Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours ago"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square303fedilinkarrow-up1917arrow-down110
arrow-up1907arrow-down1image"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square303fedilink
minus-squaregrooving@lemmy.studiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·14 hours agoThe only thing turning. To waste is the motherboard right? It sucks, but throw out a whole computer because of a motherboard is a wacky move.
minus-squareSmc87@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·14 hours agoThe only thing turning to waste is the OS. You can still use anything else fine.
minus-squaresepiroth154@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-214 hours agoWell if you have to throw out the motherboard, there’s a high chance you have to replace the cpu too.
minus-squareElvith Ma'for@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 hours agoThe problem is more the CPU than the motherboard. But upgrading the CPU might also mean upgrading the motherboard and maybe RAM.
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoMight also be ram compatibility problems
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoThat’s assuming the user knows that and didn’t just buy a prebuilt tower from Costco, and that it isn’t a laptop or something where changing the motherboard is much harder if not impossible.
minus-squaregrooving@lemmy.studiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoYeah true. Also finding a new motherboard that still works with your outdated ram type would be annoying research to have to do.
The only thing turning. To waste is the motherboard right? It sucks, but throw out a whole computer because of a motherboard is a wacky move.
The only thing turning to waste is the OS. You can still use anything else fine.
Well if you have to throw out the motherboard, there’s a high chance you have to replace the cpu too.
The problem is more the CPU than the motherboard. But upgrading the CPU might also mean upgrading the motherboard and maybe RAM.
Might also be ram compatibility problems
That’s assuming the user knows that and didn’t just buy a prebuilt tower from Costco, and that it isn’t a laptop or something where changing the motherboard is much harder if not impossible.
Yeah true. Also finding a new motherboard that still works with your outdated ram type would be annoying research to have to do.