You can do it!!!!!Originally Posted by Sarge104
Just got the call that the motherboard was in today, of course they cannot help me build today and said it would be mid week next week...So, looking up install directions and seeing if I'm missing any tools and will grab the items today if I think I can do it
Last edited by John P. Myers; 08-02-13 at 07:46 PM.
Thanks for the encouragement, picked up the parts yesterday after finally convincing myself I could do it. It took four hours and about 8-16 try's installing and uninstalling the motherboard to route wires but all the equipment was installed. I was afraid to turn on the computer at first and finally flicked the power button...No power, no nothing....Then I turned on the PSU and all the equipment came back up.
Now I just have to repair Vista and the little monster should really be alive and kicking
It's not the love of a hero, that's why I fear it won't do
Chad Kroeger
.....I was afraid to turn on the computer at first and finally flicked the power button...No power, no nothing....Then I turned on the PSU and all the equipment came back up
Don't worry Sarge, you are not the only one for I did the same thing two weeks ago. One day I was looking at this machine (I have no side covers installed on the case and in deed some do not have a case at all) when right in front of me there was a sudden faint explosion sound followed with a spark of flame coming from the PSU including the horrible smell that is or will be familiar to some when a capacitor explodes. I took the machine to my work bench where I had a known working PSU that I use for test purposes. I cleaned up the MB and all the fans etc and turned on the power on the PSU and the machine. Nothing. My first reaction was that the MB was taken down with the sudden surge of power from the old PSU. I went away dismayed that I not only have to by a new MB and PSU but there could be a damage done to the CPU also. I resigned to the fact that I lost one machine as I can not afford any parts at the moment. A few days later, I needed to use my Electric Power Drill and when I plugged it in the power socket, I noticed that there was no lead in there for it should still have the PSU lead in that socket. Don't laugh, I wasn't at the time, but than again the machine is back up and running.I was afraid to turn on the computer at first and finally flicked the power button...No power, no nothing....Then I turned on the PSU and all the equipment came back up
Quick update: Trouble shooting the fact that Windows would not boot uncovered a broken Sata end going into the Primary Hard Drive. Quick call found a new connecter but was unable to bring Windows up still. A few tries with the recovery disk uncovered my worst fear, due to the hardware change the operating system thought I was hijacking the OS.
Luckily when I did a reinstall it put all the old files in an archive so all my bookmarks, vacation pictures, programs are still avalible. Now I'm in hour three of updates...updates...and more updates....
It's not the love of a hero, that's why I fear it won't do
Chad Kroeger
Hey Sarge, I'm happy to hear the data recovery was successful. I'd like to offer a bit of advice that has saved me countless hours when Windows gets toasted.
And it goes like this...
Separate Windows OS from your personal/critical data by partitioning your HDD/SSD.
1st partition:
For any flavor of Windows 7, a 40GB~50GB primary partition will be more then adequate. Along with the OS in this partition, you can install all your utility programs like your favorite Anti-Virus, disk maintenance, GPU/CPU OverClocking, etc..
2nd partition:
The remaining HDD space is allocated to this partition and all your big applications (ie: apps that hog tons of of your HDD space like M$ Office). Your favorite game programs like Call of Duty: Black Ops. Personal data like family pics. The 20-page report your boss wanted submitted last Tuesday, etc...
I would also suggest creating separate folders for all the major types programs/data stored on the 2nd partition. Setting up the partition this way also makes it easier to backup data since it will (as in should) be easier to find.
Drive D: (2nd Partition)
D:\Applications
D:\Documents
D:\Games
D:\Pictures
D:\Music
You get the idea..
And one last thing to consider, move all your Windows special My <Whatever> folders to the 2nd partition therefore having all the benefits described above.
If your interested check out this How-To ---> http://headstrongfarm.hubpages.com/h...g_My_Documents
F$
P.S. All the above will not save your data if your HDD gives up the ghost. Always backup your important files. For some good backup tips check out this Tekzilla show: World Backup Day Special (Link)
Last edited by Fire$torm; 08-07-13 at 04:33 PM.
Currently doing a slightly less efficient method of just using separate HHD's for that very purpose. I had a hard drive go out taking out everything except what I had burned to CD back in the day. So I'm big with separation of data.
My problem isn't with losing the personal stuff, its updating windows...ugh, spent over 6hr's just with the updates alone...Hate Vista for all the updates/bloat but it's stable. In the future I might upgrade to 7 or if they ever get 8 right but right now I'm just sticking with what I've got disks and keys for
Does anyone have a suggestion as to what I should break in the Titan on? It looks nice and all but I'd like to do some testing
It's not the love of a hero, that's why I fear it won't do
Chad Kroeger
ya win 8 is a pita as far as im concerned errors daily and have to constantly relog into everything. hey congrats for getting the box up and running!
Knock knock. If ya want to go Win7 and extend the trial period, use infinite ReArm. The best utility I've found for that is Trilogy v2.8. It works on all versions of Win7.
Trilogy v2.8 can be had (Here)
PM me for more info.
Got boinc up and running and was setting up Corsair link to monitor temps, it has a handy feature to shut down the computer if the temps get too high and I was showing the girlfriend the features. She asked why I was running the temps in C and what the temp was in F so I went to options and changed the temp settings...Needless to say I didn't put any delay in shutdown and the computer thought I was way over spec on temps since the program doesn't convert the temps you put in the settings automatically....Shut down the computer immediately LOL!
Running at 31C at full load on both SETI and PrimeGrid programs...I wish I could separate a processor for the gpu since I've not tested it out but I will push the processor today on the factory settings then I'll do a gpu burn tomorrow
UPDATE: Came back home this evening and found that the max temp for the CPU hit around 40C during the hottest part of the day (85F). The gpu had some light work that brought it up to 70C but I'm hoping that some tweaks with the fan settings will allow for cooler temps tomorrow
Last edited by Sarge104; 08-10-13 at 11:47 PM.
It's not the love of a hero, that's why I fear it won't do
Chad Kroeger
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