Need some help.
Need installation assistance. Have an EMachines T3958. The power supply went on the fritz and fried the MOBO. Said to self, might as well upgrade a little so bought the following:
ATX 450 power supply
ASUS M2A-VM AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64x2 5000+Brisbane 2.6Hz Socket AM2 65W Dual Core Processor Model ADO50000DOBOX
Patriot 2GB 240-Pin SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC206400) Desktop Memory Model PSD22G8002
Thermal Grease (wasn't needed as CPU cooling fan already had it)
All from New Egg except power supply which I purchased locally.
First ASUS MOBO was bad and returned. Just installed the new one and BIOS recognized everything but will only go thru Windows XP screen. The hard drive (IDE)is from my old EMachine with the operating system installed when purchased with programs and data on it. Can this HD be used or is there a problem trying to use the HD with XP installed by EMachines. Also, they have partitioned part of it for a restore if required. Could the partition be causing the problem? Not sure if I've given enough info but need help. Not a power user, just the average Joe.
If you are reading this, Bruce, keep an eye (excuse the pun) on the latest tropical storm a brewing. Live just southwest of you in Dunnellon.
