get an asus laptop tbh, they are great value, the new turion x2's are out so you might want to consider one of them, try http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/
for that is where i got mine from, find a turion x2 or actually, you might find a intel core duo for that price range, most of them come with...
http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-MB_ALBATRON_PX915P4C_PRO_915P_RT
this mobo, which i think is compatible with the cpu from this desktop
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/pc/3219.htm
i need to find a: a hard drive around 150gb for less than 60£
i also need 1gb ram maybe 2 for around 100£...
ooh, got up and my dads randomly booted it up, after hitting hit, but if it goes off again (powercut or something) then ill know what to do, sounds like a problem with mobo now, cos i cant acces bios, or anythign that i normally would be able to do.
cheers man, so im looking to plug this hdd into the other computers mobo or into the ribbon cable that connects the other hdd into the mobo? if you know what i mean
is it possible to unplug the hdd (assuming that it isnt the hdd that is the problem) and plug it into another desktop and burn the files to disc, like will it be compatible with different hardware?
sounds like a good idea, but ill need extra private tuition to do something remotely complicated! so like, link me or explain further (pretend im retarded)
no way i can find to boot it in safe mode, like, i press esc and all f-keys no joy, i know with my other desktop i had to try each f key untili foudn the right ones, but i have no idea which key to press i dont think it can be done really so any other ideas?
my dads desktop which contains lots of important work etc. fails to boot up
after pressing power button it gets stuck on the "advent" screen with all the logs etc. intel inside and so on after constantly trying to boot it fails to
its abt 3yrs old with geforce fx5200 512mb ram 120gb hdd 3.2ghz...
i just got hbm and would like to either run in a window and run it at the screens native resolution of 1280x800 as this is not in the options menu, and googleing hasnt revealed the location of any changeable files in something, so anybody know?
my laptop is asus, desktop replacement style for me, gaming is awesome, but it weighs in at 2.85kg, abt 6pounds mebbe? i dont use pounds really, i would say it wouldnt really matter too much, its abt the same price as 1100$ too