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More info?)
The photos are very dark. Can't tell a darn thing from them.
OK, you want some sort of standard ATX power supply, either original ATX or ATX
with P4-12v connector. What kind of motherboard and CPU?
We'll coerce the facts out you yet.
... Ben Myers
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:10:22 -0600, "Dick Silk - The Computer Tutor"
<dicksilk@antispam.gov> wrote:
>Generic case, apparently, tower style, with a hint of the older Dell
>construction techniques: a slide-off panel to access the main guts,
>and the motherboard-bottom-side-panel screwed on but also slides off.
>Has (or rather, "had") an ATX power supply, on a motherboard using a
>686 AMIBIOS chip from '99. Socket 462, but that's moot at the moment.
>
>Here are two shots of the case. It appears to be designed to
>accommodate both ATX as well as AT style motherboards.
>
>http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcsilk/files/JK-case/100_0170.JPG
>http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcsilk/files/JK-case/100_0171.JPG
>
>As I said earlier, I'm in the market for: a motherboard with CPU,
>power supply, and RAM. Preferably, with integrated sound and video,
>but that's not a "must". Thanks for putting the screws to me, Ben. I
>can see my first post was simply insufficient.
>
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><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>news:421609e8.8577465@nntp.charter.net...
>> Dell case, generic case, or other name brand case? If the case is
>> generic,
>> fine. If the case is a Dell, add a case to your list. Dell cases
>> range from
>> extremely difficult to impossible to install a generic motherboards.
>>
>> Other name brands sometimes make it easy to install a generic board,
>> sometimes
>> not. About 9 months ago, I installed a nice Asus mATX board in a
>> Compaq
>> Presario P4 case only needing to change the wires from the
>> motherboard to the
>> front panel LEDs and push buttons. Because I have scavenged a
>> carton full of
>> LEDs and push buttons from scrapped computers, it was a cinch to
>> match up the
>> right parts... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 01:00:41 -0600, "Dick Silk - The Computer Tutor"
>> <dicksilk@antispam.gov> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm interested in obtaining the following in a grouped bundle from
>>>an
>>>online vendor:
>>>===========
>>>motherboard
>>>cpu
>>>memory
>>>power supply.
>>>===========
>>>the idea here being that I can use my existing case and other items
>>>to
>>>complete the package.
>>>If anyone has any suggestions, please e-mail me at:
>>>dicksilk
>>>at
>>>mtsu
>>>dot
>>>edu
>>>(spelled out in an attempt to filter out spam harvesters)
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>--
>>>http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcsilk for rates
>>>http://dicksilk.chatango.com for live chat
>>>--
>>>
>>>
>>
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