Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware

From	Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.gentoo.user
Subject	Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware
Date	2026-04-22 01:10 +0200
Message-ID	<MMso9-gZ4F-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References	<MMso9-gZ4F-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <MMlwm-gUcE-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <MMrBL-gYsb-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <MMs4N-gYD8-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization	linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw

On Tuesday, 21 April 2026 23:43:55 British Summer Time Wol wrote:
> 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...

[sigh...]

You know where the path leads that's paved with good intentions... Yeah. me 
too.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.

Back to linux.gentoo.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

[gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-04-21 17:50 +0200
  Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware Jack <ostroffjh@users.sourceforge.net> - 2026-04-21 18:10 +0200
  Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> - 2026-04-21 19:00 +0200
    Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-04-22 00:00 +0200
      Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> - 2026-04-22 00:20 +0200
        Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-04-22 00:40 +0200
        Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware Wol <antlists@youngman.org.uk> - 2026-04-22 00:50 +0200
          Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-04-22 01:10 +0200
            Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> - 2026-04-22 01:40 +0200
              Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-04-22 12:10 +0200
                Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre hardware Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> - 2026-04-22 12:50 +0200

csiph-web