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Just finished building a new comp.

Got myself an old MicronPC.com comp from a friend. Said he was having problems with it, so he just gave it to me and got a new one. Anyway, I found out why it was so screwy. At least 10 caps were broken and leaking like hell. A Duron 750, 384 MB PC100 RAM. 30GB Samsung HD, a Lite-On 12X DVD-ROM, and a Lite-On 8x4x8 CD-RW. Some AGP4X vid card, I haven't quite figured out what it is yet. Anyway, my uncle's old Celeron 700 finally bit the dust, so I figured I'd build him a new 'old' computer.

Went to the local computer shop and got a Shuttle MK40VN, and 256Mb of DDR400 RAM. Specs on the mobo.

Socket A, to 333 FSB
VIA KM400 North Bridge
VIA VT8235 South Bridge
KM400 UniChrome Integrated Graphics
AC'97 Integrated Sound, in South Bridge
2 PCI Slots
1 AGP8X
4 Rear USB + 2 Front USB

Already had a cheap but decent case lying around, an 80GB Samsung HD, and a new DVD-ROM lying dormant in a plastic bag. I also had a PCI PNY GeForce MX4000 I stole from a friend, so I stuck it in too. Everything's working like a charm so far. No jumpers to set, wiring diagrams were clear. Plans for this board include a decent AGP8X card, and a new processor. Probably a Sempron 2400+ or something. I might even get a new HSF and try to overclock this thing a bit. The board unofficially supports 400 FSB, and one of my friends got a Duron 700 to 1.0GHz. We'll see

Guardian Asher

thats the way to do it.

Greg

thats the way to do it.

really ??!

I also had a PCI PNY GeForce MX4000 I stole from a friend

is this really the way to do it ???

other then that, yes this is the way to do it.

That is one of the greatest things I have enjoyed with Socket A systems, its the ability to use older processors and upgrade when you get the opportunity

That is nice that the friend just gave that system to you, I would personally make use of the hard drive but then again I don't have 80GB drives just sitting around and doing nothing...

is this really the way to do it ???

Well, see, it went like this. I was at my friend's house, and I saw it lying on the table. I picked it up, looked over at him, said "Hey, you need this?" He looked at me and shook his head, so I said, "Alright, I'm stealing this." and he nodded. So... ha

...but then again I don't have 80GB drives just sitting around and doing nothing...

It was an old 5200RPM drive I upgraded with a 160GB 7200 Seagate. That's why it was lying around ^^

I'm actually posting from my new toy now. So far I'm seriously impressed how this thing performs. It's running without a hitch so far. I stuck the 30 gig HD in as a secondary, and the Lite-On 12x DVD drive as a second slave. I'm running on stock 60mm fan and small HS, so no overclocking, though the motherboard supports SoftFSB overclock. XPSP2, and some other things going on right now, updates and such. I think I might have found an AthlonXP 2200+ to stuff in here, when I get the money. And when I get a new solderer (Dog got ahold of my old one) I'm gonna see if I can replace the caps on that old board. Since it doesn't work anymore anyway, I can't mess it up much more than it already is

Asher