This is the one! I got this computer in June of 2008, and it lasted until the beginning of 2010, where it had a very strange failure. It was this very incident which really got me into the field of building my own computers. I didn’t know how or why it failed, but I wasn’t about to be without my desktop, so I had to put together a replacement.
Specs:
- CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz (Kentsfield, S-spec SLACR)
- MB: Acer (ECS) EG31M
- RAM: 4GB DDR2-800
- GPU: Radeon HD 6670 (originally HD 2400 Pro, failed long ago)
- HDD: WD Blue 500GB, model WD5000AAJS (original!)
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit
It wouldn’t be for years, with much more repair experience gained, until I managed to get it to work again. Along the way, I re-cased the computer into another case virtually identical – which is why the pictured model number says “M5620” rather than 30. The original board continues to work, all the way to the beginning of 2023!
As of 2026, this thing still works!!
