- Fri May 15, 2015 1:49 am
#58020
That feeling you get when your favorite computer is so rare you cannot find parts to repair it. ._.
I own a 2000 SONY VAIO PCV RX-463DS tower and it has been dead for many many years due to a motherboard failure. Since then I have been searching for a new board, and there are so many similar but slightly different (newer) models that I cannot find the right board for this one. With that said, if any of you find an RX-463DS motherboard working, please let me know.
Here's a picture of it to get yourself the idea of it:
Post edited by Skylabh.
Reason: picture no longer available.
Notice: There are COUNTLESS similar models, and if it is not EXACTLY the RX-463DS model, then it will NOT be compatible with my remaining parts. So like I said, the slightly newer versions are easy to find, but this original release model series seems to be scarce in numbers.
Specifications:
Intel Pentium 4 running at 1.40Ghz
512MB RAM
32MB video card by ASUS
40GB hard drive
Operating System: Windows XP Home 32 bit
Why do I care so much?
First off it is my favorite computer.
Secondly, I used to use it for experiments as well as classical CGI themes. (Make 3D animations that look like they are from 1990-2000). And nothing is quite like owning the real thing.
In the mean time, if you have a Pentium 4 based machine or a WORKING computer with a 32 bit processor running under 1.50Ghz and supports SSE 2 instructions, then also let me know. It also seems difficult to find a decently priced computer with an SSE2 32 bit processor running under even 2.00Ghz without being a Pentium III processor, which doesn't support SSE2 instructions, making it not useful to me.
I own a 2000 SONY VAIO PCV RX-463DS tower and it has been dead for many many years due to a motherboard failure. Since then I have been searching for a new board, and there are so many similar but slightly different (newer) models that I cannot find the right board for this one. With that said, if any of you find an RX-463DS motherboard working, please let me know.
Here's a picture of it to get yourself the idea of it:
Post edited by Skylabh.
Reason: picture no longer available.
Notice: There are COUNTLESS similar models, and if it is not EXACTLY the RX-463DS model, then it will NOT be compatible with my remaining parts. So like I said, the slightly newer versions are easy to find, but this original release model series seems to be scarce in numbers.
Specifications:
Intel Pentium 4 running at 1.40Ghz
512MB RAM
32MB video card by ASUS
40GB hard drive
Operating System: Windows XP Home 32 bit
Why do I care so much?
First off it is my favorite computer.
Secondly, I used to use it for experiments as well as classical CGI themes. (Make 3D animations that look like they are from 1990-2000). And nothing is quite like owning the real thing.
In the mean time, if you have a Pentium 4 based machine or a WORKING computer with a 32 bit processor running under 1.50Ghz and supports SSE 2 instructions, then also let me know. It also seems difficult to find a decently priced computer with an SSE2 32 bit processor running under even 2.00Ghz without being a Pentium III processor, which doesn't support SSE2 instructions, making it not useful to me.
This is where I die.