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eMachine of a friend. Weirdness, often won't even boot or get to bios.
Swapped ram, booted, seemed ok. Put old ram back in, booted. Ran
memtest86+, got errors immediately.
Put other ram in again, same symptoms as original ram!
Testing ram in another computer, it seems fine after all.
All in one type mbd, Athlon 2400(?) cpu. What else is testable
separately to see if mbd and/or cpu is bad?
Unless you have another motherboard that can take an Athlon CPU you're
out of luck. I may have one somewhere, I'll check and let you know off list.
You should also consider the power supply suspect as well.
Worth trying to find just a
mbd for this cpu, or stick a Fry's ECS mbd/cpu combo special in the box?
It's probably not worth the time and effort to try and find the problem.
You can get a Sempron processor and ECS motherboard for about $80 that
will outperform the Athlon and run cooler. Not sure if it will fit in
the eMachine case though. I use one of those cheap specials for my
MythTV rig and it has been working fine for two years already. You may
need newer style memory.
Anyone know if eMachines uses standard ATX type motherboards?
Don't know. Since you have the case opened it's easy enough to measure.
Gus
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