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17-07-2005, 08:41 PM
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If you're broken, STAY BROKEN
There seems to be something of a phenomenon about my person when it comes to hardware failure.
For example, today I have been reinstalling my watercooling system, or at least that was the plan. It's not an easy feat, given that the case isn't all that big and there are two radiators, two waterblocks, a pump and a hell of a lot of pipework to fit in it. Still, I've done it before. This time however, things weren't to be successful. I got it all installed and after a couple of hours filling and leak checking I fired the system up. Woo and yay, she booted without error. Shortly afterwards things took a turn for the worse though. STOP error in fastsx.sys - that'll be my RAID card then. "Fair play" I think, I've probably not installed it properly after fiddling with all those pipes. Just to be sure I restart the computer and this time the RAID card's BIOS decides to go a little bonkers, essentially confirming my thoughts. So I turn the machine off and check that the card is firmly installed. It is, so I turn the computer on again. This time the machine isn't keen enough to even POST. Oops! Time to get a little more active. I reseat the RAID card (which amidst a tangle of tubing is no easy feat.) A smile appears on my face as the machine comes back to life. The joy is short lived, as the card isn't even detected. Many words came to mind, "arses" being one of the tamer. I decided it would be a good idea to remove all the watercooling (after spending quite some time getting it all setup) and go back to air, in the hope that the card would work. Of course... it did. The card wasn't wet, the card wasn't bent, the card was seated properly, nothing was shorting out. So, a dead piece of hardware comes back to life - something not unfamiliar to me. To recall another occasion where this happened (most spectacularly) I BLEW UP a £3500 printer. There was SMOKE. Still, after turning it off and on again the damn thing worked for three more days before deciding it was probably time to give in. What can we learn from this? Well, don't let me near your hardware because it will temporarily die, then probably give in altogether a few days later. 
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17-07-2005, 09:06 PM
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Ah, Mrs. Peel!
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That's better than the problems I normally get. My problems are always intermittent problems - things rarely break completely, so it's near impossible to find the culprit!
"Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."
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17-07-2005, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mike_w
I used to share your problem actually. I'd like to say I've acquired enough technical knowledge to know what the problem is, but in reality I've just acquired enough redundant hardware (read: crap) to be able to rule things out.
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18-07-2005, 03:25 PM
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Drop it like it's hot
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If something of mine stops working it gets thrown in my hardware drawer and replaced. It'll then stay there for a few months until I decide to use it in another computer build or something, which will either mean it mysteriously works, or reminds me it was broken.
Home cinema: Toshiba 32WLT66 HD LCD | Onkyo TX-SR705 | NAD C352 | Monitor Audio Bronze B2 | Monitor Audio Bronze C | Monitor Audio Bronze BFX | Yamaha NSC120 | BK Monolith sub | Toshiba HD-EP35 HD-DVD | Samsung BD-P1400 BluRay Player | Pioneer DV-575 | Squeezebox3 | Virgin Media V+ Box
PC: Asus P5B | Core2duo 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 PC6400 | Inno3d iChill 7900GS | Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1 | 250GB | 500GB | NEC DVDRW | Dual AG Neovo 19" HTPC: | Pentium D 925 3GHz | 1GB PC2700 | 80GB | Geforce 6200 | Terratec Aureon 7.1 | Windows MCE 2005 Laptop: 1.5GHz Centrino | 512MB | 60GB | 15" Wide TFT | Wifi | DVDRW |
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24-07-2005, 06:01 PM
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I have a mate who's new to pc's...his is unbelievably unreliable. except when I turn it on...
Bearing in mind, it's my old rig...which never ever ever failed...I'm stumped! just can't wait to get his txts these days...
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
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24-07-2005, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 3dcandy
i've found that hardware seems to somehow know who is using it and either works or doesn't. Everything i seem to use seems to just work or if it doesn't shake the tower a bit, turn it back on and there you go.
your computer is similar to a fridge in that if it cannot keep a beer cold then it sucks
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24-07-2005, 06:28 PM
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Yeah, sometimes my stuff decides to have an "off day" and temporarily die on me. It also amazed me this morning when I cleaned out my PC that there were so many quick fixes in there - electrical tape, zip ties, odd screws. I'm surprised it didn't just completely die on me sooner.
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24-07-2005, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by PrivatePyle
Actually a nice man came out and replaced two of the four heating elements and the printer lives on!
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24-07-2005, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Kez
i suppose you are happy now then
your computer is similar to a fridge in that if it cannot keep a beer cold then it sucks
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