Putting the computers back together

[Storms of Superior]

So I finally started putting the old computer back together in order to prep the hard drive to transfer to another computer.

 

Both of the memory cards and the hard drive seem to be in working order.

 

I came across a couple of issues:

 

- When I plugged in the old computer, a buzzer type "warning" sound played repeatedly. It stopped after about 30 seconds. Between the hard drive and the memory cards, what can cause that to happen?

 

     -When I examined the memory cards, I realized that it shouldn't be possible to install them backward.

 

- The monitor that I have plugged into it does not display a picture, but the power button on the front flashes. This is a problem that I have experienced repeatedly, but I can't remember the solution(s).

 

Anyone feel like putting up with me?

[flutie]

is it beeps or a solid sound?

[Storms of Superior]

Intermittent sound comes out. Not a beep. It's a buzz. Maybe a buzz is used by some manufacturers to mean the same as a beep. I don't know.

[flutie]

ok, is there a sequence like , some long and some short, kinda like morse code

[Storms of Superior]

No, but it is accompanied by a little yellow light on the motherboard. Low battery?

[RitualClarity]

Search the internet with the info of your computer or motherboard model. Look for Bios codes and there should be some info on what you are experiencing. That is the first step to figure out what is going on.

[flutie]

sry, was at WORK, ur comp stats, old and new, low battery it beeps in US, what is ur country?, europe it might buzz

[Storms of Superior]

sry, was at WORK, ur comp stats, old and new, low battery it beeps in US, what is ur country?, europe it might buzz

 

I'm in the US. It definitely gave me a buzzing sound. IT CAME IN REGULAR INTERVALS, NOT LIKE mORSE CODE. Stupid capslock again.

 

I need to boot the computer to get the stats, but it's built for Vista.

 

[allsunday]

A computer that uses Windows Vista? Man, throw that away! Recycle it. Use the magical power that is a screwdriver and take the old hard drive out of your old computer. Put that old hard drive into your new computer (99% of desktop computers have an extra hard drive slot) and voila, problem solved. If you're new to this, the hard drive only needs two connectors that need to plug into it. The power (obviously), and a plug into the motherboard/the computer itself (obviously). Hopefully it's not an IDE hard drive, it shouldn't be even from the Win Vista era. LMAO!

[Sladen2019]

For your monitor not displaying a picture, you might have to plug an adapter onto its cable. Your old Vista PC probably has old VGA inputs for a monitor. You may have had an adapter connected to the cable prior to getting your new PC and took it off so it would work with the new PC.

 

I personally wouldnt bother moving the harddrive to your new PC unless you plan on formatting it and putting a newer Operating Sytem on it.

If all you need from it is Steam and other minor stuff, better to just move those over.

Since that would take a ton of hardrive space, you can use something like an external harddrive to copy the stuff you want to.

A WD My Book would work nicely for that.

https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Desktop-External-WDBFJK0030HBK-NESN/dp/B00E3RH63A/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1480286535&sr=8-4&keywords=wd+my+book

The one I linked to goes for $89 US and is 3 TB.

You can copy the desired stuff to it and then hook it up to your new PC and copy it to one of its harddrives.

 

[RitualClarity]

For your monitor not displaying a picture, you might have to plug an adapter onto its cable. Your old Vista PC probably has old VGA inputs for a monitor. You may have had an adapter connected to the cable prior to getting your new PC and took it off so it would work with the new PC.

 

I personally wouldnt bother moving the harddrive to your new PC unless you plan on formatting it and putting a newer Operating Sytem on it.

If all you need from it is Steam and other minor stuff, better to just move those over.

Since that would take a ton of hardrive space, you can use something like an external harddrive to copy the stuff you want to.

A WD My Book would work nicely for that.

https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Desktop-External-WDBFJK0030HBK-NESN/dp/B00E3RH63A/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1480286535&sr=8-4&keywords=wd+my+book

The one I linked to goes for $89 US and is 3 TB.

You can copy the desired stuff to it and then hook it up to your new PC and copy it to one of its harddrives.

You can also just get an hard drive enclosure and take your old drive out and plug it in to your new computer through the USB port and then copy over at your leisure the needed files and keep it as a backup until it dies.