[geeks] PC question

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:17:49PM -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Frank Van Damme wrote:
> 
> > > I miss the days when we didn't have HD controllers on board.
> >
> > I don't understand what's wrong with having them? They're in your way? :)
> 
> They're a lot harder to replace when they're not on a PCI card,
> especially if the motherboard's BIOS configuration program won't let you
> disable the onboard interfaces.

We are talking about PCs here.  You aren't supposed to replace the HD
controller.  You are supposed to toss the entire machine and replace
it.  That is what they are designed for.