Techies?

[dionysus]

Okay I'm not the most,tech savvy guy out there and really couldn't pick out a computer from a dozen others. The computer died tonight (using the iPad) are any of these worth buying to last til say January? I pretty much only surf, Facebook, use casinos, the basics, nothing much extraordinary...no big gaming per se.

Okay the stats:

Computer 1 pentium 4 3.2 ghz 2 gigabyte ram 160 hard drive windows 7 $189
Computer 2 pentium core duo e6550 2 gigabyte ram 160 gig hard drive inboard video audio windows Xp $249
Computer 3 intel Xeon cup 2 gig ram 80 gig hard drive envidia quodro fx 3000 video windows Xp $160
Computer 4 amd Athlon 64x2 5400 4gig ram 500 gig hard drive on board video audio windows 7 $249
Computer 5 intel pentium 4 intel 915gv chipset 1 gig rm 80 gig hard drive windows Xp $245

K, those are some I can buy at the corner lol and as I said its meant as something to last til January that's good for the basics, surfing, casinos, nothing grand

Opinions? Thanks

 

[Brooklyn]

Any of those will git er done.

What happened to the dead computer? I mean how did it die? I am pretty good with computers and may be able to help?

 

[dionysus]

Putting my fist through it might have something to do with it (whistles).
It's doing a start up repair. It's windows 7 but on startup it's loading files in vista and a fake x;drive and we can't get past start up repair, it's been going for hours and we can't turn it off. It won't pass the smart test either.

 

[Seventh777]

Close call between 2 and 4, 2 would get my vote though, kinda weird it has an e series chip and only XP?, unless you`re a hard core gamer and could upgrade the RAM on 4, like I say very close between them .

 

[dionysus]

About the only gaming would be facebook apps, slots kind of thing...not like RPGs or anything

 

[mattsgame]

Putting my fist through it might have something to do with it (whistles).
It's doing a start up repair. It's windows 7 but on startup it's loading files in vista and a fake x;drive and we can't get past start up repair, it's been going for hours and we can't turn it off. It won't pass the smart test either.

It sounds like you could be on a boot loop, do you have someone close by with Windows 7?

If so get them to create a Windows repair disk

To create a system repair disc

Open Backup and Restore by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Backup and Restore.

In the left pane, click Create a system repair disc, and then follow the steps. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Make sure your first boot drive is cd/dvd and run this disk. Once its loaded you will have quite a few options but we want to use the startup repair tool first, if this does not find anything then try to do a system restore using that very same cd.

Its amazing what this cd can do compared to trying to just use your windows/cd or chkdsk, it has saved me and friends from a lot of stupid windows bugs and when we forget our admin passwords. This cd will work on all windows based systems.

EDIT: Just in case we cannot sort this out for you, what is your current system? you maybe able to salvage some parts and put together something better than what your looking at buying.

 

[dionysus]

We were hoping to do a system restore straight from windows 7 discs but we can't find our original copy and can't download it since we can't access the computer lol so were trying to borrow discs...I'm not sure what all would be salvageable as the computer is an all in one

 

[Seventh777]

We were hoping to do a system restore straight from windows 7 discs but we can't find our original copy and can't download it since we can't access the computer lol so were trying to borrow discs...I'm not sure what all would be salvageable as the computer is an all in one

Sounds to me that your MB is borked, if it were a certain piece of hardware not working you would hear X amount of beeps as BIOS runs it`s checks, if it was your HD you wouldn`t make it to the repair stage, RAM you would hear beeps 4 iirc, GFX card - it would load the onboard one and give you a dramatic drop in screen resolution, if no onboard gfx card it would error on post and state no gfx card detected, CPU - No POST, no beeps, at best it will run a few seconds then it BSOD that directly call the processor.

 

[ksech]

I agree with Seventh777, 2 would be my first choice. BUT since you already have a comp with win7 I'd maybe go choice 4 and use mattsgame suggestion for creating a system repair disc. using the "new" purchase (hoping to keep everything you have on the comp you are trying to fix...pics, music, etc.). If it works, than you have a backup computer , if not you have one which will get you through until you can get what you really want.

 

[skiny]

If you can get your hands on a second hard drive and install windows on that as your primary drive you could boot with that and then pick the files off the old drive you might want to keep.

Unless it's a laptop. That's a little more difficult.

 

[Mousey]

Gah! I hate all in ones! Simply because when one part dies, it all dies. LOL

Number #2 or #4... I think I'd recommend #4 ... I can't keep up with AMD processors - it maybe a duo core?... but if it's running win7 w/4g RAM and 500g HDD, it'll certainly do till you get another. Pentium 4s are pretty much 'antiques' already.

Winxp limits you to the ie8 browser... or is it7? something like that...

And as a reminder we have a Computer and Internet section...

Good luck!

 

[mattsgame]

computer is an all in one

Oh no, I hate these damn things... try stay clear of them in the future. See the problem I have for those $249 computers you listed is you are going backwards.

You could get yourself an i3 (possibly even an i5) motherboard, cpu and ram that is if some of your parts are salvageable (doubt it being an all in one though) or you know someone that may have a tower and cheap hdd laying around, this will easily run casinos and anything else you may throw at it and is future proof. Then later on you could add a better hdd, monitor, graphics cards etc should you decide to.

 

[Balthazar]

Found a better version of #2 on the futureshop website (faster processor, bigger HD and Windows 7)

$30 cheaper and free shipping (ships next business day)

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Personally, I think it's a no brainer if you don't mind to buy online and wait 2-3 days.

OR

You could just save the repair money from the other computer and use it for a brand new desktop with the latest technology. You can get a brand new one for about $350 these days.

OR

If it's just to surf the web while the other is in the repair shop, save some money and buy the cheapest you can find that will do the job. Something like this (Win 7 computer for $109 free shipping):

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[dionysus]

Basically after Xmas well have three 'free' cheques (ie free to spend them lol ) and can go for the gold, we just need something to last us through til January and would become a spare and so we won't go crazy being compless and yes, our last all in one for sure lol

 

[skiny]

Just out of curiosity, what kind of all in one computer do you have?

 

[dionysus]

Hp touchsmart

 

[skiny]

Hp touchsmart

I've never seen one of these. Weird looking things.

What model?

 

[dionysus]

No clue and can't get into it to tell ya lol