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hey y'all

jhu

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i just performed a motherboard swap for my computer. went from a k62 350 to celeron 466 now. i just have to say that you people who assemble your own computers are crazy. it was a fvcking pain in the ass just to swap out the motherboard. and now i have to reinstall windows (but not linux!)? of course being tired and hung over doesn't help things either.
 

pyonir

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that kinda sucks. but hey, at least you got the new board in without lighting it on fire! :D
 

Muadib

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Originally posted by: jhu
i just performed a motherboard swap for my computer. went from a k62 350 to celeron 466 now. i just have to say that you people who assemble your own computers are crazy. it was a fvcking pain in the ass just to swap out the motherboard. and now i have to reinstall windows (but not linux!)? of course being tired and hung over doesn't help things either.

Hung over?? No wonder it was a pain.:D
 

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Oct 28, 1999
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Your problem is that you were supposed to do the swipe WHILE drunk, not after being drunk.

Sheesh. n00bs.

:D
 

XZeroII

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lol, if you put it together yourself the first time, you will have more generalized parts and it will be easier. Replaceing a mobo in a Dell, Gateway, etc... is a pain.
 

jhu

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it was one of those white box computers. it works. time for another vodka collins
 

LordJezo

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Wow.. what a worthless upgrade...

Why did you bother? I have a 466 and it's useless for just about anything thats not browsing the web and going on IM...
 

jhu

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actually the performance is better than the k6-2 and it was a "free" processor. i think i'll get piii or something
 

pulse8

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Reinstall windows? I've never had to do that after swapping mobos. :)

Although, I went from an Intel to and Intel. Chipsets and all.