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Re: Tech Direct and AOpen Motherboards

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From: george
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 00:00
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In article <37a1fa7c.18509917@news.demon.co.uk>, John Perry <JohnPerry@redo
ak.co.ukNOSPAM> writes
>Over the last few days I've built/upgraded my 3 Pcs with AOpen AX-59Pro
>MBs which I bought from Tech Direct.  Only I have a problem with one
>machine which fails to boot.
>
>I have removed all IDE cables from the MB, swapped the memory and
>processor over; reset the bios; removed/replugged in the graphics card
>and the PC will not boot from a floppy. I either get the message not
>enough memory, or it just hangs, or sometimes I get funny characters.
>
>I've concluded that the MB is faulty, what a bummer - question is do you
>agree with my verdict?  Any comments on AOpen?  Any comments on Tech
>Direct - are they good for returns?  Thanks guys.   
Have you checked the memory in another machine?
-- 
George

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From: "george@upgrade-solutions.co.uk" <george@ugsmedia.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Tech Direct and AOpen Motherboards
Date: 1999/07/31
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