Recent content by Mohamed_Hussein

Thanks for your reply. However I'm not planning to spend money now on a new PC and I need it to work immediately. It's worth mentioning that I live in the Middle East so prices will be quite more than that. I'm also learning computer repair as a hobby so I wanted to try and get my hands dirty...

I ha e an old PC with the Asrock G41m-VS3 R2.0, a Pentium 4 CPU and 4GB of RAM. First it showed a wired symptom of turning itself on randomly after being shutdown, so I used to unplug the power to avoid that. Then one day I pressed power and it didn't turn on, until like the 10th time I did...

So I just purchased a new replacement motherboard (intel s5520sc) to replace an old one with the dame model after it got fried. The question is can I just plug the old HDD with my system and get it to work? Is there a certain challenge to look for? A fresh installation is tempting but I wanna...

THANKS! Just bought the first one. I'm surprised I overlooked eBay. I hope it works when it arrives. I will report back.

Other than the "refresh" one on amazon which costs an incredibly high price of $400? My motherboard seems to be done. If I choose not to buy another one I will lose all the 48GB RAM sticks, the two CPUs, and of course the chassis which intel told me they intended to design it only for this...

Thank you guys for all the help. I get the point now, but unfortunately the board is not working for other reasons - magic smoke :-( However the advice in this thread is very much appreciated for later time.

I know this was posted before, and I read many threads, but I couldn't resolve my problem. I did a stupid move and closed the socket door (without the cpu) and it had some excess paste that got inside the socket. Here's how it looks like: Link Those two tiny little white dots. The past is...

No use :( Can you point me to a thermal pad pack to buy? I'm about to make a purchase. Thank you for your ongoing help!

Hi! I just installed my new card replacing my old ATI HD 5700 series. I un-installed the old drivers completely then powered down my PC, installed the new one, installed the latest drivers (378.92), and restarted. Everything looks fine. But there are a few issues: - My dxdiag (32 and 64bit)...