Change of plan My Technician has now give me a new motherboard from a dell dimension 4400 which takes DDR SDRAM which is better, cheaper, easier to get.. & the motherboard also has a built in VGA unlike other!! One thing.. the CD drive someone give me was smashed inside and doesn't open looking for a replacement now then should all be good! Just need a cooler for my graphics card. Mark.
Hiya - back again! Just located the 9800 pro cooler - all good, though the push-pins are an ickle bit mangled (should still work OK).... - looks like it will fit your card from what I can make out! I can pack it up with some thermal grease and send it off to you in the next couple of days. - Drop me a PM with your address mate. Cheers, Si
Updates: Case: Dell Dimension 8200 Motherboard: Dell Dimension 4400 RAM: DDR SDRAM - 256mb, think. | - Max - 1GB, << Aiming for Takes max 512mb each slot, | 2 slots. Processor: Pentium 4, 1.80GHz ok for now looking for a better cheapish one. DVD-ROM Drive! - HP Harddrives - Seagate 40gb and western digital 300gb. Both seem to be playing up going to get somebody to look at them. Extras - Usb 2.0 card LAN Card 10/100 Graphic Card Problem: Can get into POST and BIOS but i can install XP, [Boot from cd] =[ So close to victory and i'm sure it will come soon. Anything else i need / can add. Will be posting more updates soon! Mark..
Tried that still no. It comes up boot from cd... i tap several keys and it doesnt do anything, then just goes onto the black screen were it says start windows normally and keeps reloading that every 30 secs. and i cant do anything but turn comp off.
are you using a PS/2 or USB keyboard as older BIOS versions may not support USB keyboards until you get into windows.
TBH its been about 6 months since i had to do any PC repairs, you could try it with a PS/2 keyboard if you can borrow one from a friend.
