Published by Jeremy on 4/06/2007 02:23:00 AM
Farva-
Best I can tell the power supply and MB on your Dad's computer is shot. Surge must have went through the cheap PSU and fried something on the board. Chip may still be salvageable, but I can't test it, 'cause I don't have access to a 478-socket MB.
I can get a new MB for about $50. (The super-cheap $25 boards are out of stock, so who knows when or if they'll come back.) Plus about $15 for a cheap PSU. (Ends up being about $75 shipped.) Then you hope the chip is OK. (It probably is... but it'd be another week + another $40 for the chip.)
Or you can do what you'd asked about, give your Dad your MB and processor, and go ahead and replace your own. New stuff is cheaper than trying to find replacements for the old parts- no joke. Athlon 64 2.0GHz dual-cores w/ motherboard starting at about $130. (Though you'd have to remember the cost of a new video card & RAM, depending on what there is to salvage out of your machine. You'd also mentioned wanting to go to the PCI-X video...)
Basically, figure on about $100 to fix the old one, or $200-250+ (depending on your budget, and the amount of ass you want to kick) to upgrade yours and give him your old parts.
Oh, and Happy Easter, n' stuff...
Best I can tell the power supply and MB on your Dad's computer is shot. Surge must have went through the cheap PSU and fried something on the board. Chip may still be salvageable, but I can't test it, 'cause I don't have access to a 478-socket MB.
I can get a new MB for about $50. (The super-cheap $25 boards are out of stock, so who knows when or if they'll come back.) Plus about $15 for a cheap PSU. (Ends up being about $75 shipped.) Then you hope the chip is OK. (It probably is... but it'd be another week + another $40 for the chip.)
Or you can do what you'd asked about, give your Dad your MB and processor, and go ahead and replace your own. New stuff is cheaper than trying to find replacements for the old parts- no joke. Athlon 64 2.0GHz dual-cores w/ motherboard starting at about $130. (Though you'd have to remember the cost of a new video card & RAM, depending on what there is to salvage out of your machine. You'd also mentioned wanting to go to the PCI-X video...)
Basically, figure on about $100 to fix the old one, or $200-250+ (depending on your budget, and the amount of ass you want to kick) to upgrade yours and give him your old parts.
Oh, and Happy Easter, n' stuff...