Re: Bizarre hardware

On 21/04/2026 23:16, Philip Webb wrote:
> May I recommend building your own machine from parts ?
> -- it's not difficult & if anything is defective, it's only  1  part.

Until the part is not defective but it doesn't work ...

I bought a compatible mobo and cpu, which wouldn't boot. I even told the 
repair shop what was wrong, and they botched it. (Unfortunately, I'd 
hung on to the gear far too long before actually getting round to do 
anything with it.)

Basically, the problem was the obvious one - the mobo had been lying 
around in the shop, and the cpu was too new for the bios. All it needed 
was for the shop to find an old cpu, boot and update the bios, and 
charge me £50. Instead, they replaced the mobo and charged me £200. All 
of a sudden I realised the mobo was still in warranty, sent it back to 
the manufacturer, and they updated the bios and sent it back. 
Unfortunately, I never got round to getting another chip, so that mobo 
is still sitting there unused, and probably never will be :-( Oh well...

Cheers,
Wol