May need some help...

Rob · 29-September-05, 11:14 AM

Long story short, my dad's computer fried early this morning. I'm gonna have to replaced some parts, I know, but what I have no idea. From what he said, it sounds like the ATX molex "bonded" with the motherboard so I'm guessing a new power supply and an AMD Athlon XP board at the bare minimum. Hopefully nothing else got fried but I forsee having to buy a new cpu, RAM, and video card, too.

So, if you've got some parts laying around that you don't need, let me know. It'll be a few weeks before I travel home again so I'm not in a big rush to get the parts yet. Gotta find out what I'm gonna need.

Rob

EDIT:

Guess I should list what I might be looking for...

Abit NF-7S ver 2.0
AMD Athlon XP cpu, around 2400+
UltraProducts modular PSU
Around PC-2700 RAM
ATi 9000 Pro or better

kardiacc · 29-September-05, 11:29 AM

Any idea if any of the other parts fried? CD/DVD drives, add in cards....?

I have had good luck with my ASUS board A7N8X

Rob · 29-September-05, 11:56 AM

No idea as he lives 300 miles away, but from what he described on the phone, I can almost be guarenteed that the mobo is fried.

nev_payne · 29-September-05, 12:06 PM

well, you cant be carrying to light then - take nearly a whole computer with you - obvious parts like a case/cards/drive may not be faulty. To save you some parts it may even be wise to take a test rig with you to try the parts - see if they still function.

godfoot · 29-September-05, 01:01 PM

You have PM

krimson · 29-September-05, 04:50 PM

that happened to a friend of mine with a Biostar AMD board, the PSU basically melted the ATX plug and connector on both the PSU and m/b we just cleaned out the crap on the mb, replaced the PSU, and it has been working fine since... but, yeah, bring basically anything you can, its probably the PSU or m/b, but bring whatever you can just in case its something random like the ram or a video card or something.. ive had HDDs that make me think my computer is dead, and then as soon as i unplug them from the PSU, it boots up fine.

Andrevas · 29-September-05, 04:57 PM

Rob,

I have a Xconnect 500W UV Green for sale right now for $60 plus shipping.

-Andy

29-September-05, 11:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rob Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Home of the world's greatest race... Posts: 6,663	May need some help... Long story short, my dad's computer fried early this morning. I'm gonna have to replaced some parts, I know, but what I have no idea. From what he said, it sounds like the ATX molex "bonded" with the motherboard so I'm guessing a new power supply and an AMD Athlon XP board at the bare minimum. Hopefully nothing else got fried but I forsee having to buy a new cpu, RAM, and video card, too. So, if you've got some parts laying around that you don't need, let me know. It'll be a few weeks before I travel home again so I'm not in a big rush to get the parts yet. Gotta find out what I'm gonna need. Rob EDIT: Guess I should list what I might be looking for... Abit NF-7S ver 2.0 AMD Athlon XP cpu, around 2400+ UltraProducts modular PSU Around PC-2700 RAM ATi 9000 Pro or better __________________ Last edited by Rob; 29-September-05 at 11:19 AM.

29-September-05, 11:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
kardiacc Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lebanon, New Hampshire Posts: 163	Any idea if any of the other parts fried? CD/DVD drives, add in cards....? I have had good luck with my ASUS board A7N8X __________________ "95% of deadly is still deadly" You can't Patch Stupidity.

29-September-05, 11:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Rob Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Home of the world's greatest race... Posts: 6,663	No idea as he lives 300 miles away, but from what he described on the phone, I can almost be guarenteed that the mobo is fried. __________________

29-September-05, 12:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
nev_payne Apex Tech God Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Somerset, England UK........ News Threads: 8,143 Posts: 4,085	well, you cant be carrying to light then - take nearly a whole computer with you - obvious parts like a case/cards/drive may not be faulty. To save you some parts it may even be wise to take a test rig with you to try the parts - see if they still function. __________________ You have reached Nev's Voicemail. Please leave a message in the PM. Thank-you.

29-September-05, 01:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta Join Date: May 2003 Location: "Truth is not determined by majority vote." Posts: 9,948	You have PM __________________

29-September-05, 04:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
krimson Hell's Editor Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mill Hall, PA Posts: 361	that happened to a friend of mine with a Biostar AMD board, the PSU basically melted the ATX plug and connector on both the PSU and m/b we just cleaned out the crap on the mb, replaced the PSU, and it has been working fine since... but, yeah, bring basically anything you can, its probably the PSU or m/b, but bring whatever you can just in case its something random like the ram or a video card or something.. ive had HDDs that make me think my computer is dead, and then as soon as i unplug them from the PSU, it boots up fine.

29-September-05, 04:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
Andrevas Apex Elite Tech Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Glenmoore, PA Posts: 1,156	Rob, I have a Xconnect 500W UV Green for sale right now for $60 plus shipping. -Andy __________________ Examples of rigs I've built \| Check out my For Sale thread here!

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