Computer Catastrophy
Recently my computer failed..
it was :
1100MHz Duron
256MB SDRAM
20GB HDD
32MB Nvidia graphics
gigabyte GA-7ZXE motherboard
i took it to a local computer shop and they told me the motherboard had failed. so i bought a PC chips syntax SV266A, i fitted it but it still didn't work. so i went to a different computer shop and they told me the processor had failed so i went out and bought the cheapest i could find (Athlon XP 2000+) i fitted it and i worked for about a week then it failed again!
i tested the memory in my brothers PC as this was the only thing left thar i hadn't changed and it didn't work. so i went online and found that DDR is cheaper than SDR do i bough some and an Asrock K7S8X, put it all together and it still won't work
any ideas?
it was :
1100MHz Duron
256MB SDRAM
20GB HDD
32MB Nvidia graphics
gigabyte GA-7ZXE motherboard
i took it to a local computer shop and they told me the motherboard had failed. so i bought a PC chips syntax SV266A, i fitted it but it still didn't work. so i went to a different computer shop and they told me the processor had failed so i went out and bought the cheapest i could find (Athlon XP 2000+) i fitted it and i worked for about a week then it failed again!
i tested the memory in my brothers PC as this was the only thing left thar i hadn't changed and it didn't work. so i went online and found that DDR is cheaper than SDR do i bough some and an Asrock K7S8X, put it all together and it still won't work
any ideas?
Comments
its probly a dual board, with slots for both.
i know that!
maybe i should have said that Asrock make motherboards....
the original motherboard had SDR
the Pc chips had both
the asrock has DDR
i bought the asrock with the DDR
-Q
PS. Did you check the pwr supply?
power supply? thats what happened to me the last time.
Did you set the multiplyer/FSB on the mainboard correctly? And the voltage?
should go like 266 * (multiplyer) = Processor speed
the mannual is shit theres 3 pages of english (if you can call it that)
why don't the mannuals come with a troubleshooting section?
LOL, my manual is like 20 pages and only 3 is english
Make sure your getting power.
Check the connections and make sure the mobo is grounded correctly.
Some newer mobos come with the new power adapter. Uses the ATX and the smaller 4pin power cable.
Make sure your using the correct memory type and speed.
reset the BIOS with the little jumper. Just move it over and wait a few secons and move the jumper back.
Try using a diffrent Video card.
Lots of times when a PC gets fried almost everything goes.
My fiancee's father's PC got zaped by a brownout. I replaced the powersupply and the kinda fixed it. The mobo didn't want to work right and also the harddrives he had in it died. I replaced the mobo and harddrive and it kinda worked. By the end he ended up with a new PC. Everything was affected by the damn brown out.
Since its failed ive replaced loads'a things (case, mobo, memory, processsor, PSU). i don't particurly wanna take it back to a shop cos its gonna cost enough just for them to tell me whats wrong. then i have to fix it.
If the PSU is okay, you should replace the VGA card. A friend of mine had a nVidia GF2GTS, which fucked up about 3 powersupplys, and one of the powersupplys took the 2 80gb harddrives with it.
i doubt its the processor or the memory cos my other computer usually beeps itself to death if one of them two isn't working so i'm assuming they all do that.
i tried another video card but it was like 6 years old and probably fucked, it'd been on my floor for six months.
and uhh .... Fish how do you explain this....?
it diconnected me!
(last post was me)
the image didn't show up for me
it's here http://www.freewebs.com/bigalligatorman/mobo-label.gif