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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:47 am
by Softpaw
At 1:30 PM today, my computer randomly shut itself off while I was opening a new toy I got for Christmas (more on that later). I booted it back up, no problems, nothing in the event log.<br><br>At 7:30 PM today, when I got home from work, my keyboard and mouse were unresponsive. I did a hard reboot, and it couldn't boot from the HD. I rushed it to the shop where I work, ran several hours worth of diagnostic tests, and concluded that the motherboard has died. I don't know why, but I suspect the power supply may have had something to do with it.<br><br>So, I'm waiting for Newegg's site to function again, while typing this on my laptop. I may not be around much until the new board comes in and I get the system working.<br><br>You'd think a $4000+ computer would be fairly problem-free, I guess I'm just that lucky <!--emo&:P--><img src='
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:01 am
by Richard K Niner
What brand motherboard was it?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:06 am
by Burning Sheep Productions
Bah computers!<br>What good are they for anyways?<br>Hope you get your box-of-words to obey your commands again Felix.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:30 am
by Softpaw
<!--QuoteBegin-Richard K Niner+Dec 29 2004, 11:01 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Richard K Niner @ Dec 29 2004, 11:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> What brand motherboard was it? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Abit IC7-Max3
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:00 am
by Richard K Niner
Never heard of it.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:44 am
by Softpaw
A few months ago, it was a very high-end motherboard, with the best of everything, and a record SIX SATA ports. Now, for some reason, they discontinued that particular model, and I can't find anything equivalent to it. I ordered an IC7-MaxG that's close enough, so we'll see how it goes.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:06 pm
by Muninn
Good luck with it all Felix.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:37 pm
by Ozymandias
Yeah, whenever I build mine I get everything as cheap as possible except the chip and GFX cards<br><br>There's sometimes stuff that goes wrong on it, but not hardware-wise.<br><br>Hope you get it fixed - that's a lot to shell out....
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:10 am
by Zaaphod
Jeez, a dead motherboard, that isn't a good thing. Good luck with the replacement, hopefully it will last a lot longer. <!--emo&:)--><img src='
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:11 am
by Holyman83
awwww mabey your motherbourd will meet with my video card in the afterlife.
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:46 am
by Softpaw
I have returned.<br><br>My computer is now running fairly happily, and my motherboards were similar enough that I didn't have to reformat :-)<br><br>It's SOOO nice to have my giant dual monitors back :-D
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:59 am
by Zaaphod
Coolness! Welcome back! <!--emo&:D--><img src='
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:28 am
by Holyman83
wb Felix!<br><br>I'm glad you were able to get it fixed so fast
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:41 am
by simon
Welcome back. Glad to hear your computer thingy works again. <!--emo&:D--><img src='
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:14 pm
by Muninn
Glad you fixerated all them doo-hickeys and doodads in your computer Felix.
