Ok, so I have this old emachine tower and I wanted to get it running with linux ubuntu because I think its a pretty neat software and all i do is browse the internet so why not. Anyways I had used this computer about....5 months back till the cheap hard drive went out on me. So I look in the case and than i saw the mother board.......Holy Crap!! Now, I think this is bad but Im not computer engineer so ill ask you. Ok I don't know what they are called but its the thing on the back of the motherboard where you plug you extra stuff into like extra usb ports, modems , and that sourt of stuff. But the last one looks like it was ripped right of the mother board. Does this mean that the motherboard is unuseable? Or will it still work?
2007-12-30 05:02:12 · 4 answers · asked by LALALALALALAL 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
I have not put a harddrive in it but all of the light go on when i turn it on
2007-12-31 10:10:54 · update #1
I wouldn't have a lot of confidence in that thing.
I blew up an entire motherboard when one soldier joint touched a 5V power connection. It sounds like you have a PCI slot (with lots of connections) hanging by a thread.
2007-12-30 05:09:02 · answer #1 · answered by Den B7 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Holy crap! Your erudite description defies understanding!
You say the machine worked until the hd crashed. Assuming you didn't do anything to the machine after that other than open it up, the machine should work, if you put a harddrive in it - it worked, supposedly before the hd crashed and you opened the case. SO, it would appear that whatever you see that disturbs you, probably doesn't affect the functioning of the machine AS YOU WERE USING IT. Some things that you were not using may be broke.
Stick an Ubuntu liveCD in the machine, see if it will boot. If it boots and runs, maybe there is no issue. HOWEVER!!!!!!
Check on google to see if your specific e-machine will run linux. "thespecificmodel Ubuntu" should get you the info.
I spent several hours trying to install Ubuntu on an older e-machine last year and couldn't get it to work - I ran out of time. I am sure it can be installed, but there may be some "issues" to overcome first.
2007-12-30 22:02:26 · answer #2 · answered by Sp II Guzzi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think u mean the I/O panel. Does the system turn on, have u tried it???
2007-12-30 19:07:06 · answer #3 · answered by Aamir Z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scrap it, it's not worth fixing
2007-12-30 13:10:16 · answer #4 · answered by ggaryusa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