Broken Motherboard and other advice desired. Hello, I’ve got a problem with an old system that I am trying to get going so I can use it as an old game server (3-5 friends). I have never done such a thing before and have questions about that as well, but … back...

Broken laptop, replacement needed, have parts. My laptop (inspiron 1525) recently broke. I'm looking for a replacement but I also realize that I just bought 2 sticks of 2gb memory, a large laptop hdd, and I could still probably remove the CPU and use that....

Broken Laptop. My laptop does not power on anymore. I've tried using a different battery (and no battery) and a different charger with no success. When a charger is plugged into the wall but not the laptop, it shows the green power light. As soon as I plug...

Broken Laptop Screen?. Hi all. First I would like to apologize if I am asking this question in the wrong category. Here's the problem: I recently discovered that my laptop (only 1yo, HP dv2700) screen has suddenly stopped working properly. To make a long...

CPU gets hot = broken?. I built a new PC with an i7-860 CPU. Originally, I tried to use a Scythe Ninja 2 Rev. B cooler. When idle, the temperatures were in the upper twenties (celcius). However, when I started a stress test, the temperatures jumped to ~70 and...

Using ram from a broken computer. So a few months ago my home built computer of 6 years blew it's magic blue smoke all over the place leaving me without a computer to rely on. I checked the board to find that warm charred brown that I love so much all over...

Broken CPU, Motherboard or Memory?. My computer has suddenly started acting very strangely recently. When I press the power button all of the internal lights turn on, the fans start up and so does the hard drive. However no image will appear on the screen,...

3rd LCD monitor broken, UPS without ground?!. I currently live in Thailand. My first PC died in one weak without a UPS. Now I have a new PC with a UPS and it has been working for 5 months without problems. However my LCD screen started giving me troubles...

How do you determine what is broken?. Ok, so the last two PC's I built were back in 2002 or so. They were/are P4 1.6GHz, on an Asus Th7II with 500gb of Rambus. Ran Great for about 3yrs. Then both quit at the same time. Regretfully I had unknowingly...