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Part call for help, part rant. Begin rant.
I moved about 3 weeks ago so I could go back to school. Since that time the following has happened to me.
My nice plasma died.
The head snapped off my TaylorMade R7 driver
My computer died.
End rant.
Begin help.
I don't know how my computer died. It was working fine, it's hooked up to a really good battery backup which is still functioning nicely. All I know is I get up to grab my dinner out of the oven. I set it down on my desk and as I reach for the mouse the system powers down. When I try to power it back on nothing happens. I open the case and check all the connections. Still nothing. I disconnect everything but the main MB connections and try to fire it up. Still nothing. At this point the only option I have is to fly to Best Buy and get a new PSU. I end up with a BFG 650w monster. A true definition of overkill but I figured if my current system stayed down than I'd at least have a new PSU ready for my next system. Well as luck would have it, my current system is still down. I did the same thing with this new PSU as I did the old one, I only hooked up what is necessary to power up but it won't power up. So I'm guessing that the MB is bad, sound right? Also what are the odds that if it failed then everything on the board failed as well, like my video card and such? I'm just curious since I'll salvage what I can but it certainly seems that I'm just bound to be building a new system ASAP. Well thats my story, I'm going to go try to play golf without a driver now. Thanks in advance for any help.
I moved about 3 weeks ago so I could go back to school. Since that time the following has happened to me.
My nice plasma died.
The head snapped off my TaylorMade R7 driver
My computer died.
End rant.
Begin help.
I don't know how my computer died. It was working fine, it's hooked up to a really good battery backup which is still functioning nicely. All I know is I get up to grab my dinner out of the oven. I set it down on my desk and as I reach for the mouse the system powers down. When I try to power it back on nothing happens. I open the case and check all the connections. Still nothing. I disconnect everything but the main MB connections and try to fire it up. Still nothing. At this point the only option I have is to fly to Best Buy and get a new PSU. I end up with a BFG 650w monster. A true definition of overkill but I figured if my current system stayed down than I'd at least have a new PSU ready for my next system. Well as luck would have it, my current system is still down. I did the same thing with this new PSU as I did the old one, I only hooked up what is necessary to power up but it won't power up. So I'm guessing that the MB is bad, sound right? Also what are the odds that if it failed then everything on the board failed as well, like my video card and such? I'm just curious since I'll salvage what I can but it certainly seems that I'm just bound to be building a new system ASAP. Well thats my story, I'm going to go try to play golf without a driver now. Thanks in advance for any help.