Author Topic: Broken Motherboard  (Read 5340 times)

April 19, 2004, 11:10:02 PM
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BobTheJanitor

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Yeah I was playing on the CS server tonight and in what I believe was probably a message straight from the lord almighty, my computer died. I applied my massive technical knowledge and finally came up from the innards of my computer gasping for air and holding aloft a broken motherboard. Le sigh.

So I've got an RMA request in with MSI now, but I know how MB manufacturers work and I probably won't be able to get back up and running for at least two weeks. If I panic I might try and install NS on my girlfriend's computer here, but I kind of doubt it'll work. (does NS even run in software mode?) So I'll spam up the forums whenever I can, but otherwise I'm out of the game for a little while.

In conclusion:  :(

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April 20, 2004, 12:02:00 AM
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what kind of chip you running i may have a mother board wandering around..

teh one in question is amd and some one may have ganked it but ill look about fo r it if yuo like
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April 20, 2004, 12:03:05 AM
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Confused is such a fitting name :p
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April 20, 2004, 12:21:41 AM
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confused!

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im even worse in game :)
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April 20, 2004, 03:37:12 AM
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Was wondering why your ping timed out on IRC.  See what happens when you play CS, BAD THINGS! :(

April 20, 2004, 04:21:09 AM
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And..now the CS server empties.

April 20, 2004, 06:16:43 AM
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oh noes teh bob is in trouble :(
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April 20, 2004, 06:39:37 AM
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*gives Bob an NS-less hug*
We're in the same boat now comrade. Pass the beef jerky.

April 20, 2004, 11:32:20 AM
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Why don't we just let you "borrow" one from work until yours comes back from RMA?  I think we've got an A7N266 in the back or an A7V8X-MX just lying around.  Five finga discount yall  ^_^

April 20, 2004, 11:58:51 AM
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teh one in question is amd and some one may have ganked it but ill look about fo r it if yuo like
try typing a TOUCH slower confused  :p  :D
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April 20, 2004, 12:55:13 PM
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does NS even run in software mode?

To anwer your question, no it does not, i have tried.

April 20, 2004, 04:26:19 PM
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He should remember our friend John playing on this Voodoo 3, and he played software..  if moving 2 steps then locking up is playing then the answer is YES!

April 20, 2004, 04:41:42 PM
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Olo my board broke months ago, and now im about to order a new one ^____^!

Also NS works for me in software mode, three words, no pop-up menu.

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April 20, 2004, 06:42:24 PM
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Confused: would have to have athlon XP and ddr266 support, uhm... onboard sound and an AGP slot. That's about it.

Sancho: Yes. It is the devil's handiwork.

lf: How can you survive? It hasn't even been 24 hours and my head's about to pop!

Radeon: The board that I just borrowed from work doesn't freaking work either. AAAAAARGH. I got it to boot, started the overlay of XP, it locked up, I rebooted, and it was doing the SAME DAMN THING. Methinks my power supply may be doing bad things, or something. If so, I bought that from work too, and I want a NEW ONE!!!! (and I don't think we have any 550's in stock, either)

Fewpid: I may have to try it in software mode. Or I could put my card in her machine. But then she might go crazy as I would be playing on her computer and she wouldn't even have anything to do while I'm ignoring her... I foresee no good coming from that.

Everyone: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

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there are a lot of aaaa...mmmmm.... "HAPPY" pirates on this ship. -GrayDuck

April 20, 2004, 08:40:44 PM
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*gives Bob an NS-less hug*
We're in the same boat now comrade. Pass the beef jerky.
i'm in the SAME wagon! i lost TWO motherboards! both within weeks of eachother! one credited to my stupid 250W power supply finally burning out and taking the mobo with it, and the other was due to my... um... noobiness with hardware? (okay, i broke it while i was trying to put the WRONG ram in it... EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES!! EVERYONE!!!)

cost me 400+ dolla to fix AND whiped the HD. however, i'm STILL chuggin away at steam with my beautiful worn out 56k modem! i should be playin soon again...

so yeah, sorry about the mobo loss. it sucks, i know
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April 20, 2004, 10:15:37 PM
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(okay, i broke it while i was trying to put the WRONG ram in it... EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES!! EVERYONE!!!)
:blink: Man, what did you do to that poor mobo ? Use a hammer to get the ram fixed in it ?

April 20, 2004, 10:42:32 PM
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my friend's MSI board shorted out, and he just bought it, so methinks MSI is evil

April 21, 2004, 12:07:21 AM
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my friend's MSI board shorted out, and he just bought it, so methinks MSI is evil
Ive had my MSI board for over a year now,  havent had any issues at all.  But the onboard sound is a real bitch sometimes,  especially if its enabled with a soundblaster installed.  (happened to me by accident)

April 21, 2004, 02:08:44 AM
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confused!

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i say to you, bob: i think one of the guys i know across town has it. (prof chaos)

The reason i got rid of it is that the onboard sound failed. (makes a lovely low end buzz now)

its an ecs k7s5a. version 3.1 i belive
specs and stuff
http://www.sysopt.com/reviews/ecs-k7s5a/

i bought my "new" one used on ebay for about half market price, you could always try that.
 
and then i broke out!

also note that i even tried to spell good for you guys.
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April 21, 2004, 11:17:43 AM
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We'll find you a new board at the store  B)