I recently bought an Asus prebuilt, seller-refurbished computer for my folks.
The specs:
Intel Pentium D 3.4GHz CPU
2GB DDR2 RAM
160GB Hard Drive inside a ICY DOCK Bodyguard 525
ASUS Dual Layer 24x DVD Burner drive
3.5 floppy drive
nVIDIA Geforce 7300 LE graphics card
ASUS ViXS PureTV (ATSC/NTSC) tuner video capture card
Intel Gigabit LAN
56k modem
8ch High Definition onboard sound
Also has 1 80mm fan in front and 2 60mm fans in back of the case; Plus 2 40mm fans inside the ICY DOCK for the hard drive, which is installed inside the ICY DOCK on 4 silicone rubber mounts.
As you can see, it's not a new computer, but I bought it because my folks (in their 70's and 80's) are used to XP and have never used more than 10GB of space on the HDD on their old computer.
When I got the computer (with its 30-day warranty), it ran as loud as a diesel truck. I could literally hear it in the next room. Finally (and breaking the warranty), I opened it up.
The CPU fan, the standard Intel fan, was running very loudly. Went into the BIOS an defaulted everything, but it didn't help. So I bought a Thermaltake heatsink and fan that is supposed to fit an LGA775 Mobo.
After basically taking the computer apart, replacing the fan and putting everything back together, I've run into the following problems:
First, the computer booted up went fully into Windows--then, after a minute or two, it suddenly shut down. This happened a couple of times.
On the third restart, I got the following message: "No IDE master H.D.D. detected. Press F1 to resume." Pressed F1, and it booted back into Windows and stayed on, no apparent problem... but my usb wasn't working, so I turned the computer off and back on.
Now, the computer turns on, but it can't detect the screen, though I've made no other changes... then after a few minutes, the computer again shuts itself down.
Anyone have any idea what's happening? Unfortunately, without the screen I can't check to see if the cpu is overheating for some reason, and everything is supposed to be refurbished... but now I'm beginning to wonder.
The specs:
Intel Pentium D 3.4GHz CPU
2GB DDR2 RAM
160GB Hard Drive inside a ICY DOCK Bodyguard 525
ASUS Dual Layer 24x DVD Burner drive
3.5 floppy drive
nVIDIA Geforce 7300 LE graphics card
ASUS ViXS PureTV (ATSC/NTSC) tuner video capture card
Intel Gigabit LAN
56k modem
8ch High Definition onboard sound
Also has 1 80mm fan in front and 2 60mm fans in back of the case; Plus 2 40mm fans inside the ICY DOCK for the hard drive, which is installed inside the ICY DOCK on 4 silicone rubber mounts.
As you can see, it's not a new computer, but I bought it because my folks (in their 70's and 80's) are used to XP and have never used more than 10GB of space on the HDD on their old computer.
When I got the computer (with its 30-day warranty), it ran as loud as a diesel truck. I could literally hear it in the next room. Finally (and breaking the warranty), I opened it up.
The CPU fan, the standard Intel fan, was running very loudly. Went into the BIOS an defaulted everything, but it didn't help. So I bought a Thermaltake heatsink and fan that is supposed to fit an LGA775 Mobo.
After basically taking the computer apart, replacing the fan and putting everything back together, I've run into the following problems:
First, the computer booted up went fully into Windows--then, after a minute or two, it suddenly shut down. This happened a couple of times.
On the third restart, I got the following message: "No IDE master H.D.D. detected. Press F1 to resume." Pressed F1, and it booted back into Windows and stayed on, no apparent problem... but my usb wasn't working, so I turned the computer off and back on.
Now, the computer turns on, but it can't detect the screen, though I've made no other changes... then after a few minutes, the computer again shuts itself down.
Anyone have any idea what's happening? Unfortunately, without the screen I can't check to see if the cpu is overheating for some reason, and everything is supposed to be refurbished... but now I'm beginning to wonder.