Any New Ideas???

[IThinkSoMaybe]

So I've got a nine year old HP tower on my hands that wont post but gives no errors and has no obvious issues, periodically rather than just spinning the fans and nothing else upon trying to start up it will give 6 long beeps(a code I looked up and found as a video card error) but when I put its video card in another good pc it worked perfectly and the motherboard is locked to not start with a different video card in it(came across that one on a separate occasion, probably to avoid liability if you blow yourself or your data up with a third party video card) anyway the solution I'm coming up with is a new computer as this one was engineered to fail and I have unnaturally extended its lifespan, just wondering if anyone has any smart ideas to try to squeeze a little more life out of the old computer before I cannibalize it for parts.

[pwn_intended]

Just now, IThinkSoMaybe said:

So I've got a nine year old HP tower

If you replace the word year with month, I still say throw it off a building. HP consumer computers are trash.

But a 9 year old computer from any manufacturer is too old to bother fixing at this point in time.

[pianoguy15]

If you're getting video card error with a known-good card, it's most likely a MoBo issue (although could be PSU). Look for swollen caps as the tell-tale sign.

[IThinkSoMaybe]

5 minutes ago, pwn_intended said:

If you replace the word year with month, I still say throw it off a building. HP consumer computers are trash.

But a 9 year old computer from any manufacturer is too old to bother fixing at this point in time.

I feel the same but waste not want not if it can be fixed its worth fixing

[IThinkSoMaybe]

Just now, pianoguy15 said:

If you're getting video card error with a known-good card, it's most likely a MoBo issue (although could be PSU). Look for swollen caps as the tell-tale sign.

already checked that out, nothing obvious on the mobo and the psu is known good and the video card doesn't required any additional power beyond the pcie slot