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For those seeing this that do not know what is going on this is not art I just need help in obtaining a fully functionall computer and I don't have a photo bucket.
I will remove these picks as soon as I am done with them.
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For friends:
Ok this is computer #1
This is the computer I am using
This is an over veiw of what it looks like and hopefully the damaged capacitators will be visible.
Also this computer has broken circits on the mother board and power supplly is failing.
When I had to reformat after the virus was removed I took drive B from this computer computer #2
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1770483/
since there was nothing important on it anyways
Once the computer was running I put drive A back in the machine and copyied the remaining non backed up files to an i-lodgic drive.
For those seeing this that do not know what is going on this is not art I just need help in obtaining a fully functionall computer and I don't have a photo bucket.
I will remove these picks as soon as I am done with them.
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-
For friends:
Ok this is computer #1
This is the computer I am using
This is an over veiw of what it looks like and hopefully the damaged capacitators will be visible.
Also this computer has broken circits on the mother board and power supplly is failing.
When I had to reformat after the virus was removed I took drive B from this computer computer #2
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1770483/
since there was nothing important on it anyways
Once the computer was running I put drive A back in the machine and copyied the remaining non backed up files to an i-lodgic drive.
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Dude, computer hardware pr0nz.
On a slightly more serious note, if you're using a Pentium 3 computer, I'd suggest maybe throwing together something a little faster.
I've managed to find parts to assemble a full 64 bit system for under $300 USD. This would include a monitor, speakers, keyboard, PC, etc.. It's a budget PC, but it's better than a P3. All of these parts were found on Newegg.
The computer by itself was under $170.
On a slightly more serious note, if you're using a Pentium 3 computer, I'd suggest maybe throwing together something a little faster.
I've managed to find parts to assemble a full 64 bit system for under $300 USD. This would include a monitor, speakers, keyboard, PC, etc.. It's a budget PC, but it's better than a P3. All of these parts were found on Newegg.
The computer by itself was under $170.
are the broken Circuts around the caps? when a capacitor pops like in this case (the red x wouldnt be there if they were not buldging out) like any other element they will break the circuit as a safety measure.
You can replace those and have some sort of functionality once you find out what their ratings are (then order them from an electronics supplier). You can also repair the broken circuits once their located once your elements are replaced or the traces fixed. If its any critical components than junk it.
It looks like an ATX case so you could probably put in a new one. Get a cheap 350W and you should be okay,
I dont think you have an issue with the drives here its just a matter of finding a way of getting your operating system back up
But that said your system is a Pentium 3. Thats a computer that is very nearly 12 years old. By the time your looking at hardware replacements for what you need your better off buying a used Pentium 4 system for $1-200 complete(4-5 years old). Even then for another $100 you can get ram mobo and a cpu thats within a year for around 300 on sale. and just use all your other old parts on it.
There is no way at this point with your hardware issues that you can bandage this your going to have to spend the money to replace the broken parts or your not going to have a computer. Sorry man but thats just the way it is.
You can replace those and have some sort of functionality once you find out what their ratings are (then order them from an electronics supplier). You can also repair the broken circuits once their located once your elements are replaced or the traces fixed. If its any critical components than junk it.
It looks like an ATX case so you could probably put in a new one. Get a cheap 350W and you should be okay,
I dont think you have an issue with the drives here its just a matter of finding a way of getting your operating system back up
But that said your system is a Pentium 3. Thats a computer that is very nearly 12 years old. By the time your looking at hardware replacements for what you need your better off buying a used Pentium 4 system for $1-200 complete(4-5 years old). Even then for another $100 you can get ram mobo and a cpu thats within a year for around 300 on sale. and just use all your other old parts on it.
There is no way at this point with your hardware issues that you can bandage this your going to have to spend the money to replace the broken parts or your not going to have a computer. Sorry man but thats just the way it is.
Ive never seen BTX first of all nor have I ever even heard of that standard.
Its probably so old and outdated its not even heard of since ATX is on every board nowadays. Even my P1 (older than this) thing Had an ATX unit on it (back then it was expensive as hell and my dad was a tech so he went out of his way to get one) so its something Ive never been exposed to or had a reason to look at. But now that its pointed out I will go and look at that standard.
But if its proprietary yeah not worth buying any components or replacing any elements at all because you need the company specific parts to replace the ones gone. That the sort of thing that ruins the computing world.
