2013-02-25, 21:17
Hello, long time no see.
So, I've gotten myself an AMD FX-6300, a new hard drive, and an ASRock N68C-GS FX motherboard. I bought these to repair/upgrade my old Pentium machine, hopefully reusing some older parts.
Well, that didn't work out.
With installed, I broke the AMD heatsink and the computer would start but not POST. I tried removing the graphics card and troubleshooted it. I contacted ASRock, but I haven't heard from them, and I can't return it because my dad bought it in November and I've just received it from him.
It also lit my SD card drive on fire.
This was tested first with a Thermaltake 600w PSU (didn't work ) and then with a taiwanese branded 245w PSU, which worked (figures).
Then, I realized my processor wasn't compatible with the BIOS, so I install a Sempron 145 and troubleshoot it again.
Nothing.
So, I go to Microcenter and get a Biostar A880GZ motherboard and 8GB of Crucial Ballistix ram and a Hyper 212+ cooler (was on sale) and spend 3 hours putting everything together. My problem here is that I don't have a home for my front panel cable. It doesn't fit the designated front panel plug thing, but it fits the serial port. What the hell?
Is there any way I can make this work? I'm not getting a new case (this is an emachines et1831-03 case) because I'm too cheap to get a new CD drive (it wont come out of it) and because I'm too cheap for a quality case. I'd rather just sell everything on ebay and buy something from xoticpc.
Thanks in advance!
So, I've gotten myself an AMD FX-6300, a new hard drive, and an ASRock N68C-GS FX motherboard. I bought these to repair/upgrade my old Pentium machine, hopefully reusing some older parts.
Well, that didn't work out.
With
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FX-6300
1TB WD 64mb 7200rpm hard drive
GT 240
ASRock board
generic DVD drive
4GB DDR2 800 ram
1TB WD 64mb 7200rpm hard drive
GT 240
ASRock board
generic DVD drive
4GB DDR2 800 ram
It also lit my SD card drive on fire.
This was tested first with a Thermaltake 600w PSU (didn't work ) and then with a taiwanese branded 245w PSU, which worked (figures).
Then, I realized my processor wasn't compatible with the BIOS, so I install a Sempron 145 and troubleshoot it again.
Nothing.
So, I go to Microcenter and get a Biostar A880GZ motherboard and 8GB of Crucial Ballistix ram and a Hyper 212+ cooler (was on sale) and spend 3 hours putting everything together. My problem here is that I don't have a home for my front panel cable. It doesn't fit the designated front panel plug thing, but it fits the serial port. What the hell?
Is there any way I can make this work? I'm not getting a new case (this is an emachines et1831-03 case) because I'm too cheap to get a new CD drive (it wont come out of it) and because I'm too cheap for a quality case. I'd rather just sell everything on ebay and buy something from xoticpc.
Thanks in advance!