...must... smash... computer...

[DanMalo]

Got a new HDD.

Cost me $65.

Go to install windows. Nothing on the screen.

WTF?

no POST. no BIOS. nothing.

MY motherboard was the culprit! I mean, my old HDD had some bad sectors, but apparently still worked. So, now I have 2 80gb HDDs and a non-working Motherboard (its the AGP slot, but I can't just replace that).

Son-of-a-cock.

Thats another $70!

[Yiffy]

how can you lose $70 if you only spended $65?!

[Mortimer-Gobbit]

Well, now you have a 160gb hard drive.

[Frostbreath]

Shit happens.

[tehNGpro]

Sounds like someone just got PWNED !

[jmaster306]

At 2/4/05 02:10 PM, BBQSAUCE wrote: how can you lose $70 if you only spended $65?!

He spent $65 on the hard drive, but it was the motherboard that died.

But yeah, I've had to deal with all sorts of shitty problems like that. I've had two different computers have an IDE channel die on me when adding/swapping a hard drive. My current computer has a total of 6 DIMM slots, yet I can't get more than two strips to ever work at the same time, leaving me with two strips of perfectly good ram just sitting around, but that was a waste of $100

[DanMalo]

At 2/4/05 02:14 PM, jmaster306 wrote:

My current computer has a total of 6 DIMM slots, yet I can't get more than two strips to ever work at the same time, leaving me with two strips of perfectly good ram just sitting around, but that was a waste of $100

The evils of computing.

[tehNGpro]

At 2/4/05 02:15 PM, DanMalo wrote:

At 2/4/05 02:14 PM, jmaster306 wrote:

My current computer has a total of 6 DIMM slots, yet I can't get more than two strips to ever work at the same time, leaving me with two strips of perfectly good ram just sitting around, but that was a waste of $100

The evils of computing.

lol @ computer n00bz

[jmaster306]

At 2/4/05 02:15 PM, DanMalo wrote: The evils of computing.

Indeed, so when you buy a new motherboard, stay away from Gigabyte's GA- 8IK1100. As I found out afterward, it's pretty infamous for having memory issues.

[kazul]

Yeah, I've had my motherboard blow on me. Some of the capacitors were bad, and they leaked and fried some parts of the board. That cost me about $80, but, on the positve note, my new motherboard was more compatible with my software.

[macdeth]

How the hell are you still posting?

[Manman]

I put computers in the same class as women. I don't try to understand them, I just let them help me to get what I want. If they break, you leave 'em alone and sometimes the problem will fix itself. If it doesn't fix itself, you wind up having to buy a lot of expensive shit you don't need.

[DanMalo]

I'm sticking with ASUS.

[WTL]

You got ripped off.

[cheesebizkit]

you shouldnt have bought such a shit computer in the first place. you get what you pay for.

[DanMalo]

At 2/4/05 03:12 PM, cheesebizkit wrote: you shouldnt have bought such a shit computer in the first place. you get what you pay for.

OMGSOSMART!!

Its not a shit computer. I've had it for 3 years and I have to replace the motherboard. Not bad, all things considered.

It ran bad-ass 3 years ago, and still does.

[BigScizot]

I heart my commodor 64 :)

[Rego001]

At 2/4/05 03:19 PM, DanMalo wrote:

It ran bad-ass 3 years ago, and still does.

a 3 year old pc is not bad ass

you just changed your hdd, right?
your mobo prolly does not support the ide channel for that hdd.
there is ide 1,2and 3 all run at diiferant speeds

[pieoncar]

At 2/4/05 02:06 PM, DanMalo wrote: a non-working Motherboard (its the AGP slot, but I can't just replace that).

Is a PCI video card out of the question?

[DanMalo]

At 2/4/05 04:47 PM, Rego001 wrote:
you just changed your hdd, right?
your mobo prolly does not support the ide channel for that hdd.
there is ide 1,2and 3 all run at diiferant speeds

I bought the same exact harddrive.

[DeadGeneration]

My computer sucks...so hearing of the misfortunes of others makes me just a little bit happier.

[dangerousdarren]

Bad luck mate. better luck next time.

[TropicalParadise]

At 2/4/05 02:25 PM, -Manman- wrote: I put computers in the same class as women. I don't try to understand them, I just let them help me to get what I want. If they break, you leave 'em alone and sometimes the problem will fix itself. If it doesn't fix itself, you wind up having to buy a lot of expensive shit you don't need.

Lol! Best Analogy EVARRRR:)

[Rego001]

At 2/4/05 04:52 PM, DanMalo wrote:

At 2/4/05 04:47 PM, Rego001 wrote:
you just changed your hdd, right?
your mobo prolly does not support the ide channel for that hdd.
there is ide 1,2and 3 all run at diiferant speeds

I bought the same exact harddrive.

that sucks

you prolly touched something and caused a short when you tryed to boot back up.