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Hot Topics Hanging on L4Y Closing Down anyone here Crackdown 3's geomod Roll-Call. Who's still... R.I.P Sir Lots-A-Pot Server maps? Red Faction for Mac Who's still here? Run Event December 27th!   Online Goodness There are 0 users and 2 guests online     Levels-4-You : Lounge : When good computers go BAD !!!! [Forum Rules]   Back to Forum Thread List Assaultman67    Posted 20th Aug 2005 1:42am Post 142 / 4376 Well, now since I got your attention, my computer died today .... . Ive had computers die on me before but NEVER LIKE THIS *cues the DUM DUM DUM sound effect* . there i was, walking over to my computer and I started the computer by tapping the keyboard and as i was walking away from it I heard the the loudest sound i have EVER HEARD from a computer (not including external speakers ) and as i turned around i saw the lights on the computer fading and i immeadiatly smelled ... burnt electronics ... . I hope it was just the power supply but ... i hope im that lucky (I posted this so all you guys can sit at home and laugh at me . I thought you all would find this funny. ) Sniper2H2 Posted 20th Aug 2005 3:32am L4Y Member Post 47 / 49 This users posts have been marked to be moderated before being shown to other users due to recent actions on the site. This post has not yet been moderated. It will appear as soon as a staff member checks it!    Modified Aug 20th, 04:45pm by Forum Moderator D2k   Posted 20th Aug 2005 3:52am L4Y Member Post 324 / 1923 my last HD went bad on me. it contained years of work in RF and 3ds max... all gone! My AP 1 - NEW AQuest update 7/17/08     Pack Hunter   Posted 20th Aug 2005 4:28am L4Y Member Post 226 / 229 sounds like fun hehe lol srry here that though it would be interesting to see that happen We will be known by the tracks we leave behind     LordSeafood   Posted 20th Aug 2005 4:31am L4Y Member Post 175 / 1792 hahahahahahahahaha ... k now thats out of the way was that sound like a large beep type sound because with some motherboards if the ram or cpu is not properly inserted then the motherboard lets you know with a large beep (not good at 3 in the morning when you are trying to put a PC together ... it wakes you up at least .) and if it was the cpu or ram not inserted properly then it may have shortcircuited the M/B hence the burnt electronics smell. and D2K thats why you should back everything up every now and again P.S. Still Alive.    Modified Aug 20th, 04:32am by LordSeafood Assaultman67    Posted 20th Aug 2005 4:08pm Post 147 / 4376 Nah seafood, it wasn't that ... this computers been working for a long time ... just suddenly stopped working but ive got 3 other computers so im not so ticked , it would have been cool at the time ... if it was not mine. It WAS LOUD, it sounded like a ruler hitting a table 3-4 times in a row (a loud popping sound). It sure made me jump. Im gonna try switchin power supplies on it ... the one i had in there was a cool one too ... had blue LED's on it.    Modified Aug 20th, 04:10pm by Assaultman67 SkipRat    Posted 20th Aug 2005 4:48pm Post 831 / 3024 www.systemblink.com/skiprat/badluck.html I had it worse Meh...     Assaultman67    Posted 20th Aug 2005 5:16pm Post 148 / 4376 that does sound bad, HAHA. BTW i also lost a CPU from overclocking it ... a AMD athlon ... they just make it soo hard to do that . but i got 2 others working for my 2 CPU computer so ... . My computers are usually pretty stable ... except for power supplies. I don't get it, you buy a 50$ power supply and it lasts for a few months while power supplies you buy for 10$ last forever ... and it seems the cool looking ones always die first . well, im gonna try swapping it with some supply i have in the closet but for now im too distracted by PC. Meh ... it can wait. Edit: well, i fixed it, it was the power supply (im lucky )incase you're curious on what power supply broke on me you can find it here. i took the fans off of it so i can reuse them ... the power supply board looks like it was soilderd by a 4 year old. Figures    Modified Aug 20th, 09:37pm by Assaultman67 Nitro   Posted 23rd Aug 2005 7:29am L4Y Member Post 54 / 872 That loud smacking sound is most likely a capacitor that blew up. Look around the motherboard and other parts for a burn capacitor. If you are not sure what a capacitor is, they look like little cylinders (maybe like tiny batteries). They blow up frequently and are very easy to spot by eye. If you dont see one on the mobo then maybe look at the power supply. NOTHING BEATS CARS WITH WHEELIE BARS!!!! WEll... maybe an ice cold beer!

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