New motherboard for an old PC

[Speedbird]

Hello,

Yesterday I found an old PC built in 2004 and I want to fix it. The problem is that it when I press the power button, I can hear the fans spin up for about a second, then power off. I already tried replacing the PSU, but that didn't fix it. I assume the mobo is broken and when I have to replace an old one (it's an ASRock Prescott 800 P4i65g), I might as well get a modern one with a new CPU. Can you suggest me any parts? I need a new motherboard, CPU, 2 gigs of RAM and a PCI card with an IDE port.

[dragoon20005]

if its LGA 775

 

you can get this

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gag41mts2pt

[WyvernAbstracts]

the new pentium or an fx 4300-6300/760k

[Speedbird]

if its LGA 775

 

you can get this

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gag41mts2pt

This PC is so old that it has PGA478.

[Speedbird]

the new pentium or an fx 4300-6300/760k

Pentium's too good for it. I think I'll go with the Celeron G1620.

[dragoon20005]

This PC is so old that it has PGA478.

ouch

 

well if you can find LGA 775 socket CPU

 

you will still be able to use the board I suggested for the IDE port

[Speedbird]

ouch

 

well if you can find LGA 775 socket CPU

 

you will still be able to use the board I suggested for the IDE port

Would probably be a lot more expensive than just going for LGA1155 and getting a PCI IDE host adapter.

[dragoon20005]

Would probably be a lot more expensive than just going for LGA1155 and getting a PCI IDE host adapter.

those IDE host adaptor are known to either work or plain just don't work kind

 

you have been warned

[Maxwit44]

ebay, but i'd try re-seating everything first and just start with a GPU and ram, see if it'll post.

[Speedbird]

ebay, but i'd try re-seating everything first and just start with a GPU and ram, see if it'll post.

Already tried it, still doesn't work.

[Maxwit44]

How many beeps does the main board put out from the speaker?

[Speedbird]

How many beeps does the main board put out from the speaker?

No beeps. I can only hear the fans for about half a second and the POST usually takes up to 2 seconds

[Speedbird]

The only socket 478 mb IK still being manufactured for repairs is the Asrock P4I65G

It's SATA btw

That's the current mobo, actually. I know that there are 2 IDE ports on it, the 2 optical drives are connected to one in a master-slave config. The hard disk is SATA.

I will not buy it. My local store doesn't sell them and having Amazon ship it to my country would be too expensive. I think I'd be better off going for LGA1155. Also, the CPU cooler is a little damaged and I wouldn't use that.

[Speedbird]

are you sure it isn't the CPU?

Could be. That's why I'm going to replace both the CPU and the mobo.