Help Needed Desperately

[terryk]

With regards to a new mobo, you would need to know the exact type and speed, and these can run into hundreds of pounds. Best going back to the manufacturer with the model of PC and getting mother board info and prices, that way.

 

T

[Elton]

Now trying Dabs - all I know is that it's a Packard Bell and has a sticker saying I MEDIA 5306 on the back. Wish me luck - lol

[Elton]

Great - dead end already

[Elton]

Would there be some kind of product no. on the motherboard itself?

[terryk]

Sorry Elton, got called away. Try here

 

T

[Elton]

Cheers - now hunting

[Elton]

Motherboard appears to be obsolete

 

I phoned PC World, where it came from a couple of years ago, and a guy said that "it's an ATX motherboard, so any ATX board that takes your chip should be okay."

 

Does that sound right?

[Jim Murray]

If you need the machine in a hurry, try plugging the hard disc into the *secondary* channel on the motherboard, there are usually two on the board(this channel is probably currently feeding the DVD or CD-rom).

 

With luck the 2nd. channel will be ok. You wouldn't have access to your DVD or CD-rom drives though, unless you configured one of them as a slave.

[Colin Brett]

Elton,

Save yourself a load of heartache and go out and buy a new case with a motherboard, cpu and memory installed. Then just swop you cd dvd and hd into it. If you are coming up the A14 near Bar Hill drop it in to me and I will install it all for you.

 

Colin

[Colin Brett]

Forgot the cost of the bits around £120 -£150.

I've got a box only here at present all working just needs your HD fitting.

What's it worth 733 Pentium3 256mb memory Ati graphics card Sound blaster, CD, floppy and 56k modem. Also has a 4.3gig HD fitted and loaded with Win 98SE. Make me an offer I can't refuse. I'll even throw in a forecourt warranty. Once you are off my forecourt you've had your warranty!!

Colin