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Original Message 1/33 01-Oct-03 @ 03:42 AM - major computer problems :(

Influx

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so I got all excited and bought a new processor, another 512mb of RAM and a new HD for audio and backup...

mobo is an Epox 8kha+, was running an XP1700+, now its a 2400+

I had flashed the bios with no probs, even run a bunch of shit afterwards to make sure it was all good.

it WAS

so I pop the new processor in, with nothing attached...just the proc, RAM, and vid card.

hit the switch, and poof. turns on for a split second then turns off.

FUCK FUCK FUCK

so...I put the old processor back in...SAME god dammit!

it was working perfectly before all this fucking shit...and now even the old config wont work

cleared CMOS and tried again, still naught

the ONCE, with the old processor, I got it to turn on?

ONCE, out of 15 times. now nothing again.

I can not for the life of me figure this fucking shit out and I am about ready to break something.

argh.

I know no one hear can really help, but Icant call epox or amd til tomorrow and I wanted to whine. fuck

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Message 2/33 01-Oct-03 @ 05:51 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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thank god no one answered this yet

DONT

nevermind why, just dont. IM NOT TELLIN CUZ YOULL LAUGH!!!

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Message 3/33 01-Oct-03 @ 07:49 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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Sounds like either your vid card or ram wasn't pushed all the way in the socket....

sox

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Message 4/33 01-Oct-03 @ 09:47 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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no no - c'mon tell us - I need a laugh after coming back to England again.

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Message 5/33 01-Oct-03 @ 09:53 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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C'mon dave.. tell us.. we won't laugh, promise..

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Message 6/33 01-Oct-03 @ 03:29 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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I bulid PCs all the time at work, I have cursed motherboards up and down but it's really not their fault i didn't : Have the mother board plugged into the power supply or even the power plugged into the back !!!! once I accidentally plugged the power switch to the reset switch on the motherboard that didn't work to well either !!!! So come on influx it can't be as bad as that what didja do ?

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Message 7/33 01-Oct-03 @ 06:16 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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I'm betting he didn't have the thing plugged in

-Craig

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Message 8/33 01-Oct-03 @ 06:18 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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no fan on the processor

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Message 9/33 01-Oct-03 @ 06:58 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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heh. well...

first, let me say I have an excuse or two:
1)I have a broken right rear molar. hurts!
2)I just found out I have to move in a month

that said:

the toggle switch on the back, on the PS? For some reason I got it into my head that the "O" meant ON and the "-" meant OFF.

so, everytime I thought I was switching it ON, I was turning it off

I must have cleared CMOS 50 times, blah blah blah...

when I finally got it right, everything powered up perfectly. soundcard didnt work for some reason but I just pulled that and put it in a new PCI slot (was wanting to do that anyway)

so..now a project that was taking up to 86% CPU and causing spikes and all sorts of f-ups now takes 45%, and...

this is the interesting part:

I had a 9gig 7200rpm SCSI drive for audio...old skool 50pin wide SCSI (adaptec 2940)

so..I put a WD 80gig 8meg cash ATA100, partitioned 15g on the front for audio?

this same project that was showing about 20% disk usage, shows NONE (buffers set at 8/64)

crazy!

so, works great. just dont let me work on your computer. Funny thing is I just built two for some friends, and they went nearly flawlessly, and then I go fuck with mine and turn into an idiot!

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Message 10/33 01-Oct-03 @ 07:17 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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haha. good for you.

mebbe the old drive was badly fragmented or you had an irq conflict (it such things still exist).

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Message 11/33 01-Oct-03 @ 08:07 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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it wasnt fragmented as I defrag about 1ce a week

as for IRQ...Im starting to think that might have been it, with the SCSI card in there and now its just IDE

gotta get some round IDE cables tho, as this looks like SHIT.

oh, and some new fans. quieter. its not bad, but I want near silent if it exists

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Message 12/33 01-Oct-03 @ 08:12 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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That big of a diff from the 1700 to the 2400 ?? wow I should really bump mine up I'm still running a 1.4 ghz Athalon I've been holding out for the 2800 to drop under 100 bucks but if you got that much more preformance from 1700- 2400 mabey i should just buy a 2400

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Message 13/33 01-Oct-03 @ 09:40 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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that's it, now I gotta buy that 2600 and memory. Fuck you very much influx!

