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leonardsix · 02-20-2006, 10:58 PM

Well now I'm f'ing pissed.

Today, I went out and bought a power supply tester and a cheap pci card.

The power supply tester showed that the power supply was working fine. So at least I know, as far as my new comp is concerned, it's probably not the power supply, unless the tester is some how faulty.

The PCI card didn't change anything either, so at least I know it's not something that affecting just my PCI-e slot. I needed another PCI card for that older computer anyway and here's where it get's annoying.

I had an old computer that I was planning on giving to a close relative. The video card for it had burned out so today I took the oppertunity to get a new pci vid card which I used to both test my new computer (to see if my problem was limited to my PCI-E slot/card) and to also put in my old comp.

I put the PCI card in my old computer and was able to get it up and running, but then I took the proccessor out of the old computer to try and test it in the new computer, to see if the processor was the problem in my new computer. Well they were different sizes so no go there.

But what really pissed me off was that when I put the processor back in the old computer, hooked everything up and turned it back on, I now get the SAME F'ing problem as I've been having with new computer. Everything starts up but I just get a Black screen.

So now I have two friggin dead a$$ computers. And with the power supply working in the new comp plus the new PCI card not helping in the new comp it's starting to look like either my motherboard or processor in my new comp is fried. Which I can only assume is the same problem that I now (thanks to my screwing with the processor) have in my old computer. The vid card is one thing, but I'm not ready to go through the whole irritating troubleshooting process, plus shelling out more money to replace whatever I fried just to get an old 733mhz up and running.

I can't believe just taking the stupid processor out for barley 30 seconds could totally screw up what was just working a minute ago. I kept my self connected to the metal case the whole time. Ugh and on top of all that my new computer is still screwed and I don't have a clue what's wrong with either.

I'm so freaking tired of these stupid machines I'm ready to throw them off of a cliff and go back to books, paper and pencil.

02-20-2006, 10:58 PM	#11 (permalink)
leonardsix Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 35 OS: Windows XP	Well now I'm f'ing pissed. Today, I went out and bought a power supply tester and a cheap pci card. The power supply tester showed that the power supply was working fine. So at least I know, as far as my new comp is concerned, it's probably not the power supply, unless the tester is some how faulty. The PCI card didn't change anything either, so at least I know it's not something that affecting just my PCI-e slot. I needed another PCI card for that older computer anyway and here's where it get's annoying. I had an old computer that I was planning on giving to a close relative. The video card for it had burned out so today I took the oppertunity to get a new pci vid card which I used to both test my new computer (to see if my problem was limited to my PCI-E slot/card) and to also put in my old comp. I put the PCI card in my old computer and was able to get it up and running, but then I took the proccessor out of the old computer to try and test it in the new computer, to see if the processor was the problem in my new computer. Well they were different sizes so no go there. But what really pissed me off was that when I put the processor back in the old computer, hooked everything up and turned it back on, I now get the SAME F'ing problem as I've been having with new computer. Everything starts up but I just get a Black screen. So now I have two friggin dead a$$ computers. And with the power supply working in the new comp plus the new PCI card not helping in the new comp it's starting to look like either my motherboard or processor in my new comp is fried. Which I can only assume is the same problem that I now (thanks to my screwing with the processor) have in my old computer. The vid card is one thing, but I'm not ready to go through the whole irritating troubleshooting process, plus shelling out more money to replace whatever I fried just to get an old 733mhz up and running. I can't believe just taking the stupid processor out for barley 30 seconds could totally screw up what was just working a minute ago. I kept my self connected to the metal case the whole time. Ugh and on top of all that my new computer is still screwed and I don't have a clue what's wrong with either. I'm so freaking tired of these stupid machines I'm ready to throw them off of a cliff and go back to books, paper and pencil.