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Posted by KilldaDJ on Feb-11-2005 20:29:

my computer blew up!!!

yeah thats right!

earlier today i installed win 2000

after a few hundred restarts...because of installing, changing settings and shit like that, i booted up and loaded windows, then BANG!!!

fucking psu blew up and smoke and shit went everywhere.

i am not happy, got paid today and had to go and buy another psu...but it was a shitty 350w...couldnt seem to handle 2x hard drives, cdrw, gfx card and a amd xp2000+ with 4 case fans. peice of microsoft shit. same goes with the psu which is now a paperweight

got a shit nice 400w psu now...running 2000 still and 2x hd/cdrw/ no floppy disk and just the 1 case fan now because windows kept shutting down due to overheat or some minor shit like that.

why does windows 2k love to restart? BASTARD.

im annoyed but good now because i fix.

rant over i guess

+0

Posted by D-res on Feb-11-2005 20:38:

awesome

Posted by igottaknow on Feb-11-2005 20:43:

ur lucky you didn't start another cascading blackout

Posted by Jackson on Feb-11-2005 20:45:

is the psu melted? i know bugger all about components.

Posted by KilldaDJ on Feb-12-2005 03:33:

well something in the psu melted as it just stank of burnt plastic or some shit...

went to the computer store and the guy plugged the psu in (i was at the counter thinking 'haha...its gunna blow up in yer face mate') as he had to do a routine check to make sure its properly fucked and i that i wasnt just some idiot computer guy.

anyway, he plugged it in and flicked the switch on the psu and the thing blew up in his face as well, flash and a big boom, i laughed and he said, 'hm thats not a good sound...' so he went and got another one for meh, though i thought the problem was of the low wattage and my computer needed more (it was only a 350w) i opted for the 400w, which was �7.50 the diff, so i paid that and buggered off

all working fine now, just windows 2000 pro is a bit shitty, full of security holes and takes hours on end patching them up and tweaking things...

only problem i have now is that its a total memory hog (my page file is like 511mb - not good) and my modem keeps turning itself off and resyncronising.

man this computer tech shit wastes so much time.

Posted by KilldaDJ on Feb-12-2005 04:08:

yes, very lucky indeed. at first i thought i was spiked and my pc was a giant paperweight, but no, everything is intact

i think the psu thing has some sort of anti-spike thing built in so i was safe

yes i win

Posted by TigerClaw on Feb-12-2005 08:47:

Why not use Windows XP Pro?, Win2k has lots of problems that XP fixes.

Posted by idoru on Feb-12-2005 08:50:

quote:
Originally posted by TigerClaw
Why not use Windows XP Pro?, Win2k has lots of problems that XP fixes.

Linux pwns all.

Posted by xtr3m on Feb-12-2005 09:33:

A proper hardware set up should be able to handle any amount of restarts.

Posted by Allied Nations on Feb-12-2005 10:01:

One time i plugged my cpu into a 220 volt plug while it was set at 110, my psu (500 wattter) went bye bye. i lost 512 of ram as well. shitty.

Posted by smallSHEEP on Feb-12-2005 14:05:

So long as you dont buy a PSU from Q-TEC i'm sure you'll be fine.

Posted by KilldaDJ on Feb-12-2005 15:43:

quote:
Originally posted by smallSHEEP
So long as you dont buy a PSU from Q-TEC i'm sure you'll be fine.

oops...

Posted by smallSHEEP on Feb-12-2005 21:49:

quote:
Originally posted by KilldaDJ
oops...

I hope you keep a fire extingisher next to your computer...

Posted by TigerClaw on Feb-12-2005 22:40:

quote:
Originally posted by KilldaDJ

oops...

Those are one of those PSUs with the 120mm cooling fans in them, But those suck since they don't have the power switch on the back like many others do, It's always best to get the PSUs with the two cooling fans, Some have one on the back, the other in the front or top of them, What I dont like is they seemed to be going all out on these PSUs, There are some that are see thru and have lights in them, But if you have a case that doesn't have a window on the side, Then it's pointless to get one of those since you can't see the lights.

Posted by echosystm on Feb-12-2005 23:12:

quote:
Originally posted by idoru
Linux pwns all.

Yeah, until u actually want your computer to do stuff

Posted by Project 7 on Feb-12-2005 23:35:

hahaha

you maybe could rig up a p166 and use 3xOSC

Posted by KilldaDJ on Feb-13-2005 01:07:

quote:
Originally posted by TigerClaw
Those are one of those PSUs with the 120mm cooling fans in them, But those suck since they don't have the power switch on the back like many others do, It's always best to get the PSUs with the two cooling fans, Some have one on the back, the other in the front or top of them, What I dont like is they seemed to be going all out on these PSUs, There are some that are see thru and have lights in them, But if you have a case that doesn't have a window on the side, Then it's pointless to get one of those since you can't see the lights.

yeah, works for me as i have got a side window on my case, so i can see whats going on inside my comp, but that psu that i got now, the qtec 400 with that massive fan...quite quiet and plenty of ventilation because its literally a grill mesh the casing its made out of. so not that much heat...

and i dont need a fire extingisher yet... if i do i'll just steal one from work or something...one of them powder ones or something, i dont wanna spray water or anything on it ROFL

Posted by RenderedDream on Feb-13-2005 01:37:

what's a psu?
and where is win2000's fault in this?
it wasn't w2k fault's if you bought some out of the trash hardware..
and xp isn't better than xp..xp is a piece of shit
only longhorn will replace my w2k if it's worth it

Posted by KilldaDJ on Feb-13-2005 01:58:

quote:
Originally posted by RenderedDream
what's a psu?
and where is win2000's fault in this?
it wasn't w2k fault's if you bought some out of the trash hardware..
and xp isn't better than xp..xp is a piece of shit
only longhorn will replace my w2k if it's worth it

wtf are u rambling on abt?

i think it was win2ks fault that my psu turned into a paperweight. when i was on 98 (i was on 98 for like 5 years, my psu didnt blow up) but as soon as i installed win 2000, everything went topsy turvy

Posted by Zenchowdah on Feb-13-2005 02:01:

Posted by kamil on Feb-13-2005 02:44:

it boggles the mind how people who use a PC have so many problems and STILL chose to use a PC. Why?!?!? Constant freezing, crashing, hanging up, stalling, irregular problems, spyware, and a fuckload of other shit.

Windows as we see it today has been out for 10 years.

WHY does it still suck so much ass?