Bigus Dickus
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I had put together a meager system for my grandpa a couple of years ago (Duron, 512MB SDRAM on KT133/133A mobo, basic graphics, etc.) and it looks as if it needs a new motherboard.
Searching newegg I see that everything is DDR. Searching pricewatch, I see a refurb KT133A board in quantities of 4+ and a couple of KLE133 boards (which might work). I need to double check to see if the Duron runs on a 100 or 133 bus, but in either case my problem is the same... where in the hell do you find old mobos like that?
He's since added memory (total of 768 I believe), and with the price of a replacement likely being something like $30 new (if I could find one), I'd really prefer to just drop in a new one instead of swapping mobo + memory and possibly going through new driver installs and such. For his use, he'd never need a DDR board.
I'd prefer not to go buying a used one from ebay or hardward forums since it would likely be several years old, but OTOH I haven't run across any new ones either.
Suggestions? Are there sites that specialize in oldish hardward like that?
Searching newegg I see that everything is DDR. Searching pricewatch, I see a refurb KT133A board in quantities of 4+ and a couple of KLE133 boards (which might work). I need to double check to see if the Duron runs on a 100 or 133 bus, but in either case my problem is the same... where in the hell do you find old mobos like that?
He's since added memory (total of 768 I believe), and with the price of a replacement likely being something like $30 new (if I could find one), I'd really prefer to just drop in a new one instead of swapping mobo + memory and possibly going through new driver installs and such. For his use, he'd never need a DDR board.
I'd prefer not to go buying a used one from ebay or hardward forums since it would likely be several years old, but OTOH I haven't run across any new ones either.
Suggestions? Are there sites that specialize in oldish hardward like that?