Rest in Peace, Smilodon...

[Infinitus]

I guess me complaining how heavy it was gave me bad karma...

Smilodon, my past computer, officially died today.

For a while now, it made a high-pitched, but quiet, screeching sound from the PSU. When I plugged in the power cord to the PSU, I could hear sparks from it and light shining through the fan hole. It lasted two years, the poor thing, with no problems...

I guess this is what happens when you buy a $40 680 watt PSU from eBay... :/

Wish me luck finding a good, cheap power supply. s:



Postscript: Yes, I name my computers after their cases.

 

[superrob]

Poor Smilodon

R.I.P

 

[Urza]

Specs?

 

[superkrm]

ya cheapskate

 

[Infinitus]

Specs?


Incoming copy-pasta! To the bunkers!

QUOTEIntroducing M002, mark IV, codename "Smilodon"

CPU: Athelon XP-M 3000+ , MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2 GHz, oc'ed to 2.3 GHz with Copper heatsink


GPU: eVGA nVidia GeForce 6600 GT (128 MB on-board memory, AGP 8x) Lapsus you SLi bastard

MoBo: ECS Elitegroup 741GX-M Socket 462, SiS 964L chipset, 3x PCI, AGP 8x, 4x USB, Gigabit LAN, On board 6-channel audio (rear-out (share), line-in (share), center/bass (share) and MIC), Two PS/2 ports one serial port, one VGA port, one parallel port, and audio jacks, also has Phoenix Bios version 3.something

Memory: Two Kingston 512 MB DDR PC 2700

HDD: Samsung 320GB HD, Maxtor 240GB External HD

Sound Card: Realtek AC97 Audio

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)

Case: Raidmax Gaming Development's Smilodon (ATX-612WBP Black SECC STEEL ATX Mid Tower)

PSU: Echo Star 680W (dead)

Fans:
70mm: 1 on CPU
80mm: 4 (6 if PSU fans count) (2 blue LED)
120mm: 1
Speed control on the 120mm and two non-lighted 80mm

Drives:
CD-RW and ROM/DVD-ROM combo drive
3.5 inch floppy

 

[superrob]

Well then just buy a new PSU

 

[Sinkhead]

When PSUs die they tend to take some of the more sensitive components with them...

- Sam

 

[Lumstar]

Make sure to try ONLY another power supply before making significant changes! I've had two go out in the past 3 or so years, and didn't lose a single component no matter how minor it was.

 

[Sinkhead]

Make sure to try ONLY another power supply before making significant changes! I've had two go out in the past 3 or so years, and didn't lose a single component no matter how minor it was.

I wish I was as lucky as you...

- Sam

 

[Deleted User]

When I read this kind of post it makes me love more my Hamster-powered unit. I might invest on a dual-wheels one but I fear of getting synchronization issues. Any head-ups ?

 

[Zaolen]

When I read this kind of post it makes me love more my Hamster-powered unit. I might invest on a dual-wheels one but I fear of getting synchronization issues. Any head-ups ?

Yeah, the hamster- power are the most reliable; I remember upgrading to bunny-power, they were faster but the consumption were too high. About dual-wheel synchro, it depends on the training of the hamsters, if you find a pair of twin hamsters you'll never have synchro issues, so go for it

Back to topic, first try changing only the power supply, it's true that when it dies usually don't die alone but that were not the case in my two last units (come to think about lifespan....)

 

[Infinitus]

I'm fairly certain that it was only the Power Supply that went out, for nothing else seemed wrong... later today I am planning to remove the PSU, put it in a controlled test zone and test it, using a separate PSU tester I have, (~$20, CompUSA) then test the computer on a less-powerful PSU, (Without any of the fancy things plugged in) then finally order a new, cheap (monetary, not quality) PSU online.