[Uaflug] Hello and looking for an older model motherboard

[Peter Prokein]

Just as another sample, I've been in Fairbanks since '97 and don't use a
power conditioner at home, never lost a PSU either.
Perhaps that's a function of PSU quality?  I have been using high end PSUs
($140+, active PFC, etc.) and never ran into any trouble.

As far as buying an S939 board, I'd just go with eBay or places like the
trade forum at Andtech (
http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=45&entercat=y ) where you
can get a guaranteed to be working S939 board for like $20 shipped (to Lower
48, till you tell them that shipping a USPS Flat Rate box to AK isn't more
expensive, hence the term 'Flat Rate').  For a moment I was considering to
offer Joyce the board I am currently using, but it's just like my old car,
the board works, and the Opteron 185 sitting in it runs everything I need to
do just fine (including Vista 64), no need to upgrade.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Dustin Rice <fsdrr1 at uaf.edu> wrote:

> 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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