orangext88
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hello everyone.
im new to the site, and new to the hardware side of computers (genuine noob).
my brother in law had an old alienware desktop sat in his garage unused due to some components being fried. i decided to take on the challenge of repairing it for my own use as a gaming machine.
apparently the graphics card died and my bro in law took it to a pc shop and they said something else had fried too.
ive had the pc open and had a little nosey around but everything appears to be ok. started the pc up with everything as it was. sounded as though it ran fine but no picture on the monitor. this would confirm the graphics card being ruined. i tried a different graphics card in the pc and got a message on the monitor about the frequncy being wrong ( i honestly cant remember what it said). any how, going on what my BIL (brother in law) said, i thought replacement mobo and processor.
had a look on ebay and managed to find the exact replacement mobo, cpu, that came with 2 sticks of mem and a graphics card. total cost £22.50.
specs as follows:
MOBO = D865PBZ intel
CPU = pentium 4
mem = is apparently 1GB
graphics card is unknown
this is what i received today in the post. brilliant. so straight to work on replacing the parts. original mobo and cpu out. the replacement ones with mem and graphics card went in. i hooked up all the components incl... 2 x hdd, 1 x cd/dvd drive, and a floppy drive too.
powered the machine up and 2 seconds later it switched off. Gutted. so i start to trawl the web for how to fix the issue. and i get some info.
i have unplugged all components including mem and graphics card.
powered on again. i get 3 long beeps. checked the manual. missing 64 bits of memory. so from what i learned from my little research now plug in the ram. so 1 ram went in. powered on. still no other components attached and 3 secs later it turns off again. tried both ram sticks seperately in all dimm slots. still same 3 sec problem. tried some kingston ram sticks and same problem. 3 secs and off. remove the ram and power up. 3 long beeps but pc still runs. another suggestion i read is heatsink and fan not sitting right or connected properly. put the original heatsink/fan on the replacemnt mobo it is attached correctly and plugged in correctly.
i have not tried the original mobo and cpu yet with the new graphics card recieved so i dont know if the original set up works. but i know that used to run until i turned it off. even though there was no moniter picture.
im sorry for the long *** explanation. like i say im a noob. so if i take you through how i did it then you may know where i went wrong. i ensured my arm was touching the pc case at all time when handling the components so i believe they are not fried from static. the replacement parts off ebay. the seller said he had the set up running in a test rig using unbuntu, and he said it was all working fine. so have i done something critically wrong??
if any one has any suggestions then please let me know. i would appreciate it very much. i hope to get this problem resolved asap.
many thanks
orange
im new to the site, and new to the hardware side of computers (genuine noob).
my brother in law had an old alienware desktop sat in his garage unused due to some components being fried. i decided to take on the challenge of repairing it for my own use as a gaming machine.
apparently the graphics card died and my bro in law took it to a pc shop and they said something else had fried too.
ive had the pc open and had a little nosey around but everything appears to be ok. started the pc up with everything as it was. sounded as though it ran fine but no picture on the monitor. this would confirm the graphics card being ruined. i tried a different graphics card in the pc and got a message on the monitor about the frequncy being wrong ( i honestly cant remember what it said). any how, going on what my BIL (brother in law) said, i thought replacement mobo and processor.
had a look on ebay and managed to find the exact replacement mobo, cpu, that came with 2 sticks of mem and a graphics card. total cost £22.50.
specs as follows:
MOBO = D865PBZ intel
CPU = pentium 4
mem = is apparently 1GB
graphics card is unknown
this is what i received today in the post. brilliant. so straight to work on replacing the parts. original mobo and cpu out. the replacement ones with mem and graphics card went in. i hooked up all the components incl... 2 x hdd, 1 x cd/dvd drive, and a floppy drive too.
powered the machine up and 2 seconds later it switched off. Gutted. so i start to trawl the web for how to fix the issue. and i get some info.
i have unplugged all components including mem and graphics card.
powered on again. i get 3 long beeps. checked the manual. missing 64 bits of memory. so from what i learned from my little research now plug in the ram. so 1 ram went in. powered on. still no other components attached and 3 secs later it turns off again. tried both ram sticks seperately in all dimm slots. still same 3 sec problem. tried some kingston ram sticks and same problem. 3 secs and off. remove the ram and power up. 3 long beeps but pc still runs. another suggestion i read is heatsink and fan not sitting right or connected properly. put the original heatsink/fan on the replacemnt mobo it is attached correctly and plugged in correctly.
i have not tried the original mobo and cpu yet with the new graphics card recieved so i dont know if the original set up works. but i know that used to run until i turned it off. even though there was no moniter picture.
im sorry for the long *** explanation. like i say im a noob. so if i take you through how i did it then you may know where i went wrong. i ensured my arm was touching the pc case at all time when handling the components so i believe they are not fried from static. the replacement parts off ebay. the seller said he had the set up running in a test rig using unbuntu, and he said it was all working fine. so have i done something critically wrong??
if any one has any suggestions then please let me know. i would appreciate it very much. i hope to get this problem resolved asap.
many thanks
orange