Reply 60 of 408, by Deksor
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Well, there are less search options than the fields that can be filled in there. You can't search by max memory, exact CPU support, or stuff like that. But on the other hand having this data stored is handy for you to know if your board actually supports it or not.
I just ask myself three questions
- does the data matter ?
- is it hard to "extract" ?
- can I identify a motherboard with it ?
If it truly matters, I'd add it, even if it's hard to find (except if that's totally impossible to find). If it doesn't matter, but it's easy to add, I may still add it. But if it doesn't matter and it's hard to add, I won't bother with it ^^
And if it can be used to identify a motherboardn then I'll add it to the search function. If it doesn't, it'll simply be displayed on the motherboard page if the field is filled.
Example : serial ports flavours. I won't do any search function for them, and it's a little hard to figure out as you need either a manual documenting the pinout or someone to test the pinout (so basically : human intervention), but it's a really good information to know as it can save you so much time instead of thinking your serial port or your mouse is dead, getting through tons of serial port brackets, until you find the one that works with your motherboard ... (true story).
I think my search function is complete as it is right now (except for POST string search), so I don't think I'll have to modify it anytime soon.
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