[97Cobra]

ok my home computer is messing up. first it started to not write songs on discs n then nothing both dvd cd burners dont read any thing nor the flopy disc drive. and now it doesnt want to start up? i have to restart it like 7 times before i get it up. i replaced the power supply n it didnt do anything. i uninstauled n reinstalled them several times... could it be the motherboard? and can it be replace and if so would it erase everything? we dont have the start up disc anymore. it was lost during the 1st move...lol oh yeah its a POS e mech. from wallie world. lol its only 3 years old. thanks!

[2000Si]

You need the discs so you can update the drivers.

[Dennis]

sounds to me like your loosing the motherboard due to all drives failing. if it was only one id say replace that, but as far as loosing everything yes your going to loose everything unless you get a portable drive and toss everything you need onto it. microsoft being the morons that they are made sure that it reads the board info during instal so when you put a new board in it it wont run smae with the cpu and hard drive. On the up side you can pick up a cheap motherboard on www.tigerdirect.com and do it yourself if you have the know how. If not im sure i could help you throu it somehow after all i got a degree in these god forsaken things

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by 2000Si You need the discs so you can update the drivers.

+1 that too possibly and if you dont have the disk go to www.driverguide.com and register and look for the drivers they have damn near everything great site use em all the time

[97Cobra]

this is almost as bad as someone tryin to explain trigonomics to me...lol but i think i got it...lol i need the discs to update the drivers so i can put a new mother board in but before i do i have to get a portable cpu???? lol sorry ive been moving all day n im ofly tired..lol

[Cricket]

Id shoot it or blow it up if I were you.

[97Cobra]

Originally Posted by Cricket Id shoot it or blow it up if I were you.

id rather not because i dont want my fam. getting on my note book all the damn time. lol they might see some boobies...lol

[Cricket]

but boobies are healthy, and it would be fun blowing the computer up. I need to fix my potato cannon so I can shoot stuff again.

[Horseshoeing]

Next time,............. get a Mac

[Dennis]

you will need the drivers to reinstal the disk drives correctly either way. you dont need a cpu to replace the motherboard just get a motherboar that is compatiable with that cpu which theres 2 amd compatiable or intel compatiable not too hard. with it being 3 years old its well a dinosaur in the pc world so any cheap compatiable board would work

[MustangMatt96GT]

MAC FTW! Intel Mac = mac OS X + Windows!

[Countryboy_99]

Blow it up!!! Blow it up!!!















Ahem... Sorry my redneck in me came out just a little bit there.

[97Cobra]

Originally Posted by dburklen you will need the drivers to reinstal the disk drives correctly either way. you dont need a cpu to replace the motherboard just get a motherboar that is compatiable with that cpu which theres 2 amd compatiable or intel compatiable not too hard. with it being 3 years old its well a dinosaur in the pc world so any cheap compatiable board would work

ok so if i replace the motherboard all my songs n files i have on this computer will be gone?

[Juggalo_X]

sounds like you have leaking/blown capacitors and or ram errors take it to a professional (like my self) and they can verify i cann't with out looking unless u wanna open the case move the wires and get me a clear shot of the motherboard. and ram errors u need to use memtest v1.70 to test the ram if u see any red its bad. dont replace the mother board until u have it looked at. it could easily be a hand full of other issues. like is aid ram errors, bad ide/serial ata cables, bad optical drives, hard disk corruption/failure. power supply failure (under powering the computer this is very common for burning issues) the lack of an 80 pin IDE cable on the optical drive to prevent cross talk. and they list can go on for ever.

[WAR-PARTY]

Originally Posted by Juggalo_X sounds like you have leaking/blown capacitors and or ram errors take it to a professional (like my self) and they can verify i cann't with out looking unless u wanna open the case move the wires and get me a clear shot of the motherboard. and ram errors u need to use memtest v1.70 to test the ram if u see any red its bad. dont replace the mother board until u have it looked at. it could easily be a hand full of other issues. like is aid ram errors, bad ide/serial ata cables, bad optical drives, hard disk corruption/failure. power supply failure (under powering the computer this is very common for burning issues) the lack of an 80 pin IDE cable on the optical drive to prevent cross talk. and they list can go on for ever.

Sounds about right, you live in an area with alot of lighting, could have been smoked with out you knowing about it. An UPS is a wonderful thing. If you replace the mother board, yet retain the HD and use the same vrs of the OS you should be fine as far as your files are concerned. If nothing else just take the HD to a computer shop and have them down load the HD to CDs. Data can almost always be retrived, ask the perves that are in jail for crap on thier HDs

[97Cobra]

Originally Posted by WAR-PARTY Originally Posted by Juggalo_X sounds like you have leaking/blown capacitors and or ram errors take it to a professional (like my self) and they can verify i cann't with out looking unless u wanna open the case move the wires and get me a clear shot of the motherboard. and ram errors u need to use memtest v1.70 to test the ram if u see any red its bad. dont replace the mother board until u have it looked at. it could easily be a hand full of other issues. like is aid ram errors, bad ide/serial ata cables, bad optical drives, hard disk corruption/failure. power supply failure (under powering the computer this is very common for burning issues) the lack of an 80 pin IDE cable on the optical drive to prevent cross talk. and they list can go on for ever. Sounds about right, you live in an area with alot of lighting, could have been smoked with out you knowing about it. An UPS is a wonderful thing. If you replace the mother board, yet retain the HD and use the same vrs of the OS you should be fine as far as your files are concerned. If nothing else just take the HD to a computer shop and have them down load the HD to CDs. Data can almost always be retrived, ask the perves that are in jail for crap on thier HDs

in english now...lol

[Juggalo_X]

If the motherboard is not replaced with the exact same type (Chipset type to be specific)..... say hello to reinstalling windows if you have 2000 pro or up. Hardware Application layer (HAL) will have a panic and the pc wont turn on properly until you reinstall or repair windows so it knows what the new hardware is and knows how to use it. Im still leaning towards Power supply, Motherboard capacitors or ram.

[97Cobra]

well thats what i thought as well and already replaced the power supply about 2 weeks ago...

[Juggalo_X]

Originally Posted by 97Cobra well thats what i thought as well and already replaced the power supply about 2 weeks ago...

did u get a cheap ass power supply that looks and feels like it was a beer can yesterday? claims its 450w but its really like 120w.... if u did i wouldn't be surprised if the power supply is dead again and i also wouldn't be surprised if it damaged the motherboard. as an example would you fix your mustang with fisher price parts? nah didn't think so so why is every one so cruel to there pc?

[97Cobra]

??? lol we had to get the upgraded one from emachines ppl said emachines shit couldnt be upgraded with outer parts from other companys. kinda like putting a LS1 intake on a mustang..... lol