OK Couple of issues.
You will have to do a repair reinstall no matter what.
Yes it does come down to how much do I want to stick into this pig
before I slaughter it for bacon question.
You have replaced the Harddrive. So that is a no brainier.
If this is a MSI board are we talking about an OEM machine? You
should be OK no matter what. You do have the original Install CD's right?
You are at the point where technology might say, upgrade.
Depends on what you want to go with.
A newer AM2 board dual core with DDR2 memory would be your best bet.
You should be able to find something that would fit your case.
Stewart
At 10:03 PM 10/5/2008, you wrote:
Thanks for the clarification on the D bracket. It looks like I don't
have one. FYI, with power on, the Ethernet connector does light up so
that works. Tried clearing the CMOS, without any change.
If I go the motherboard route, will I have any problems with the
operating system compatibility. This OS came with the computer and I
seem to recall an issue about swapping motherboards and having the OS
not recognize it as the original machine.
Also with the motherboard, should I go ahead and just get the processor too?
At some point it might not make sense financially to keep buying
hardware. I've already got $100. in this with the hard drive and if I
get this working, I'll want to upgrade the memory. Things to ponder.
Richard P.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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