If you see this again, tell me

[user0209]

yesterday I was about to purchase
Dell p4 2.4, 128mb ddr, gforce4mx440,40gb7200, 15" LCD, 40xsomethingxxomething, and all other basic craps for only $650 after tax and shipping. That's it! But when I got home, the deal has been expired :(

I'm so sad now.
mynoisy athlon 1800 just blew up don't know which part to fix.

from now on, only order brand name, prebuilt pc. So quiet and cool and efficient

[AllGamer]

The problem is not with names or no names

it's the PARTS that you Picked when building the PC, that's the whole thing about Computer

if you want a good quiet PC you just need a good thick case with quiet fans

and that's easy to get and replace

as for the problem about the AMD not working be more specific

what is not working, what brew up?

have you tried Another PSU?

usually LOUD fan noises means the PSU is about to go, cuz of all the collected dust and heat

if you MAINTAINED your PSU ever week or if you are lazy every 2 weeks then it would have not been noise at all, and not brew up

same goes with the CPU fans :rolleyes:

[user0209]

allgamer
see the problem with the blown up system is I don't know which part went dead. Last night I heard some strange noises like electrical short circuit and then smelled something burnt. That's it. This morning, trying to turn the pc on as usual but the pc played cold dead, as though no power is plugged in.

If I want to try a new psu, I'll have to buy one cuz I don't have one now. Same thing goes for mobo.

How do you determine wheter the psu or the mobo is the culprit without buying or borrowing anything new (because if I buy one and find out that's not it, I'll have to return it and deal with all the hassles)?

[Ammok]

User,

you were going to spend 650 bucks a minute ago, a forty buck psu could have your system up and running again.

Sad news is, it could have taken some thing with it.

But, take the machine apart, come you know you love messin, and try the oldest trick in the book. Smell each part, start with the psu, unplugged from the mains of course, and open it up, electricity is extremely powerful and when it burns something, it usually leaves a black or very brown mark around the failed component. (you get extremly brown marks and have to change your pants if it blows whilst your holding it):D

Even if it leaves no visible trace, it will still smell. So go on, have a good sniff. Once you know its your psu, buy a new one and reinstall. before you do that have a good look at every component you have taken out for suspected damage.

I bought a branded machine, and psu failed within warrenty and I had replced free, replacement lasted another nine months and blew, so i bought my own this time. no probs.

Before you do all this, if you power your dead machine up, and all the fans come on, it might not be your psu. Further delving will be required if this is the case.

Dell only gives a twelve month warranty, but they do have a very good reputation, stay away from hp.

[BobPar]

User,
Ammok is right start with a good PS. I had one blow the top right off a capacitor inside the PS. Wow! A loud pop, a puff of smoke, I thought my system was trashed. Put a new high quality
PS in and it fired right up like nothin had ever happened.
:D