martymas Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 yo chappy well after a few hits and misses i finally put the new mobo in the compt i had trouble with the little black pins on the side of the board but with a bit of trial and error i got it going there are two orange lights that sow up on this board and i cant tell what they are for how ever it has made no difference to the compt as well i had trouble with the 2 hdds i installed the one i had xp on before o redid the mobo and it was giving me a blue screen .also i didnt know where to put the floppy connection i forgot to ask you how ever i looked at the connections and counted the pins and thats how i fitted it \so i installed xp on the other one and thendeleted the partition on the original hdd which i now use for a storage and it goes quite good .my trouble is i have poor eye sight and i was like the newly weds feeling i had to use a magnitying glass to read the fine print i used your pics as a guide.but it is going so far so thanks for your help i THINK i can build one from scratch now I THINK?look i must go it is now 12 midnight ansand it has taken me over 8 hrs to get it together but it is up and away touch wood thanks again sorry bout the length of the post but i cant explain it in shorter terms marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 marty,Good for you.Way to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Whoo Hoo!!! That's great, Marty! I know how difficult that must have been, I would never attempt something like that. You're a Master Geek now and I Salute you!! And knocks wood in your direction, too Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 one big pat on the back for matrymas.way to goM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 i THINK i can build one from scratch now I THINK?SURE YOU CAN, that is how your learn :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted August 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 thanks team but with out the help from all of you i couldnt have done it. i mean in the past ive learned from you all and in doing this. so im gratefull to you allthanks marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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