eluding me, so, I am looking for a replacement
>>  > motherboard until I can do a full upgrade to my entire system.
>>  >
>>  > Anyone have an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Compatible w/ AGP slot motherboard
>>  > lying around that they want to get rid of? I could make really good
>>  > use of it, and am willing to drive anywhere in Fairbanks or the North
>>  > Pole for a pickup.
>>  >
>>  > Please email me at joyce at perlgurl.net if you have one for me.
>>  >
>>  > Thanks!
>>  >
>>  > Joyce
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
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>>  Roger
>>  http://www.eskimo.com/~roger/index.html
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