Thread: I thought my computer just went to sleep, but now it won't wake up.
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Old 05-08-2009, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by pawoSD View Post
The Hard drive may not work readily. If the PC is a full 6 years old then it likely has an IDE/ribbon cable connection for the hard drive/optical drive(s)....a brand new computer (especially an off the shelf store box) may no longer have any IDE ports on the motherboard.

I think your issue might be a damaged/fried graphics card or an improperly seated one. I've worked on systems where the positioning of the card in the slot was very touchy. Probably a simple issue.
Uhhh...no more ribbon cables? Wow....guess you get behind technology when your machine lasts as long as this one has. Maybe I should stick a 240/300D emblem on it....because as far as computers goes, this one has lasted me longer than any other machine.

Sooo...what do they use now to connect a HDD?
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