--- Jon Pruente [email protected] wrote:
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Leo Mauler [email protected] wrote:
I've got a PIII-1Ghz system which I'd like to use until it dies. Right now it works fine, except that
What mobo/system is it? There stands a decent chance that a LUGger might have a spare board you could beg.
It's a Gateway system with a proprietary power supply and a weirdo case. I don't know if other motherboards will fit in this case.
I know I've got several P3 systems that have been collecting dust.
Well I wouldn't mind taking one off your hands, though the main reason I'm still trying to get this one working is that I have no disposable income whatsoever.
Also, in normal troubleshooting methods: have you tried a spare keyboard?
Three PS/2 motherboards so far. All of them work great on the nearly-new Intel 2.4Ghz system in the basement, just not for more than a minute on the PIII and not at all in CMOS Setup.
Right now I can get an OS to install and use the AGP video card because the system was previously working for awhile using the AGP card. It was working as a part of a switchbox, I've tried plugging it back into the switch box and I'm getting the new error still.
I have one of those USB adapter thingys which lets you plug a PS/2 mouse and keyboard into a USB port. The PS/2 mouse doesn't work at all, either in the regular PS/2 port or in the USB thingy, but a PS/2 keyboard works in the USB thingy, and I have a USB mouse which works fine as well.
Since I have a keyboard and mouse which work for a conventional OS (just not the BIOS), I can install Ubuntu on the system, just without the ability to tweak the CMOS.
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