need help with mobo

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  1. ecknight

    ecknight Regular member

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    ok i need to find a mobo for my friends system he has a dell and we think his mobo is gone

    here is the problems it will not boot and when i tried to do a clean install it would not detect the hdd but we took the hdd out and hooked it up in another comp and it worked just fine so we think that the mobo is gone here is all the info i could find on his system

    1 C3826 PROCESSOR, 80547, PENTIUM 4 PRESCOTT DT, Pentium 4 Prescott DT, 3.2GHZ, 1 MEGB, 800FSB, SKT-T
    1 N6835 INSTRUCTION, DEVIATE FOR CHAS L5.5/L6
    1 4N454 KEYBOARD, 104, UNITED STATES, NMB, LOW COST, MIDNIGHT GRAY
    1 F2854 KIT, MOUSE, PERSONAL SYSTEM 2, 2BTN, WHEEL, PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD
    2 N2926 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 256, 400M, 32X64, 8, 240, 1RX8
    1 C3776 MODEM, V.92, DATA FAX, INTERNAL, PC INTERFACE, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
    1 X6858 COMPACT DISK READ WRITE, 48X32, IDE (INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS), SAMSUNG, CHASSIS 2001, V2
    1 D6122 ASSEMBLY, Digital Video Disk Drive Read Write, 16X, HALF HEIGHT, PHILIPS, CHASSIS 2001
    1 P5288 CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, 128, X300, SERVER ENHANCED, MRMGA8, 2
    1 U5986 ASSEMBLY, FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, TEAC, CHASSIS 2001
    1 T4340 HARD DRIVE, 160GB, Serial ATA, 7.2K, 8MB, Maxtor Calypso
    1 N2999 KIT, SOFTWARE, MNY-2K4, STANDARD, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., ENGLAND/ENGLISH
    1 P2643 KIT, SOFTWARE, MSENC-2K4, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., ENGLAND/ENGLISH
    1 T7166 KIT, SOFTWARE, WP-PRDCT-STE12, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, V2
    1 R2553 KIT, SOFTWARE, OVERPACK, WXPHSP1A, COMPACT DISKETTE W/DOCUMENTATION, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
    1 G4874 KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, SOFTWARE, POWERDVD, 5.1
    1 M1609 DISPLAY, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY, 17, DUAL, E172FPB, MIDNIGHT GRAY, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION

    i think that it is socket 478 but not positive

    any help will be greatly appreciated
     
  2. helinorth

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    Just to let ya know having same problems...Bought new mb today to try and same problem leaning towards cpu now just to let ya know..
     
  3. ddp

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    try different ide cable.
     
  4. ecknight

    ecknight Regular member

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    this comp use to work just fine and just out of nowhere it just would not boot it would only go to the start in safe mode normal mode blah blah blah so i tried to clean install win xp pro but it could not detect the hdd hey ddp its a sata drive so no ide cable

    hey helinorth my budds comp has the p4 prescott with ht tech so did u get a mobo that supports both the prescott cpu and ht tech
     
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  5. helinorth

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    Yes i did and having same probs...Im gonna try a another cpu next... Ic you were booting up in safe mode at least,my hdd dont even spin or post what so ever..It starts to spin when i disconnect the ide...Strange.
     
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  6. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    does the motherboard see the drive & did you press f6 to load 3rd party drivers for the hd when installing xp?
     

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