Re: HP-ASUS Kelut 2.02 MB

<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
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> To me, it sounds like your seller misled you. The system IS an HP
> Pavilion if
> it has an HP motherboard, chassis, and power supply. It is an HP
> Pavilion
> because it is subject to the exact technical limitations as the factory
> original
> Pavilion system. Where the rest of the guts come from is incidental.

I would tend to agree with you. The seller might argue "semantics."
He insisted that the warranty is through him, and *not* through HP.
At this point in time, I'm concerned that this may be a used or returned
system, or have used parts. No real way to tell, is there?

> Everything that the seller put inside are generic parts, same as the
> generic
> ones used by HP's contracted system assembler.

The HD, a WDC WD800BB, comes back as a WD Caviar 7500 RPM
80 GB HD at Western Digital's site.

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=10

The DVD/CD burner is listed as a Philips DVD8421.

> FSB speed is a function of the CPU installed, assuming that the
> motherboard is
> also capable of supporting the same FSB speed.

The CPU is a AMD Athlon XP 3000+ running at 2.1 GHz.

Again, the seller *said* that it is 400 MHz FSB. Belarc doesn't list FSB.
Is there a way to check this?

> The comparable Asus board uses an Award BIOS? Award and Phoenix have been
> part
> of the same company for a few years now. HP and just about all the other
> name
> brand computers plus Intel-designed motherboards, all use Phoenix BIOSes.
> Award
> (and AMI) BIOSes now find their way into the non-Intel retail generic
> motherboards... Ben Myers

Can't seem to locate the archive site on the Asus site today. But
I'll figure this out soon. <g>

Thanks again.


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