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Avan

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Out for the count
« on: June 20, 2011, 09:04:55 AM »

my main computer is being rather dead at the moment since yesterday (even made a new ship the day before that I have yet to post), I may or may not be terribly productive for the coming time.

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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2011, 09:33:16 AM »

Ouch, sorry to hear that! Best of luck getting things back in working order.
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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2011, 09:15:56 PM »

Well, I got replacement parts ordered! It should be back up and operational by thursday afternoon, pacific time

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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2011, 02:22:25 AM »

Get well soon, Avan's PC. We need to be able to play his Mods ;)
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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2011, 08:05:22 AM »

hehe, and I want to be able to get that last ship up here.

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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2011, 08:10:26 PM »

Ok! my main computer is now nearly completely operational after changing out just about every component except for the hard drives & optical drives :P

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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2011, 08:13:21 PM »

... except for the hard drives & optical drives :P

Those seem kind of important :)
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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2011, 08:16:20 PM »

Fortunately they were about the only components that survived the initial PSU failure and subsequent upgrades (what I mean there is that they were still compatible - in fact, the optical drives I just barely made by because I had a pci-based ide controller card still. And a single pci slot.)

On the other hand, 3.8Ghz hex-core was very alluring.

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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2011, 12:05:09 AM »

indeed, may this new computer bring you happiness and prosperity
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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2011, 04:22:28 PM »

lol, have to rma the video card :P
surprisingly, an evga card, never had a lemon from them before. Though I must hand it to their customer support that they are very prompt (accepted my RMA request in... 10 minutes... on a sunday (website says 1 to 2 business days).

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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2011, 07:28:37 PM »

Nice how much did the whole thing cost?
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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2011, 09:45:17 PM »

the computer? ~990
the card? ~ 330 (on sale)
the rma shipping? don't know yet - will find out when I go to the post office monday or tuesday

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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2011, 08:46:17 PM »

Did it overheat or suffer an electrical surge?
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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2011, 02:43:51 PM »

Originally? +12v overvoltage from a dying psu
The card being rma'ed? Defective bios (I think)

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Re: Out for the count
« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2011, 08:44:41 PM »

Also dead in the water.  The curse has spread.
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