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Mark
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Hello everyone, for those of you who recall, I posted earlier about having problems with my power supply...well i fixed, and here is how...
I recall hearing grinding sounds from my pc, and I figured my power supply was screwed up, so I researched, and found a new power supply in an advertisement.
But I looked closer at my pc (opened it up, stuck my ear in) and I found that the sickening sound was in fact coming from the cpu fan.
So I went to Radio Shack, and bought a new power supply ($30 CND!) But when I installed that I still heard the sickening sound, but now my monitor was displaying a black screen of nothingness upon startup.
So I tried it on my other monitor to find that the same screen appeared.
After painful observations (sticking my ear in my pc again, but near the fan ), I realized that my graphics card had a fan, and this fan was located about an inch or two from my processor fan.
I realized that my graphics card manufacturer (ATI) are a bunch of disillusioned jerks who think that making there customers pay for phone support will encourage them to buy their products (ahem I now dislike ati greatly). But fortunately I decided to open up the fan, cover it with 3 in 1 oil, and plug everything back in.
After this my computer started working again, and here I am with a fixed pc, and a receipt for a cpu fan which will be used tomorow to get my money back.
But the twist to this story of frustration, and despair??
When i opened up my processor fan I found that the "PENTIUM 4" which was advertised when i purshased my pc was not present! IT WAS A FRIGGING AMD CRAPCHIP!
that is my rant, if ever you have problems with fans, or graphics cards, or monit...anything, please pm me for help lol
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Mark
"There are 10 types of people in this world - those who know binary, and those who dont"
I recall hearing grinding sounds from my pc, and I figured my power supply was screwed up, so I researched, and found a new power supply in an advertisement.
But I looked closer at my pc (opened it up, stuck my ear in) and I found that the sickening sound was in fact coming from the cpu fan.
So I went to Radio Shack, and bought a new power supply ($30 CND!) But when I installed that I still heard the sickening sound, but now my monitor was displaying a black screen of nothingness upon startup.
So I tried it on my other monitor to find that the same screen appeared.
After painful observations (sticking my ear in my pc again, but near the fan ), I realized that my graphics card had a fan, and this fan was located about an inch or two from my processor fan.
I realized that my graphics card manufacturer (ATI) are a bunch of disillusioned jerks who think that making there customers pay for phone support will encourage them to buy their products (ahem I now dislike ati greatly). But fortunately I decided to open up the fan, cover it with 3 in 1 oil, and plug everything back in.
After this my computer started working again, and here I am with a fixed pc, and a receipt for a cpu fan which will be used tomorow to get my money back.
But the twist to this story of frustration, and despair??
When i opened up my processor fan I found that the "PENTIUM 4" which was advertised when i purshased my pc was not present! IT WAS A FRIGGING AMD CRAPCHIP!
that is my rant, if ever you have problems with fans, or graphics cards, or monit...anything, please pm me for help lol
__________________
Mark
"There are 10 types of people in this world - those who know binary, and those who dont"