well things are staying interesting at least. I bought a used 530s that i was going to used for a motherboard parts. It was a good deal tho. Came with a working tower, 2.2ghz processor (which is almost top of the line for that model that ive seen) monitor, keyboard, mouse. 2 gb ram (max 4 for 530s) and a 20gb HDD. - Not bad. Figured id have replacements for everything should the need arise.
It still hasnt shipped out tho. Apparently the guy was supposed to be back form out of town work to send it. But do to ***happening, he cant. He was going to refund me the price, but considering the bundle i told him i would wait.
Ive been using my old 2002 dimension 3000 in the mean time. And i can definitely say (sadly) that it is at its limits. :'(
So i went from 2 desktops to being on the verge of 0.
I found another action for a tower a few days ago. Tower, no hdd, no OS, no other pieces. Just the motherboard with 2gb ram, dvd drive, fan, psu etc.
So i figured, that thing has enough parts to fix and upgrade both my 530s and the one im waiting on. Motherboard for me, ram for him. And i could end with two working comps if everything goes right. (not counting Dem 3000) - Not to expensive, so i went for it.
Still waiting for the first one i bought. But the second one arrived today. I took out the motherboard and replaced my 530s with it. I tried to start it up but it wouldn't turn on. It beeped 4 times and would stop. Then do it again.
Looked it up to find it was often a problem with the ram. (The one thing i left on the mother board when i replaced it.) Took them out and put em back in. They wouldn't work. So i tried my ram and it started up just fine. So i figured one of those two stick from the machine i bought were bad. I tried starting it up with each stick to see, and now they both worked... /grin So for now, ill save those two stick for use in the machine i havnt gotten yet.
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But after replacing the motherboard the news is....
My dads comp is working again!!!!!