Hey there:
For a year now, my 3 and a half year old PC has worked flawlessly, thanks in part to the wonderful pieces and parts I made it with from the help of people in these forums. Now I come back to you again trying to either fix or remake my PC.
Recently, my PC has been kind of strange in terms of power. It doesn't shuts down completely (if I hit Shut Down, it automatically starts again) so I have decided to always leave it ON. Yet, yesterday I came home and it was starting up and immediately shutting down endlessly in a cycle that never ended until I killed the switch on the back of the PC. After turning it back ON (back of the PC, since the front buttons weren't responding) it kept doing the same thing until weird crackling noises were made from inside the PC.
Not knowing what it could be (maybe the Power supply or CPU fan or something) I decided to come here and ask for help. If you guys know how to solve this let me know. If not, try to suggest what pieces I should buy in order to make a new PC. I don't game on the PC anymore so I don't need an extremely high end card. I use XP and Ubuntu, so linux friendly pieces would be extremely welcomed. Here is my present day PC. I am planning to use as much old pieces as possible as a start. My current plan is to build something that is future friendly but not at the high end spectrum.
My PC:
Antec Solution Series Case SLK3700AMB with Power Supply
Asus A7N8X Deluxe MOBO
Overclocked Athlon XP 2500+ Barton Core
ATI Radeon 9600 XT
2x512 MB Ram Sticks (1024 MB in total)
Western Digital 80 GB (not SATA)
Sony DRU-510A DVDRW/CDRW
Creative X-FI Platinum Sound Card
Right now, I know times have changed and the motherboards are different so its possible my PC Tower will need to be replaced as well to match the form factor. Remember I want a motherboard with a socket type that will be future friendly as well as features that will be as well (PCI Express, etc...) I don't absolutely need to use my old Hard drive since I have the important information backed up in a DVD (but I could use it as a secondary drive). If theres a cheap DVDRW/CDRW combo thats faster than what I have, I will definitely take it. I would also like dedicated video card and could use the 9600XT (if the MOBO has AGP slot) to have low costs on first buy. I will also keep my soundcard.
So the stuff I think needs upgrade are:
-CPU
-MOBO (since it doesn't support new sockets)
-Case (since it doesn't fit new MOBOs)
-More RAM
Optional Stuff to Upgrade:
-New Video Card (not high end)
-DVDRW/CDRW
-Hard Drive
I will not buy Vista, have a PC Monitor, mouse and keyboard.
I plan on buying stuff online (had great experience on Newegg when I first built my PC) or maybe eBay. Also, for the first upgrade I dont plan to pass the $800 mark. So the lower the better, keeping in mind that I don't game on PC, I want a future proof PC.
Know it has been a long post but wanted to give as much details as possible. Please let me know and thanks in advance.
For a year now, my 3 and a half year old PC has worked flawlessly, thanks in part to the wonderful pieces and parts I made it with from the help of people in these forums. Now I come back to you again trying to either fix or remake my PC.
Recently, my PC has been kind of strange in terms of power. It doesn't shuts down completely (if I hit Shut Down, it automatically starts again) so I have decided to always leave it ON. Yet, yesterday I came home and it was starting up and immediately shutting down endlessly in a cycle that never ended until I killed the switch on the back of the PC. After turning it back ON (back of the PC, since the front buttons weren't responding) it kept doing the same thing until weird crackling noises were made from inside the PC.
Not knowing what it could be (maybe the Power supply or CPU fan or something) I decided to come here and ask for help. If you guys know how to solve this let me know. If not, try to suggest what pieces I should buy in order to make a new PC. I don't game on the PC anymore so I don't need an extremely high end card. I use XP and Ubuntu, so linux friendly pieces would be extremely welcomed. Here is my present day PC. I am planning to use as much old pieces as possible as a start. My current plan is to build something that is future friendly but not at the high end spectrum.
My PC:
Antec Solution Series Case SLK3700AMB with Power Supply
Asus A7N8X Deluxe MOBO
Overclocked Athlon XP 2500+ Barton Core
ATI Radeon 9600 XT
2x512 MB Ram Sticks (1024 MB in total)
Western Digital 80 GB (not SATA)
Sony DRU-510A DVDRW/CDRW
Creative X-FI Platinum Sound Card
Right now, I know times have changed and the motherboards are different so its possible my PC Tower will need to be replaced as well to match the form factor. Remember I want a motherboard with a socket type that will be future friendly as well as features that will be as well (PCI Express, etc...) I don't absolutely need to use my old Hard drive since I have the important information backed up in a DVD (but I could use it as a secondary drive). If theres a cheap DVDRW/CDRW combo thats faster than what I have, I will definitely take it. I would also like dedicated video card and could use the 9600XT (if the MOBO has AGP slot) to have low costs on first buy. I will also keep my soundcard.
So the stuff I think needs upgrade are:
-CPU
-MOBO (since it doesn't support new sockets)
-Case (since it doesn't fit new MOBOs)
-More RAM
Optional Stuff to Upgrade:
-New Video Card (not high end)
-DVDRW/CDRW
-Hard Drive
I will not buy Vista, have a PC Monitor, mouse and keyboard.
I plan on buying stuff online (had great experience on Newegg when I first built my PC) or maybe eBay. Also, for the first upgrade I dont plan to pass the $800 mark. So the lower the better, keeping in mind that I don't game on PC, I want a future proof PC.
Know it has been a long post but wanted to give as much details as possible. Please let me know and thanks in advance.