-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-
 
 WC> I've looked over www.pricewatch.com, just an example plenty
 WC> of other sources, and they have some good bare bones deals
 WC> on high powered systems. True most of the motherboards have
 WC> onboard video  and sound but they also have provisions for
 WC> adding your choice of video card and a goodly number of
 WC> open slots on the better motherboards.

 CA> The problem isn't when the mb is new, it's later if/when the
 CA> sound or video goes out and you need to disable it. On my
 CA> COMPAQ here both sound and vid went bad and the required dip
 CA> switch did disable them but I am told on other systems what is
 CA> _supposed_ to disable it doesn't always hide it from the BIOS
 CA> and things get complicated trying to put in vid/sound cards to
 CA> replace the bad onboard circuits. :-\

I'll keep your caution in mind though currently three of the computers
I've had had onboard video and none have gone bad
I download PDF files of motherboards I'm interested in
and read them thoroughly.
 
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