ECS motherboard and old computer stuff from work

This is an ECS 748-A motherboard I got from work along with a bunch of other computer related items. Of many items I bought home, this was one of the few things I was able to get to work. I've always been wanting to build a system that would be housed inside a box that motherboards are usually sold in.

Anyway, I put this together with a Socket A (423) AMD Duron processor running at 1400mhz, 512 mb of DDR-400 ram that I saved from my old computer, and an old NVidia graphics card of which I don't know what model. A LG 52X CD rom and a random floppy drive completed the rig. Input devices are a SunbeamTech brand EL back lit multimedia keyboard with the corners chipped off and a Microsoft Wireless mouse which tended to have an appetite for a set of batteries. Power came from a 250 watt ATX power supply.

Since there is no hard drive, I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 off a live CD with this rig. Being a Windows user primarily, I'm new to using Linux distributions but I'm quickly figuring it out. Everything seems to work fine so far.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• computer
• parts
• old
• school
• ECS
• motherboard
• 748-A
• pheperials
• obsolete
• AMD
• socket
• Duron
• Athelon
• processor
• Ubuntu
• 8.10
• live
• cd

[whiskeyify]

probably could load win 2000 on it...I have upgraded old computers from 98 to win 2000. you have to add some more RAM but it will probably work.

[yuandrew]

@whiskeyify

I've ended up getting a hard drive with XP on it and a gig of ram and built the computer that I currently use at work. One of the computers we have still has 2000 on it.

[ordunajettagls]

Dam your going to get fired for jacking motherboards, oh and ecs sucks.

[yuandrew]

It's an old board and I asked my boss and he just told me to take it along with a bunch of other old things we wanted to get rid of.

[JamesHuntleyy]

"I obtained these from Work" AKA Stole!

[yuandrew]

Actually, my boss offered me a bunch of the old stuff that he had laying in the back of the warehouse as they were pretty much obsolete and a lot of them were either returns or defective items.

This was just one of the few things that I was able to get to function. Most of the other motherboards I got won't Power On Self Test at all.

[buttkiss36]

I love it I subed likes and comented

[SkyDestroyer213]

@yellowbook1234567 i bet the feelings mutual 

[yellowbook1234567]

you sound retarded no a fence

[YOHISIVA]

good work is it, if U able to help me aswell....

[Vocoder07]

nice old mainboard!! but...why there is a shitty amd cpu socket ...lol

[TheGeek1028]

Holy shit, that thing is loud. Lemme guess-- one of those K7 motherboards with no BIOS fan control?

[SeikoPsycho]

THIEF!!!

[thezackatron]

your a dork