Geir
09-15-2005, 06:31 AM
as you may not know, I have not been posting on this board for some time. I had some computer issues I needed to fix.
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when I started my long gone AMD computer one day, I noticed that my bios told me that my floppy disk was damaged and something about an "unknown flash type". afterwards, I proceeded to scan my computer for viruses. I scanned with "antivir" and there was no culprit behind the bios change, so I scanned with "stinger" and it also didn't come up with any results. I then thought of why this was happening, how did I screw my computer up, nothing came to mind.
a few restarts later, my computer would not boot up at all. there was no video and no error sound. I told my father about the problem. he recommended a new power supply because he thought that my current power supply was insufficiant.
so, we went to the store to get a new power supply. this store had no refunds and this was the place I bought my AMD computer from. after waiting in this long line, buying the product and driving home, we opened the case opening of my computer.
the diffrent power supply had no effect on the computer, the computer still would not boot up. my dad tested it on his computer and the power supply worked perfectly there. this was when we thought the motherboard had fried and we had to get a whole new system.
the replacement computer was the same model that recently fried on me. when we booted that computer up, it ran normally for 30 seconds (at the most) and then it would just power down by itself. after that, we used the power supply we had bought some time ago to see if it would work; and it didn't work. a few restarts later, the coumputer would not boot up at all; it was in the same condition that my last computer was in. "I think the computer came pre-fried for us..." I said.
we went back to the store to return the computer and the power supply for store credit. a few days later, my dad found another replacement computer that was better then my old AMD. after some time and some tinkering with the computer to make it actually run with my harddrive and installed components, I'm back.
to sum it all up, my AMD processor fried and took the bios and motherboard with it, the computer after that already came pre-fried and this computer will have less chance of frying.
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my old computer was:
emachines
AMD atholon xp
256+512 meg DDR ram (I forgot the details)
80 gig harddrive
visionteck radeon video card
onboard sound
wireless networking
250 watt power supply
replacement part:
400 watt power supply
first replacement computer was:
emachines
AMD atholon xp
127+127 meg DDR ram (I forgot the details)
80 gig harddrive
onboard sound
onboard video
250 watt power supply
this computer that I am using currently:
emachines
2.8 gig celeron D
256 meg of I-donno-what ram
80+80 gig harddrives
visionteck radeon video card
onboard sound
wireless networking
digital media manager
I-donno-what power supply
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when I started my long gone AMD computer one day, I noticed that my bios told me that my floppy disk was damaged and something about an "unknown flash type". afterwards, I proceeded to scan my computer for viruses. I scanned with "antivir" and there was no culprit behind the bios change, so I scanned with "stinger" and it also didn't come up with any results. I then thought of why this was happening, how did I screw my computer up, nothing came to mind.
a few restarts later, my computer would not boot up at all. there was no video and no error sound. I told my father about the problem. he recommended a new power supply because he thought that my current power supply was insufficiant.
so, we went to the store to get a new power supply. this store had no refunds and this was the place I bought my AMD computer from. after waiting in this long line, buying the product and driving home, we opened the case opening of my computer.
the diffrent power supply had no effect on the computer, the computer still would not boot up. my dad tested it on his computer and the power supply worked perfectly there. this was when we thought the motherboard had fried and we had to get a whole new system.
the replacement computer was the same model that recently fried on me. when we booted that computer up, it ran normally for 30 seconds (at the most) and then it would just power down by itself. after that, we used the power supply we had bought some time ago to see if it would work; and it didn't work. a few restarts later, the coumputer would not boot up at all; it was in the same condition that my last computer was in. "I think the computer came pre-fried for us..." I said.
we went back to the store to return the computer and the power supply for store credit. a few days later, my dad found another replacement computer that was better then my old AMD. after some time and some tinkering with the computer to make it actually run with my harddrive and installed components, I'm back.
to sum it all up, my AMD processor fried and took the bios and motherboard with it, the computer after that already came pre-fried and this computer will have less chance of frying.
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my old computer was:
emachines
AMD atholon xp
256+512 meg DDR ram (I forgot the details)
80 gig harddrive
visionteck radeon video card
onboard sound
wireless networking
250 watt power supply
replacement part:
400 watt power supply
first replacement computer was:
emachines
AMD atholon xp
127+127 meg DDR ram (I forgot the details)
80 gig harddrive
onboard sound
onboard video
250 watt power supply
this computer that I am using currently:
emachines
2.8 gig celeron D
256 meg of I-donno-what ram
80+80 gig harddrives
visionteck radeon video card
onboard sound
wireless networking
digital media manager
I-donno-what power supply