After recently having my computer broken (desktop) i have been playing BF3, and steam birds. I got an offline HTML version of the game and its really fun.
just open it with any web browser, should work! if not, update adobe flash. 
OOPDATE! my computers motherboard is shot, well the connecters are anyhow.
it wonāt communicate to the:
hard drive
disk drive
fan
And the really crappy part is the possibility the motherboard itself has gone bad. In whice case we need a new one, and new graphics and audio cards because those are built in right now. 
Time to build a cheap computer! I would say not even worth trying to replace the motherboard. Depending on the Hard Drive type you could just move it over. Is that computer desktop or a laptop?
Desktop, 1 TB hard drive, quad core processors , those are what i would save 
Assuming you know the processor still works and what kind of socket it is then yea. I would just get a case, power supply, motherboard (of that socket typeā¦if you need help finding the socket I can), video card (or integrated). You could salvage the optical drive too. So I would say about $300 (with dedicated video card) which would be a fairly good upgrade.
You can probably salvage the power supply, HDD, CPU, case, and RAM. As long as those are not the problem, replacing the motherboard may be all you need. It really depends on how decent your current setup is. If you have a quad core, I suspect you have some nice stuff, even without a GPU (video card).
Can you post any useful identifying tags to us? Such as the model of motherboard you have, or RAM. How many watts is your power supply? ETC. Lots to know!
only thing that has problems is motherboard, so we are looking at what kind of cash would you say to replace motherboard and graphics cards?
We first need to determine what value your current system has. If it is not that good, then replacing more stuff would be the better choice. Can you open it up and read us some of those specs?
nope, the IT guy on our street has it, but off the top of my head:
AMD quad core prosessor
8GB ram
1TB hard drive
Win 7
built-in A/V cards (to the motherboard)
andā¦ anything else? this is all that comes to mind
Ehā¦ That does not help too much. We would need to know if it is DDR1,2 or 3 for the RAM. What the speed is for the quad core, and what vid card came with.
It sounds like you have an IT guy ready to help already. I wish him luck.
he hasnāt given us an estimate yet, but he knows the problem.
Most likely scenario:
we back up our data and get a new computer.
There should be no need to back up at allā¦ If the HDs are fine, then you just put them into that comp. I hope it does not come to that. It sounds like you had a decent rig, just no vid card.
video card was embadded into the motherboard, so no way to upgrade it. Also we may replace motherboard and vid card, so it might be an upgrade in the near future
Perhaps I should have specified. A vid card is a dedicated independent piece of hardware that plugs into your motherboard. It performs far better than any built-in video card I have ever seen. Many motherboards donāt even come with a true video card imbedded into them because they expect you to get one that suits your needs. They are REALLY easy to āupgradeā because the motherboard will simply use the card you install instead of what it came with.
You did not have a dedicated video card, so keep it in mind when getting replacements. The new one I just bought is really nice and only costs around $150. I only hope your IT guy is treating you right.
He is, we knew when we bought this computer the motherboard had no ways to upgrade the vid card, its a embedded intel 400, can play most games with medium graphics.
It does not have a PCI Express 16 port on the motherboard? That is very odd. Oh well, I guess we will have to trust your guy.
That is very odd, but if it came from a manufacturer like Dell I would doubt it for a second. Depending what AMD socket it is you can get a replacement Motherboard for ~$80 and a dedicated graphics card for around $75. That may still be a bit much though.
its an HP, referb.
Hope you can pull the motherboard, if you need to. Now that it comes to mind I know dell in the past 5-7 years solders or bolts motherboards to the chassis of the computerā¦ much tougher to remove than screws.
waitā¦ dell? i said my computer was hewlett packard. is it bought out by dell or something?