euan
New member
I got my PC back from repair. They only checked the motherboard and CPU because that is all I bought off them. They have replaced both with a new 800Mhz SlotA thunderbird, and a gigabyte G7-IXE mobo.
However on the downside, here is the list of what else has been destroyed:
Creative CDROM
Seagate 30Gb hardrive (along with Visual Basic Final Year Uni project <cry> )
ATI Radeon 64Mb VIVO
Realtek network card
Creative SBlive Value
It appears thay have all been fried, not the power supply/regulators, but all the Chips have been cooked. So it appears something big and nasty has gone up the PCI data bus. It is odd though, that the IDE devices on the secondary channel are Ok! As soon as you turn the PC on, all the knackered chips just heat up until you can smell burning.
I have made a small graveyard of the boxes and manuals, (as the cards are being returned
) and I won't say a prayer as I'm not religous, and I'd probably <edit>swear</edit> anyway.
May you rest in peace my little children.
[This message has been edited by euankirkhope (edited 12-18-2000).]
However on the downside, here is the list of what else has been destroyed:
Creative CDROM
Seagate 30Gb hardrive (along with Visual Basic Final Year Uni project <cry> )
ATI Radeon 64Mb VIVO
Realtek network card
Creative SBlive Value
It appears thay have all been fried, not the power supply/regulators, but all the Chips have been cooked. So it appears something big and nasty has gone up the PCI data bus. It is odd though, that the IDE devices on the secondary channel are Ok! As soon as you turn the PC on, all the knackered chips just heat up until you can smell burning.
I have made a small graveyard of the boxes and manuals, (as the cards are being returned
) and I won't say a prayer as I'm not religous, and I'd probably <edit>swear</edit> anyway.May you rest in peace my little children.
[This message has been edited by euankirkhope (edited 12-18-2000).]