Guest Dirty Protest Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Yesterday my computer stared emitting a rancid burnt smell then turned itself off, figured it was the PSU, so I got a new one today. When I plugged it in I got a message saying 'computer fan error, turn off in 15 seconds' and since then nothing happens at all when I turn it on. Im about to buy myself a new processor, which also means a new motherboard (this has pretty much taken all the cash I have, so if its the GPU im going to fucking wreck the place). So the question is, if I connect a harddrive with an OS on it to the new motherboard will it boot, or is ther a bunch of references to device controllers that will stop it? Cant really afford to lose whats on it with a fresh install. Advance cheers for the help. Writing this from a laptop. I fucking hate laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 it will probably bluescreen due to base system driver incompatibilities unless it's exactly the same as your old motherboard. you can obviously connect your old drive as a slave just to get the data off, but booting from it isn't looking good. btw if it was a GPU error you'd get glitching and corruption on screen even at boot, so more than likely that's not it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dirty Protest Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Cheers thats what I assumed, but ive never tried it. Have another drive but its got about 400GB of music on it and about a TB of space, but im scared of putting an OS on it, incase I fuck up =). Ultimately it'll be a good thing when theres a better system, but at the minute its a massive pain in the arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 just use a linux boot disk to rescue your shit, then nuke the drive from orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dirty Protest Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Sounds like a plan, ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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