Help needed on replacing Acer Aspire T120 (PC) motherboard
Hi. I have serious problem with my Acer Aspire T120 motherboard. I had
a boot disk failure last month and as usual I thought it was HD problem. However, this problem is random. Random means I switched off for a few hours and the HD is bootable and win XP home runs but after a hour or so, it hangs or crashes and boto disk failure will happen. When rested the PC, it works back. I decided to investigate. I found that the motherboard has 2 IDE slots; one connected to DVD/CDRW combo drive and one connected to HD. So, I swapped the connection, i.e. HD cable to the IDE slot initially occupied by DVD/CDRW combo drive and vice versa. I was very surprised that HD boot up perfectly and Windows XP home starts. My DVD/CDRW combo drive is detected and still works but after an hour or so, it does not work, and it is not detected or went missing (not seen in win explorer). If I plays songs, etc., it will play but will end up with IO error within an hour or so. I suspected it has something to do with overheating (logically, if something works and then not, heat is a suspect). The fans both chasis and CPU are working fine and running. The problem is I am not sure what motherboard Acer Aspire T120 uses. So I do not know what replacement is suitable. I had software like SiSoftware Sandra and Belarus to detect the motherboard which is E22M manufactured by Via Technologies, Inc. but I noticed those at shops aren't specifying motherboard like that. I worried about whether it fits or not. It has a multi-card reader, 2 USB ports in front and 1 mic with 1 speaker outlet in front. It has 4 USB ports, 1 1394 firewire port, mouse and keyboard outlet. The motherboard has a built-in sound card (realtek) and video card. I would appreciate very much if anyone would advise me on the suitable motherboard to buy for replacement from shop preferably the same motherboard or better (but fit the casing). I have also never remove a AMD Athlon XP CPU or motherboard before. The CPU has a big heatsink and a fan on top of it. Any advice on how to remove the motherboard or CPU is appreciated. Is the CPU static charge sensitive? Thank you. |
Help needed on replacing Acer Aspire T120 (PC) motherboard
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