[PLUG] recovery, fried MB

[AthlonRob]

On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 11:42, theo at portlandpictureframe.com wrote:

> I think the data is untouched. Is it possible to just get a new MB/proc
> and plug everything in, cast a spell or two, pray to the dead Linux
> ghurus and have everything boot and be as it was?
> 
> I don't expect so...

One of the nice things about Linux's modularity *is* the general ability
to just drop in replacement hardware, even if it isn't necessarily
horribly similar to the hardware being replaced.  You should be able to
drop in a new motherboard, processor, and whatever else is dead, fire it
up, and be good to go.  You may need to adjust configuration files and
the like for the hardware, depending on how much (and how) hardware
detection the fancy hat OS does.

> 1. What is my best recovery plan? I will have to buy a new MB/proc or
> use something I have lying around.

Plug in the new hardware, hit the power button, watch the fun messages
that go scrolling by your screen.  Fix what is broke.  :-)

> I planned for disk failure and power failure but not this :/
> 2. Is there a good way to manage this swapping of MB? What about if I
> want to switch to a PIII?

Plug 'er in.  Make sure the motherboard, RAM, and CPU are all
compatible.  Most boards today use DDR.  Drives and case should be good
to go.  If it's an old board you're replacing, with an AGP video card,
you may need a new video card, too (if it doesn't fit, do NOT force
it).  PCI cards should be good to go.  Make sure your PSU is capable of
powering the new board/CPU properly (a 200W PSU may have been fine for
an old Athlon 550, but won't power an Athlon XP 2400+ very nicely).

> UGH!! My hardware router also bit it last night. I think one of Bill
> Gates' imps was haunting my house yesterday!

Or a lightning strike?

Rob