If the eMachine had the HP 090 CL MoBo and you do a non-destruct reinstall
of WXP, you just returning XP to its original, non-updated state... before
any updates. If you reformat the hard drive, and the board has been replaced
with something other than the exact, original main board, you will no doubt
experience Windows licensing issues. There are a lot of opinions on this
issue, as well as headaches.
At this point, building a new machine would be very much advantageous. A bit
of research with respect to what you use your machine for will yield MANY
inexpensive parts, or even "bare bones" kits that will fit your needs. Then,
an OEM copy of Win 7 Pro runs about $140. I guess after reading your post,
it all depends on how much time you would care to spend on a machine and OS
that eventually M$ will be discontinuing support (updates) for. If you have
not yet tinkered with W7, it takes a little getting used to, but you will
like it better than XP. If you have never built a machine from the bottom
up, well, it's rather rewarding when you do, and end up with a screaming
machine at the end of the day.
Just my thoughts... good luck whatever your decision is!
Dean Kiley
-----Original Message-----
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bruce Lund
Subject: [PCBUILD] Repeated crashes, is this a lost cause?
eMachines D2880 running Windows XP home. Intel Motherboard
had been replaced with HP 090 CL about a year ago. Computer didn't run
particularly well before the mother board went out but was even worse after
the mother board was replaced, including system crashes that did not
previously occur.
Just did a non-destruct reinstall of windows but the problems persist,
including system crashes. Before and after the restore, Mozilla frequently
crashes and even IE crashes. Before I waste any more time trying to fix
this, am I wasting my time. The system has plenty of power for what I need
it to be, so I am not dissatisfied with its specs. But I need a stable
system. Is that possible after replacing the eMachines mobo with an HP one?
How about if I just got an XP disk and install that instead of the eMachines
restore disk? Would that do the trick? I can't afford to keep wasting time
trying to fix a machine if it is never going to work properly.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Bruce
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