Robawtninja Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 I might stop by UAT for fun if I have time. Hopefully see some of you guys there.
LegendaryRath Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) How'd you know that? Haz uploaded the saboten con BBCS:EX grand finals a day or two ago. Expect me to be at UAT but I'll be taking the bus. Edited October 27, 2012 by LegendaryRath
LegendaryRath Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 Ray, you didn't miss much. It was fun and I enjoyed playing casuals with Eric, Nom (hope that's spelled correctly), and John. But the turnout was pretty small. Gabe got 1st (arrrrrggghh!!!!!!), I got 2nd, and someone playing Akihoko and Teddy fraudulently stole 3rd from Eric. GGs to all. My computer wont turn on or even make it to the BIOS... It sucks. Don't expect me to be on here much, unless my bro is kind enough to let me use his computer for a couple days/weeks. It's so frustrating! The damn thing was working when I left for UAT. $1800 piece of shit.
Theupstreamer Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 Ray, you didn't miss much. It was fun and I enjoyed playing casuals with Eric, Nom (hope that's spelled correctly), and John. But the turnout was pretty small. Gabe got 1st (arrrrrggghh!!!!!!), I got 2nd, and someone playing Akihoko and Teddy fraudulently stole 3rd from Eric. GGs to all. My computer wont turn on or even make it to the BIOS... It sucks. Don't expect me to be on here much, unless my bro is kind enough to let me use his computer for a couple days/weeks. It's so frustrating! The damn thing was working when I left for UAT. $1800 piece of shit. His name is Nam and you can remember because he's VietNAMese. (Or at least he should be). Oh well that makes me feel a little bit better. I kinda wanted to play KOF as well and see how many people I could blow some germs on. Whoa 1800 dollars? What kind of computer is it? A macbook or something?
Robawtninja Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 Oh haha I told Ryan to use OM NOM NOM as a way to remember my name. Didn't mean it literally....
ThienKieuTam Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 Ray, you didn't miss much. It was fun and I enjoyed playing casuals with Eric, Nom (hope that's spelled correctly), and John. But the turnout was pretty small. Gabe got 1st (arrrrrggghh!!!!!!), I got 2nd, and someone playing Akihoko and Teddy fraudulently stole 3rd from Eric. GGs to all. My computer wont turn on or even make it to the BIOS... It sucks. Don't expect me to be on here much, unless my bro is kind enough to let me use his computer for a couple days/weeks. It's so frustrating! The damn thing was working when I left for UAT. $1800 piece of shit. Get a new motherboard dude. $1800 piece of shit? Must've been a premade desktop.
Ryuuka Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 (edited) There's a lot of reasons why computers won't turn on, so you should be more specific. "Won't turn on" can mean a lot of things. Also is it a desktop or a laptop? Given the 1800 price tag, I'm very inclined to believe it's along the lines of an alienware laptop or a macbook. Premade desktops generally run cheaper price tags due to their... lackluster components. If it was alienware or something then I would understand completely. 1800 is still much more than I would ever spend on a desktop, though. Assuming it's a desktop, motherboard failure is indeed a possibility (but not as common). If it won't even turn on, I'd say it's pretty much safe to say that either his power supply failed/is toggled off, his power cable was damaged, or he's not getting power from his outlet. If there's actually power (if the fans start spinning) then it could be caused by a ton of other potential problems. If it's a laptop it can also be from something stupid like the battery/charger failing. Edited October 28, 2012 by Ryuuka
ZeroKunoichi Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 (edited) Sounds like your comp is overheating if you can't even make it to the BIOS if you describe it that way. Something wrong with your heatsink on your CPU maybe. The reason why I am saying that is because you say it doesn't turn on OR it doesn't even get to the BIOS. Also, Brian is right, we need more information to actually troubleshoot your case since we aren't physically there to examine that "piece of shit" haha. I built my own PC for $1500 and perfectly running fine. I built it last summer. Edited October 28, 2012 by ZeroKunoichi
Chumaralupa Posted October 28, 2012 Author Posted October 28, 2012 Rath, bring that legendary computer to my place. So yeah who's down for games this Friday at my place? My dad inadvertently made me realize I have no use for that CRT anymore.
