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LOE
08-30-2005, 10:12 AM
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/07/feng_shui_motherboard.html


Beijing, China - Fengtek released their first motherboard based on the ancient Chinese philosophy of Feng Shui. Many interior designers use the principles of Feng Shui to arrange furniture in rooms, so the areas have positive energy. Fengtek is the first company to move these principles to motherboard design.

Charles Huang, CEO of Fengtek, said he had been "looking for a way to combine modern technology with traditional Asian wisdom. My father had a motherboard company, so why not start there?"

Vincent Xiang, lead designer at Fengtek, explained how positioning the components away from traditional locations brought peace to the motherboard, "We put the CPU in the center, because that is the chi, or life force for the entire board. A centered chi provides better performance."

"We didn't rely on reference boards or schematics from chip manufacturers. Those designs had too many straight lines and sharp corners, which are unnatural and direct poison arrows at our soul. Instead, we tilted the memory slots and added an extra expansion slot at an angle to direct those negative energies away from the user," continued Xiang.

Xiang also said the angled slot also slows down the chi as it enters the CPU so it lessens the harm from any sha or negative chi. Placing the RAM in the bagua area of knowledge and wisdom should also increase performance.

Fengtek also released a specially designed case to house the motherboard, which provides "a positive path for airflow spirits."

Reviewers at several websites were unable to get the motherboard to power up in any configuration. Fengtek technical support said this would allow more time for meditation

looks kind of cool, but the 1th of april is far away

Tanktanium
08-30-2005, 10:42 AM
*Ahem*

First of April ring a bell?

ettis
08-30-2005, 10:43 AM
lol.. "We put the CPU in the center, because that is the chi, or life force for the entire board. A centered chi provides better performance."

Appropriate release date too :D

koei
08-30-2005, 10:54 AM
That's stupid and one ugly ass board

Ugly n Grey
08-30-2005, 11:07 AM
It's a joke...gotta be...

BioPC
08-30-2005, 11:08 AM
Is this a joke? :)

babyelf
08-30-2005, 11:16 AM
actually i saw this board ages ago.. lol.. can't remember when..

WeStSiDePLaYa
08-30-2005, 11:19 AM
this is REALLY old.

[XC] leviathan18
08-30-2005, 11:25 AM
lol insane mobo need to see a review to see if the CHI works better xD

shadowing
08-30-2005, 11:28 AM
lol. This board looks so ridiculous we should buy it lol. XD

Revv23
08-30-2005, 12:56 PM
lmao...

pythagoras
08-30-2005, 01:39 PM
The report is dated july 2004, so probably a spoof

Regards

John.

MaxxxRacer
08-30-2005, 01:51 PM
ROFL.. I love bbspot..

en4cer
08-30-2005, 03:39 PM
LMFAO! look at the pci slot at a 45 drgree angle lol :lol2:

Frisch
08-30-2005, 03:49 PM
Reviewers at several websites were unable to get the motherboard to power up in any configuration. Fengtek technical support said this would allow more time for meditation.

I rest my case

HiJon89
08-30-2005, 03:51 PM
lol notice the ying yang next to CPU :p:

mr_knowitall15
08-30-2005, 03:53 PM
can u OC this boards chi??? lol :p: btw, that is a pretty mediocre photoshop job of the crooked ram slots and the 45 degree Pci slot, plus the ying yang. look closly at the area around the angled pci slot... you can see chips and crap that dont match.. they just copy and pasted from a different picture it loos like. its lookin more like a job done in paint now...also theres like 5 IDE slots... half of one is near the crappy chopped pci slot...

kraggy
08-30-2005, 04:14 PM
I just heard that there will be a goat entrails board released. And then for the budget sector a tea leaves board will introduced if interrest is high enough. :woot:

craig588
08-30-2005, 04:45 PM
Bbspot is a comedy website.

speed bump
08-31-2005, 10:37 AM
I wish they could of done a better photochop on it. That PCI slot runs through a chip the ram slots have distortions all around them and the CPU socket is to close to the mounting bracket.

But hey 45° angle ram slots sign me up that would make one cool arse board.

shigs
08-31-2005, 02:35 PM
has no1 noticed there is no physical way that board could fit into a case, jus think about it, u slot the i/o plate in2 ur case, erm.... now i ave pci slots behind... now wat case is configured in such a way... thats the worst mock up ive seen in a gd while :D

[XC] leviathan18
08-31-2005, 03:04 PM
if you read they said they have an "special case" for it or perhaps the feng shui style reacomodates your case too o the chi can flow xD

largon
09-03-2005, 11:27 AM
Too bad the s939's retention bracket is missing few of critical parts like both it's bolts, including the parts of the bracket the bolts are attached. One part of the bracket can be found from between s939 and the pci slot.

I'm quite sure this has a negative effect on the balance of forces. Especially if one wishes to use Zalman coolers. :confused:

Check those "Related News" links:
Overclocker Creates Rift in Space-Time Continuum
It appears that the CPU was operating so fast that it began to execute instructions before they arrived. This execution of future instructions created a small tear in the fabric of space-time itself - -
Intel researchers have long warned of such damage to the space-time continuum, and added clock multiplier locks to their CPUs - - (http://www.bbspot.com/News/2000/5/clock_rift.html):rotf:

[XC] moddolicous
09-03-2005, 01:26 PM
That is a really cool motherboard, not. If it came out, I may have to buy it just to try it out. I'd also like to see the case for this beast. Amazinf FX 57 + good chi (cpu in middle) = 4ghz benchable?!