Reviving a 10 Years Old Machine!
Been busy lately with lotsa stuffs again! So what have I been busy with lately?
I wanted to find a PC to do some DLive on some games. Am currently using a Asus G55VW. Yeah specification is enough but still not so ideal for me to play games.
I do have another gaming desktop which I have it for free from my brother. evil grinz Eventually it is not working but it is due to some parts seating problem. All I do is just taking out all the parts and reseat everything back. Still, it ended up became my 'theatre' PC which I use it for movies because I don't have a proper monitor for it. Might as well just chuck it to my home TV.
HERE COMES THE 10 YEARS OLD MACHINE
Ok, this is my old desktop. It is 10 years old. Bought it in 2008 to spend my time gaming during my college days. I actually gave it away for church use 4 years back but it had condemned too.
Specifications:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro
PSU: Silverstone 500W True Power replaced with Cooler Master 650W 80+ Bronze
RAM: Corsair XMS2 2GB
GPU: Gigabyte GTX260 OC replaced with Palit GTX560
Imagine after spending time putting effort doing so much maintenance work, took everything out, did a 'spring cleaning' inside the casing, and reseat everything back. Power on and STILL! No display no nothing, can't boot at all. Gotta revived this thing man for DLive!
So, I'd been busy testing out like mad. Thought was the GPU problem so I replaced it with my spare Palit GTX560 and still the results is the same. Tested it again with my brother's PSU and it is finally alive again!
After knowing it's the PSU that gave the problem, I went to survey for a couple of PSU models. Ended up buying this because it can be a spare for my brother's PC as well since it is rated at 650W. Also it could be for future upgrade purpose for my own PC. evil grinz
MEMTEST86 resulting in passed with 0 errors. Seems like other hardwares are fine. Hope I won't be replacing other parts... touchwood
Owh, I got this Samsung 27" LED monitor for free from my brother too. So long as he got a new PC, he will dispose his current PC to me... Looking forward for him to change a new one soon... :w
Everything is up and running again. I then swapped this 10 years machine for movie use and take the better PC from my brother for gaming and DLive purpose.
Let me have my game installed from my brother's STEAM account first. Yes, you hear me right, free games from my brother too... evil grinz
Overall damage: RM279
@denion Your brother is just like a "Santa Claus" and he gave all the things to you FREE lol
Haha. Yea. Cz i helped him to source out for new pc parts. So old one pass to me for troubleshooting.
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Bagi contact saya kepada brother kamu, saya nak free computer juga ;)
Aiyo, very outdated pc. You wont want it la... :P
WHO KNOWS I POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GET NEW ONE XD