Re: PC locks up, forces hard reset
Reason said: ...No visibly bulging caps on the mobo; however, when it locked up tonight, I DID get a high pitched whine/buzz that only stopped when I shut it off. Couldn't confirm where it came...
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thanks for the response, John. Regarding your suggestions: I wasn't able to find the revision of PSU I have to confirm, but PCP&C has such a good reputation that I tend to think it would either A:...
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I wouldn't trust that PSU tester too much if I were you man, I have that exact one and while its cool and all showing the voltages it failed to help me diagnose a previous OCZ PSU I had which under...
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Meats_Of_Evil said: ... Also I wanted to share with you dinaosaurs who still refuse to let this ghost of a website die already a weird pulling my hair out for months experience. My PC had been giving...
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Reason said: thanks for the response, John...To be clear, I'm not trying to argue with your suggested directions, merely providing reasons for which I am not certain these are the best paths to pursue....
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þ said: Great story, Meats, who would have thought that an ungrounded outlet caused all those weird behaviors in your PC. And I am glad you weren't hurt by the electricity. The old saying, what doesn't...
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I agree that it sounds like a power issue. A couple of weeks ago I was at my friends house & he swapped a 7850 out for a 650 TI Boost and it wouldn't boot with the 650. A day later it wouldn't boot...
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OK, good to know about the PSU tester. Sounds like a skip if it doesn't do much more than "yep, she turns on alright." I did pick up a bunch of used parts on Craigslist today one of them was a PC with...
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Reason, 3 guys above were leaning toward a PSU problem. Same here, so you have 4 guys leaning on that. Let's see if we're right. Also like what Meats said, the quickest and most straight forward way to...
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Good point, doc. PCP&C is actually in my neighborhood, well, an hour away, so I might even drop it off to see if they can test it and/or replace it, if it's under warranty. Seasonic and Corsair are...
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Well, good news. After going through OCZ tech support, I called PCP&C directly and they authorized an RMA. I specified that i was only asking for testing, so I could rule out problem components....
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And, we have some sort of confirmed hardware issue. Memtest froze up at "WallTime" 37:20. I seem to recall reading something about low vcore, or something like that, causing issues like this. Something...
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Well, I installed this larger Zalman that I had. (Also reverted the vcore to Auto.) Ran Memtest overnight for just under 16 hours with one stick, no freezes. Shut it down, installed the other 3 sticks,...
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Well, GFD. I had bought an older Intel DG965 a while back, thinking I'd use an extra E6300 I had to make a light duty HTPC, Never made use of it, so I thought it might be wise to try it out before I do...
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Hi,I recently bought a new battery for my HP ProBook 5330m. It was detected by my laptop however it won't charge at all. I had taken the laptop overseas, and had problems with the AC adapter. The power...
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Well, I picked up a replacement P5B offa eBay and it just arrived. It came with a P4 and a gig of ram, and due to various circumstances, ended up not costing me anything out of pocket. I tested the old...
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Reason said: ...I figure I'll give it maybe 24 hours like this and then I'll update the BIOS...and start using it again. If you can, you may wish to see if you can either backup the existing BIOS (I...
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john albrich said: ...I know, negative thinking...it's 'the universe is out to get us all' part... LOL John. We (read Earth) will be fine, as long as we don't get too close to the Sun! Reason, glad to...
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Thanks guys. John, good idea about the BIOS. I've been very skittish of BIOS updates ever since the VERY. FIRST. ONE. I ever did bricked the motherboard I had just bought at relatively great cost to...
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