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- From: wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes)
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- Subject: How do you replace a motherboard?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.192530.16445@sura.net>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 19:25:30 GMT
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- [Let's try a different approach to this problem, since my last attempt
- got me zip...]
-
- A friend of mine owns a 286-12 and wants to upgrade to a 486. One option
- he's considering is replacing the motherboard so he can still use all
- his old hardware (HD, floppy, monitor - everything but the memory).
-
- So the question is, how does we replace it? Does anyone have suggestions,
- tips, advice, whatever on where - and what - to look for a new motherboard,
- how to swap boards and equipment, etc.? Any magazine articles or books
- on the subject out there? Any big pitfalls we should be aware of?
- If we take this option, we're hoping it'll be fairly straight-forward:
- take out the old motherboard, screw in the new one, pop the cards back
- in, and - Voila! - you're ready to go. Somehow, though, I suspect it will
- be more difficult than that...
-
- As always, many thanks in advance for any advice given. E-mail would
- be appreciated; I'll summarize if there's interest.
- --
- Bill "Whassamatter?! Can't you take a joke?!" Barnes wbarnes@sura.net
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