<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>It's plug and play these days Paul. Connecting a SATA drive to the main-board is obvious; fitting a CPU only works one way; and the manual tells you what power connectors to use :-)</div><div><br></div><div>You're a smart lad, so I'm sure you'll figure it out. Check out sites <a href="http://ifixit.com">ifixit.com</a> etc <br><br>- MTC</div><div><br>On 8 Aug 2012, at 15:32, Paul Williams <<a href="mailto:wilp4a@hotmail.co.uk">wilp4a@hotmail.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm being too lazy and it's about time I learned that sort of thing anyway.<br><br>If it's still up for grabs, I'll give it awhirl.<br><br>Ta Thomas.<br><br><br>Paul<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: <a href="mailto:mrcrilly@gmail.com">mrcrilly@gmail.com</a><br>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:00:43 +0100<br>To: <a href="mailto:chester@mailman.lug.org.uk">chester@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] Old desktop needed<br><br><div>Research it. Haynes, the people who do manuals for cars and bikes, also do a manual for computers. Buy a copy of it and learn :-) <br><br>- MTC</div><div><br>On 7 Aug 2012, at 21:48, Paul Williams <<a href="mailto:wilp4a@hotmail.co.uk">wilp4a@hotmail.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote><div>
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Thanks, but my skill with hardware is limited to fitting an IDE drive (I still haven't got both my 500GB SATA drives to be recognised by my computer) and RAM.<br><br>I wouldn't know what to do with a motherboard.<br><br>Cheers<br><br><br>Paul<br><br><div><div id="ecxSkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 19:03:04 +0100<br>> From: <a href="mailto:thomas@thomasprophett.co.uk">thomas@thomasprophett.co.uk</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:chester@mailman.lug.org.uk">chester@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>> Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] Old desktop needed<br>> <br>> Hi Paul<br>> <br>> I don't have any spare full systems.<br>> <br>> But I do have a motherboard with an Athlon64 3000+ & 512MB of ram if<br>> that is any use to you? I'm quite sure the motherboard supports PCI &<br>> has an AGP.<br>> <br>> ~ Thomas.<br>> <br>> On 6 August 2012 22:17, Paul Williams <<a href="mailto:wilp4a@hotmail.co.uk">wilp4a@hotmail.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>> > The kids' old Dell desktop has died a death.<br>> ><br>> > Has anyone got an old tower they want rid of that can do the same job? I'm<br>> > hoping I can salvage stuff from their old one. It currently has a few IDE<br>> > hard discs, a couple of gigs of DDR1 RAM and an old 256MB PCI (not E) nvidia<br>> > card. It was running Ubuntu 10.10 and was used for films, tux paint and<br>> > Angry Birds (under wine). It has monitor, keyboard and mouse, just needs a<br>> > new tower.<br>> ><br>> > I had hoped that an old eeepc or my wife's old laptop might do the job, but<br>> > one isn't up to it and the other has problems booting.<br>> ><br>> > Can anyone help? I can't afford to spend much (if anything), but might be<br>> > able to spring to a few beers.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Cheers<br>> ><br>> > Paul<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Chester mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:Chester@mailman.lug.org.uk">Chester@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>> > <a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester</a><br>> ><br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Chester mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Chester@mailman.lug.org.uk">Chester@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>> <a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester</a><br></div> </div>
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