Oh cool.
Now what happens if I keep my hard disk and swap the parts. Won't windows activation have a shit ?
So I have an oddball question. Lately I've noticed if I move my computer between rooms, there is what looks like some potential stress marks on the charger cord (specifically the end that plugs into the wall socket, not the adapter end for the laptop itself). There's no actual damage present on the cord, as I don't move it around much generally and I try to take good care of it. It's very subtle, so mainly I'm more curious if this is a sign of age-related wear or basically not a worry at all. I could take a picture if that would help my description. It's where the cord enters the boxy plug.
But the charger itself is working fine and there's no dramatic damage. I try to avoid removing the plug by putting too much pressure on the cord itself, but it's possible it's sustained minor wear over the years.
But the charger itself is working fine and there's no dramatic damage. I try to avoid removing the plug by putting too much pressure on the cord itself, but it's possible it's sustained minor wear over the years.
Are you at all pulling on the cord or stretching to its limit? Over time that might cause some wear and tear, not always but it's been known to happen.
BTW thank you for the tips on that board @Santaman was very helpful. One last question. How many fan headers on that board? Am still waiting for my parcel to arrive.
Well in that case I don't know. Maybe age if it's a few years old or even exposure to sunlight through a window can do funny things.
@Unicron cables and cords will age and get brittle over time.
@Trinity Gingerbread The board only has one fan header for case fans and of course a CPU fan header and that's all.
@Trinity Gingerbread The board only has one fan header for case fans and of course a CPU fan header and that's all.
OK no problem, looks like I'll need a fan splitter. Yay much fun.
In the very end of the Socket 939 era ASRock made a mainboard based on the 785G Chipset, it has an onboard HD4200 graphics card and all kinds of other bits taken from far more modern boards, I bought two of these and yesterday I've built a computer out of the parts that I still had lying around, the CPU I have for this thing is a Winchester core AMD 64 3500+ which runs at 2.2 Ghz I managed to find 2.5Gb RAM of which is 256Mb is used for the graphics card so there's ,more that enough for Windows XP, I found a 320Gb Samsung HDD, DVD/DVD writer, an old Medion casing, some fans and a good BeQuiet PSU for it so there you go, one acceptable retro machine.. 
OK as of today I finished my build. New motherboard, new CPU, new ram. Only kept my video card.
I did my new build, first in a few years. I have so far had no issues. I fixed one nagging problem with radeon software that kept nagging to be installed again but that was easily sorted by removing and reinstalling my GPU software.
I ditched the microatx board and got a full ATX board and better ram.
ASUS B450 PLUS full ATX board which seems way better then what I had before. Only thing I didn't install was the little plate that goes on the back of the case behind the connectors because oddly with this board and my cube case it doesn't seem to work, so left that off.
Corsair Vengeance 3000 speed ram 16gig will add more later
Ryzen 5 2600 is my CPU and it feels like this machine has been given brand new life. Everything feels zippy and much nicer then it was before.
My old setup was an MSI 970 gaming mobo with FX 6300 cpu and 32gig ddr3 at 1666.
So happy with my build but sore back from sitting on the floor with the case and doing things.
I did my new build, first in a few years. I have so far had no issues. I fixed one nagging problem with radeon software that kept nagging to be installed again but that was easily sorted by removing and reinstalling my GPU software.
I ditched the microatx board and got a full ATX board and better ram.
ASUS B450 PLUS full ATX board which seems way better then what I had before. Only thing I didn't install was the little plate that goes on the back of the case behind the connectors because oddly with this board and my cube case it doesn't seem to work, so left that off.
Corsair Vengeance 3000 speed ram 16gig will add more later
Ryzen 5 2600 is my CPU and it feels like this machine has been given brand new life. Everything feels zippy and much nicer then it was before.
My old setup was an MSI 970 gaming mobo with FX 6300 cpu and 32gig ddr3 at 1666.
So happy with my build but sore back from sitting on the floor with the case and doing things.
The one that came with this board was just blank, no branding or fancy printing, which makes it boring so another reason to not install it. I don't feel it's important.
New CPU has 6 cores but 12 logical processors which is hilarious to see when you look at it in device manager.
^ How did Windows react with the new build? Did you install a clean copy or move it over from the old machine (swap in the old drive, basically)?
I’ll admit my curiosity as I’ve been debating the same idea.
Cheers & Mahalo,
-CM-
I’ll admit my curiosity as I’ve been debating the same idea.
Cheers & Mahalo,
-CM-
Windows ran fine. The only drivers I needed to change were chipset drivers. Sound and Video didn't change as the new motherboard also has Realtek audio onboard. The only thing was Windows activation.
Because it was a new CPU and new motherboard Windows says it is not activated so I used the activation troubleshooter in settings then clicked on the link that says "did you change hardware?" and followed the prompts to reactivate Windows...
So you can change motherboard and CPU without hassle.
The only caveat is that you have to have Windows on a digital license. Anything else I think won't work.
^ Cool - Mahalo!!
Cheers,
-CM-
Cheers,
-CM-
Refurbished the ancient old Medion casing that houses my Sempron 145 single core backup machine, the thing was covered in scratches and crud that had come into the pores of the paint/powder coat, did find a sponge with an abbrasive pad on it, used a lot of washing up liqued and carefully ran the pad over the paint and manage to get all the little scratches out, only a few deep ones are left, the paint is really thick so it all worked out well, the thing looks really nice again, also I've found four new feet for it, the old ones were scratched and dented.
I also fitted a new fan, there's a 80x80x25mm fan you can fit on the rearside to blow out hot air, the previous fan was nice but not very effective, the new one has more oomph.
Also replaced the thermal paste on the southbridge, temps went down a bit so that's good.
I also fitted a new fan, there's a 80x80x25mm fan you can fit on the rearside to blow out hot air, the previous fan was nice but not very effective, the new one has more oomph.
Also replaced the thermal paste on the southbridge, temps went down a bit so that's good.
Last edited:
Time to replace fans.......... Exhaust fan makes terrible grinding noise when it starts up.
OK odd thing here when I stopped the fan and then pushed it to start again my pc shut down and then wouldn't reboot. turns out my gpu was not in its socket properly reinstalled gpu and all was well but that grinding noise ugh.. No idea how that card could have worked itself loose as it has clips on the end to hold the card down.
OK odd thing here when I stopped the fan and then pushed it to start again my pc shut down and then wouldn't reboot. turns out my gpu was not in its socket properly reinstalled gpu and all was well but that grinding noise ugh.. No idea how that card could have worked itself loose as it has clips on the end to hold the card down.
The card probably wasn't properly seated in the first place, it happens.
Really good that I keep those ancient motherboard install CD's around, there was an old machine missing a driver, manufacturers website had a wrong file but I have more boards with the same chipset so popped in the CD of another board and now it recognizes the device.
Really good that I keep those ancient motherboard install CD's around, there was an old machine missing a driver, manufacturers website had a wrong file but I have more boards with the same chipset so popped in the CD of another board and now it recognizes the device.
