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RE: [ecs] pc recommendation ? Ingo Pakleppa Sat, 06 Mar 2004 13:25:15 -0800

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Yes, usually that works very well. I wouldn't pay a tech to transfer the
innards, though. It's very simple to do yourself with an hour or two of
your time.

If you don't want to do it yourself, you probably are better off buying
at least a new motherboard & CPU with the case. The cost for the local
tech would probably be more than the cost of a new motherboard.

On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 16:31, Mark Gilmore wrote:
> Hi Rob,
> Thanks for the info.
> So can I pick out a case and have my local tech transfer my existing PCs 
> innards to it ?
> 
> At 05:25 PM 3/5/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> >Mark,
> >
> >This sounds like a case issue, unless of course your motherboard is toast.
> >
> >There are several screwless cases that work well. If you have a local PC
> >assembler, it will probably have a number of different models. I've tried
> >and like LinkWorld cases (http://www.linkworld8.com/). LinkWorld has a
> >number of screwless models that are very easy to crack and swap cards. You
> >can get the cases through a number of online sites or OEMS.
> >
> >--Rob
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:mark@OmnipotenceSoftware.com]
> >Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 5:12 PM
> >To: ecsl@netbloc.com; ecs@netbloc.com
> >Subject: [ecs] pc recommendation ?
> >
> >Hi all,
> >Having about had it with two PCs of similar make ("Samba") that have:
> >          1) The oh-so-common "one-way" covers (they come off, but won't go
> >back on).
> >          2) Card slot mechanisms like I have never seen, and are beyond my
> >ability to comprehend
> >             (can't screw the cards in, so I set the PC on it's side in
> >hopes that gravity will help out when I plug/unplug something :-)).
> >          3) A fan that falls off at the slightest prompting (esp as I can't
> >get the cover back on :-)).
> >I am looking to retain what's left of my sanity by finding a new PC with a
> >cover that is *easy*
> >to put back on, and whose design is such that cards may be *easily*
> >installed/removed.
> >Any suggestions ?
> >CPU speed is of little concern when compared to the above.
> >Thanks :-),
> >
> >Mark Gilmore
> >http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com
> >
> >
> >
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