But what are you going to do if its the choice between fixing this, going back even further in time, or having no computer at all. Which if you have been following this persons journal and other posts you would know that this is the issue. This person has clearly indicated he is not able to purchase a new system.
Its probably so old and outdated its not even heard of since ATX is on every board nowadays. Even my P1 (older than this) thing Had an ATX unit on it (back then it was expensive as hell and my dad was a tech so he went out of his way to get one) so its something Ive never been exposed to or had a reason to look at. But now that its pointed out I will go and look at that standard.
But if its proprietary yeah not worth buying any components or replacing any elements at all because you need the company specific parts to replace the ones gone. That the sort of thing that ruins the computing world.
But what are you going to do if its the choice between fixing this, going back even further in time, or having no computer at all. Which if you have been following this persons journal and other posts you would know that this is the issue. This person has clearly indicated he is not able to purchase a new system.
Dell still uses BTX, and HP is starting to also, though Gateway stopped about the time they went out of business and stopped making computers :p
with ATX, the front of the case would be facing to the right in order to look at the mobo head-on. BTX is the opposite, as it goes on the other side of the case... it also features horizontal memory, the CPU near the front of the mombo, with the northbridge just behind it. The PCI slots still at the bottom, but face upwards because of the mainboard configuration... this case however has a daughterboard for the PCI slots, hence proprietary.
Building computers is cheap enough these days... If you can't build one yourself, you can still buy refurb in some places, though even that is starting to go out of business, because again, building computers is cheap, these days... people can't make any money off of selling old hardware when new hardware is so cheap to begin with.
with ATX, the front of the case would be facing to the right in order to look at the mobo head-on. BTX is the opposite, as it goes on the other side of the case... it also features horizontal memory, the CPU near the front of the mombo, with the northbridge just behind it. The PCI slots still at the bottom, but face upwards because of the mainboard configuration... this case however has a daughterboard for the PCI slots, hence proprietary.
Building computers is cheap enough these days... If you can't build one yourself, you can still buy refurb in some places, though even that is starting to go out of business, because again, building computers is cheap, these days... people can't make any money off of selling old hardware when new hardware is so cheap to begin with.
Correction I just looked it up It looks like it was dropped in a year once the more common ATX 2.0 12V came out so it is not as old as I thought. Now it seems only OEMS like gateway and Dell had adopted them and possibly still use it now for cost measures.
At this view I could not see his main power connector (or recognize it) so I couldn't verify what kind of unit he had at all really >-<
aside from that I have done some research and there are BTX PSUs out there but if its proprietary you gotta go with gateway here or you'll set fires because they custom build everything and you just cant put anything you want into it ~.~
Poster here really should look at getting off this standard immediately or he is going to have continuous problems until he does.
At this view I could not see his main power connector (or recognize it) so I couldn't verify what kind of unit he had at all really >-<
aside from that I have done some research and there are BTX PSUs out there but if its proprietary you gotta go with gateway here or you'll set fires because they custom build everything and you just cant put anything you want into it ~.~
Poster here really should look at getting off this standard immediately or he is going to have continuous problems until he does.
Well I'm learning ton's
A couple weeks ago I didn't even know what command prompt was for,
Now I'm learning some of how to build a new computer!
Thankyou for all the information I hope I can repay you some day some how.
Oh and those "red x's" on the capasators arn't ink, thats crust, some of which I knocked off with my finger.... I should really learn not to poke things.
A couple weeks ago I didn't even know what command prompt was for,
Now I'm learning some of how to build a new computer!
Thankyou for all the information I hope I can repay you some day some how.
Oh and those "red x's" on the capasators arn't ink, thats crust, some of which I knocked off with my finger.... I should really learn not to poke things.
All the PSUs we tend to buy come with the adapter, and if they don't, adapters are cheap. Point is it's nothing special in terms of mounting per form factor, unlike, for example, the Dell (proprietary) slim PSUs, or the tiny ones used in older compaq cases built by sadomasochists.
Seriously? in 6 mo? you must have seen one :p
Dell loves those things... almost 1/4 of the PCs we work on these days are BTX. It's annoying as hell that you can't have a standard arranged workspace with the cords on one side and the open panel facing you without having a BTX thrown in there to mess things up.
Though recently we've seen an even stranger practice of putting ATX motherboards upside-down in BTX-ish cases, expansion slots on top.
