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Could be the cheap power supply or could be the equally cheap motherboard. No
way to tell except to replace them with fully working units, and it may not be
worth doing so. A Power On Self Test (POST) card would give some indication of
the cause of failure before attemping to replace anything.
The PC Chips computer falls into the Greek Gift category, sort of like the
original Trojan horse. I've replaced a lot of failed PC Chips boards for
clients, using Intel or Asus boards, after which the computers kept and still
keep on ticking for a long time.
When the second-(third-?)tier distributor Tech Data went belly up two or three
years ago, I went to the liquidation auction for their local operation in
Northboro, MA. I got excited when I won a pallet of maybe 40 or so bare bones
microATX computer cases with motherboards, floppies and CD-ROM drives. Then I
found out they were PC Chips boards and began testing them. Lots of dead
boards, which is why they were neatly palletized and shrink wrapped. Tech Data
must have taken a beating on them. Serves them right for selling cheap junk. I
got my money back plus a little more by selling working bare bones setups to a
local dealer who knew exactly what he was getting and didn't really care. He is
now out of business... Ben Myers
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 21:19:02 GMT, "WackoRay" <ray_wacko_foti@NOSPAMhotmail.com>
wrote:
>Thanks Again Ben, The Pc chips is one someone gave to a fellow co worker & I
>am trying to fix for him. When I dismanteled it I could see what you meant.
>the case is the lightest gauge metal they could have used and the power
>supply looks like someone made it in their cellar.
>
>Ray
><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>news:41cc8b26.21500357@nntp.charter.net...
>> Ray,
>>
>> The PCChips M747 board and the typical chassis in which it is installed
>are
>> low-quality products, to put it kindly. You might try the PCChips web
>site for
>> drivers. If you can determine the manufacturer of the motherboard
>chipset, that
>> mfr's web site is also a good place to look. Better yet, replace the
>> motherboard with one of higher quality, Intel, Asus, and SuperMicro come
>to
>> mind, but the latter costs a small fortune... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:46:27 GMT, "WackoRay"
><ray_wacko_foti@NOSPAMhotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Thank You Ben
>> >On the Gateway I suspected the power supply on the other I don't know.
>it's
>> >got a pcchips mb M747 with on board graphics that I can't get a driver
>for
>> >it seems.
>> >
>> >Thanks again
>> >Ray
>> ><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>> >news:41cc3a7f.849595@nntp.charter.net...
>> >> Potential causes of these problems are, but not limited to:
>> >>
>> >> 1. Failing system power supply.
>> >> 2. Failing system motherboard
>> >> 3. Failing or failed motherboard battery, usually 3v Lithium C2032
>> >> 4. Graphics driver not set to operate at frequency or resolution
>required
>> >by
>> >> monitor.
>> >> 5. Failing graphics card
>> >> 6. Other unspecified Windows software issues
>> >> 7. Unreliable monitor cable
>> >>
>> >> A G6-350 is definitely an aging computer that has a graphics card with
>> >more
>> >> limited capabilities than modern-day graphics cards.
>> >>
>> >> Your best option is to replace the suspect components one at a time...
>Ben
>> >Myers
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 03:52:39 GMT, "WackoRay"
>> ><ray_wacko_foti@NOSPAMhotmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >"WackoRay" <ray_wacko_foti@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >news:rHpyd.9692$Ff3.2381@trndny04...
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >> The problem I have is with 2 different pc's. One is a Gateway
>G-6
>> >350
>> >> >> the other is ? But they both do the same thing. Sometimes the
>monitor
>> >will
>> >> >> show the graphics and other times it won't. The monitors I have
>tried
>> >all
>> >> >> work fine with my new pc. So my question is what is causing it to
>work
>> >> >only
>> >> >> sometimes on the other PC's ?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks for any help with this annoying problem
>> >> >> Ray
>> >> >>
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