VIA Announces Lead-Free Motherboard

VIA Announces Lead-Free Motherboard 347

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:35PM from the earth-day-special dept.

linuxprox writes "VIA announced today that their AS-1210 motherboard will be the world's first lead-free motherboard. 'The transition to 'green' manufacturing for VIA has been very smooth and we have been able to ship lead-free processors and chipsets since the end of last year,' said Richard Brown, Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. 'The AS-1210 clearly demonstrates the technology leadership of VIA and Yamashita in being the first to market with a lead-free motherboard that meets the requirements of the international market.'"

VIA Announces Lead-Free Motherboard

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Dammit.. foiled.. (Score:5, Funny)

by brxndxn ( 461473 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:36PM (#8944518)

All my plans of turning worthless motherboards into precious pencils has failed!!

Green? (Score:5, Funny)

by Unnngh! ( 731758 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:37PM (#8944521)

'The transition to 'green' manufacturing for VIA
Aren't most Printed Circuit Boards already green?
Ah, nevermind...

Way to get the lead out! (Score:1, Funny)

by shakamojo ( 518620 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:38PM (#8944536)

Ok, I know, it's not punny. Sorry.

New lead free motherboard... (Score:5, Funny)

by Amiga Lover ( 708890 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:39PM (#8944543)

New lead free motherboard*

*Supply your own solder.

Oh lordy (Score:3, Funny)

by boomgopher ( 627124 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:39PM (#8944549) Journal

So I shouldn't have been eating my old motherboards all these years?

Please confirm my Slashdot friends! Woe is me...

Whoopie! (Score:5, Funny)

by SCSi ( 17797 ) writes: <corvus@vadept. c o m> on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:40PM (#8944553) Homepage

Now I can let my toddler chew on motherboards without worrying about that pesky lead!
Thanks VIA!

"Lead" (Score:5, Funny)

by TWX ( 665546 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:40PM (#8944557)

For some reason I thought that all of the discrete components were going to be surface mount instead of through the board when I read that the board was "Lead free"...

No lead but... (Score:5, Funny)

by valkraider ( 611225 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:43PM (#8944586) Journal

50% more mercury...

:)

It's a joke people...

you insensitive clod, (Score:5, Funny)

by pangloss ( 25315 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:45PM (#8944602) Journal

my pre-1963 computer only takes leaded!

No leads? (Score:5, Funny)

by pyrrhonist ( 701154 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:46PM (#8944616)

How do you connect peripherals? Oh wait...

Re:Green Computing (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @06:47PM (#8944619)

What are you talking about?
Just throw them in a dumpster.

Re:Dammit.. foiled.. (Score:2, Funny)

by Mateito ( 746185 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @07:06PM (#8944787) Homepage

> Now we baby them so much that the sissies make it to adulthood,
> mate with other sissies, and spawn yet more sissies.

And without them, we wouldn't have Slashdot.

Lead free? (Score:3, Funny)

by Spudley ( 171066 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @07:16PM (#8944879) Homepage Journal

A lead-free motherboard? No leads? How am I going to plug anything into it?

Or do they mean no lead-time...? it gets delivered as soon as you order it. Now that would be nice.

Suspect found: (Score:2, Funny)

by Tribbin ( 565963 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @07:22PM (#8944925) Homepage

http://computerfan.de/fun/HP_Gabon.jpg

Great news kids! (Score:3, Funny)

by whovian ( 107062 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @07:23PM (#8944933)

I will feel soooo much better when my son pulls chips off his motherboards and sticks them in his mouth [ashcraftandgerel.com]! Thanks VIA!!!!

Oooo shiney (Score:2, Funny)

by mog007 ( 677810 ) writes: <Mog007@gm a i l . c om> on Thursday April 22, 2004 @07:25PM (#8944955)

The article has a site load meter... and it's not entirely red yet... what's the matter with us fellow /.ers? Have we become weakened?

Re:PC has met motherboards (Score:1, Funny)

by phraktyl ( 92649 ) * writes: <wyatt@dra g g oo.com> on Thursday April 22, 2004 @07:43PM (#8945107) Homepage Journal

What exactly is this "kilogram" you speak of?

Re:Way to get the lead out! (Score:3, Funny)

by Weaselmancer ( 533834 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @08:05PM (#8945251)

You don't know how lucky you are - if this was 500 years ago, you'd receive the medieval punishment for telling bad puns.

You'd be drawn and quoted.

Weaselmancer

Second American Revolution... (Score:2, Funny)

by vudufixit ( 581911 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @09:01PM (#8945613)

If it happens, I will make sure NOT to melt down any Via motherboards to cast lead bullets for our muskets.

Re:How about..... (Score:3, Funny)

by rtaylor ( 70602 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @09:07PM (#8945636) Homepage

And poof, that water was gone. You cannot get it back, it has been obliterated.

The only way to get that water back when an ice comet crashes into the earth, and you don't want that to happen.

We're all going to dehydrate because of RAM!

Re:PC has met motherboards (Score:2, Funny)

by calethix ( 537786 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @09:56PM (#8945890) Homepage

What exactly is this "kilogram" you speak of? I think it might just exist in the same alternate universe where people get to upgrade their computers annualy.

Re:A nice start, but... (Score:4, Funny)

by justins ( 80659 ) writes: on Thursday April 22, 2004 @11:44PM (#8946510) Homepage Journal

I have no idea what "sheel negceba" is.

It's someone talking out of their ass.

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Dammit.. foiled.. (Score:5, Funny)

Green? (Score:5, Funny)

Way to get the lead out! (Score:1, Funny)

New lead free motherboard... (Score:5, Funny)

Oh lordy (Score:3, Funny)

Whoopie! (Score:5, Funny)

"Lead" (Score:5, Funny)

No lead but... (Score:5, Funny)

you insensitive clod, (Score:5, Funny)

No leads? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Green Computing (Score:0, Funny)

Re:Dammit.. foiled.. (Score:2, Funny)

Lead free? (Score:3, Funny)

Suspect found: (Score:2, Funny)

Great news kids! (Score:3, Funny)

Oooo shiney (Score:2, Funny)

Re:PC has met motherboards (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Way to get the lead out! (Score:3, Funny)

Second American Revolution... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:How about..... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:PC has met motherboards (Score:2, Funny)

Re:A nice start, but... (Score:4, Funny)

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