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55744 2002-06-21 03:10:00 My dear old machine that so many of you have tried to help with is on it's last legs.

More and more frequently it refuses to boot. I have unplugged the BIOS chip and replaced it and it still doesn't boot. However if I remove it and heat it with wife's hairdryer then replace it away we go. So I'm convinced the chip is the problem.

Now I need either a new chip or new setup altogether. Given that AT style motherboards are out of production (or so I'm told) I will have to upgrade everything to ATX if a chip or chip and motherboard can not be found. (Anybody got a chip or motherboard in their junk box?)

The relevant details for the chip are:

Award Modular BIOS (2a591O09) (note the O&0)
Motherboard is Octec Rhino 15
Chipset Intel Triton TX socket seven based

Now if any of the readers are in the computer sales field and feel they can do a good deal on a box, as it were, then E-Mail me a quote. It doesn't have to be the worlds quickest machine. What I'm using is quite adequaite. (166 pentium, 256 ram, 2gig hard-drive) So you see It won't take much beating!

Payment will be by CASH (folding) if prefered.

Cheers

Bob
B.M. (505)
55745 2002-06-21 06:55:00 Hard to Email you a quote without an Email address..
I can do an upgrade box for $520 + courier. The box without the hard disk.
Post your Email and will give details if interested.
mikebartnz (21)
55746 2002-06-21 09:23:00 Sorry Mike.

Wasn't sure if the new system revealed the E-Mail address or not.

Sounds good, E-Mail address BOB-MORRISON@xtra .co.nz

Cheers

Bob
B.M. (505)
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