Hi, This is my first post on this forum it seems nice so i figured i would give it a try. A few weeks ago i found a older custom computer on craigslist for $20 the person said it was "Just a case and a system board" it turns out almost all was there it was only missing a sata cable for the HD and needs a new case fan it has all the cool led lights and a nice case! When i first turned it on it went to the BIOS screen displaying what it has i was thinking jackpot so i went out and bought Windows 7 At best buy (I just finished Hi school this past year and need i say more windows 7's $200 price tag almost emptyed my wallet :lol: ) I put the DVD in and it went to loading files got half way and froze i then tryed again and it did the same thing i then tryed a oem Windows Xp cd i had from my old dell (I known i can not use that if it worked but i was just trying to see if windows would run) and it still did not work Here is what i tryed so far: Remove HD and try to boot windows,Put new ram in,Try other DVD drive,Try USB DVD drive,Take the HD with win. xp in my old dell and put it in this computer. None of this worked i checked the BIOS setings and all looked good as well. I then downloaded Ubuntu linux and burned it to a cd and it booted and then i installed it to the HD and it runs just fine i played with it for hours! yet i can not get windows to install i don't rely know how to use linux and i want to run windows as this was going to be my only pc (Only have Mac's but i miss my pc). If Ubuntu installed i am thinking the Hard were is good. If any of you can help that would be great The computer specs are:
Motherboard: P4M80M4
Ram: 1GB Of PC2700
Video card: Integrated video card
CPU: 3GHz Pentium 4 Hyperthread
PSU: 350 Watt Something?
If pics or a video of what it is doing would help just let me know
Motherboard: P4M80M4
Ram: 1GB Of PC2700
Video card: Integrated video card
CPU: 3GHz Pentium 4 Hyperthread
PSU: 350 Watt Something?
If pics or a video of what it is doing would help just let me know