Computer Troubles

Softpaw · Postby **Softpaw** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:47 am

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. 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. 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. You'd think a $4000+ computer would be fairly problem-free, I guess I'm just that lucky <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' />

Richard K Niner · Postby **Richard K Niner** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:01 am

What brand motherboard was it?

Burning Sheep Productions · Postby **Burning Sheep Productions** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:06 am

Bah computers! What good are they for anyways? Hope you get your box-of-words to obey your commands again Felix.

Softpaw · Postby **Softpaw** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:30 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Richard K Niner @ Dec 29 2004, 11:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> What brand motherboard was it?  </td></tr></table>  Abit IC7-Max3

Richard K Niner · Postby **Richard K Niner** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:00 am

Never heard of it.

Softpaw · Postby **Softpaw** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:44 am

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.

Muninn · Postby **Muninn** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:06 pm

Good luck with it all Felix.

Ozymandias · Postby **Ozymandias** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:37 pm

Yeah, whenever I build mine I get everything as cheap as possible except the chip and GFX cards There's sometimes stuff that goes wrong on it, but not hardware-wise. Hope you get it fixed - that's a lot to shell out....

Zaaphod · Postby **Zaaphod** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:10 am

Jeez, a dead motherboard, that isn't a good thing. Good luck with the replacement, hopefully it will last a lot longer. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Holyman83 · Postby **Holyman83** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:11 am

awwww mabey your motherbourd will meet with my video card in the afterlife.

Softpaw · Postby **Softpaw** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:46 am

I have returned. My computer is now running fairly happily, and my motherboards were similar enough that I didn't have to reformat :-) It's SOOO nice to have my giant dual monitors back :-D

Zaaphod · Postby **Zaaphod** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:59 am

Coolness! Welcome back! <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

Holyman83 · Postby **Holyman83** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:28 am

wb Felix! I'm glad you were able to get it fixed so fast

simon · Postby **simon** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:41 am

Welcome back. Glad to hear your computer thingy works again. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

Muninn · Postby **Muninn** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:14 pm

Glad you fixerated all them doo-hickeys and doodads in your computer Felix.

Define Cynical Fan Forums

Computer Troubles

Who is online