My desktop computer had some problems going on for sometime now. Motherboard won’t recognize my old IDE hard disk. Sometimes while the computer was running, I used to connect the hard disk and it got recognized and I could use it but after rebooting, it vanished every time.
Last week, computer refused to start. It starts, fans start running, hard disk and DVD drive make sounds. All this happens for few seconds and everything stops. Most likely the culprit is either motherboard or processor. I read a lot about this problem on internet, but nothing helped. They say a faulty PCI card or RAM can be problem but I don’t have a PCI card installed in my system and I tried putting RAM in different slots but looks like its not a faulty RAM problem or a problematic DIMM slot problem either. I put RAM in a different computer and it worked fine.
Though I can get my motherboard repaired or buy a new one or buy a new processor if the processor has gone wrong, but I have thought why not go for a complete upgrade. I generally like to buy AMD processors and motherboards because I like to upgrade my desktop every few years. AMD processors and motherboards are somewhat cheaper than similarly performing Intel processors and motherboards. I plan to use parts from my old desktop in the new desktop. The parts I’ll have to change are processor, motherboard and RAM. Budget is also a constraint. And I like to upgrade every few years so I don’t need to spend a lot on high-end processors and motherboards. And these are going to get a lot cheaper next year so why buy them now if my latest video games are still running fine on my current system. I’ll go for a cheap AM3 motherboard and AM3 processor and DDR3 RAM. My old motherboard is a AM2+ with dual core processor 2.2Ghz. I also can buy a AM3 processor and use it with my old AM2+ motherboard if motherboard is fine. I’ll sell the old DDR2 RAM if I change the motherboard also. I plan to used my old power supply glacial 550w, seagate hard disk 160gb, moserbaer dvd writer, graphics card nvidia MSI geforce 9600gt 512mb and CPU case.