Re: Totaly toasted :(

Bob wrote:
I turned on my 5 y/o computer and actually smelled smoke. The $%$$^%(^% thing toasted itself. So I went out and bought a ready made one. Not bad. But now I want to get a new monitor. My old eyes can't zero in on the small fonts on a 36" LCD TV that was my monitor. Anyone hear of a brand called 'Acer'? They got a nice on sale w/speakers for $170. That's cheap (like me :)

Hmm... 36" LCD TV and the fonts are TOO SMALL?

Yes. Acer are an OK make. I have an Acer AL1706 17in LCD which I've had for a while and it is a nice clear picture. Nothing special but just good solid performance.

Also the new one has SLI and won't read my old HD, that is IDE. It also can't be read on another computer that's IDE. Think I toasted that too?

I assume you mean SATA, not SLI.

I have a USB external IDE caddy just for testing/copying IDE drives. They are not expensive and you might get the drive to work in one.

If the drive can't be read in another PC it probably is toasted.


Rarius
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