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| Thread ID: 63068 | 2005-10-28 07:45:00 | cooked mb | kaliyuga (6711) | Press F1 |
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| 400015 | 2005-10-28 07:45:00 | I bought new ram for my computer and somehow (*$%#@!!???) my son managed to put it in backwards which promptly caused the ram slot to blow up. Now the comp just beeps and won't turn on. DO I need to replace the motherboard, and who knows what else has blown. I'd like to look for one on trademe but need to know what to look for in a replacement board apparently it is an FIC vc19 motherboard "The VC19 is a high performance solution for Pentium?4 processors (1.4 - 2.2GHz+) based on the brand new Intel?845E chipset. The ATX form factor VC19 supports 533/400MHz FSB and up to 2GB of DDR 266 memory. 6 PCI slots and 1 AGP 4X slot make expansion easy and the multitude of on-board features are impressive to say the least. The VC19 is equipped with on-board 5.1 channel audio and the A73 audio bracket provides SPDIF and coaxial interfaces. The VC19 also supports on-board USB 2.0, on-board LAN, on-board IDE (2 x Ultra DMA ATA133) and RAID (0,1 and 0+1)." what compatability issues would i need to consider when considering what to replace it with..? |
kaliyuga (6711) | ||
| 400016 | 2005-10-28 08:00:00 | Iwould search pricespy.co.nz to find a MOBO before trademe. My experience is that there are a lot of places cheaper than trademe. | MACIAN (6176) | ||
| 400017 | 2005-10-28 08:20:00 | yes i hear you there just looking on pricespy as you spoke they range from $70 to a few hundred, what's a good brand and what should i look for |
kaliyuga (6711) | ||
| 400018 | 2005-10-28 18:20:00 | Depends what you want . ie: USB 2, SATA, RAID etc . If u want USB 2 or IDE/SATA/RAID, look for a mobo, that supports them . And a mobo that will take your CPU, and RAM . And it may also depend on how much you want to spend . ASUS arent too bad . I've never had a prob with these mobos (YET)! Altho, these maybe dearer than others . Depending on which model you get . I would avoid some MSI/ECS/Gigabyte mobos, as some of these tend to die soon after . (some models are crappy motherboards) . You shouldn't have any compat issues, if you get the right mobo, which supports the CPU and ram (Thats if the CPU and ram you had/have still works) . And you reformat the hdd you have now, With whatever version of Windows,you were using . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 400019 | 2005-10-28 18:43:00 | if i have to reformat the hard drive does that mean i will have to lose everything on the harddrive? | kaliyuga (6711) | ||
| 400020 | 2005-10-28 19:10:00 | that's not necessary to reformat the harddrive........why do that ?.........most of the time with xp or any other operatin system, if you have changed motherboard/cpu/ram etc then you simply need to run either a repair install or if you are very lucky it'll just boot up and find the new hardware and demand driver cd............dont format the drive it's totally unnecessary..... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 400021 | 2005-10-28 19:19:00 | I bought new ram for my computer and somehow (*$%#@!!???) my son managed to put it in backwards which promptly caused the ram slot to blow up. ? Are you sure the slot isn't working? HAve you tried another piece of ram, my brother did that once - he just killed the ram. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 400022 | 2005-10-28 21:09:00 | Yeah some how i managed to cook my Ram (or so i thought) and all it would do was beep so i left it for about 2 hours and tried again and randomly it worked fine. but now that comuter has more problems the IDE channels died :badpc: | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 400023 | 2005-10-28 21:11:00 | I have that motherboard but unfortunately it is still very much in use so I cannot offer it to you . :p As pctech has suggested, try another stick of RAM, including in slots other than the one that got "blown" before writing off the entire motherboard . If the motherboard is definitely gronked then you will need to find another that will accept your CPU . You will be looking for Pentium 4, Socket 478, Intel 845 DDR 533 FSB . Ascent have two listed on their website - DFI and Gigabyte boards - but Pricespy may throw up a few more brands . The dearest board is only $105 so you won't be looking at "a few hundred" for another mobo . If you reformat your hard drive then yes, you will lose everything on it so you will need to backup all your data first . Doing a repair install as drcspy suggested is an option but it is generally better to start from afresh when replacing a motherboard . |
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