New MB recommendations

[Tony Alfrey]

Bill Campbell wrote:
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> 
> Be aware that not all SCSI controllers are created equal, and there can be
> ``interesting'' problems with geometry and such.

Yes, I think it might be good to keep my controller.

> 
> You might want to build a new machine with something like the 400GB Seagate
> SATA drive I bought at Fry's for about $190 several months ago.  Install
> Linux on this, then copy your data from the old machine to the new SATA
> drive, then move the SCSI controller and drives to the new machine after
> you're sure everything is working properly on the new machine.

This also sounds like a good idea.

As I fuss around with this, I see that there is such a thing as a 1 GHz 
P3.  The Intel MB I currently have says that it will take a P3.  I will 
get out the manual for the motherboard, but you any of you think that it 
might be possible to stick in a P3 and somehow select the clock speed to 
be a gig or is this fixed by the clock chip on the MB?


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