ancientmysts

Is that so? Anyways, said forget it. Hard drive was formatted. Wasn't a lot on there that I can't recover. Going through the process of downloading programs, files, and important stuff again....well the ones that I can remember.

Thanks to everyone for the info in my last post where I needed help with my PC. http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55452 The problem ended up being my motherboard, and I have now replaced my motherboard. Upgraded to an nVidia nFORCE 680i LT SLI. Since I had an OEM PC from Gateway, my version of Windows Vista will no longer work since my motherboard was replaced. I have a copy of Windows XP sitting around that I can use, and I prefer XP over Vista anyways. My problem now is my hard drive. I have my PC up and running with another hard drive in it that I was using as a test drive from my brother in laws PC. The computer works fine. I'm just curious as to how I can get XP running on my computer while keeping all my information from my previous hard drive? If I use the XP disc, enter the BIOS and boot from disc to install XP will I lose any of the information on my hard drive? Will it corrupt any of the information? Will it format my hard drive? Any and all help appreciated.

Hey, look at the bright side, at least he doesn't have to worry about getting his asshole riped up when he goes to prison.....

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2 "The Core 2 Duo E4300[17] uses an Allendale core, released on January 21, 2007. The Allendale processors use a smaller mask with only 2 MB of cache, thereby increasing the number of chips per wafer. Allendale processors are produced in the LGA775 form factor, on the 65 nm process node." Conroe, Conroe XE and Allendale all use Socket LGA775; however, not every motherboard is compatible with these processors. Supporting chipsets are: Intel: 865PE/G/GV/G, 945P/PL/G/GZ/GC, 965P/G, 975X, P/G/Q965, Q963, 946GZ/PL, P3x, G3x, Q3x, X38, X48, P4x , 5400 Express Does that mean that the nVidia board I posted in the first post would be compatible? I've always liked nVidia, even after hearing about the legal problems they're having, they still make damn good components. Like I've been saying, all the motherboard/chipset stuff is a foreign language to me. I've already compaired my front side bus, memory, and other things to that board and they all look right, at least to me.

Wow, stuff I haven't heard about in ages.... Pogs Stay over at friends and staying up all night beating NES games. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghost Busters, all those stupid TV shows on Nick Legos, Pipe works Being able to walk in that neighborhood at night Baseball cards being worth something, and collecting them because you liked the sport. Riding my bike to Clown Cone at Northern Lights for candy/ice cream.

Me being a Michigan fan and seeing our all freshman offence, I hope he doesn't play for an OSU loss. Nothing against the team, all 3 of your quarterbacks look great and Well's replacement has got some nice foot work too. Either way, I bet it's going to be one hell of a game on Sat. Can't wait to watch it. I feel so dirty, Michigan has a new coach, new offence and a defence that doesn't show up until the 4th quarter and I'd rather watch OSU games then the shit I'll have to see from them this year. At least I know the Bucks games will be good.....

I was out at that California Fittness on Sawmill. We had just got there when the first tower had hit and it was on TV. Started working out a bit and the second one hit. After I left, I ended up toatling my car. Cops wouldn't come out because they were too busy. Never got cited for the accident, even though some bitch on a cell phone was swerving in and out of my lane, so I was paying more attention to her than the truck in front of me that was slowing for a right hand turn. In all fairness I only had my DL for a month at that point. On a plus note, it is the day of my sister and her husbands anniversary.

"Ooops, wrong hole baby, I'm sorry about that!" Hey, she never set any rules, pool your money together and get a group deal on that. I'm sure she wouldn't mind. Tell her it's for her education, just teaching her a lesson.

Well the power supply has been changed out with no results, so I'd guess the mobo is dead. In my first post I linked one that I was looking at, brother in law told me that I had a 775 chipset, but after looking further the site says I have a 945G chipset. I'm hoping to find one similar to the nVidia one that I linked in quality, price range and so forth. Any suggestions? EDIT: I know very little about chipsets and motherboards. So as much help as possible in picking out a good one compatiable with my system would be appreciated. I mostly use this PC for gaming (Warcraft mostly but a few others, looking into Warhammer), Photoshop and working on a friends website. I hope that helps in the decision for mobo choices based on what I do mostly with my PC.

I had a friend who's dad ended up dying from cancer, it's a shitty deal. He ended up trying to push himself further away from his dad so it didn't hurt as bad when he passed, and he's regreted it ever since. Just make sure you spend lots of time with her and enjoy it. My prayers will be with you, your mom and your family.

I'm looking into it now. I've got an idea of what I'm supposed to be doing. Looking it up to make sure it's right and I'm using the right pin or whatever.

I've gotten NO beeps all day out of this new paper weight. Eh, little humor might be good for me, been so pissed off about this all day. lol

I've removed the memory sticks, 1 at a time, switched them out with no new progress.

