E7 error – Intel DQ35JO motherboard
Intel DQ35JO This is one of those infuriating motherboards. When I booted it up, all I got was a black screen with a cryptic E7. Apparently, E7 stands for Error… Read more >
eMachines W3107 Upgrade
eMachines W3107 I bought the W3107 from Walmart in 2005. It came with a slow 1.8GHz AMD Sempron 3100+. For those who are not familiar with computers, the Sempron is… Read more >
ECS L7VMM3 embedded AMD XP 1800+
ECS L7VMM3 This motherboard by the Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is even farther back. It uses an early AMD Athon XP 1800+, a 1.50GHz processor that was released in about… Read more >
IDOT ID-PCM7G embedded VIA C7-D processor
I bought this motherboard out of curiosity. I’m sure it has been with me for more than a decade. I never really used it because it was too slow. Since… Read more >
Pentium D 925 with Intel D945GNT motherboard
the Infancy of Dual Core 2005 marks an important milestone in the history of computer processors. That was the year Intel released the first Dual-Core cpu, code-named Smithfield. Prior to… Read more >
Jetway Atom-GM1-330-LF with antiX Linux
Intel Atom 330 Years ago, I bought this Jetway motherboard because of the Atom 330. This particular Atom is a Dual Core, 1.60GHz cpu that is embedded into the motherboard…. Read more >
Dell Dimension 3000 Upgrade
The Tortoise My wife bought this Dell Dimension 3000 in 2005. From day one, I hated it. It was SLOOOOOW. And the reason for that is because in order to… Read more >
Intel DG31GL Motherboard Revisited
Intel released the DG31GL motherboard in January 2006. It was a low end, budget motherboard, targeted to users that simply want a computer to do basic stuff like emails, type… Read more >
Linux and Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Lately, I was going through my computers to see which ones are suitable for a music server. I know, all motherboards have built-in audio but I’ve never liked them. Most… Read more >
Rescuing my HP 15-f009wm notebook
Year 2014 I rarely buy new computers but in December of 2014, I made an exception. I bought a HP15-f009wm notebook because it was on Christmas offer. The normal price… Read more >