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Apr. 19th, 2007 05:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolariUpdate on the computer thing:
I tore the system completely down to just memory, motherboard and video, no POST, no beep. Cleared the CMOS, ran it without video, ran it without memory, no beeps codes, no POST.
When I replaced the video card a few months ago, I had a lot of trouble finding an AGP card for my system, memory was hard to come by as well. I kinda half heartedly was thinking of upgrading the system.
The computer place I go to had a motherboard/CPU combination that was uber cheap. Not what I wanted (when I usually buy something like that, I try to get top of the line and then grind it into the ground (I ran a Pentium I 200MHz till 2003)), but it was cheap, and fit kinda in my grocery budget. It's gonna leave me with about $50 for groceries, but if I choose well, I should be able to survive.
It's not what I was hoping in an "upgrade" at all. It's a Pentium D running at 2.66GHz. Micro ATX form factor, though, just 2 expansion ports. It's got onboard video (mixed-memory, though), and hopefully it'll take my memory and power supply.
At best, I'll be out a week. At worse, I'll be out two months.
What a day. I need a drink.
At least the iMac is acting SOMEWHAT stable.
I tore the system completely down to just memory, motherboard and video, no POST, no beep. Cleared the CMOS, ran it without video, ran it without memory, no beeps codes, no POST.
When I replaced the video card a few months ago, I had a lot of trouble finding an AGP card for my system, memory was hard to come by as well. I kinda half heartedly was thinking of upgrading the system.
The computer place I go to had a motherboard/CPU combination that was uber cheap. Not what I wanted (when I usually buy something like that, I try to get top of the line and then grind it into the ground (I ran a Pentium I 200MHz till 2003)), but it was cheap, and fit kinda in my grocery budget. It's gonna leave me with about $50 for groceries, but if I choose well, I should be able to survive.
It's not what I was hoping in an "upgrade" at all. It's a Pentium D running at 2.66GHz. Micro ATX form factor, though, just 2 expansion ports. It's got onboard video (mixed-memory, though), and hopefully it'll take my memory and power supply.
At best, I'll be out a week. At worse, I'll be out two months.
What a day. I need a drink.
At least the iMac is acting SOMEWHAT stable.
