Comp is dead..thoughts on what to do in the meantime?

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So my computer will power up but not post. I checked all the connections, cleaned out everything, etc etc. Hopefully its just my cpu since I've been overclocking it for two years...

Now I have to wait a week for a diagnosis at Microcenter. While I have my ****ty IBM desktop at work, I feel I'm already in a state of withdrawal. Thoughts on what to do to help pass the time?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel E2180 @ 3.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte P35-DS3-L
    Memory
    Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB 4-4-4-12
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 8800GT
    Hard Drives
    750 GB -Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS
    1 TB - Western Digital MyBook
Cruise the Internet on your son's Playstation.
Teach your smart phone new tricks.
Purchase new memory -> upgrade to 8GB
Install Linux on the library computers
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD AM2 6000+
    Motherboard
    Nvidia M2N-E SLI
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 7600GT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    WD
    Case
    Cooler Master
    Cooling
    Three fans
    Keyboard
    Dell Quietkey
    Mouse
    Dell Optical
    Internet Speed
    10 MBPS
lemur said:
Cruise the Internet on your son's Playstation.
Teach your smart phone new tricks.
Purchase new memory -> upgrade to 8GB
Install Linux on the library computers
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1. Don't have a son or PS3
2. I don't own a blackberry or iPhone
3. YESSSS! I'm hoping if some stuff is broken (praying not the hard drive) that I can upgrade :cool:
4. Where I work people can barely figure out XP
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel E2180 @ 3.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte P35-DS3-L
    Memory
    Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB 4-4-4-12
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 8800GT
    Hard Drives
    750 GB -Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS
    1 TB - Western Digital MyBook
Take your PC apart and detail it, cleaning all the dust and crap out of it... so it will be sparkling when/if you upgrade the RAM? :D
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion Elite
    CPU
    AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor
    Motherboard
    Some Amount of Motherness
    Memory
    6.O GB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA nVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB DDR5
    Sound Card
    Some Amount of Soundness
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Two Monitors: HP w1907 & Acer P191w
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 & 1440x900
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Blue 500GB
    PSU
    Some Amount of Voltageness
    Case
    Hp Pavilion Elite Case
    Cooling
    Some Amount of Coolingness
    Keyboard
    HP: Model Number: KB0911
    Mouse
    HP: M/N:M-SBQ133
    Internet Speed
    Comcast: 20 MB/S
    Other Info
    I have two monitors! I play Call of Duty: Black Ops & Modern Warfare II - Both on PC. Contact me through my website: ChaseKurry.com
Did that already after it died...it was quite bad. Big ooops on my part in that regard.

If its the CPU I'm thinking the Q9550 (as its $170 now)...thoughts?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel E2180 @ 3.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte P35-DS3-L
    Memory
    Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB 4-4-4-12
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 8800GT
    Hard Drives
    750 GB -Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS
    1 TB - Western Digital MyBook
Fantasize about how computers will be integrated in our brains? Fixing your system would be like a visit to the shrink.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv5-1120ej Notebook PC
    CPU
    Intel Dual 2.16GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9200M GS, 256MB
    Hard Drives
    320GB internal, 320GB external, 1TB external to come (big download library XD)
    Internet Speed
    Fast enough
    Other Info
    Firefox, Foobar, and AutoHotkey! Go open source!
Photography...
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K MBoard.
    Memory
    4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
    Hard Drives
    500G Seagate SATA
    200G Seagate SATA
    100G WD Caviar SATA
    80G WD Caviar IDE
    PSU
    OCZ Elite 800W PSU
    Case
    RaidMax Smilodon Case
    Other Info
    Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2
    Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; &
    Vista Ultimate 64Bit.

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD AM2 6000+
    Motherboard
    Nvidia M2N-E SLI
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 7600GT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    WD
    Case
    Cooler Master
    Cooling
    Three fans
    Keyboard
    Dell Quietkey
    Mouse
    Dell Optical
    Internet Speed
    10 MBPS
Actually, that price looks good...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD AM2 6000+
    Motherboard
    Nvidia M2N-E SLI
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 7600GT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    WD
    Case
    Cooler Master
    Cooling
    Three fans
    Keyboard
    Dell Quietkey
    Mouse
    Dell Optical
    Internet Speed
    10 MBPS
VaguelyRapt said:
Fantasize about how computers will be integrated in our brains? Fixing your system would be like a visit to the shrink.
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I am looking forward to that era of technology. lol :D
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion Elite
    CPU
    AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor
    Motherboard
    Some Amount of Motherness
    Memory
    6.O GB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA nVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB DDR5
    Sound Card
    Some Amount of Soundness
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Two Monitors: HP w1907 & Acer P191w
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 & 1440x900
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Blue 500GB
    PSU
    Some Amount of Voltageness
    Case
    Hp Pavilion Elite Case
    Cooling
    Some Amount of Coolingness
    Keyboard
    HP: Model Number: KB0911
    Mouse
    HP: M/N:M-SBQ133
    Internet Speed
    Comcast: 20 MB/S
    Other Info
    I have two monitors! I play Call of Duty: Black Ops & Modern Warfare II - Both on PC. Contact me through my website: ChaseKurry.com
Ugg that sux man gl.I just about went nutz when my PC went down.Oh wait I am nutz I meant I was almost climbing the walls.I have all the movie channels on Comcast so I mainly watched a lot of movies and worked out.

