<div dir="ltr">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.<br>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.<br>
<br>As far as buying an S939 board, I'd just go with eBay or places like the trade forum at Andtech ( <a href="http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=45&entercat=y">http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=45&entercat=y</a> ) 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.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Dustin Rice <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fsdrr1@uaf.edu">fsdrr1@uaf.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Another piece of advice is buy a line conditioner (Sams carries an APC<br>
for ~$160). The power in this town is terrible and will fry PSUs/etc.<br>
Trust me, in the 8 years or so I've been here, I've lost 3-5 PSUs.<br>
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Paul Swanson wrote:<br>
> 2 Geeks is now called Geek City, where I work. We don't have any ES2<br>
> drives in stock, and you could probably get them cheaper on newegg.<br>
><br>
> We don't carry any non-AM2 boards. If no one else on the list replies,<br>
> call the other two places Roger suggested, then look online, probably<br>
> amazon and newegg.<br>
><br>
> On 9/15/08, roger <<a href="mailto:roger@eskimo.com">roger@eskimo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> 2 Geek Computers<br>
>> 116 Minnie St # C, Fairbanks, AK - (907) 455-7281ý<br>
>><br>
>> -- A lot of new h/w & good stock. Expect hard drives to be pricey.<br>
>> Similar to Best Buy on a small scale.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Computer Cache<br>
>> 3580 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK - (907) 457-2665ý<br>
>><br>
>> OR<br>
>><br>
>> Computerwerks<br>
>><br>
>> -- One of these two stores had a good price on Seagate Enterprise<br>
>> (Barracuda ES) model hard drives. The guy there didn't know what the<br>
>> model numbers for the drives were, but the girl there with the pretty<br>
>> voice did. Most stores around here want $40-50 around here wanted<br>
>> $40-50 over the price found within the lower 48 States. One of these<br>
>> two stores offered a price competetative with the online stores.<br>
>><br>
>> All I know... for an older motherboard, you probably found the best<br>
>> place to post for this info.<br>
>><br>
>> Sometimes, you can find a lot of things on Amazon.com, and with a little<br>
>> luck, the Amazon ships using a specialized (reduced) UPS pricing for<br>
>> Alaska. Usually the item needs to be stocked by Amazon to qualify for<br>
>> this pricing. Shipping costs from any other stores from the lower 48<br>
>> States will usually cost $40+ (... some also want an arm and/or leg for<br>
>> satisfying shipping costs).<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 18:25 -0500, Joyce Young wrote:<br>
>> > Hello,<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Recently moved here from Florida and found this list. I am a new<br>
>> > employee at UAF, currently working for StateWide Finance as an Analyst<br>
>> > Programmer (mostly doing PL/SQL with a bit of ProC, and Perl).<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I noticed someone else asking about Pc parts, so I thought I would ask<br>
>> > here since I discovered when I pulled my pc out of the box to plug it<br>
>> > in, the first boot up (and possibly 4700 miles of bumpy roads during<br>
>> > transit) fried my motherboard and took the power supply too (actually<br>
>> > I think it was visa versa, but the results are the same). Fortunately<br>
>> > I was able to get a power supply, but finding a local replacement<br>
>> > motherboard is eluding me, so, I am looking for a replacement<br>
>> > motherboard until I can do a full upgrade to my entire system.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Anyone have an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Compatible w/ AGP slot motherboard<br>
>> > lying around that they want to get rid of? I could make really good<br>
>> > use of it, and am willing to drive anywhere in Fairbanks or the North<br>
>> > Pole for a pickup.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Please email me at <a href="mailto:joyce@perlgurl.net">joyce@perlgurl.net</a> if you have one for me.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Thanks!<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Joyce<br>
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