Yeah, that was one of the first things I checked. First was the mouse because the laser on the bottom wasn't lighting up, and I had just replaced my mouse. I've checked it on 3 different monitors already. 2 of which I know are properly working. I removed my video card and powered it up. Didn't even beep. No changes. Reinstalled my video card and tried again, same deal. No changes what soever. Anything else I should try before comming to the conclusion that it's probably the mobo?

The video card and power supply has been working fine. They've been installed since April. I'm getting ready to pull out the 8600 GTS to see if it is the problem. I don't believe that I diabled the onboard card, but it's been a while. I'll update you as soon as I try.

My mobo has an intigrated video card. The 8600 GTS is in the PCI express slot. And correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you run your OS without having a working video card, pretty sure my friend killed his and could still have his OS running.

Bump for more help. Patience is not a viture of mine, bored easily and my PC is one of my forms of entertainment/cash. At any rate still need some questions answered. Is it the mobo? If so, is the one I linked in my first post compatable? Also, if I replace my mobo, what's going to happen to my hard drive? Do I lose it? Have to spend hours recovering it?

I'll go see if I can hunt down the old PSU. Edited post above, don't know if that means anything to anyone. EDIT: Found the original PSU. Hooked it up and got the same deal I've had. So I'm guessing it's not the power supply. At least it narrows down the list. So are guys thinking it's the mobo then? Any chance it could be the processor or anything like that? Like I said, I don't wanna go shell out a bunch of money for a new mother board if that's not the problem. Thanks again for all your help.

I think I still have the stock supply, but my brother in law is or is planning on using it in some POS he's going to build. I'm at his place now, but he's not here so I'd have to look for it. It doesn't seem like that would be the problem though since the fans are running, lights for the ethernet are on, and the DVD seems to have power. I've tried to turn off the switch on the back of the power supply already, let it sit for a bit and turned it back on. Nothing happened there. EDIT: Opened the side of the case. Powered the PC on after turning the switch on the power supply off for a few. Monitor still reveices no signal. There is sufficent power to open/close the DVD tray, fans running and all that mess. I did notice a small green LED light on the mother board itself is lit up. The letters next to it read CR3J1. The light is next to where the cable from the power supply plugs into the mobo. Don't know if that helps with a solution.

There's no beeps. I can't enter BIOS or even see anything about the PC starting up. Like I said, I don't know much about the internals. Plug and play, that's what I like. There were no power surges or anything last nite that I know of. I've got other things running on the same power strip and nothing else seemed to be effected. Hate to be a burdon but can you explain what you were asking me to do? Power cycle the PSU? (PC noob.)

Ok, so I went to bed last nite and my PC was fine. Woke up this AM and it's all sorts of bad. My PC is a Gateway GT5412, upgraded with a nVidia 8600 GTS video card and a larger power supply. It's had those done to it since about May, so I know there's no problem with that. When I turn on the PC the power light isn't illuminated. It usually has a blue glow around the power button and a power logo glowing blue inside the button. Then the first thing you notice is the fans, they sound much louder like they're attempting to work in overdrive. After that there's nothing. You know the PC is on, you hear the fans running, but my monitor never gets a signal so it's like the computer never starts. The DVD drive has power, I can see the glowing light where my ethernet cable plugs in at. So I know the rest of the PC is receiving power. My brother in law said that it's possibly the mother board. While he's not the best computer person to go to, he's usually helpful. Opened the computer up, cleaned out the little bit of dust in there, checked all the cords, power supply, made sure everything was plugged in and still nothing happens. Is there a way to check and make sure that it's my mobo? I really don't have a lot of money to go out and replace everything until I'm for certian what's wrong, and I'd just like to go buy whatever the problem is, fix it and be on with my life. Also, if it is the mobo, I've heard about people having problems with their hard drive after changing out boards. I have a lot of important items on my hard drive and I'd like to make sure that if I have to replace my mobo then I wouldn't have to go through firey loops to get my hard drive recovered. Current system specs are here: http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Gateway-Gateway-GT5412-Desktop-PC Upgraded video card here: (It's the GTS) http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8600.html If mother board is the problem I was looking into replacements already. I only know a bit about internals, so I made sure socket was right, memory matches and everything but this is the new mobo I was looking into: http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0277446 Any help would be appreciated. Let me know if you think it's the mobo, if the new one I looked at would work properly and about the hard drive. Thanks in advance.

I've got a 99 Civic, engine started knocking, once I heard it I stopped driving it. It doesn't sound real bad, but I'd like to get it taken care of now so I don't cause more damage. Anyone know of anywhere I can take it to have it worked on that does good work at a decent price? Thanks.

This has actually been around for a little bit. I've seen Mitsubishi in Cambridge over a year ago featuring it. I saw a video of them running Warcraft 3 on it, only Microsoft updated theirs a bit. Video 1 Also a scientist from NYU was working on one.

Not nearly as funny as this.... Dick In A Box

Everything on that list for JUST April? You'd think after so much they'd eventually cut off anything but non consumables from being shipped out of China.