Personally I think BTX is a farce... the "superior cooling" aspect is never taken advantage of, especially considering they really don't have well-designed mobos or expansion cards designed with BTX airflow in mind, and they typically just wind up putting an intake fan with a cowling over the CPU, so all the air in the case has already been heated by the CPU heatsink, ala Dell.
If you really want to take advantage of the BTX form factor, the mainboard should be mounted vertically, with the intake on the bottom, and all the heatsinks should be rotated to take advantage of the airflow... and you need decent fans on top to draw the hot air out.
Of course if you're that concerned about cooling, just get ATX and LC it.
Dell loves those things... almost 1/4 of the PCs we work on these days are BTX. It's annoying as hell that you can't have a standard arranged workspace with the cords on one side and the open panel facing you without having a BTX thrown in there to mess things up.
Though recently we've seen an even stranger practice of putting ATX motherboards upside-down in BTX-ish cases, expansion slots on top.
Personally I think BTX is a farce... the "superior cooling" aspect is never taken advantage of, especially considering they really don't have well-designed mobos or expansion cards designed with BTX airflow in mind, and they typically just wind up putting an intake fan with a cowling over the CPU, so all the air in the case has already been heated by the CPU heatsink, ala Dell.
If you really want to take advantage of the BTX form factor, the mainboard should be mounted vertically, with the intake on the bottom, and all the heatsinks should be rotated to take advantage of the airflow... and you need decent fans on top to draw the hot air out.
Of course if you're that concerned about cooling, just get ATX and LC it.
buh... Seagate is the ONLY way to go... if there's anything my experience in the industry has taught me, it's to never settle for Second Best when it comes to hard drives, and frankly, Western Digital is second best. The Seagate drives are the only ones I would trust, after the last time I bought Western Digitals, one of them died on me within 18 months.
I'm not a big AMD/ATi fan, though you can probably see that looking at the submission of mine you commented on earlier, if you read the comments there I posted full specs. It's a Core 2 though, and GTX260-C216. I have to wonder why you would choose crossfire 3870x2 though when a single 48701G would perform just as well for less moolah, and without the compatibility issues that arise from using crossfire tech on things that don't explicitly support it.
OCZ is decent, but more than 4 gigs is pointless unless you're running a 64-bit OS, and considering there's jack shit driver and software support for any Windows-based 64-bit system, I wouldn't even go there. Are you running Vista x64?
It's also my opinion that that PSU is completely overkill, but then again I've never bothered to measure the power draw of quad crossfire.
I'm not a big AMD/ATi fan, though you can probably see that looking at the submission of mine you commented on earlier, if you read the comments there I posted full specs. It's a Core 2 though, and GTX260-C216. I have to wonder why you would choose crossfire 3870x2 though when a single 48701G would perform just as well for less moolah, and without the compatibility issues that arise from using crossfire tech on things that don't explicitly support it.
OCZ is decent, but more than 4 gigs is pointless unless you're running a 64-bit OS, and considering there's jack shit driver and software support for any Windows-based 64-bit system, I wouldn't even go there. Are you running Vista x64?
It's also my opinion that that PSU is completely overkill, but then again I've never bothered to measure the power draw of quad crossfire.
1. fill computer with popcorn
2. remove front blue LED 120mm fan
3. wire up blue LED 120mm fan to a power source
4. sleep
5. wake up in the middle of the night thinking 'looks like my bed did go under water'
6.????
7. pay bills at australia post
8. INCOME!
now thats a plan!
2. remove front blue LED 120mm fan
3. wire up blue LED 120mm fan to a power source
4. sleep
5. wake up in the middle of the night thinking 'looks like my bed did go under water'
6.????
7. pay bills at australia post
8. INCOME!
now thats a plan!
When did patachu comment here?
oh well,
diffinatly sounds like a plan to me,
That computer is still around I thought we could keep it for a spare and use it for word documents and stuff but my sisters and I's flash drives have stopped working and there new,
The only thing I can think of is that we did use them with that computer and it has destroyed a couple floppy disks, something to do with the busted capasitors giving out power surges and busting stuff
Luckily I had a backup, my sister did not.
oh well,
diffinatly sounds like a plan to me,
That computer is still around I thought we could keep it for a spare and use it for word documents and stuff but my sisters and I's flash drives have stopped working and there new,
The only thing I can think of is that we did use them with that computer and it has destroyed a couple floppy disks, something to do with the busted capasitors giving out power surges and busting stuff
Luckily I had a backup, my sister did not.
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