Hello All,
Complete noob here.
My emachines T2885 lost it's motherboard. I don't think this machine is worth up grading although, I like it very much. I think that I would just like to get it running as cheaply as possible.
My CPU is a Celeron 2.8ghz/128/400, SL77T.
I am thinking about this MB, GIGABYTE GA-8SIMLH S.478 DDR AGP 533FSB .
It is listed on ebay for $28 plus $10 shipping. Do you think this will work? Any other sugestions?
I have bought a new PSU(CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Power Supply ).
I have read that I will need to borrow a retail version of XP but, I can use the lisence number that is atached to my machine.
Is there anything that I have not thought of?
Thanks,
Mike
vetkaw63
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Jump to PostI would say that the motherboard is fine.....
Yes, as long as the serial on your machine will work with the borrow version of windows...
Like if you have a Windows XP home serial, you need a copy of XP home....
If you have a XP Pro …
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cohen
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I would say that the motherboard is fine.....
Yes, as long as the serial on your machine will work with the borrow version of windows...
Like if you have a Windows XP home serial, you need a copy of XP home....
If you have a XP Pro serial and you have a copy of XP home, your serial will not work :)
Hope that makes sense...
Cohen
vetkaw63
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Cohen,
That makes perfect sence.
Thank You for your reply.
Mike
cohen
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No Problem :)
P.S. - + 1 Solved / Reputation :D :twisted:
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