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Minimum "system" for testing
I have a bunch of old parts and need to figure out which are good. Should
I be able to connect a motherboard, power supply, power switch, speaker, 2 memory DIMMs (compatible with the MBs), a video card (AGP and/or ISA), CPU and fan? No floppy, CD, Hard disk, etc. I expect this to at least "beep" and go into BIOS setup. Once I can find a set that works, then I can swap parts to weed out the bad or incompatible ones. Thanks. |
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"William W. Plummer" wrote in message news:1bNzb.303579$275.1043626@attbi_s53... I have a bunch of old parts and need to figure out which are good. Should I be able to connect a motherboard, power supply, power switch, speaker, 2 memory DIMMs (compatible with the MBs), a video card (AGP and/or ISA), CPU and fan? No floppy, CD, Hard disk, etc. I expect this to at least "beep" and go into BIOS setup. Once I can find a set that works, then I can swap parts to weed out the bad or incompatible ones. Thanks. That should be fine |
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Good plan. I do this quite often myself.
Alan in Boise "William W. Plummer" wrote in message news:1bNzb.303579$275.1043626@attbi_s53... I have a bunch of old parts and need to figure out which are good. Should I be able to connect a motherboard, power supply, power switch, speaker, 2 memory DIMMs (compatible with the MBs), a video card (AGP and/or ISA), CPU and fan? No floppy, CD, Hard disk, etc. I expect this to at least "beep" and go into BIOS setup. Once I can find a set that works, then I can swap parts to weed out the bad or incompatible ones. Thanks. |
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"William W. Plummer" wrote in message
news:1bNzb.303579$275.1043626@attbi_s53... I have a bunch of old parts and need to figure out which are good. Should I be able to connect a motherboard, power supply, power switch, speaker, 2 memory DIMMs (compatible with the MBs), a video card (AGP and/or ISA), CPU and fan? No floppy, CD, Hard disk, etc. I expect this to at least "beep" and go into BIOS setup. Once I can find a set that works, then I can swap parts to weed out the bad or incompatible ones. Thanks. Yes, definitely. In fact, as true computer geeks, I think that pretty much everyone who frequents this ng should have such a test bed. :-) You may find it helpful to also connect a floppy drive and at least an old hard disk, just for the sake of convenience. Basically, it's almost a complete system, sans case... but it sure comes in handy when you're trying to troublesoot suspect parts from other "real" systems. |
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