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VictorEM83 · Post by **VictorEM83** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:32 pm

What P3 did they have? If it was 100Mhz FSB I could have upgraded it to 1GHz

It was a slot 1 right?

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Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:50 pm

Not sure what kind of slot it was, probably slot one. The problem with this pc was also the case. the PSU was in front of the cpu, making it impossible to see/access it. It would of been too much trouble and not worth upgrading. Now it's a 1.3Ghz Athlon so that's like 5 times better and faster. The athlon should run higher but the mobo is set lower then it should and I did not bother changing the jumper where it goes. the desk is horrible for accessing the pc. it's good enough for what they use it for.

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VictorEM83 · Post by **VictorEM83** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:51 pm

Still have that PC what are you doing with it?

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Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:58 pm

There's something wrong with it but it's impossible to get parts that old now so not sure what I'll do with it. Probably sell it on ebay for people who collect antiques or something. for all I know it could simply be a bad ram stick, or partially burnt out processor, but I have no way to test it with other components since I don't have other components to test with. It's nothing too bad since it would still POST, it just would not boot, it would BSOD all the time, even after a fresh install of windows. Red hat intall would freeze, everything would freeze. That computer had problems like that since we had it, but it just grew worse until it did not boot anymore.

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VictorEM83 · Post by **VictorEM83** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:01 pm

Have any local pc stores? they may be able to test the processor, ram, and board for you if is just the ram or processor dude why trash it a 1ghz server isnt too shabby fot a little cost.

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Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:14 pm

yeah but it would probably cost about as much as buying a new one... I'm almost done saving up for my good server anyway. Only have the cpu, video card and hard drive. So that's about 300 bucks worth of stuff if I get it off my supplier. I'm not sure if I want to go sata or ide they seem to be almost the same price for 120. Or I might stick with ide and go 180. I'll use the server for backups and stuff. what sucks is that the video card from the p3 does not fit in the mobo. It only supports 1.5 volt cards, the slot is different. I don't get that, a very good mobo, but they had to cut corners and make it support old 1.5v cards. if the 8Meg card does not fit, what will? lol. but I'll get a pci one.

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brandon · Post by **brandon** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:17 pm

PCI isn't nearly as good as AGP.

You lose some bandwidth, but if it works, then go for it.

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VictorEM83 · Post by **VictorEM83** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:17 pm

Newegg has cheap PCI card for like $40

But for a sever what do you need killer video for?

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Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:21 pm

It's a server. it could be black and white 256 shades for all I care.

It will probably always be displaying text anyway. (linux console). I'll probably hook it up to a kvm downstairs and mostly use VNC to access it. I can't really buy from places like newegg because it's almost double the price and shipping will kill me. Might as well pay 50 bucks canadien and get it direct from my supplier and pay about 10-20 bucks of shipping (depends of I ship other items, which I will most likely do, probably the processor).

The thing is my debit card has a limit of 300 so I have to make sure orders don't surpass that. I'll have to get that changed. Lately I have lot of money coming in so I'm taking advantage of this for my server. I think within a month I'll have it all up and running, without too much of a dent in my current funds.

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Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:23 pm

man this has gone off topic.

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VictorEM83 · Post by **VictorEM83** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:27 pm

just a tad

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Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:32 pm

It's ok, it might attract others since it's a rather interesting thread. the last 5 posts apears on the article page.

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brandon · Post by **brandon** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:33 pm

Servers are cool.

I might buy one.

They have places where you can get them for $400 bux.

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VictorEM83 · Post by **VictorEM83** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:37 pm

Hey red say if I wanted to host a site off my cable internet what would it take? hypothetically

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Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:44 pm

I'd say go at least with a 1Ghz computer. Something more if possible. But ISPs don't allow it,which really sucks, so you would not have it for long.

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Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:44 pm

Oh and it depends on the traffic. Iceteks was hosted on win98 P450 since it's all I had, and it worked, but as soon as there were more then 3 people on the forum, it croaked.

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brandon · Post by **brandon** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:44 pm

You can get away with a 486 as a server Red.

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VictorEM83 · Post by **VictorEM83** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:45 pm

Is there a way to get away with it? there has to be something Red what are you keeping top secret?

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Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:45 pm

you could, but it would not go very far.

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brandon · Post by **brandon** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:46 pm

I wouldn't try anything illegal Vic.

You can get your ISP account removed if you do that.

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VictorEM83 · Post by **VictorEM83** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:47 pm

What would I need to host a site out of my home?

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brandon · Post by **brandon** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:50 pm

You can't, but you can sign up for a hosting service.

There are really cheap ones out there, and it's not illegal.

There are alot of free ones too.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:52 pm

Some ISPs allow you to have servers though... Check with the ISP you have.

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VictorEM83 · Post by **VictorEM83** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:54 pm

maybe for an extra fee I could hmmm. I know some people with DSL that do it that why I was asking they all go thru the same ISP.

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Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 12:05 am

you can usualy get a business package that allows you, but here they actually cap it to 15GB and yet you pay 150 instead of 40 and the residential package is unlimited. go figure...

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