Reply 600 of 53176, by luckybob
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So I was at the thrift store again this weekend, and I saw from the front of the store a blue Imac, on the shelf in the back. YAY! I thought to myself. However, it was NOT an Imac. Hell, it wasnt even an mac. I found for $12 a Imac CLONE, made by Emachines. The eOne.
I got to play with it tonight, and it looks like I have a project on my hands. Now, the specs claim is has a 433mhz celeron processor. Which I thought would be fine, I have a 850 and a 1000mhz chip can I can toss inside, and LOTS of dimms. So I was planning on taking it from 64mb of ram to its max.
First off, I found the monitor doesn't turn on. The computer sounds like it boots fine. I hear the hard drive click away, and the windows 98 splash sound plays after a few seconds. So at least the power supply and the computer parts are working.
So I pulled it apart. (This SUCKED) it LOOKS like the computer part connects to the rest with standard connectors. So on one side i have a hd-15 monitor connector and a 20 pin atx power. and on the other side I have everything else. So the news goes from bad to worse. The chipset is a 440LX. And for those that dont know, the LX is the red-headed stepchild of the 440 family. limited to 66mhz fsb, and 512mb of ram. I had planned on putting a coppermine celeron but I don't think its going to be compatible. The ram is mounted on the motherborad with a single so-dimm slot. "SHIT" I said to myself as I realize I only have ONE other so-dimm in my collection and its likely only another 64mb stick. Not what I had hoped for. The onboard chip is a ati rage XL, which is fine. i LOVE how it has 2 pcmcia slots. and onboard Ethernet is fine, even though its only 10mbit.
I put it back together, and I'll poke around in the monitor bits after a while. I dont have any good pictures of it, but this should help: http://my2cents4theday.blogspot.com/2008/12/b … past-e-one.html
So if anyone has a spare 766/66/128 celeron and/or 256mb so-dimm that they would let go for cheap, let me know.
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