Computer problem

[Andrew Farris]

On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 16:32 -0600, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>     Chew on this, The cpu is a AMD Sempron 140 made for a AM3 base. My 
> base is a AM2+ and I goggled hard and found that the AM3 chips will 
> mount fine in a AM2+ socket. It does.

sounds normal to me. 

>     No joy. Called Gigibyte and they said I need a new bios called f-10 
> which went available last week. I have not yet got the new bios or 
> installed it. They said find an old AMC chip and see if it works. I will 
> try to do that but no luck yet.

this has, unfortunately, been normal practice for some Mobo
manufacturers since AM3 chips came out. Its stupid...but it's what they
decided to do. There's complaints all over newegg from people
experiencing the same issue.

If you don't find another CPU soon, let me know... I might be able to
send you a spare one I've got laying around. I'd need it back,
obviously, but I'd be more than happy to help out. Just email me
directly, and we can go from there.

>     I am about to say to heck with all this crap! It is just too hard to 
> make your own computer. I need to buy the latest and best HP computer 
> and load Linux on that, if even THAT is possible these days. For sure 
> the warranty will be null and void :-)

Its frustrating sometimes...but I still wouldn't say it's too hard.  If
anything, making your own computer has gotten easier in the past years,
and will probably continue to get easier. Theres
just...hiccups...sometimes. 

It would definitely be possible to nab a new PC from Dell/HP and get
linux on it. I know, in the case of Dell at least, they can't void your
warranty for replacing your OS. you might even be able to get your money
back for the windows license (i was directed from someplace, maybe here,
to a blog post about doing just that a little while back... i'll try to
find it).  Alternatively, Dell actually sells desktops/laptops with
Ubuntu pre-installed (though it's 8.04LTS I believe, not 9.04), or you
could check out system76 @ http://www.system76.com/ who only sell ubuntu
Desktops/Laptops/Servers. You can also get 9.04 pre-installed on them as
well. The latter might be a better option if you're determined to buy a
pre-built PC, as from system76, you're guaranteed that the hardware will
work perfectly out of box.

*munch munch munch* :)

-- 
Andrew
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