Well guys today is a $shity day I just finished reassemble my PC and as soon as I started up I noticed smoke coming out of it. And what was it? It was my video card here is pic of my loose today.
any ideas what on it died yet, and i notice a black pandex gf4 mx44 on the right of the case. quite a step down...
Yea I know. Well for now that is an only solution I have. Will need to make a hard choose on xmass. I was thinking to get a 19’ LCD or 2 17’, but now looks like I will need to shop for a new video card. Ou well will go drop off couple resumes may be will get some extra part time job. Will be able to get x800 in a month or so.
Well yes it was my stupid ass did a sleeving a replaced all connectors. How much I know they are 12v-ground-ground-5v. So that is how I connected them. Do one thing I messed up 12 with 5 and that is what killed it. I’m looking for schematics now to se may be there is any protection as fuse on the card witch burned up so I can resoder it.
The worst i've done near that before was sleeving an atx lead; the part that goes black-red-black-red-black i had wired as black-red-red-black-black. Woulda been painful. Moral of the story double (AT LEAST) check your work.
Well I completely agree with you. It is my fault and only my fault. Now will go beat myself with stick may be that will get this advice chek before connecting
Unlucky, i'm sure if you stick the stock heatsink you'll get an RMA no problem, accidents do happen, i managed to do that with a HDD
done that with a harddrive I was modding with the computer on stupid stupid stupid (back when i was a newbie to computers) and i have shorted out a mobo cause of standoffs
Get 2x 17" monitors... 19" monitors only support 1280x1024 (what most 17"'s do) so with 2 17" monitors you're getting 2x the viewing space. Anyways, bad news dude... hopefully you get it fixed quick
Well guys thanks for replies and about warranty no cant do One year warranty and I don’t have receipt as I both it as soon as they came on market. Well now only thing it to o and get the best out there as well. I think I will go with x800. About a screens well I think they will just have to wait for now. Ps it is good not to have a girlfriend you can spend all money on pc
Crisis update not only it is video card it is 2 HDD as well. 200G and 60G. This sucks so bad. edit make that 3 HDD's 200 160 & 60 On 3 one electonic just blowe up. all of them tohether. 200G - 190$ 160G - 130$ 60G - 80$ radeon 9800 pro - 330$ grand total = 630$ knowing i'm so F'tup - pricles And now i am going to get drunk.
better redo the psu then ? sorry to hear about it ... once had a tape streamer on witch i put 12 v on the 5v lead ... some chip decided to shoot away parts of itself ... it is always funny in the end
Nope looks like i did all them wrong. Doode this sucks. Well did a list what i need and it was not good. 1800$ +tax well what i cant boot up without 240$ tax included
Well you see I did not only a sleeving but I did change all connectors. Those *******s have no indicators witch side is what so that is the reason I *uckt up. And about plugging them all in I have done that so many times that I watch TV and do that all on touch
I would still try to RMA everything: I did this the first time I tried to sleeve a psu. Lost 2 hard drives, a CD-RW, and a DVD-RW (don't ask...long story...). Sony/Western Digital ended up accepting everything for RMA's, so in the end, I came out alright. I would call ATi and see if you can't get the card RMA'd, just give them the serial number and such, don't tell them what happened, how it happened, or when you bought it. Simply tell them it doesn't work...tis the truth alright. Most of the time they will RMA. Try that with the HDD's too, depending on the brand and age. Best of luck, hope everything comes out
Unfortunately ATI is out on holiday till the 3rd of next month... I'm waiting for an RMA on my BB ATI 9800 AIW :<
