Help! PC went kaput!

I've heard of pc shops charging $50 just to open the case and try to diagnose something at the least.

Checking on my own to see if th PSU went is impossible, because the other PSU we have has a 2x2 12V, while my mobo needs a 2x4. what we'll do, is we'll bring it to this local pc shop, and ask him to test the PSU for us. we wont ask for repairs.

All you want to do is test it, as long as you're not running it, its fine. Just connect the 2v2, and it it even comes up, immediately power it down.

I've heard of pc shops charging $50 just to open the case and try to diagnose something at the least.

Yep, most of them do. Especially like Best buy, I know someone that went there, and bestbuy charged $50 to take a look at it + $50 for the technician's time... And they didn't fix the problem..

so this happened on Monday, and I still havent started working on fixing my PC. Im so busy with school work and other activities, i havent even checked if its my PSU that is the problem. im hoping to get some time tonight to do it.

and i guess when i get my new PSU and the power bar, ill get myself a new mic too.

Let us know the result.

im hoping to get some time tonight to do it.

YAY!!!! THE PSU WORKS!!!!

... the motherboard is fried.


So i brought my PC to a local PC shop, and they're going to look to see if the CPU, GPU and RAM still works. I hope those parts are safe.

YAY!!!! THE PSU WORKS!!!!

... the motherboard is fried.


So i brought my PC to a local PC shop, and they're going to look to see if the CPU, GPU and RAM still works. I hope those parts are safe.

That sucks...

Damn sorry to hear, hopefully everything turns out to be ok and you just have to get a new mobo.

Still no reply from the shop.

I so wish I don't miss out on BF3's beta.

my comp has been acting up as well :(

Everytime a round ended, it'd kick me off before i could type "Join" again.

I fixed it, but thought i should let people's know :(

OK! got some news!

So my motherboard is "working". I dont know how they tested it, but supposedly it works fine, without any components. As soon as you add a component to it, it wont open. the guy said it may be something with the bios, but that is irreversible, since he can't get my PC to work.

All the other components work. So that is great news. ill be getting the same one again (GIGABYTE has a 3-year warranty, right?). http://ca.gigabyte.com/products/product ... x?pid=3852

thought so but thats with mobos if they die its mostly the bios chip which some can have replaced but its easier to have them do an exchange and not repair.

Btw. Local shops are cool. It only cost me 30$ to give it a check-up.

Itā€™s not expensive

OK! i will be sending my mobo to Gigabyte on Monday. my RMA request was accepted. yay! sadly, it has to go to California, and i live near Montreal, so that's about a week to get there, and they say they might spend 2 weeks on it (??????? why 2 weeks, idk. i hope they just decide to send a new one) and then a week to get back.

a whole month....

well as you guys know, ill be on the forums.

and take good videos of the BF3 Beta for me.

I'm sure they will send you a new one.