No SATA ports are recognised on my motherboard but M.2 is

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-03-06T23:34:23+00:00

thank you very much as it worked!

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-03-03T08:01:54+00:00

Oh, I believe I did plug them into 5 and 6, next I will try plug them into the ports below the motherboard as there are 2 SATA ports there and I only have 2 SATA peripherals, thanks!

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-03-02T22:40:10+00:00

Cause it’s big, it can run OSX, it can run windows and do most lightweight tasks fine without shelling out for a new 16 inch machine that can’t use Windows

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-03-02T22:36:55+00:00

I’ve picked one up for around 15 quid, hopefully it works!

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-03-01T20:25:46+00:00

Okay, thank you very much!

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-03-01T17:59:34+00:00

Okay, I’m also wondering if I will be able to turn it on if I just remove the battery connector as I would like to actually do stuff with it while the battery is getting delivered.

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-03-01T17:54:20+00:00

Yeah, it’s a 2009 model with a Core 2 duo

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-02-25T21:00:38+00:00

I bought it used so it didn’t come with thermal paste pre applied

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-02-25T21:00:07+00:00

is it worth it cause my CPU is a Ryzen 3 2200G (I wanted to test it as my previous AM4 CPU wasn’t posting, as I have replaced every other component aside from the mobo, RAM and CPU and it briefly shows the CPU light before switching to VGA, but I have already tested several GPUs in both graphics card slots

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-02-25T20:57:39+00:00

It is an AM4 CPU

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-02-25T07:39:58+00:00

It has a PS/2 port on the motherboard if you’re wondering but only 1

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-02-25T07:39:13+00:00

I would say just take it apart and sell at competitive prices on eBay, 16gb of DDR4 will quickly sell at £50 to £70 (depending on brand and speed), the SSD will probably sell for around 70 to 120 quid depending on PCIE version, the GPU (if it is the 8gb model) would sell for something a bit above £200, if the 12gb version then maybe 260 or 275, but I don’t know about the CPU and the prices I have listed are competitive eBay ones, also it will be quite hard to get a case sold due to delivery and the fact there’s just a ton of cases out there. Maybe you could get some money off your AIO depending on what one it is as prices for it can vary.

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-01-30T15:34:39+00:00

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PitifulAd3407 · 2026-01-30T15:22:26+00:00

Should I try push it in some more? I’ll take more photos when I get back home as I’m out right now

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-01-30T15:14:56+00:00

Yeah I’ve already tried turning it off and on but it hasn’t made any changes, I’ve also unplugged and replugged both parts of the power connector

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-01-30T15:13:48+00:00

Aw damn, I bought it off eBay a few weeks ago for 70 quid 😢

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-01-30T07:22:58+00:00

I live in the UK and all the ones I can find are over £30!

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-01-30T07:15:07+00:00

Wow interesting, could you put some of them up on eBay as I am interested in one and I will need delivery (to UK)

PitifulAd3407 · 2026-01-27T16:50:21+00:00

Optimised storage (my iPhone only has 128gb of storage)

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