If your 10-year-old motherboard doesn't have Wi-Fi, and you are unsatisfied with the performance of Wi-Fi dongles or add-in cards, it might be yet another sign that you need an upgrade.

Woah. I haven't posted at Ars in a little while. Anyway...My parents recently came to the realization that they no longer use their desktop computer at ...

First, remove the old motherboard. You need to be careful when removing the CPU cooler and, in particular, the tiny connectors that run to the status LEDs, as well as the power and reset buttons.

Cool! I love to see ancient things ro be restored. In this case, I’d replace the poor 8088 by a real CPU however, an V20. ;) I mean, if we’re at replacing/fixing the EPROM, anyway..

Your motherboard isn't me, but what's better than this terrible rip on the Old Spice advertisement is a new motherboard. Sometimes you need to upgrade an aging board with a new and better model. Here ...