DARN IT !! NOT AGAIN !!!

[skywalker[TSG]]

i have really done it this time
3 days ago when i got my new CPU a cumine 700mhz i opened my little baby up for the operation
a big braintransplant from a celeron 300@517

ok here are the details for you sadists out there

when i removed the celeron from the mobo (aopen ax6bc-pro gold)the cpu got stuck halfway out of the socket
when i janked it
the power some how turned on
thus frying everything in the comp exept for the harddrives

list of dead things

celeron 300@517
256mb PC133ram
aopen ax6bc pro
matrox G200 16mb pci
sb live platinum
adaptec 2940 uwscsi-card
2x 3com etherlink III pci 10/100

this whas the end for me guys
since i have no more money for new hardware http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

[buddmann]

Sorry to hear about that,but why didn't you unplug the power supply before disassembly?
That is the first rule when working inside of a PC even before having a proper ground on yourself to work on it.
Again,sorry to hear about that and it's an expensive lesson also.
OUCH!!!
buddmann

[Wiz]

you have the worst luck on the planet...

[Apostle 83]

Well, at least you have your eyes.

[Axel]

Has there been any thunderstorms in your area of late?

Do you have renter's insurance or a home owner's policy?

So much for the moral high-ground - I'm a wadin' in Mozambique........ http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Sorry to hear about the death in the family - learn to look on the bright side - and I don't mean "was there a spark". hehehehe

[plucky duck]

Oh man, that's sad to hear.

If you can't get replacements for them, why not try sellin' them as dead parts. I'm sure some of us would like to make keychains out of 'em. Just a suggestion.

ALWAYS turn the power off before you operate on any electrical equipment!!! You never ever forcefully yank a cpu out of its slot, if you're doing it right it should come out sweet as a pie.

All I've got to say is WOW....

Are you sure all the components you've listed there are dead? Tried them on a different computer to test them out???

Maybe some are still in good workin' order.
..lets hope.

Plucky

[narayan]

That sucks, man.

[Underclocked]

Sorry for your loss but is the 700 for sale? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

[oblivion]

He said that he fried it too.

[Joel Kleppinger]

Skywalker: If you haven't already, go to bed. Sleep on it, and try messing with it again in the morning. You'd be amazed at what a good night's sleep will do. While working on the Win2k article, I thought I had toasted a dual Shuttle board, 2 128MB PC100 DIMMs, and a 64MB DIMM. In the end, nothing was fried, and everything works.

So give it some time. It could be you've only fried one component. Try working with everything outside of the case to put away any grounding possibilities. Don't forget prayer either - fixed a lot of things I -KNEW- was toast or just wouldn't work. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[skywalker[TSG]]

i really must have the worst luck on the planet

well the sb live and the scsi card works
but everything else is dead

since i have modified hmm everything i have no darn warranty either

[SysOpt]

How do you know it was all fried if you don't have a working system on which to test the hardware?

[This message has been edited by SysOpt (edited 03-09-2000).]

[skywalker[TSG]]

scott>>tested them in my friends machine
my comp is up and running again on borrowed stuff

[tonym]

Skywalker,

So, in the end, what exactly got fried??

I might have some stuff kicking around here...


Tony

[smurfin]

apostle, you crack me up. Bahhhhhhhh!!!

[skywalker[TSG]]

in the end
this is what fried

after some additional testingt
the things that fried where these

CPU
MOBO
VID-card
nics

[AuraEdge]

Dead parts kick?
Ill go for my list, but i have all myvital sensory organs intact (well i chipped a tooth everso slightly on a P2 retention clip..)

Okay
DEAD STUFF
WD 3.2gb
Seagate 4.3gb
SY-5EMA
BH6
56k Modem
Scanner
and one of the onboard fan plugs on my new BP6 http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

Shows me for not filing down my Gorbs...
think i ripped out a capacitator...must have been on the 3 pin connector circuit..got one of those handy 3 to 4 pin connectors http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif.

[jak]

that really sucks i dont make enough money to buy new things
sucks to be you
(how are ur eyes by the way http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
hehe think pull the power man think
im tryin not to laugh hehehehehe

[pickel]

Hey Skywalker; I've a used but good VOM I can send for the next time. Sorry to read about the disaster. You never leave your wingman and always check for incoming power to protect yourself as well as your equipment.
Not trying to put salt on an open wound. We can replace the parts buy not YOU. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

the pickel

[Smokey]

Oh man that sucks... I never realized that having the power turn on whilst removing the processor could fry everything like that. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

Hey, look on the bright side though, you've still got the 700Mhz Coppermine! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Eli]

A warning... Yesterday I had just replaced a dead 540 meg hard drive with a 260 megger I had laying around in my P75, when I noticed that the monitor was really dusty. I grabbed some tissue paper and wiped the dust off the screen, nothing unusual right? Well... While wiping the dust off the screen my hand came a little too close to the computer's case and zap, out it goes. It was a nice little spark too. A few minutes later it boot right up. Luckily nothing seems damaged. So let this be a warning to you. Never clean your monitor. lol Or at least make sure the computer is off first... (sounds like Skywalker can use these little tips... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif)