My machine is DEAD

[Bluepixie]

:( Fuck sake

[Fyndir]

:( Fuck sake

Funeral?

[CaNNoN_FoDDa]

Unlucky :cry:

RIP Alita

[Bluepixie]

MB is dead. Won't boot most of the time, internal speaker doing the tune of death (i.e. my AGP slot is not working and I'm not coming out to play tune). If it does mange to boot, it crashes with in minutes. Tried different video cards with no results. Bye bye DFI Skt A, hello Conroe Duo. Shame there was nothing I could do but watch it die.

Ah well, tomorrow, the resurrection shall begin! :evil:

que manic laughter

[CaNNoN_FoDDa]

So sad. But from the ashes a new and better machine shall be born.

I managed to kill my brand new hardrive the other day, still need to RMA it.

[Tiberio]

Ouch man, hope the resurrected version will serve you well :-)

[DAve]

Mobo is dead, long live newMobo.
Sorry to hear about that, but at least you'll get an improptu upgrade.

[Octavion]

Do you have any idea what killed it? Power surge maybe?

[Bluepixie]

It could have been but the Tagan is beasty and I have a surge protector, so I'll put it done to wear and tear. The AGP slot seemed like the main perpitrator with the video related blue screens of death and strange artifacts before games would crash. However, i've tried booting it up a few times and it even crashes in the BIOS! Must be seriously messed up.

Anyway, I'm researching my new build. Here be my current buy list.

From Scan (www.scan.co.uk)

MSI P965-PLATINUM iP965 - £93.99 (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=491969)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 OEM - £115.14 (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=439209)

+ VAT + Ship = £216.16

From Ock (www.overclockers.co.uk)

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 256MB - £146.86 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-064-PC)

CNPS9700-LED Aero Flower CPU Cooler - £45.81 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-026-ZA)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz - £199.74 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL)

+VAT +Ship = £402.11

TOTAL = £618.27

I would buy pretty much everything from Scan but they're out of stock of a few things such as the Dominator mem I want (is cheaper than OcK) and they don't have the Zalman.

Will be building into this setup.

Alita
Black Widow Coolermaster Case
X-Fi Fatal1ty Editon
Twin SpinPoint 250GB SATAII
Tagan 480W (TG480-U01)
Plextor PX-716AL
Raptor K1 Pro Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G5 with S&S Steelmat
ViewSonic VX922 19"
VideoLogic DigiTheatre 5.1 (1stEd) - DTS, Dolby Digital, Optical

Going to be ordering tomorrow I hope, any points, advice etc are appreciated.

[CaNNoN_FoDDa]

Hows it going? If youre gonna put her together over the weekend, do you mind if i come round and take some pictures? Thinking about writing a guide to putting a motherboard on a tray, cos i totally forgot about that technique we came up with when i was doing mine (until the fourth attempt).

And i dont really feel like dismounting my MB. Think most of the screws are cross-threaded.

Edit: technique we came up with when you were putting yours together (ages ago), forgotten when i was putting mine together (recently)

[YegaDoyai]

technique!?!

put MOBO on MOBO tray
put screws in holes

*done*

[CaNNoN_FoDDa]

So you never had a tray that warped on you? Lucky you.

[Bluepixie]

Ok, parts are ordered. ALL form blasted OCK.

MSI 975X Power Up! - (the platinum was out of stock at Scan! I should have ordered yesterday!)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 OEM
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 256MB
CNPS9700-LED Aero Flower CPU Cooler
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz

+VAT +SHIP = TOO MUCH!

It's cost me £676.16. I'm kinda pissed off. :evil: not gonna rant about it here however is it was partially my fault. All I can say is, if you see a good price for something awesome that you want, don't wait! :(

Anyway I'll have some of the parts tomorrow and rest following on Sat. If I do get them all (I bloody better seeing how much postage I've paid) then you're more than welcome to come round and participate Aldous. :) I'll be taking lots of photos too. I think this is possibly the most expensive and stressful upgrade I've ever done, it better be worth it. :)

[CaNNoN_FoDDa]

Does it live?

[Bluepixie]

Alita

Black Widow Coolermaster Case
MSI i975X Power Up! 2.1 Rev. C0 300MHz FSB
BIOS - 12/07/2006
Intel Core Duo E6300 2.1GHz - Zalman 9700
Geil PC2-6400 2GB[2x1024] (4 - 4 - 4 - 12) (1.8V)
Power Color X1950 Pro 256 (Stock, for now)
X-Fi Fatal1ty Editon
Twin SpinPoint 250GB SATAII
Tagan 480W (TG480-U01)
Plextor PX-716AL
Raptor K1 Pro Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G5 with S&S Steelmat
ViewSonic VX922 19"
VideoLogic DigiTheatre 5.1 (1stEd) - DTS, Dolby Digital, Optical

Serious oc this weekend. :D

Here are some pics illistrating the cause of my machines death.

http://www.pausegaming.com/images/committee/PICT0014.JPG

http://www.pausegaming.com/images/committee/PICT0012.JPG

Cap in the CPU socket popped causeing an electrical surge of some kind burning the 3.3V power lines. Poor wee thing. :(

On a happier note, here are a few pics of my shiny new Zalman.

http://www.pausegaming.com/images/committee/PICT0021.JPG

http://www.pausegaming.com/images/committee/PICT0024.JPG

More pictures later! :)

[CaNNoN_FoDDa]

shiny!

[DAve]

That's the coolest chick ever ;)

[LastChanceHotel]

Don't worry too much about the 3.3v scorching, that happens all the time (even on non broken boards).

Is it just the cap? Can you make out the text on the top? 104 or something?

Jan