GeneralXTL Posted September 24, 2013 Member ID: 9997 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 39 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 15 Achievement Points: 347 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/20/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 31, 2015 Birthday: 12/22/1989 Posted September 24, 2013 So yea. Was playing Battlefield with the fellows today. around 2pm PST. when suddenly my computer turned off. "well that's a bummer" i think to myself. Followed by the thought "Do i smell smoke?" Sure enough smoke is shooting out of my tower like it picked up a bad habit. Quickly unpluging everything and cracking it open i couldnt find the source of the smoke. After a few tests i discover the 700w 80PLUS powersupply has fried. (for the second time. This one was RMAed before) so i go out pick up a new 850w 80Plus Gold and plug it in. Turns on fine with just the mobo. Happy with that i plug everything else in. Wont turn on. Testing reveals when the hard drives are powered it wont turn on. Further testing reveals it's just the cable. Relief! Then it wont recognize a graphics card. Oh no one burnt out too? No just another faulty connection. Easy fix. and back to being ready to play BF4 soon! The best part was this was much faster than last time where it took 12 hours a reinstall of the OS and 3 trips to 3 different stores. LordOfChaos and Damit1 2
eidolonFIRE Posted September 24, 2013 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.69 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Posted September 24, 2013 U gotta clean that sucker out with an air compressor a couple times a year. If you let it get clogged with dust it will surely overheat.
GeneralXTL Posted September 24, 2013 Member ID: 9997 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 39 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 15 Achievement Points: 347 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/20/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 31, 2015 Birthday: 12/22/1989 Author Posted September 24, 2013 U gotta clean that sucker out with an air compressor a couple times a year. If you let it get clogged with dust it will surely overheat. I usually do. I think ive just been running my PSU to it's limit. Well over infact. Before i thought a 700w power supply gave 700w. Until i read up on 80Plus and figured out i was only going at 80% max efficiency when my power requirement was almost exactly 700 if not a tad over. So it just couldnt take a full load. New PSU runs at 88% efficiency with more power over all so i should be fine. But nothing is more depressing than the smell of burning electronics when gaming
hardcore Posted September 24, 2013 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Posted September 24, 2013 overclocking kills LordOfChaos 1 Awards
OddJob001 Posted September 24, 2013 Member ID: 3113 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 6 Topic Count: 245 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1228 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 722 Achievement Points: 9622 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/08/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 22, 2015 Birthday: 06/15/1980 Posted September 24, 2013 (edited) Also - Please everyone. Use these http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=29 Not for the battery backup, but for the protection of voltage spikes and power fluctuation. You don't need to buy one that can handle the watts of your PSU. Just to keep your power regulated. I have a 1200 Watt PSU and a house built in the 80's If I plug it into my wall the entire houses power pulses for about 5 mins until a breaker trips. Got one of these and never had a power issue since. Plus its actually protected my PC multiple times during storms and power outages. Edited September 24, 2013 by OddJob001 DEEJAYKEG 1
Damit1 Posted October 29, 2013 Member ID: 1188 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 258 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1692 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 1355 Achievement Points: 15036 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 21, 2024 Device: Android Posted October 29, 2013 Now if you would stop fucking around with your headset and get 1 that works ;-/ Gen.....then you might be able to talk to us by the time bf4 comes out Damit! GeneralXTL and LordOfChaos 2 Awards
norm1980 Posted November 4, 2013 Member ID: 20189 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 25 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 177 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/09/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 22, 2018 Posted November 4, 2013 ok Awards
LordOfChaos Posted November 4, 2013 Member ID: 3174 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 100 Topic Count: 78 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2162 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 1645 Achievement Points: 17423 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/03/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 27, 2017 Birthday: 07/24/1957 Posted November 4, 2013 I never over clock. lol just be happy you didn't leave it running and gone out... Would have fried your home too!
Dark Asylumn Posted November 5, 2013 Member ID: 809 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 252 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2840 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 1032 Achievement Points: 20424 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 06/25/1979 Device: Windows Posted November 5, 2013 . But nothing is more depressing than the smell of burning electronics when gaming What, you dont like the magical blue smoke??????? for shame. only had a visit from the magic smoke dragon once for a pc. but that bastard has visited me more times on my rc cars than i care to remember GeneralXTL and Damit1 2 Awards
Devildog4355 Posted November 20, 2013 Member ID: 15237 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 93 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 958 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 580 Achievement Points: 6679 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/30/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 20, 2021 Birthday: 05/04/1992 Posted November 20, 2013 I change my wires often and clean with canned air every month... Dust build up is a killer Awards
Devildog4355 Posted November 20, 2013 Member ID: 15237 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 93 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 958 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 580 Achievement Points: 6679 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/30/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 20, 2021 Birthday: 05/04/1992 Posted November 20, 2013 I change my wires often and clean with canned air every month... Dust build up is a killer Awards
tsw 8.5 Posted November 20, 2013 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 144 Topic Count: 538 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17585 Content Per Day: 3.11 Reputation: 42675 Achievement Points: 152242 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 692 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Posted November 20, 2013 most people don't do it as much as i do but it helps..every 2 weeks like clock work my pc is cleaned out ..and it only takes about 10 mins ..air compressor set on 30psi and a nice soft paint brush ..dust kills just like O/C.. Awards
Devildog4355 Posted November 20, 2013 Member ID: 15237 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 93 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 958 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 580 Achievement Points: 6679 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/30/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 20, 2021 Birthday: 05/04/1992 Posted November 20, 2013 Clean PC = less bad times... Learned that when my moms computer caught on fire from to much dust and heat Awards
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