Computer woes

[gemfyre]

Looks like the motherboard is gone.
This is bad. No WAY can I afford to replace that at the moment. Weird, because I don't think the water got anywhere near there.

jassa is letting me borrow FirstEvil for now, which is better than a kick in the face. It's an old slow computer so playing games is probably out of the question but hopefully I can still do all the essentials.

This WILL be a good thing. I will use all the time I'd waste playing games doing constructive stuff and exercise like things. *nods determinedly*

I still sure would like a nice new desk though... IKEA are having a sale, I must have a look.

Comments

Re: her puter

[jassalol.livejournal.com]

Hey.

I was just wondering whether you could clarify a couple of things, before you guys commit to this...

1) An AMD Duron 900 is a CPU, not a motherboard. You could be getting the two mixed up, but I'm going to assume you mean you're selling gemfyre a motherboard and CPU (the CPU attaches to the motherboard, so it's very easy to think of them as the one bit of hardware).

2) I don't suppose you can tell us what it's been overclocked from/to? The room gemfyre uses gets pretty damn hot in the summer, so ideally she wouldn't want it to be too sensitive to the heat...

Thanks :-)

Re: her puter

[shirazz.livejournal.com]

Couldn't find the make of the mobo (already tried) but whatever the board is it has that chip on it. I think it's only been clocked from a 900 to a 950 or just on a gig. If there's a problem with cooling then we'll sort that out but it's not been overclocked to the gunholes or anything so I can't see it being a biggie.
I'm a computer nerd - I know about them enough to get me by :)
I'd not try to offload something dodgy to someone. These bits have been tested within the past couple of months & they worked ok then so it should all be cool.

Re: her puter

[jassalol.livejournal.com]

Ok, just wanted to make sure. Thanks :-)

Re: her puter

[shirazz.livejournal.com]

That's no worries - you're a good friend to stick up for your mate like that tho. I know it'd seem shonky - buying computer bits from a person online but meh - someone I talk to online has a problem, if I can I try to sort something out. The reason I selected these bits was because a slightly older machine usually equals salvageable parts which is also a big plus. If the mobo has been fried then there's a pretty good chance the chip is cooked also (especially with salt water - UGH!) so having a mobo with a chip on it is probably the easiest & cheapest way of fixing that plus an upgrade is always nice. I thought I'd dig up what I could anyhow, hence the 2 graphics cards (they're old & if one doesn't work then the other one will but if they both work 1 is AGP & 1 is PCI so then you can decide on how many devices you already have & if a PCI card is a good idea) & the RAM is a bit of a wildcard. I'm thinking they'd be 32SDRAM sticks but hey - if the RAM's shot as well then it's a start.
So yeah - I know how it feels to be sans computer & it sucks! MUST FIX PUTER!!

Re: her puter

[jassalol.livejournal.com]

I wasn't worried that you were selling her dodgy parts, I was just clarifying the situation :-)

Re: her puter

[shirazz.livejournal.com]

That's cool :)
There's plenty of people out there who don't know the first thing about computers, or cars or whatever.
My sport is to go into a large electrical retailer (there's one here which is tres dodgy) & say in a dumb voice "I'm looking for a computer to get on the interweb with & maybe type letters" & I've been sold systems which are FAR too much for just that (who really needs an Audigy sound card, a dual processor & a 256 9800 raedon graphics card?).
I'm evil :)