[Cialug] Re: Hardware upgrade

[Softwre Janitor <softwarejanitor@xxxxxxxxx>]

I suspect it is used cast-off parts.  A lot of people are
getting rid of stuff like that these days when they do upgrades
so you can often pick it up cheap (sometimes even free).

--- Ben Sinclair <ben@bensinclair.com> wrote:
> You probably won't have any problems with RH recognizing your new
> hardware, but why stop at a P3 667? I don't even know where to buy a
> chip that old. At DIT you can buy a 1.2Ghz Duron with motherboard for
> $100. $180 will get you an Athlon XP 1800 and a motherboard that
> supports DDR memory.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 08:54:24PM +0000, Tim Wilson wrote:
> > I'm planning on doing a major hardware upgrade (going
> > from a Pentium 200, 48meg RAM to a P3 667, 128meg RAM),
> > and I'm wondering about any obstacles I may encounter. 
> > I'm currently running RH 7.2.  Will I have to re-install,
> > or should RH simply recognize the new MB, processor and
> > memory?  Also, if the upgrade should fail (bad hardware),
> > can I undo what RH recognized and put it back to the way
> > it was?
> 
> -- 
> Ben Sinclair
> ben@bensinclair.com
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