Please help with old mobo

[Uhh effects]

I know this sounds stupid, but I have an old PC laying around and I want to try making at into my first server. I want to also learn Linux Mint on it but can't figure out how to boot from the ancient BIOS. If anyone can help, message me privately and I will give you my number so you can help. Please no trolls Thanks

[Uhh effects]

Just now, York123 said:

 let me ask you something 
i have 
intel core 2 quad Cpu Q45 board 
Processor 2.66
Ram 5Gb
Graphic Card Geforce GTX 280 1gb 512 bit 
Power Supply 550 watt
But still no good perfomance am playing need for speed undercover and more games poor graphics?
warning system requirements ?
core 2 quad is more powerful than core 2 duo than why gtx 280 doesnt work in core 2 quad just like core 2 duo

I didn't understand anything what you just wrote, are you just telling me what u have in ur system?

[ApolloX75]

4 minutes ago, Uhh effects said:

I know this sounds stupid, but I have an old PC laying around and I want to try making at into my first server. I want to also learn Linux Mint on it but can't figure out how to boot from the ancient BIOS. If anyone can help, message me privately and I will give you my number so you can help. Please no trolls Thanks

System specs? How "old" is this system exactly?

 

3 minutes ago, York123 said:

 let me ask you something 
i have 
intel core 2 quad Cpu Q45 board 
Processor 2.66
Ram 5Gb
Graphic Card Geforce GTX 280 1gb 512 bit 
Power Supply 550 watt
But still no good perfomance am playing need for speed undercover and more games poor graphics?
warning system requirements ?
core 2 quad is more powerful than core 2 duo than why gtx 280 doesnt work in core 2 quad just like core 2 duo

No need to threadjack, best to ask your question in your own topic.

[TARS]

Wow that was quick action on my report

 

back on topic:

 

Can you tell us a little about this old system you are working with?

[Uhh effects]

13 minutes ago, Tars said:

Wow that was quick action on my report

 

back on topic:

 

Can you tell us a little about this old system you are working with?

Erm, it has old mobo, 2 old drives, new psu, what else do you wanna know? Idk what cpu

 

[TARS]

4 minutes ago, Uhh effects said:

Erm, it has old mobo, 2 old drives, new psu, what else do you wanna know? Idk what cpu

 

The motherboard brand & model #

[Uhh effects]

38 minutes ago, Tars said:

The motherboard brand & model #

Mobo: Elitegroup P6STMT

[TARS]

6 minutes ago, Uhh effects said:

Mobo: Elitegroup P6STMT

Del will get you into the bios, however the bios in that motherboard probably doesn’t support usb on startup... find an older ps2 keyboard and give it a try.

[ApolloX75]

2 hours ago, Uhh effects said:

Mobo: Elitegroup P6STMT

Good grief that's old. You won't be able to run Linux Mint off a USB stick with something that ancient so you'll have to use a bootable ISO on a CD. The Mint website has a good tutorial on how to get it working, so start from there. Hell it's old enough you might actually need a bootable floppy disk before the CD drive will be recognized.

[asand1]

You can burn PLOP boot manager to CD and then use that to boot to USB. It doesnt always work but i have booted some old c2d machines tjat way.

 

Alternatively you can install your target HDD into a newer machine, install, and then migrate the HDD back to the server.