Operation Fixing the Aunt's Computer is complete!
At a grand total of SGD$375, this fix is pretty much straightforward. Less the troubleshooting part. It was difficult finding the root of the problem, but looking at the age of the motherboard (5 years), the CPU (5 years), power supply unit, (5 years) and the graphics card (6 years), it was more or less time to replace everything.
In the end, I got these...
1) Graphics Card - SGD$73, 2 years, Powercolor HD4350 DDR2
2) Power Supply Unit - SGD$69, 5 years, Asustek450W Z-45FP True Power
3) CPU - SGD$99, 3 years, E5200 2.5GHz
4) Motherboard - SGD $95, 3 years, MSI G31M3-F
5) RAM - SGD $39, lifetime, PC-6400/800 Kingston DDR2 CL5 2GB
Shiok or what, 5 years warranty for power supply! I immediately jumped when I heard it was 5 years. Longer warranty means, the manufacturer is confident with their product quality, they're willing to go 5 years for it! heheh.
Now, time to return the computer to its rightful owner.... Tadaaaa...
At a grand total of SGD$375, this fix is pretty much straightforward. Less the troubleshooting part. It was difficult finding the root of the problem, but looking at the age of the motherboard (5 years), the CPU (5 years), power supply unit, (5 years) and the graphics card (6 years), it was more or less time to replace everything.
In the end, I got these...
1) Graphics Card - SGD$73, 2 years, Powercolor HD4350 DDR2
2) Power Supply Unit - SGD$69, 5 years, Asustek450W Z-45FP True Power
3) CPU - SGD$99, 3 years, E5200 2.5GHz
4) Motherboard - SGD $95, 3 years, MSI G31M3-F
5) RAM - SGD $39, lifetime, PC-6400/800 Kingston DDR2 CL5 2GB
Shiok or what, 5 years warranty for power supply! I immediately jumped when I heard it was 5 years. Longer warranty means, the manufacturer is confident with their product quality, they're willing to go 5 years for it! heheh.
Now, time to return the computer to its rightful owner.... Tadaaaa...
2 comments:
Your aunty just managed to read this. Yeah, it's really value for money. Can't thank you enough, nephew!
=) Hope you enjoy the comp and not forgetting, the gigabytes of entertainment that comes along with it! hehe
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