[Uaflug] Hello and looking for an older model motherboard

[Paul Swanson]

Some parts of fairbanks and some houses have better power than others.
But in general, Fairbanks power sucks :)

On 9/16/08, Peter Prokein <peter.prokein at uaf.edu> wrote:
> 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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