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Well I was gone to see family for the weekend and I come back home to boot up my trusty PC, and nothing! It died over the long weekend. I even had it unplugged while I was gone and it just died. My hard drive is fine so, no data is lost. I am going to be gone for a week to do some PC installs anyhow, but I will not be gaming online for a couple of weeks. Gotta try a put back some money to get some new parts... 
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Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:
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That blows! Do you know what part is faulty?
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Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject:
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| sCaryDeth wrote: | | That blows! Do you know what part is faulty? |
So far I know for sure the video card. I think the motherboard might be toast as well.
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject:
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Enelya could probably help you fix it. She's good with computers.  
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject:
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Enelya could probably help you fix it. She's good with computers.
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject:
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Sorry to hear that Cyber, but look at the bright side, The Vols are going to Atlanta. 
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject:
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| {uZa}Cyber-Patriot wrote: | | sCaryDeth wrote: | | That blows! Do you know what part is faulty? |
So far I know for sure the video card. I think the motherboard might be toast as well. |
If both of those are toast, there's a good chance you may have had a faulty PSU. What kind was it and how much did it cost? Sometimes if you go cheap on the PSU, you will pay for it later with much more $$$$ than a good PSU would have cost.
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject:
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I did some more testing and the video card is bad and the power supply is bad as well. It was a 350 watt Raidmax power supply. Still haven't had time to test motherboard, had to pack for a week long trip. Hated to leave the family without a computer for a whole week. 
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject:
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That stinks, Cyber. Best of luck getting it back up and pooning.
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject:
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| {uZa}Cyber-Patriot wrote: | | I did some more testing and the video card is bad and the power supply is bad as well. It was a 350 watt Raidmax power supply. Still haven't had time to test motherboard, had to pack for a week long trip. Hated to leave the family without a computer for a whole week. |
That was your problem right there. Go with a name brand next time, especially one that does not come with a case.
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:26 pm Post subject:
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Agreed. These days, the P/S has become an EXTREMELY important part of any PC build.
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:54 pm Post subject:
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Yeah, I was in bad need of an upgrade. I built this system almost 5 years ago. A 350 watt power supply THEN was awesome! <sigh> I need to set aside some cash and upgrade.
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject:
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do I smell toast?
Commando and I both experienced fragged pc's from cheaper PSU's (wasn't it the raidmax???)
like I said before, any system build should have certain "no compromise" parts. the PSU is one of those parts.
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Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:54 am Post subject:
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That sucks. Our router went bad over the break and I had no wireless on my laptop for a few days, had to get a new router on Saturday  .
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Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject:
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| uZa Ten*K wrote: | do I smell toast?
Commando and I both experienced fragged pc's from cheaper PSU's (wasn't it the raidmax???)
like I said before, any system build should have certain "no compromise" parts. the PSU is one of those parts. |
It was DIABLO something. The only good thing about it was that it didn't fry my PC when it finally died. I bought a new $120 VANTEC 550 watter and its been working great ever since.
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