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[spooker]

we need a new section of the forums for foq's hardware monologues ;0

[foq]

I feel this is relevant to the thread as it's about my trying to get my 2nd computer running as a dedicated Quake server, and a router.

[TomCat39]

To be honest I can't think of any -real- words where there's a Q and doesn't have a U right after the Q. I've tried many times.

chi 2 also ch'i or Qi or qi (chē)
n. The vital force believed in Taoism and other Chinese thought to be inherent in all things. The unimpeded circulation of chi and a balance of its negative and positive forms in the body are held to be essential to good health in traditional Chinese medicine.

qib⋅la –noun Islam.
the point toward which Muslims turn to pray, esp. the Kaʿba, or House of God, at Mecca.

Qin also Ch'in (chĭn)
A Chinese dynasty (221-206 B.C.) that established the first centralized imperial government in China. Much of the Great Wall of China was built during the rule of this dynasty.

qe�piq (kě-pēk')
n. pl. qepiq
See Table at currency.

There are a few, but mostly only coming around from globalization.

I've looked closely (very closely) all over the board and I can't find a make/model number, so I can't find a BIOS update. A BIOS update would be really nice as it would probably play with my P3 750 after that, and my HDD as well.

I sometimes got information from the imprinted FCC number on the PCB. Not sure how much info you can find from that on the Inet anymore but I do recall finding out a mobo make from that once many years ago.

[foq]

Those are all chinaman words and do not apply... except for the Islam one, it's not chinaman but it's islaman and still doesn't apply, hah.

I need a VGA cable... I found the motherboard make/model. The sticker I was looking at had a misprint/typo/drunk factory worker thing going on.

[TomCat39]

Those are all chinaman words and do not apply... except for the Islam one, it's not chinaman but it's islaman and still doesn't apply, hah.

Not totally true.

Qin being a dynasty is a universal word for any language. Being a name and all. That's like saying Mexico is a Mexican word so doesn't count. Or burrito, taco or even jalepeno is mexican so doesn't count in the english language. Just not true. ;p

And "qepic" is a currency so is also a universal word for any language. An English pound is still an English pound in Asia or Guatemala.

I need a VGA cable... I found the motherboard make/model. The sticker I was looking at had a misprint/typo/drunk factory worker thing going on.

Glad you found the mobo model number. That makes life easier.

Edit: Missed tag

[foq]

Universal for any language or not, it's of chinaman origin, so there.

[foq]

I almost have the computer complete. In fact, it is complete, but it doesn't want to boot off the CDROM for some reason. It says ATAPI boot failure. I even tried other cds... nothing. They're all known working discs, I use them all the time.

[spooker]

a pc cobbled together from junkyard parts? sounds like a reliable server! =p
jk foke

[foq]

I got it working, in fact I'm trying this post from the soon to be server right now. The CD drive is gay, sometimes it boots, sometimes it doesn't. And 300MHz is sloooooooooooow. Other than that it's alright.

[Wolv]

a pc cobbled together from junkyard parts? sounds like a reliable server! =p
jk foke

Seriously. You can pick up a complete 2.0ghz P4 computer for like $50, why are you using old junk from '97?

[spooker]

hardware is his hobby, is why

[foq]

Because...

1. I can
2. It was cheap

[Wolv]

I bought a (sort of) old computer for $40, it has a P3 750MHz and 768MB RAM.

2. It was cheap

You can pick up a complete 2.0ghz P4 computer for like $50

.

[foq]

Show me where I can get a complete P4 computer for $50.

[Wolv]

Dell Optiplex GX240 2.4ghz 30 Day Warranty!!! - eBay (item 220456359755 end time Aug-21-09 19:53:17 PDT)

Took me about 30 seconds to find this. Obviously there are cheaper models on there, but that was the first one to come up in the price range.