Theupstreamer Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 All I heard is Rooby Tuesdays Lan Party Part 2: The Reckoning
LegendaryRath Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 First off, I think I'll keep calling you Nom, just for giggles. I hope I didn't give you guys the wrong idea about the computer. It's a desktop that I built about a year and a half ago with a good portion of my summer job's pay. It's my baby, definitely NOT a piece of shit. I was just a little bit frustrated yesterday, some personal stuff happened too. Nothing happens at all when I try to power it on. I've tested the power strip/outlet, the cable, and all of the connections inside the case already. There's a few things that it could be, but I'm about 99% sure that it's the power supply, given what I already know. That being said, I'm not going to head to Frys and get a new one until I'm 100% sure that it's the problem. I have a few other computers around the house that I built for family members, so I have a lot to work with. I suppose I could just try the power supply in one of those computers and if it wont turn on, I'll know that I need a new PSU. Just to be safe I should probably hook up my video cards to it too. I know this doesn't matter too much but since I love talkin about my awesome computer (you know... up until yesterday) here's the specs. i7-2600K (I think it's @3300 at the moment. I've never really felt any need to overclock it) 8Gb DDR3 1600 RAM two AMD Radeon 6870s 64Gb SSD (just so it boots in like 5 seconds) 1TB hard drive (for everything that isn't needed for booting) I think that's everything that matters. I don't think anyone cares about the monitor or anything else like that. I suppose if anyone's curious, the PSU is an Antec 750W 80 plus Bronze. It's surprising that it could be having a problem now but, given that I have a problem at all, it's the most likely issue. I'll let you guys know how this whole thing goes. I'm preying that I don't need a new motherboard. That would be an enormous pain in the ass.
M19Kamikaze Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 wtf u guys troubleshoot compu- DUUUUUUUUUURRRRR *facepalm* geez, I'm blind. Maybe I'm just not used to seeing such in-depth explanations.
Valthazeryus Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 Nothing happens at all when I try to power it on. Read this. Stopped reading after that. Just reading this line sounds like a dead HDD.
ZeroKunoichi Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 You comp can turn on without a HDD it just won't boot into anything.
Ryuuka Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 (edited) The easiest method is to test the individual connectors on your PSU with a multimeter (what I do). If you don't have one, you should instead disconnect everything from your PSU except your mobo and hard drive and then try to turn it on. If it successfully boots then shut it off and start connecting components one at a time until it fails. If it doesn't even work with minimal connections then grab another PSU from another comp and test it in your rig. If it powers on then it's obvious that at least your PSU is faulty. If there's still no response it could be a few other things (such as the ATX connector on your mobo breaking up with you, in which case you'll have to replace your motherboard). Also, 1800 for that is still pretty steep, even by last year's standards. Clearly somebody needs to experience the glory of Black Fry['s electronics]day. Edited October 28, 2012 by Ryuuka
Valthazeryus Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) $1,800 though is A LOT of cash for a computer. I hope you mean you spent like $1,000 on the computer and got/bought 6 ASUS monitors. Edited October 29, 2012 by Valthazeryus
Chumaralupa Posted October 29, 2012 Author Posted October 29, 2012 The only way I could see that computer being 1800 bucks is if his CPU has a FSB of 1333Mhz, but then DDR3-1600 would be a bottleneck and waste a good amount of available speed so I hope that's not the case. MAYBE if the ATI HD 6k series was the newest line last year then maybe a couple of those could have racked up the cost depending on what configuration he bought.
Ryuuka Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 It's all about the colored glow-in-the-dark water cooling light shows inside custom cases.
LegendaryRath Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Why is it such a big deal? The computer itself was actually around 1300, the extra 500-ish was for a the monitor, keyboard, mouse, OS, speakers, ect.... I'll hopefully have time to deal with this tomorrow.
ZeroKunoichi Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Hmmm $1300 is okay then since the CPU itself is already $320. I got the same CPU but I run 2 GTx 560s
LegendaryRath Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 For that time I remember most of the prices. i7-2600k was $300 the 6870s were $180 each the SSD was about $140 the HDD was probably $80, back when HDDs were dirt cheap my case was $150 (cooler master HAF 932, really easy to work with) PSU was about 100 $40 for 2 disk drives (my dad thought it was important to have 2. I've hardly ever used 1) $50 for ram $30 for the heatsink/fan I bought a fan and mount to cool between the GPUs (I was paranoid) for probably $20-30 not sure if I'm missing anything
Theupstreamer Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 the SSD was about $140 Thanks, Armando.
Ryuuka Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) not sure if I'm missing anything You're missing your motherboard, but yeah that sounds more realistic. That would bring the actual price down to around 1.1-1.3k which is more reasonable, but 500+ in monitors and peripherals is still a lot. The key is to gather parts during holidays and clearance sales. During last black friday, I got a 128gb SSD for 150 off newegg, 16gb of ram for 30, and another 23" LCD from frys for 100. Just because it's your money doesn't mean you shouldn't always take advantage of good deals. Edited October 29, 2012 by Ryuuka
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