Got some free time after the wedding banquet, and because I've got so much things pending, I decide to clear Aunt's computer from the to-do list. Opened the semi-rusty casing to reveal a 5-year-old motherboard, powered by a rustic Pentium 4, 2.26GHz CPU.
It refused to power up, back at her house, and it still refused to start after I changed the Power Supply, took out the RAM, reset the BIOS and removed the graphics card. Guess there ain't much to it, and because it is an old motherboard anyways, I think its time to replace it with a new one!
And........... I think I'm gonna get her these later at Sim Lim.
Motherboard - SGD $194 MSI G31M3-F
RAM - SGD $39 PC-6400/800 Kingston DDR2 CL5 2GB
I think I'm gonna opt not to buy the graphics card since aunt doesn't do much graphics rendering nor she plays games... Or does she? heeeheee... Bet she's smiling when she reads this post. If there's a need, we can always get her one later.
The thing about me is, I hate to overkill my fixes. There's the ultimate gratification at the end of the day when I fix a computer, within budget or even under it, and at the same time, the customer is happy with the results. But on the other hand, I LOVE building gaming rigs for my friends who have pockets as deep as the Grand Canyon.
The fix is not over yet, so I can't strike it off the list. But at least I'm onto solving it.
Tomorrow, a date with Boon Siew at Bukit Timah...
Lunch date with BBB...
Dinner date with me, Myself and Irene at Sim Lim...
I love it when my day is planned out!
It refused to power up, back at her house, and it still refused to start after I changed the Power Supply, took out the RAM, reset the BIOS and removed the graphics card. Guess there ain't much to it, and because it is an old motherboard anyways, I think its time to replace it with a new one!
And........... I think I'm gonna get her these later at Sim Lim.
Motherboard - SGD $194 MSI G31M3-F
RAM - SGD $39 PC-6400/800 Kingston DDR2 CL5 2GB
I think I'm gonna opt not to buy the graphics card since aunt doesn't do much graphics rendering nor she plays games... Or does she? heeeheee... Bet she's smiling when she reads this post. If there's a need, we can always get her one later.
The thing about me is, I hate to overkill my fixes. There's the ultimate gratification at the end of the day when I fix a computer, within budget or even under it, and at the same time, the customer is happy with the results. But on the other hand, I LOVE building gaming rigs for my friends who have pockets as deep as the Grand Canyon.
The fix is not over yet, so I can't strike it off the list. But at least I'm onto solving it.
Tomorrow, a date with Boon Siew at Bukit Timah...
Lunch date with BBB...
Dinner date with me, Myself and Irene at Sim Lim...
I love it when my day is planned out!
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