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by William from NOLA » Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:38 pm

That looks decent. Thermaltake is a good company. Go for it!

by MrSo0h0o » Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:14 pm

what do u think of this william?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817153023

by William from NOLA » Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:04 pm

Yea, I believe it was the psu. The hardest part is finding what caused the problem.

by MrSo0h0o » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:36 pm

ohh then that makes me wonder more about what the problem could be if the power strip isnt the problem. maybe the psu was? but it was working fine at my house.. oy.. lol... times like these i hate computers :P

by William from NOLA » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:31 pm

If it has a fuse, and it didn't blow, then you don't have to worry about that power strip. It should be delivering all the power that is needed.

It's always best to use a powerstrip for protection, but if you need to plug it into a wall, then you need to. You are just more at risk to a power surge. You can't really have full power protection, but you can get real close to it with a power regulator. Those are expensive. I have power conditioners on mine. They mainly filter out noise and give a little cleaner power to my computers.

Your problems are no bother to me. You aren't asking stupid questions lol

by MrSo0h0o » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:21 pm

yup, thats why i pretty much narrowed it down to the mobo and the psu..

sorry for all the questions william, but like i said above, should i plug the computer in directly to the wall once i get the parts? is it possible the power strip she is using does not provide enough wattage to properly power a psu?

by William from NOLA » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:15 pm

Hmm. I guess... lol

Not much left!


You would hook it up to one side. I forget which though. You'd need to look at the connector, it should have a tab that hooks into it toward one side, and the other in the middle of it (2 hooks).

by MrSo0h0o » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:15 pm

ohh and also, i was looking at psu's and all of them have "20+4 pin power connectors" now on my mobo, it only has space for 20 pins. how does that work?

by MrSo0h0o » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:13 pm

lol i didnt do that.. the processor works fine, i tried it in my computer. so it it possible that the mobo could be hald dead? lol

by William from NOLA » Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:56 pm

Oops, I meant processor, sorry.

I've actually half killed a mobo once. I tried putting in one of those Zip100 drives into a desktop case and got really pissed off at it because it wouldn't go in. So then I just jam it in. I found out that I tore a capacitor off of the mobo lol. I lost half of my IDE ports! hahaha

Usually you can't half kill a mobo. It usually fully dies. I have another word of advice, when you put on a heat sink for a processor with a screwdriver, dont' let it slip and hit the area around it on the mobo...

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