Dang It!

[Viztech]

When it rains it pours.

The only job lead that was working sent me one of those "don't call us, we'll call you" letters today.

The mobo goes out in my Celeron 523, it's in warranty, but it doesn't look like the vendor has a direct replacement, and I was using a stick of 128meg ECC Pc66! Ouch! It is one of the VIA chipset boards that you can run at any memory speed 66-100-133 no matter what the CPU FSB, which I was running at 95 with a Celeron 366 that won't do 550. :-(

On the job front, it looks like I'm going back to the old biz.

viz

 

[Train]

viz,
too bad about that job, what field are you trying to get a job in? and what part of the country are you in or want to be in? let me know, ive got connections.

 

[mechBgon]

That is a bummer, viz. You'd think that with quite a bit of practical experience and an MSCE, you'd be getting a serious look with these employers! : ( Grrrr....

I have a Slot1 motherboard I'd give you it it helps, just LMK. It's 440BX, so no more fun with asynchronous memory.

 

[Kilowatt]

Bummer about the job, I really think you, Mike and myself need to get togeather and start our own deal, like Mike's been talking about.



<< ......doesn't look like the vendor has a direct replacement... >>

You must not shop at the right places. <hint hint>

 

[Viztech]

KW-

You are correct on both counts.
I bought that board back in February from the outfit on the west side, and of course they aren't known for carrying the best quality stuff.
As for the memory, I am such a scrounger that I seem to end up with the stuff that will just barely work in a given situation, so they can certainly not be faulted for that problem.
I had sent a buddy out there one day to a particular mobo that would handle the PC66 memory that he already had, and buy a Celeron in the 533 to 600 range, whatever they had available.
They did not have the board that I told him to get (they did in Omaha however) and did not have any Celerons at all (again in Omaha) So they forced him into buying the mobo that was in stock, and BOed the Celeron. Of course when it all came together it would not run at all with the PC66. Duh!
I switched around some memory so I could get him fixed up quick. Guess which machine I grabbed 64 MB of PC100 from?

viz

 

[RaySun2Be]

Dang Viz, that really sucks! Man, it'bad enough news about the job, but then the PC going on the fritz, why that's just too much.