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Message 14/33 02-Oct-03 @ 08:24 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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dunno yonce

as pointed out..it could have been other probs too?

but the only changes I made were:
faster proc
512mb more ram
pulled the SCSI card (was in slot 5)
moved the RME from slot 3 to slot 2.

thats it

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Message 15/33 02-Oct-03 @ 09:06 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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Can I laugh now...???

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Message 16/33 02-Oct-03 @ 10:06 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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yes

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Message 17/33 02-Oct-03 @ 11:04 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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Yonce, I'd defo go for the upgrade to a 2400. I did it a few months ago from a 1.4 Tbird and got an extra six tracks and quite a few effects on a track that would throw up Audio overload messages on a regular basis. And even now, with the extra tracks etc, it is still not in the yellow on the CPU meter in Logic.

Steve.

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Message 18/33 02-Oct-03 @ 03:27 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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Sounds like a plan, I already have another 512mb of ram i was waiting to add when I upgraded the cpu. Iv'e been putting it all off since I should really move it all into the rackmount case I bought if I'm gonna open it up anyway might as well do it all at once..... which means I need to reorganise my rack......and put in my rackmount power strip......and remount my midisport....and my usb hub.....and rerun wires and organise the whole friggen office...dammit influx =)

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Message 19/33 02-Oct-03 @ 03:43 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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Ok then...

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[sides preparing to rupture]

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Message 20/33 02-Oct-03 @ 06:31 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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yeah. laugh more. I was fucking in TEARS laughing so hard...

pretty funny shit. Quite relieved that it wasnt some HW problem!

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Message 21/33 03-Oct-03 @ 09:23 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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We are too...

I fuckin' hate PCs when that kinda shit gets happens..

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Message 22/33 03-Oct-03 @ 09:43 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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what's yer problem, darc?

Hehehe... he said "gets happens"

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Message 23/33 03-Oct-03 @ 07:55 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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marc dark dunna 'ave na problems! 'e be da pootah wizzaaahhhd!

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Message 24/33 06-Oct-03 @ 03:08 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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Why can't my computer problems be so simple...

I have a perfectly good pc that I can't get running - I tried to partition the h/d, and didn't do it right, and then undoing in made it worse. I can't get Windows installed to run the thing. I am not happy about it. I'm tempted to throw it out.

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Message 25/33 06-Oct-03 @ 03:53 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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heh.. haven't got any problems meself, but I know how ppl feel when their PCs are causing grief!

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Message 26/33 06-Oct-03 @ 06:55 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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Darin

ship the thing to me. I will fix it

Ive NEVER seen someone have so many problems as you. It makes me cringe to hear about your continued probs

Im glad mine was simple too!

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Message 27/33 06-Oct-03 @ 08:29 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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Yeah - it really is amazing man. If I could get this thing running, I'd be happy about it. Something tells me its something simple, but I don't really have the time/patience to deal with it.

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Message 28/33 06-Oct-03 @ 09:31 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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I'll fix it for free too, if you ship it.

-Craig

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Message 29/33 06-Oct-03 @ 11:13 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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I just realized its kinda funny that I offered to fix something when I just pulled such a stupid blooper

aside from that, itd be way quicker to ship it to Craig, and he is, by far, way more experienced than I am at this stuff

seriously Darin, get off your ass and pass it off to someone! you cant just let a box SIT THERE!

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Message 30/33 07-Oct-03 @ 02:50 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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Windows XP? The setup for that runs Fdisk and Format and all that good stuff for you. Are you saying it's failing at that?

You booting the computer off the install CD?

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Message 31/33 07-Oct-03 @ 05:40 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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Yessir.

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Message 32/33 07-Oct-03 @ 02:36 PM Edit: 07-Oct-03 | 04:43 PM - RE: major computer problems :(

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You may have a hardware problem. Let one of us look at it for you.

-Craig

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Message 33/33 08-Oct-03 @ 08:46 AM - RE: major computer problems :(

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Yeah, ship it to England.. I'll fix it for ya!

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