failed system restore?

MrSo0h0o · Post by **MrSo0h0o** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:40 pm

nope actually the humidity has been high. i tried using both the onboard video and my graphics card from my pc but to no luck. no other cards are in there. its a pretty bare system.. im so stumped

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:59 pm

I'm thinking the mobo is dead

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How is the electricity where it's at? I've had a mobo die from a power surge (really really minor one too)

MrSo0h0o · Post by **MrSo0h0o** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:07 pm

i just replaced the mobo though

electricity is stable

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:12 pm

Can you exchange it for another? Just say it was dead on delivery.

Even a flicker in electricity can kill a mobo. Damn things are too delicate.

MrSo0h0o · Post by **MrSo0h0o** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:18 pm

see the thing is, it will come on in stints. before it was on for a good 3 mins before it shut down, so then the mobo is technically ok, no?

it most definitely isnt the psu b/c i just replaced it and before it worked perfectly fine..

ram is fine b/c i used it in my computer..

only other thing i have not tried out yet is the case itself. is it possible though? that the power switch or something like that is faulty?

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:28 pm

Power switch could be faulty, but I'm thinking it could be the psu. Can you try it in another computer? or another computers in that broken one?

MrSo0h0o · Post by **MrSo0h0o** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:30 pm

yea i can use my parts to see if it works.. not tonight though lol too frustrating.. thanks for the help william.. im hoping its not the psu cuz i just bought it

Ranger SVO · Post by **Ranger SVO** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:38 pm

William from NOLA wrote:Ditto. System Restore is aweful. The only "system restore" type thing that I've seen, that is good, is Dell's. They actually have a hidden partition on the hard drive with all of your computer's original programming. You can access it when you start the computer with one of the F keys. This is only on the newest Dell's (within the last 6 months I believe).

Its F11 and all 05 Dells have that feature. Mines a top of the line 04 and it has it.

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:07 pm

Ahh thanks. Dell support said that all of 05's had it, but nothing about the 04's. (my g/f's hard drive failed not to long ago, tis why I know :) )

Ranger SVO · Post by **Ranger SVO** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:43 pm

I had a problem with mine last year and tech support thought it was something that I installed and they had me do a system restore. My 8400 has a production date of December 04.

And by the way, tech support was wrong, it was a problem with the ROM drive (which is what I told them in the first place.)