I read MarkInTx's message regarding his e-machine T4170, and all the replies.
I have a friend whose e-machine T4170 just STOPPED! When she turns it on, only a long beep, no bios, no start-up anything. So, running the recovery disk is not an option. This happened after she bumped the machine with her foot.
We're assuming it's a mother board problem instead of a hard drive problem as she gets nothing what-so-ever (outside of the beep) when turning it on.
One Question - MarkInTx said that changing the motherboard invalidated the Windows OS and would result in needing to buy a new copy. Is this true? How/why would that work?
Second Question - does this beep-only response really sound like a MOBO?
Third - does switching out the MOBO necesitate other changes in hardware or software?
thanks!
ma_arizona
I have a friend whose e-machine T4170 just STOPPED! When she turns it on, only a long beep, no bios, no start-up anything. So, running the recovery disk is not an option. This happened after she bumped the machine with her foot.
We're assuming it's a mother board problem instead of a hard drive problem as she gets nothing what-so-ever (outside of the beep) when turning it on.
One Question - MarkInTx said that changing the motherboard invalidated the Windows OS and would result in needing to buy a new copy. Is this true? How/why would that work?
Second Question - does this beep-only response really sound like a MOBO?
Third - does switching out the MOBO necesitate other changes in hardware or software?
thanks!
ma_arizona