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Old 20th Oct 2009, 20:28
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So my brother was on his computer which is a HP Media Center m7060n Desktop PC and he was on last night browsing the internet and he said that it just turned of out of no where. And then a blue led on the power switch started flashing. So he tried to boot it back up but nothing. The computer is totally dead no sound, no fan, nothing. I thought that maybe it was the PSU again because i replaced it about a month ago with a 400W (factory is a 300W) and so i exchanged it and hooked everything up and still nothing. When i flip the power switch on the back of the PSU there is a amber light on the power switch that blinks once and then back to nothing. I narrowed it down to either the motherboard or the power switch but i dont think that would be it because there is a light and it would be hard for that to fail. And i have no idea how to test it and change the parts because the other computer that i have that parts wont match up. So i was thinking to just buy a new motherboard and see if that solves it because i dont know what else it could be. The factory MB is pretty $ so i wanted to find out if i can get a better one that would mate up to the current setup. And i hate his comp because it only has PCI slots and cant upgrade the video card to a PCI-E. He already bought a PCI card but it is garbage.I just need to find one that will match up. But my main concern is it worth it or just buy or build a new comp. Here are the specs......
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...reg_R1002_USEN

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Old 21st Oct 2009, 10:20
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It's hardly worth the replacement of the motherboard man, it's old and rusty. It'd probably be cheaper to get a brand new motherboard and a decent dual core processor on the 775 socket and just swap over the existing parts..
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Old 25th Oct 2009, 06:54
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alright thanks bro. im going to pick up some new parts today and put it together
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Old 25th Oct 2009, 09:10
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Let us know how it goes mate.

Any problems, you know where we'll be!
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Old 25th Oct 2009, 13:27
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ok im about to go and get the parts but i was just wondering if i change everything new and keep my hard drive will i need to reinstall the OS? Or can i just run the mobo driver cd and it should boot up
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Old 25th Oct 2009, 13:31
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Probably need to reinstall your OS man. Motherboard CD installs into Windows, if you can't get to windows then you can't install it.
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Old 26th Oct 2009, 21:40
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ok new prob so i put it together and spending some time on the wiring because i wouldnt figure out the wiring from the chassis to the mobo. so now i just installed XP Pro 64-bit and first thing i did was tried to use the software from the graphic card(will update parts later) and it said that the hard drive is FULL! i used my old HD which is 233GB and its full. so it still has all my files on there just have to dig for them. but i think that the original 32 bit is still on there. because there are some files named system 32. so what are my options? can i just delete them or should i just compress my files and burn them to a dvd a re format the HD which i think would be the easiest. also on boot up the screen pops up and asks which to load>>> XP PRO, XP Media Center(origional), Windows recovery.
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Old 26th Oct 2009, 23:10
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You dual-booted it instead of letting Windows format the partition. Backup what you want and format the drive then try again.
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Graphics Card(s):
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Old 27th Oct 2009, 21:48
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yea thats what i thought. ive been compressing files and burning them to dvds all day and still not done. i wish i had an external HD
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Old 29th Oct 2009, 11:44
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finally everything is up and running tho i have to say i am a little disappointed because i thought it would be a little faster. so here is my budget setup.....

Prestigio Case
Ati Radeon HD 4770 512 MB GDDR5
Asus M3A76-CM
Antec 500W
AMD Phenom II X3 Processor Black edition 2.8 Ghz, 7.5 MB Cache
Original HD 223 Gb
Kingston 2 Gb(did not buy with my build)
Windows XP Pro 64-Bit(did not buy with my build)

Total came out to $460
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