Published by Jeremy on 8/29/2005 06:51:00 PM
Shatz - Any updates on that laptop?
Leon - I'm online using your PC again. The old network card must be shot- put in one of my spares and everything fired right up. Onboard sound is still FUBAR'd, and causes nasty brokenness to the system from just turning it on. Unfortunately, I can't offer you a spare sound card- you've got an open PCI slot on the motherboard, but that shitty Compaq case doesn't have an opening in the back for it.
Computer is up and running. You'll have to live with no sound until you're ready to upgrade, but at least you'll be back online.
Also- you'd asked about what could be salvaged from the old machine. IMO, the only thing you could possibly save is the hard drive, and you probably won't even need that. (If you buy one made, they all come with drives- if you decide to build one from parts, I've still got 40G drives lying around.) Nothing else is worth keeping, IMO. At least not as a computer. It would make a nice MAME machine, though. ;D
Leon - I'm online using your PC again. The old network card must be shot- put in one of my spares and everything fired right up. Onboard sound is still FUBAR'd, and causes nasty brokenness to the system from just turning it on. Unfortunately, I can't offer you a spare sound card- you've got an open PCI slot on the motherboard, but that shitty Compaq case doesn't have an opening in the back for it.
Computer is up and running. You'll have to live with no sound until you're ready to upgrade, but at least you'll be back online.
Also- you'd asked about what could be salvaged from the old machine. IMO, the only thing you could possibly save is the hard drive, and you probably won't even need that. (If you buy one made, they all come with drives- if you decide to build one from parts, I've still got 40G drives lying around.) Nothing else is worth keeping, IMO. At least not as a computer. It would make a nice MAME machine, though. ;D