Re: PENTIUM III

[Nick <spam@ix.netcom.com>]

A lot  of the consumer oriented PCs by the big manufacturers, (i.e.
compaq, hp, etc) slap one of those lttle foil stickers on the case,
overlaping adjoining case pieces that separate when the case is opened.
This is to ensure the user hasn't been tinkering around in the case in a
non static safe envronment in order to preserve the warrantibility of
the machine.  Anyone non-saavy enough to buy one of those integrated
piles of components, probably does not know enough about computers to
safely add boards anyway, thus validating the reasoning behind the
stickers.  And those who are saavy and still buy one aren't going to
worry about any silly warranty anyway.  :-)



Supertimer wrote:

> Nick <spam@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> >You might not want to open the case on one of those
> >machines...  They probably have those little factory
> >seals that void the warranty if you open the case.
>
> This is better answered in a PC group but I do not
> think there is such a seal on most PC computers.
> Otherwise, how is a user supposed to get at the
> expansion slots.  Like on the expandable Apple IIs
> (IIe, IIGS, etc.) the case was made to be opened.
>
> Only in certain non-expandable Mac models and
> in the IIc and IIc Plus was there such a seal.
>
> By the way, Windows 95/98 does not always ID the
> CPU correctly.  When I had an IBM brand Pentium
> compatible CPU, Windows identified it as a '486. ;-P