I have a new hard drive and video card and a spare computer what can I do?
2007-02-16 20:32:10 · 6 answers · asked by jhamar99 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
your new motherboard has a complete documentation in what you need, very important is the psu...don't just plug it in to your old computer (if you don't want it toasted). check all the voltage output of your old and spare computer, connectors today are all different (pretty sure your aware of that). your new video card and HDD(SATA or IDE) will follow after you figure out what type of motherboard you have. to install drivers to your motherboard, i think your talking about BIOS...don't worry its only already in the motherboard its in the chipset and its called firmware. once you power up your motherboard (without Operating system) provided that all connectors are compatible, pree f5 on your keyboard to verify BIOS if its there turn it off and intall the OS. hope this helps
2007-02-16 21:02:40 · answer #1 · answered by Els D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't focus so much on the old computer. When you install the new motherboard it should function enough to boot into windows or what ever operating system you are using and allow you to install the drivers from there.
2007-02-17 01:47:03 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you generally have a CD given along with the new Motherboard... You just have to insert it in ur CDrom and it will install by itself, in case of Windows
In case of Linux distros, the operating system will have inbuilt drivers for any motherboard
2007-02-16 20:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like its beyond your scope! You would need to assemble the system, load the operating system, and then install the drivers!
2007-02-16 20:38:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well go to these sites and do some research. If the computer does not work, then of course you can not do nothing. Does at least turn on or what.
2007-02-16 20:37:24 · answer #5 · answered by Big C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to at least start up and attempt to load the operating system, otherwise, you won't be able to see if the drivers work.
2007-02-16 20:35:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