I have not set up my kickboxing equipment or I would have done that a lot.My neighbors are 2 close here I dont think they would like hearing boom boom and whack whack heh :shock: I mainly play FPS to take out my aggression since I mashed up my knuckle :mad: Stupid friend was holding the heavy bag wrong because he thought I would hit him rofl :mad:
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    gateway
    CPU
    intel quad
    Memory
    8 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia
    Sound Card
    realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19' widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    581 gb
    Internet Speed
    High speed Comcast cable
lemur said:
patio furniture said:
Did that already after it died...it was quite bad. Big ooops on my part in that regard.

If its the CPU I'm thinking the Q9550 (as its $170 now)...thoughts?
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GA-P35-DS3L (rev 2.0) and Intel Q9550 Problems
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Well thank you for making me aware of this lemur. I didn't even think of searching for this because I had checked the gigabyte website and it said the Q9550 was supported...seems like some of those problems were fixed with the F9 bios upgrade and the RAM matched properly...or did I read it wrong?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel E2180 @ 3.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte P35-DS3-L
    Memory
    Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB 4-4-4-12
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 8800GT
    Hard Drives
    750 GB -Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS
    1 TB - Western Digital MyBook
You could go outside??
Play Sport.
Talk to Yourself.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite Pro l300
    CPU
    Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 550 @ 2.00GHz
    Motherboard
    Intel Corp. 88395664Q
    Memory
    DDR2, PC2-5300 (333 MHz), 1024 MBytes, Hyundai Electronics,DDR2, PC2-5300 (333 MHz), 2048 MBytes, Ap
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Matte screen
    Screen Resolution
    1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors
    Hard Drives
    120gb SATA 2.5inch FUJITSU MHZ2120BH G1 ATA Device
    Case
    Notebook
    Cooling
    Fan cooled
    Keyboard
    Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110
    Mouse
    Logitech Cordless Optical
    Internet Speed
    256Kbps
    Other Info
    I like Spore,Rabbits and I'm a Computer Freak.
Americano said:
VaguelyRapt said:
Fantasize about how computers will be integrated in our brains? Fixing your system would be like a visit to the shrink.
Click to expand...

I am looking forward to that era of technology. lol :D
Click to expand...

'Ghost in the Shell' movies and Anime allegedly predict the Gregorian calendar year 2030 for all of that to happen. Well, to be wide spread in Japan by then. It doesn't much mention the rest of the world.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire X1700
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    3 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 1 gig GeForce 210
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Vizio 21" tv
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 resolution
    Hard Drives
    1 terabyte sata in 1 partition
    Cooling
    fans that came with it
    Keyboard
    basic USB
    Mouse
    basic USB
    Internet Speed
    3 megabits on a cable modem, wired
JimJoe said:
'Ghost in the Shell' movies and Anime allegedly predict the Gregorian calendar year 2030 for all of that to happen. Well, to be wide spread in Japan by then. It doesn't much mention the rest of the world.
Click to expand...

I have yet to see Ghost in the Shell. Also, I've heard lots of good things about Yoko Kanno's soundtracks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv5-1120ej Notebook PC
    CPU
    Intel Dual 2.16GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9200M GS, 256MB
    Hard Drives
    320GB internal, 320GB external, 1TB external to come (big download library XD)
    Internet Speed
    Fast enough
    Other Info
    Firefox, Foobar, and AutoHotkey! Go open source!
VaguelyRapt said:
JimJoe said:
'Ghost in the Shell' movies and Anime allegedly predict the Gregorian calendar year 2030 for all of that to happen. Well, to be wide spread in Japan by then. It doesn't much mention the rest of the world.
Click to expand...

I have yet to see Ghost in the Shell. Also, I've heard lots of good things about Yoko Kanno's soundtracks.
Click to expand...

Youtube has the sound tracks and some of the episodes. Just search there for 'Ghost in the Shell' and it comes up with a list. There are several orchestra performances of her and her music on there as well.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire X1700
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    3 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 1 gig GeForce 210
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Vizio 21" tv
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 resolution
    Hard Drives
    1 terabyte sata in 1 partition
    Cooling
    fans that came with it
    Keyboard
    basic USB
    Mouse
    basic USB
    Internet Speed
    3 megabits on a cable modem, wired
Fastboy42 said:
You could go outside??
Play Sport.
Talk to Yourself.
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Going oustide and talking to yourself outdoor rox.People avoid you like the plague :sa:
LMAO just kidding I'm not that crazy just psychotic when seriously provoked or in self-defense.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    gateway
    CPU
    intel quad
    Memory
    8 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia
    Sound Card
    realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19' widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    581 gb
    Internet Speed
    High speed Comcast cable
You could get your wife/gf to knit you a new pc...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD AM2 6000+
    Motherboard
    Nvidia M2N-E SLI
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 7600GT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    WD
    Case
    Cooler Master
    Cooling
    Three fans
    Keyboard
    Dell Quietkey
    Mouse
    Dell Optical
    Internet Speed
    10 MBPS
lemur said:
You could get your wife/gf to knit you a new pc...
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It takes a tough hombre to do that. I suggest pool cues for knitting needles and bailing wire used for hay bales for the case.

The motherboard could be made out of bee hive honey comb, intensive cooling is a must. See the cooling and overclocking forums here for ideas.

The hard drive and ram production I leave up to the student as a project.

No extra credit for store bought ram and hard drives.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire X1700
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    3 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 1 gig GeForce 210
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Vizio 21" tv
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 resolution
    Hard Drives
    1 terabyte sata in 1 partition
    Cooling
    fans that came with it
    Keyboard
    basic USB
    Mouse
    basic USB
    Internet Speed
    3 megabits on a cable modem, wired

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    gateway
    CPU
    intel quad
    Memory
    8 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia
    Sound Card
    realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19' widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    581 gb
    Internet Speed
    High speed Comcast cable
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