[AT] OT

[Dan Glass]

I don't know about the video card but many of the internal parts of the 
old (and probably new also) PC's have lifetime warranties.  Find the 
manufacturer's name and go to their website.  I just received a new 
power supply for a computer that was about 12 years old.  They pay 
postage both ways.
On 11/10/2013 7:26 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Richard,  I'm betting you lost a video card.  Question is, is yours
> built into the mother board architecture or is it a plug in card.
> Believe it or not those beeps mean something.  One of the first
> computers I ever owned went black when it was almost new.
> I called the manufacturer.  He told me to turn it on and tell him
> how many beeps I heard.  I told him and he said it's your video
> card,  I'll mail you one.  A lot of water has rolled over the dam
> since then so it might not apply to todays machines.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Fink Sr
> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 7:02 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT
>
> Steve i don,t know what died when i turn it on it just makes a beep beep
> sound no screen. I will take it to my repair guy and tell him FIX it don,t
> care what but not to exceed cost of new one. AT 73 i don,t like change.
>
> TO ALL YOU OTHER ONES THANKS FOR THE REPLYS
> R Fink
> PA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve W." <swilliams268 at frontier.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 1:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT
>
>
>> Richard Fink Sr wrote:
>>> Hi need some feed back on computers. My computer with win XP has died
>>> was looking at a new HP with win 8. Has any one run this and what are
>>> your thoughts. I am old school love win XP and hate change have been
>>> told it is all touch and so on takes special screen or
>>> monitor???????????????? R Fink PA
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>>
>> I have run Win 8 for a while now.  Touch screen is NOT needed. It is a
>> nice thing for some items but I have found nothing I can't do with the
>> mouse/keyboard.
>>
>> Buying new you will end up with 8.1, it brings back a few of the old
>> features, BUT with some minor tweaking and some easy changes you can
>> make 8 look and act VERY close to XP.
>>
>> Like Larry said the big trick is usually the drivers for other hardware
>> you own.
>>
>> Win. 8.1 can be set up to boot directly to the desktop.
>>
>> Some of the apps on the start screen are actually handy and all of the
>> ones that are "active" can be turned off (right click and select Turn
>> off live tile in the menu at the bottom)
>>
>>
>> What died on your old machine? Hardware really isn't that hard to repair.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Steve W.
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