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02-05-2002, 12:42 AM
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motherboard options: availablity & pricing?
Hi,
My question concerns options on the ASUS p4b266 motherboard and motherboards in general. 1) Do local retailers who lists these boards- do they add on the options themselves or do they order it pre-made from Asus? (eg parallel port, USB2, lan, audio, S/PDIF in/out etc are all optional) 2)Is there somewhere to price all the options online- (am not quite ready to deal with salesmen) See- these retailers list prices- but the prices are for optionless boards. I'm looking to find an idea of how much extra the various options will cost. Finally- probably a dumb question, but just in case, could any of these options be ordered and added later-by myself? Thanx |
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02-05-2002, 01:10 AM
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Hi buildingit,
Those "options" are installed at the factory during the manufacturing process. With ASUS, they have a way to identify what is included on their motherboards. After the initial model number identification (P4B), you may see a -L (LAN), -S (SCSI), -D (Dual CPU's), -M (Micro ATX) and so on... Check at places like Newegg.com and MWave.com to see if they have the particular ASUS motherboard you're looking for.  Cricket
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02-05-2002, 08:46 PM
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Thanx!
I checked out all 3 sites: it seems resellers choose a single set of options for any given memory type and only sell that one set of options- bit of a bugger, and none say for sure in LPT is included (it's optional!) Perhaps I'll go with Intel instead- there's an Intel place here (Vancouver) that sells various permutations. Thing is Intel motherboards have only one ATA slot whereas Asus's have 2..... am a bit undecided about this. Anyway, thanx for the responses! |
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02-05-2002, 09:54 PM
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02-05-2002, 10:07 PM
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yes- ide.
Intel D845BGSE: i845/S478, DDR, ATA100, AGP4x, 6PCI, CNR, 5USB2.0, ATX12V, Audio vs P4B266: Intel i845, P4-S478, FBS400, 4DDR/5P/4USB, 2xATA100, AGP4x I hope you are right!!! Time for me to check the Intel site rather than this retailer. Thanx |
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02-05-2002, 10:11 PM
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Yes, that intel board has two ata100 connectors. All that retailer is saying is that the board supports the ata100 protocol as a selling point. It is understood that both ide connectors will have it.
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02-05-2002, 11:54 PM
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Thanx!
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02-06-2002, 08:12 AM
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"..and none say for sure in LPT is included (it's optional!)" Are you talking about the parallel or "printer port"? If you are, that's built-in on all modern motherboards.
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02-07-2002, 12:53 AM
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Yes thanks, you are right!! That Asus web site listed it as optional for the P4B266 but not for the P4B266-Se, -e etc. :
Back Panel I/O 2 x Serial Ports, 1 x Parallel Port (Optional), PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector, Game/Mic-in/Line-in/Line-out Ports, 2 USB 1.1 Ports, RJ-45 LAN Port (option) but I looked in their online manual, and it is indeed NOT optional One less thing to worry about! Thank you
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