Ok so I am having computer problems or something.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 23 Oct 2007, 15:07

rattle, I am not throwing away money. I have 3 gigs of ram 184 pin and a dual core soc 939 coming in. I am not switching completely to a new hardware load out. I may as well buy a new machine in that case. Honestly it would be just too wasteful

AF · Post by AF » 23 Oct 2007, 15:32

Its like buying a new car because your seat covers need replacing

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 23 Oct 2007, 16:04

Hey smoth, in an attempt to protect ur dataz, check out http://www.assembla.com.

It's free, and quite good so far as I can tell. I'm actually using it for evolution, so that I can use multiple machines and know that my data is the same on each.

You can mark your project as private also...

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 23 Oct 2007, 16:07

my dataz are finez. how many times do I have to say that. What is not fine is my pc that I do work on. I cannot maek new dataz.

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 23 Oct 2007, 16:41

The Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe might be a better choice if it's not too expensive. It got passive heatpipe cooling for the chipset unlike the A8N-SLI Premium and I think it was overall better. Couldn't find it on newegg though.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 23 Oct 2007, 16:47

believe me I am looking at the ones available and they are all out. Sure I can find a 939 184 pin but it has AGP ports or is a one-off brand mbo and you know with a MBO you cannot go with a one-off brand, they are known to fry things.

LathanStanley · Post by **LathanStanley** » 23 Oct 2007, 17:12

smoth, what did the computer do when it died?

it might be the PSU...

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 23 Oct 2007, 17:13

Lathan.. what was my major area of study.

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 23 Oct 2007, 17:22

Are there no local stores or other online resellers other than newegg?

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 23 Oct 2007, 17:25

none that have a good board on them. I have found a few seedy places that have a used board but that is never acceptable.

Relative · Post by **Relative** » 23 Oct 2007, 18:01

Doesn't tiger direct deliver to the US?

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 23 Oct 2007, 18:07

yes but it lacks a proper replacement board.

LathanStanley · Post by **LathanStanley** » 23 Oct 2007, 21:26

smoth wrote:Lathan.. what was my major area of study.

software.

yes, I can be a smartass too... I was just tryin to help.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 23 Oct 2007, 21:56

computer science goes beyond software.

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 23 Oct 2007, 22:06

smoth wrote:computer science goes beyond software.

That's true to the extent that Engineering and Physics are a perversion of "Real" Math. (Ha, you could take that either way!)

LathanStanley · Post by **LathanStanley** » 23 Oct 2007, 22:49

smoth wrote:computer science goes beyond software.

well, let me enlighten you to a small story...

I was working at RMF (you know how that went) and low and behold the 72" inkjet plotter stopped working one day.

It turned on, bliped and did a few things, but when it initalized the board to start the software end, thing just stopped responding, no updates, nothing.

I told them it was the PSU, cause if the board was bad, it would at least attempt some form of something, and give an error, something... they replaced the board, and the ide ribbon cables and everything they can think of...

I brought in an old PSU and clipped and cut my way through it and jury-rigged a psu that fit that plotter, and guess what, the plotter worked.

another one, the other draftsman's computer refused to turn on, the fans would spin, and a little led on his mobo turned on, and after they refused to believe it was the PSU again, they replaced the mobo to no avail, then the ram, then the processor, and THEN the psu, and what fixed it? the psu.

ON BOTH INSTANCES! actual trained technicians from HP came out, plugged their gear on the boards, tested this, tested that, and they all said it wasn't the powersupplies...

on both instances it was.

Smoth, just TRY the psu, thats all I'm sayin, its cheaper than a motherboard, and the hardware shops are more willing to take a PSU back over the board...

edit: oooh and another one, MY OWN DAMN COMPUTER!....

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 24 Oct 2007, 02:33

I am not a technician. The motherboard is bad because at least one ramslot is dead and tossing errors like mad. I would rather not chance other things.

you make the mistake of equating me to someone with a few months of training and is "good" with computers. Don't do it. I ran test and found out that the motherboard has issues and I frankly don't feel like getting into it to explain what the fucking problem is just so you will stop saying that maybe it is the PSU. I don't question you about architecture.

*edit* seriously, that is like compairing me to the bloke that is out there nailing together the wall you designed... it really is insulting.

rcdraco · Post by **rcdraco** » 24 Oct 2007, 02:42

He's making a suggestion smoth, don't slam him down because he's only trying to help.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 24 Oct 2007, 02:43

I am not. But hey if you want to jump on people about slamming suggestions down you can do that all day in the BA thread.

Pressure Line · Post by **Pressure Line** » 24 Oct 2007, 12:13

smoth wrote:I am not. But hey if you want to jump on people about slamming suggestions down you can do that all day in the BA thread.

lulz. i did, and i feel great!

sucks to hear about the PC tho. i hada recent trojan infestation, that nesseccetated me reinstalling windows no less than 4 times, in 2 weeks (including one where my antivirus decided to quarantine half of my windows folder, and itself so i couldnt un-quarantine it)

*edit* i also had an issue similar to Lathan's story, where the system would appear to power up, but not actually start, was the psu ^_^

and even more fun, are the people who assume that because i am young (22) i obviously dont know anything, and then act surprised when i get pissed off when we get things like *its the psu* "im a qualified computer technician, im pretty sure its the harddrive" *its the psu* "hmm it wasnt the hdd, must be the ram" *its the psu* "not the ram, maybe the cpu" *its the psu* "not the cpu, may as well try the psu... look at that, worked perfectly, see i told you i would fix it" *grrrrrrrrrrr*

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Ok so I am having computer problems or something.

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