Sometimes when I start up my computer I can hear a very faint noise from inside the computer, and the lamp sitting next to the computer slightly browns out. The lamp next to the computer NEVER does that with the computer off. It also sometimes happens randomaly while already on and running. I believe this brown out condition blew out the onboard internet card. I bought a new one, and after a brown out it too stopped working, but later started again.
My computer wasn't booting up just now. Saying something like Mainboard Failure. It would try to recover the bios, but the computer would shut off before it would finish. Would turn back on and repeat endlessly.
After the tedius task of removing my video card to get to my boards battery to reset the bios, I now have my computer back...for now.
Six or seven years ago or so I built my first computer (this being my second). I had nothing but problems with it. I had two hard drives set up as a software RAID drive that would stop working again and again. After a while the motherboard simply wouldn't work anymore and I would have to get a replacement (untll I simply couldn't find a board anymore for the chip). I was replacing mobo's at least once a year till the power supply blew up one day shooting sparks out and scaring the hell out of me.
In it's place I got a Sony laptop. Other than having Vista and being slow, I never had a problem with it. Now I'm afraid I'm getting ready to have the same problems.
This is a completely new build. New power supply, drives, ext. Only thing not new are the speakers.
Any suggestions?
My computer wasn't booting up just now. Saying something like Mainboard Failure. It would try to recover the bios, but the computer would shut off before it would finish. Would turn back on and repeat endlessly.
After the tedius task of removing my video card to get to my boards battery to reset the bios, I now have my computer back...for now.
Six or seven years ago or so I built my first computer (this being my second). I had nothing but problems with it. I had two hard drives set up as a software RAID drive that would stop working again and again. After a while the motherboard simply wouldn't work anymore and I would have to get a replacement (untll I simply couldn't find a board anymore for the chip). I was replacing mobo's at least once a year till the power supply blew up one day shooting sparks out and scaring the hell out of me.
In it's place I got a Sony laptop. Other than having Vista and being slow, I never had a problem with it. Now I'm afraid I'm getting ready to have the same problems.
This is a completely new build. New power supply, drives, ext. Only thing not new are the speakers.
Any suggestions?
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