Computer dead!! this sucks

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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited March 2004
    I buy all my stuff from www.newegg.com. Half the parts have free fedex shipping.

    I see that most of the stuff on zipzoomfly have free 2nd day.. .I suppose that's even better :-). Haven't done any price comparisons... don't have the time right now. Maybe later today.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2004
    ok check out these prices then also.. www.tcwo.com

    great prices , and i think free shipping on some stuff
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2004
    These are the places I have used with success in the past when building computers.

    www.newegg.com
    www.tcwo.com
    www.mwave.com
    www.crucial.com

    New Egg is excellent, but Mwave for whatever reason has been my favorite. They have excellent customer service with quick email replies.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2004
    tcwo is local for me, just pick up what i need, so it works out best and i never go anywhere else.. shipping offsets any better deals as i can pick these up and do RMa's local, no shipping delays.. plus they stand behind everything they sell or the manufacturer offers great warranties.. I got a 3 year warranty for my motherboard.. i wont have this thing in 3 years so im golden..
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2004
    Damnit! Teaches me to **** about computers. I just lost one. I think the mobo is totally screwed. Hopefully am not out more than $100. Ahhh, effin computers. God must be a Dell user.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2004
    2+ years with my Dell. and not one problem yet. (Knock on wood). I've upgraded nearly everything in it.. and i do weekly maintenance on it. purrs like a kitten
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
    Vancouver, Canada Sept 30th, 2012 - Madonna concert :cheesygrin:
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2004
    I firmly believe that regular maint. helps alot....defrag...cleanup...scandisk are all common for me.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Pablo
    Pablo Posts: 723
    edited March 2004
    I used to try and put together my own stuff, but got to annoyed having those stupid little problems with everything piece of hardware installed. Now I just go dell. I've had my P600 desktop for years now without a problem (just upgraded so my daughter has it now). I even used to lug the thing from Connecticut to New Jersey 3 times a week for over a year for a consulting gig.

    But if you like trying to figure out those little problems, then save yourself a few bucks and build exactlly what you want, if you don't get yourself a dell.
    Denon AVR-3803
    RTi-70 Fronts
    FXi-30 Surrounds
    RTi-38 Back Surrounds
    Csi-40 Center
    PSW350 Sub
    Panasonic PT-56WXF95 HDTVSamsung un60JS8000 SUHD
    Denon DVD-2910
    Xbox, Gamecube, PS2, PS3, PS4, xbox360, Wii, WiiU, n64
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2004
    Pablo - It's all relative really. We run Dell's at work, and they run like tops....anything can happen, it's just personal for me :)
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2004
    386's are still running 20 years later, however a good number of those are long gone... parts just wear out.. lemons if you will sometimes.. I had the same power supply for 3 years... until last week.. who knows why it gave out??
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited March 2004
    The CPU could have died also. I had a CPU died one time it acted dead.

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited March 2004
    You can have plenty of problems with computers made by large companies, too. We have a lab (25) of Gateway 1800 series computers that we put in a year and a half ago. Since then, well over half of those 25 machines have suffered PSU failure. Luckily, they're under warranty, so it's no loss to us, except for the downtime.

    We also bought around 30 MSI SlimPC barebone systems (came with case, PSU, and motherboard). Since then, we've sent 24 motherboards in under warranty due to faulty capacitors (you can read about the bad caps problem on www.badcaps.com ). Again, good thing it's under warranty.

    In the past, we've had Gateway 3200 series PCs. I can't even tell you how many of those had hard drive failure because for some unknown reason, a chip on the HD would burn up. Just goes to show you that prepackaged PCs are not exempt from problems.

    This year, we bought around 275 dell Optiplex GX260 workstations. So far, we haven't been able to tell if there's going to be a common component failure. We've had monitors, HDs, and motherboards fail, but there's no known pattern yet. I guess time will tell...

    On the other side, I've been building computers for 6 out of the 17 years of my life. The first ones I built were pretty bad, but they were great to learn on. They were unstable, and would crash a lot, but they still ran. Now, I can build systems that run without a day off for longer than I can. My current record is a relatively low 55 days straight. The machine I use every day has been up for 14 days straight. So don't go saying that if you build your own, it's going to have problems.... that's just not true!
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • pixiedave
    pixiedave Posts: 227
    edited March 2004
    The first computer I built is a dual pIII server board in a rack mount chassis, Its running FreeBSD 4.9 Stable. Its been up without reboot for over 7 months.

    Oh yeah http://www.teapottraveler.com is whats running on it

    Built a second one just like it, Although its not running now, no use for it.

    Heres one for longevity of hardware.

    A friend gave his moms old compaq, she wanted it out of the house. Came with all the paperwork. $2000 in 1994. 1/2 gig hd 4mgs ram running windows 3.1 Works perfectly.
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    You never blow your trip forever! < Daevid Allen
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2004
    i think i'll get a 386 Compaq now :eek:
    :p
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
    Vancouver, Canada Sept 30th, 2012 - Madonna concert :cheesygrin:
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  • Underclocked
    Underclocked Posts: 54
    edited March 2004
    Faster100, I've often seen 12V fans that would not spin with even as much as 7VDC applied. Not suggesting your power supply is good but that failure of a fan to move on anything but 12V output may not mean anything. Slap a voltmeter on the red to black and see what you get with the PSU jumpered. Put a fan or something on another connector while you do it.

    Did you try a new battery?

    Sorry if all this is too little, too late but I feel your pain.
    Whut?
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