[nylug-talk] Downtown Hardware Shops

[Brian McGonigle]

On Aug 31, 2006, at 9:59 PM, Matt Williams wrote:

> On 8/31/06, phantom21 at mindspring.com <phantom21 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> Just out of curiosity, did you test the power supply?
>>
>> Sometimes that is the problem and not the motherboard.
>>
>> Mark
>
> Well, I'm not a hardware expert by any stretch of the imagination, but
> here's what I did:
>
> When I power up the machine, the LED comes on, the fan starts spinning
> and everything seems to be starting up normally. There's just no video
> - at all. I switched out the video card (ATI Radeon 9600 + nVidia
> GeForce 6200) and tried hooking up two different monitors to each
> card. That was pretty much the limit of my "testing".
>
> I 'built' this machine myself, but by 'built' I mean that I bought a
> processor attached to a motherboard attached to a case. Then I plugged
> in my RAM and all of my drives and cards and installed Debian from a
> burned CD. Everything just worked (on the hardware end). I have no
> problem fiddling with the software/configuration with some help from
> Google, but if the hardware doesn't work, I'm totally clueless...
>
> On 8/31/06, alex at pilosoft.com <alex at pilosoft.com> wrote:
>
>> We (Pilosoft) usually have lots of various motherboards/etc laying  
>> around
>> as spares. We don't really 'sell' things but we'll help out if it  
>> comes to
>> it.
>>
>> Alex Pilosov    | DSL, Colocation, Hosting Services
>> President       | alex at pilosoft.com    877-PILOSOFT x601
>> Pilosoft, Inc.  | http://www.pilosoft.com
>
> Hey, thanks. I'm happy to pay for parts and/or help. The processor is
> an Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 939), so I don't know how common those
> boards are. If you've got  something available, great. Otherwise...
>
> On 8/31/06, Ajai Khattri <ajai at bitblit.net> to NYLUG wrote:
>
>> What about Cables & Chips at 121 Fulton Street?
>
> Thanks a lot.  I'll check them out.
>
> Also, I know that some people on the list do freelance work...
>
> If I buy parts for a new desktop, I'd be glad to pay someone to hang
> around while I put things together and make sure that I don't start a
> fire, fry my new hardware, etc. I assume that this would take 2-3
> hours including a SLED installation. If anyone would be willing to do
> this, please send me an email off-list and let me know how much
> cash/beer would be required to make ths happen.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> ~ Matt

Do you have a spare CPU you can install?