i have a COMPUTER that doesn't have any markings on the outside except intel celeron.there is nothing anywhere on the casing itself,top,bottom either side inside and out.the only markings i can FIND is the word transcend on the MOTHER board and underneath that TS-AVE3.on the main cable going from the mother board to the hard drive it says www.transcendusa.com and it will do nothing.without it starting up is there ANYWAY to find out the make to order recovery cds?When you turn on the computer, what messages do you see?
Where did you find the computer?
Does it boot from a floppy? Can if boot from a CD?
The chipset for that board is the "VIA Pro133A" Here is a link for the XP drivers http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/VIA_4in1_443v.zip

The motherboard itself appears to be made specifically for a company, rather than a manufactured board for the general public.

This is a Google Reader link for the PDF manual. I am giving you this link as it requred no PDF software to read it.
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:czOjUb-U8QYJ:www.elhvb.com/mobokive/archive/Transcend/manual/ts-ave3/e-ave3.2.1.pdf+TS-AVE3&hl=en&gl=nz&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj7j68HkcLRoKAKH1gkGejWRpICNgcWa1wxIzc3UvN2h020rTe7qXmPiY1gRJAbOUqDujdaiWebfACY2nMSq9du2lKkUcipJn14dLDbVRerc0zoEGnv-_OwRht6U5nMuwvKHmgq&sig=AHIEtbS7Rr2pYBQS-MrmCdsjHfM4IwnHYg&pli=1

As I have not been able to find a "recovery cd" as such, you will need to locate an installation CD for the version of windows that is on the machine. Given its age im going to guess Windows XP Home.

Otherwise if you cannot locate and reinstall windows on the machine you could always try a Linux distrobution such as Ubuntu.