Re: Time to fix my PC



Jim Anderson wrote:




I've had a PC for about 3 years that has never been stable.
Here is the description:

CPU: (754-pin) AMD ATHLON64 2800+ Processor [+0]
MOTHERBOARD: (754-pin Socket) GigaByte GA-K8NS Pro
nForce3 250 Chipset AGP8X w/LAN,USB2,IEEE,&Audio
VIDEO: nVidia GeForce FX 5700 256MB 8x AGP w/ TVO, & DVI
MEMORY: 1024 MB PC3200 400MHz DDR MEMORY
2ND_USB: STANDARD 2 USB PORT CONNECTORS
CAS: ALUMINUM Z-ALIEN CASE W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display
450WATT CD: 56X CD-ROM
CDRW: SONY DWD-22A DUAL FORMAT 16X DVDR/RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 6in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer
FAN: AMD ATHLON64 CERTIFIED CPU FAN & HEATSINK + 3 EXTRA CASE FANS
FLOPPY: 1.44 MB FLOPPY DRIVE
HDD: IDE 40 Gigabyte
HDD2: IDE 40 Gigabyte
KEYBOARD: PS2 MULTIMEDIA INTERNET CONTROL KEYBOARD
MOUSE: PS2 INTERNET MOUSE W/ WHEEL
NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
OS: NONE - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY - Linux installed by user
SOUND: Creative Labs SB LIVE 24.bit 7.1
PCI card: USB 1 and IEEE1394
PCI card: ethernet

I'd like to either fix the PC or scrap this one and move on.


I'll take it if you don't want it. :)

It's way better than my power machine 800Mhz original slot A Athlon with
256MB SDRAM and a GigaByte motherboard.

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