Sammy Posted November 2, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted November 2, 2016 A neighbor needs computer repair. Its only about 5 years old. I think its just the mb that went out. What kind of products are still compatible with this one that dont cost a fortune? I looked around and there is nothing but used items. Awards
Sammy Posted November 2, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Posted November 2, 2016 On an unrelated matter if I were to take a dell or some other oem, wipe the drive and install retail windows or linux, would it care? Or would the hardware/bios require the recovery partition and such? Awards
L!ckALotAPus Posted November 2, 2016 Member ID: 21216 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 20 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1695 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1732 Achievement Points: 15803 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/15/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Birthday: 02/09/1966 Posted November 2, 2016 try this https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_0?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A1048424%2Ck%3Alga+1156+motherboard&keywords=lga+1156+motherboard&ie=UTF8&qid=1478053714&rnid=493964
Blackbart Posted November 2, 2016 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Posted November 2, 2016 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=1156%20motherboards&Submit=ENE Awards
Sammy Posted November 2, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Posted November 2, 2016 The first is a 1055. Anyways, one problem with getting new boards is that oems also tend to have built in backplates that cant be replaced. Also, likely one of the reasons there were some issues in the past was because ms in its wisdom automatically updated to windows 10 without actually asking dell whether or not it should. They will only support win7 with this particular model so no new drivers. Awards
L!ckALotAPus Posted November 2, 2016 Member ID: 21216 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 20 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1695 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1732 Achievement Points: 15803 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/15/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Birthday: 02/09/1966 Posted November 2, 2016 3 words! !fu dell
KaptCrunch Posted November 2, 2016 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4872 Content Per Day: 0.85 Reputation: 4053 Achievement Points: 39427 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 51 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Online Last Seen: 10 minutes ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted November 2, 2016 check your local electronics re-cycler or the dump are sure its the motherboard does it post without any drives connected check psu if nothing happens Awards
Sammy Posted November 2, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Posted November 2, 2016 Actually after checking further I think its fine hardware-wise. Another thing is that her original win7 oem install disks are gone and the recovery partition is not good. So currently have it back up and running with a restore point but no way to reinstall anything if needed. Cant go back to win7. No win10 install disk. She is in her 70's and now and then gets hit with malware. Long story about the trials and tribulations of being on the internet. I was considering just moving her to a good and simple linux distro. Also its a matter of lack of funds. She is on ss. I am right across the street so if anything goes wrong I am a phone call away. Just have to make sure it all works with uverse. And yes I dont like dell either. However many parts companies eventually stop making drivers when ms comes out with their latest and greatest. Awards
Sammy Posted November 2, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Posted November 2, 2016 I guess another reason why win10 sucks. I have been trying to use a usb network stick to get on the internet to update stuff. But, netgear says they dont maintain win10 drivers because ms does things their own way. I dont have access yet for a wired connection because its too far away. Pain in the ass to unplug it all and move it. And I dont want to screw with the existing network settings. Device manager says its there. Driver is there. But nothing on network settings. So going to try again. Did I say I hate win10? Anyways, seems some time in the future she will be getting a tablet. I recommended an inexpensive samsung or something since its just for email and internet. So getting this pc running would probably just be for a short term thing and linux is still looking better. So long as att uverse doesnt fuck with things. Awards
J3st3r Posted November 3, 2016 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5223 Content Per Day: 1.00 Reputation: 5172 Achievement Points: 45911 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 24 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 17 hours ago Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Posted November 3, 2016 2 words Adblock + Seriously it will help eliminate most of the BS she is getting.Most bugs come while downloading crap from popups.I have only got 1 small easily removable bug over the last 4 years.And I watch alot of p0rn0 lol. If it's a Dell they will sell you recovery disk set for the PC reasonably priced.Just did one a week ago for my neighbor.They lost the recovery disks.Contacted Dell and they sent a set out.It was $30 shipped to there door.5 Recovery DVDs and instructions pamphlet.Call dell and see if it's available Might be worth looking into. Neighbors PC is just over 3 years old and it's one of those junk all in one PCs. Awards
Sammy Posted November 3, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Posted November 3, 2016 $30 isnt bad if it will do a fresh win7 install. I think the majority of the stuff she got in the past before learning safer practices was via email and clicking attachments. Ran twice, each, avast+mallwarebytes+windefender to look for stuff. The boot avast check did find a huge number of things. Maybe in email archives. Tomorrow I think I will try an online scanners like bitdefender. I assume avast would look for rootkits. Awards
WolfTiS Posted November 3, 2016 Member ID: 1130 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 28 Topic Count: 216 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2267 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 586 Achievement Points: 17291 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 12, 2021 Birthday: 04/02/1948 Posted November 3, 2016 $30 isnt bad if it will do a fresh win7 install. I think the majority of the stuff she got in the past before learning safer practices was via email and clicking attachments. Ran twice, each, avast+mallwarebytes+windefender to look for stuff. The boot avast check did find a huge number of things. Maybe in email archives. Tomorrow I think I will try an online scanners like bitdefender. I assume avast would look for rootkits. You might want to run Trend Micro's online scanner also Sammy. Awards
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