Computer's Dead...

[Punk_Sk8r]

Yeah I suppose so but my brother told me that if I do contact a pro they will just rip me off and instead of that you could just get a new PC???

Also he reckons there might be a problem in the hard drive because its not making any sort of noise or anything but he doesnt know what to do either so just for the record who shall I contact???

Sorry if thats a stupid question but yh...

 

[Abhas]

have u tried booting with a windows XP CD??
i still feel, u may be able to get thing in order if u can manage to boot with that...

 

[siddharth2002]

Yeah I suppose so but my brother told me that if I do contact a pro they will just rip me off and instead of that you could just get a new PC???

Also he reckons there might be a problem in the hard drive because its not making any sort of noise or anything but he doesnt know what to do either so just for the record who shall I contact???

Sorry if thats a stupid question but yh...

They won't rip you off, you haven't been able to fix your PC by now so a pro has to charge something if you expect him to do it quickly. Also its your hard-drive which seems faulty so, get a warranty replacement from wherever you bought your machine. Its easy to assume that there's lot of money in IT but it has to come from somewhere?

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

Yeah but if the cost ends as £100 or more there might not be a point because my dads PC isnt exactly state of the art and might aswell chip a few more 100's in and get one of the newer ones or a MaC (I heard they dont have as many problems)

Btw I doesnt Windows XP cost a fair bit??? plus getting a new hard drive might aswell do the above

Any help on whom to contact is welcome though...

 

[Abhas]

where d'u live punk??

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

In Croydon, England?

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

Okay I have come to a conclusion I am going to give my PC to my dad and set it all up for him like put his filming studio stuff on it etc.

But I seeing as I will be PC-less I'm going to get a new one a really rubbish one like the one in the link below which is in the cleanouts section at Currey's.

It's £150. What I want to know is can I update the Graphics and RAM?

And what things really matter like will I get any drawbacks just to breif you guys I use my CPU for these things and these things only:

Windows Live Messenger
Xfire
Counter-Strike
FIFA Games
Cricket Games
Photoshop CS2

Will it be able to handle that once update?

Link To The PC: http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/sto...fm=1&sm=1&tm=4&sku=503882&category_oid=-26387

Thanks.

 

[Almost_Austwick]

Punk,

Not sure if you've managed to fix your PC problem but this link here might help you.

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

Yeah I've looked at that a few times but I don't think I can do many of them.

I've decided to throw #52 out the findow too. Im just going to give my dad my computer and then my brother is going to get him a Mac and I'll have my CPU back.

Thanks for all the help, I'll still try do somthing about the other one until he comes back.

 

[AbBh]

Okay I have come to a conclusion I am going to give my PC to my dad and set it all up for him like put his filming studio stuff on it etc.

But I seeing as I will be PC-less I'm going to get a new one a really rubbish one like the one in the link below which is in the cleanouts section at Currey's.

It's ?150. What I want to know is can I update the Graphics and RAM?

And what things really matter like will I get any drawbacks just to breif you guys I use my CPU for these things and these things only:

Windows Live Messenger
Xfire
Counter-Strike
FIFA Games
Cricket Games
Photoshop CS2

Will it be able to handle that once update?

Link To The PC: http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/sto...fm=1&sm=1&tm=4&sku=503882&category_oid=-26387

Thanks.

Yeah you can update the RAM and i think that motherboard would have a AGP slot(not PCI-Express considering that it's a bit old). So you will be able to use a AGP graphics card.

 

[siddharth2002]

Doesn't say it has an AGP slot but only one PCI slot. I wouldn't buy it tbh.

 

[Kev]

I wouldn't recommend buying it either. I'm fairly sure you will need a new hard drive on your old PC, you should be able to get one fitted pretty cheaply.

 

[The_gas]

I have had this error message before. For me it occured when i tried to set up raid 0 drives, i didnt do them correctly pre windows install or in the bios and had to reformat. It worked after that.

 

[blackleopard92]

I wouldn't recommend buying it either. I'm fairly sure you will need a new hard drive on your old PC, you should be able to get one fitted pretty cheaply.

exactly, i am 90% sure too that u would have to buy a new drive for your PC to work.

I have had this error message before. For me it occured when i tried to set up raid 0 drives, i didnt do them correctly pre windows install or in the bios and had to reformat. It worked after that.

even i used to get loads of them with RAID 0, then i read a review on real world benefits of RAID 0. they are nothing. wasted my money on buying two separate drives.

 

[Kev]

Yes, Raid 0 offers very little (if any) performance advantages for the home user. Add to that by using 2 Hard Drives instead of 1 you are basically doubling the probability of failure over a single drive. Unless you have some sort of bizzare server system setup gas where you need massive drives I wouldn't bother.