Have 4 emachines T2542 's - 2 died within one week of each other. Out of warranty of course. Traced down problem to dead MOBO. Original MOBO no longer available. Never replaced or installed a MOBO before but got past that.
Pc now keeps getting to Bios post and then unable to load OS. Have been able to load MSDOS from A: drive and get command line prompt but unable to access - locate C:/
Drive was placed into another machine and works fine.
I do have the original recovery disks, but from what I've read, they won't work with a different MOBO. I assume I need to reload OS? Win XPP. I don't have originals. What is best way to proceed.
If I can get this machine working I can get the 2nd dead one up and running, then I'll be ready and waiting for 3 and 4 to die and I'll have some targets for the shooting range.
Thanks in advance!
Pc now keeps getting to Bios post and then unable to load OS. Have been able to load MSDOS from A: drive and get command line prompt but unable to access - locate C:/
Drive was placed into another machine and works fine.
I do have the original recovery disks, but from what I've read, they won't work with a different MOBO. I assume I need to reload OS? Win XPP. I don't have originals. What is best way to proceed.
If I can get this machine working I can get the 2nd dead one up and running, then I'll be ready and waiting for 3 and 4 to die and I'll have some targets for the shooting range.
Thanks in advance!
