I think I got screwed

Do you have the receipt of what kind of ram you first bought, if so you can tell what kind it is.

Just spoke to my cousin that lives in NY, it is in fact illegal for him to keep your old parts. He was suppose to inform you(ask you) if you wanted the old parts and then make you sign off on them. Make sure that you tell him that if you dont receive everything back you will proceed to take legal action. That would surely make him replace anything.

Its the same thing as car repair, although you always sign a receipt for car repair, fine print says they will keep the parts that are replaced by their shop, unless law prohibits them to do so.

I dont have the receipt for what initially came in the pc when I first bough the computer but I do have the receipt from the upgrade of ram I just bought two weeks ago yes. I think it was hand written so it may not say exactly what kind it is but I can call that tech (the good one) and he will tell me what it was.

I dunno can someone confrim what I said before, I want to make sure I got this right before I am faced with him lest her try to confuse me or make me look like I dont know what im talking about

Just take your pc to him, tell him that you want your original parts back.

Ok I got my old tech to try and run my original motherboard using a replacement chip in the meanwhile just to see if it was functioning. It did not. It got power but not full power and didnot light up properly so he told me yes it was damaged. I feel better knowing the shady tech at least did not make that up. Now I need to know what is easier for me to do....first can I find a replacement circuitboard that can handle my intel pentium4 2.8 prescottD 1M chip, or maybe another motherboard (chip included) just like I had? If so where do I look online to find if someone is selling those parts? If it is unlikely I can find a motherboard to support the chip I had (I read online that the prescott series although listed as compatible with some boards did not fit properly) then can I find another motherboard that is if not the same...up to par with what I had (2.8 CPU) and if so where do I look for that? I want as much cpu as I had before if not a slight upgrade, whichever is easier to find, but I dont know where to being looking. I am trying to be cost effective, if I can find the board I need I am hoping the sneaky tech will at least hook that up for me no additional charge and I wont be out as much money. It would be ideal if I could have something that would go with the chipset my windows installation is used to using so there is no conflict and so I do not have to reinstall windows and keep all my files without transfering them all.

you can find a board for it, socket 478 right?

this board supports your 2.8Ghz prescott
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138079

http://www.discountelectronics.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2022

here's your mobo, its guaranteed 90 days, only place I could find it at that price, this way you can use your old cpu, have the "old" tech guy(honest one) install the old chip for you and your other items. If you get the refund for your old stuff from the guy that gave you the crap athlon it should cost no more than 50 bucks to put it, puts you back around 150 dollars that you originally spent.

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marlenejojo needs a motherboard for a prescott pentium 2.8

not to sound like a technological ***** but what do you mean my mobo? I had a desktop pc. I dont understand the term im sorry lol

I dont know how to find out the socket all I know is what dell.com has listed under my serial number for what I had which is Processor, 80546, 2.8, 1M, Pentium4 Prescott Dt, 533, E0., Hard Drive, 80GB, I, 7.2K, 2MB WD-XL80SD-2, 512MB DDR SDRAM at 400M, 32X64 8K, 184

super listed the exact replacement above. the one i listed works with your cpu but takes DDR2 memory. and yes its the motherboard thats being referred to.

ok my only other concern is that the site said that it is 50/50 with that motherboard, and is mainly good or salvaging a computer as they dont tend to last. Should I worry about that or hope I get lucky? lol. Also you said it takesDDR2 memory..is that the same kind I had already or different? Oh yeah my radeon 9000+ card that I already purchased, will it work with this new motherboard?

unfortunately you are limited in your motherboard selections, the biostar isnt the greatest, but the dell OEM board isnt to great itself. if you want to use the ram you listed (DDR) you should use the one that Super listed. adding DDR2 ram would be an upgrade.

what does ddr2 ram go for roughly? I dont have to keep what I had if the price isnt to steep on getting new ram added, although I will lose money from the RAM stick I just bought for it to bring itup over 1G before all this stuff happened..

here is an example of a 2 gb kit. need to check ram compatibility to make sure, but this should work.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134046

also to consider, i think your radeon 9000 is an agp interface,(double check that) this board has only a pcie slot.
the biostar board is for those who want to take their current machine and upgrade capabilities. (faster ram,Graphics ETC)

I'm not even sure if the machine supports ddr2, ill have to look, im pretty sure its just ddr, both have different pin counts.

super,
we were just talking about if Marlenejojo went for the biostar board supporting the p4 prescott, and that it would require upgrade to DDR2 and a pcie card as thats what the board supports.

ok my radeon 9000+ says 256M DDR PCI, so would that work with the both biostar as well as the other one posted by super?? ALso I read user reviews who have a prescottD chip also that said they had problems fitting it in motherboards that claim to support it, are you sure that both boards you listed will be able to fit my INtel chip? Sorry to have so many questions I just dont want to get messed over any further so when I go to this guy I can say ok I found this, I want this...now put it together or I want my money back lol. Oh also we are keeping the same windows installation with all my programs and such instead of transferring it. I read that there can be conflicts if you use the wrong board, will these be ok or will I have to have a data restoration xfer and a clean windows install? I realize where it is recommended anyways but I am trying to avoid doing that because I have so much on my computer and I had just paid 80 bucks two weeks ago to have it done, id hate to do it again.

if your Radeon 9000 is a PCI interface it will work on both boards. secodnly about the reviews with the 'D' chip, i cant speak to that as hands on. all boards and manufacturers have their little quirks about them. you can call here: Biostar Support Phone Number: 1-626-581-1055 and see if you can get some clarification(i take newegg reviews with a grain of salt as you will notice everyone marks thier tech level as 'high' lol). as far as the operating system, you will undoubtedly have to do at least a system repair, or clean install when you make a major (motherboard) hardware change. if you could back up and do a clean install would be better.
......did I get it all? lol