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Subject: My PC is down.

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Computer: Power Mac G5 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 1.25 GB Bus Speed: 900 MHz

ATi Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
Display Type: LCD Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Depth: 32-bit Color

Posted by: Master Kim
Hey, the laptop is not mine. This desktop PC which I am happy to say has been fixed and brought back to life by a power supply unit transplant which I am posting from right now is mine.

Yes, it's true. My father knows a friend who works with computers, and we just gave him around fifty dollars and he gave us a PSU to replace our dead one, and everything is fine. Everything seems in place, I still have 1 gigabyte of fully functioning RAM and nothing seems out of place with my memory. Seems quite odd that the Geek Squad stated that a price of around four hundred dollars was necessary to even replace all the damaged parts of my PC. Take that.

However, there is one minor quirk. When my PC shut down and I couldn't get it started up a few days ago, I had my Halo disk inside. Today when we opened up the drive - there was no CD! We're assuming the Geek Squad at Best Buy has it, and we're going tomorrow to get it. Fat lot of good those guys did us.


An associate bought a new Mac and got the extended 3 year protection plan including onsite service. You call Apple and they contact some general PC repair service and send someone over. He knows less about Macs than my friend does. He thought it was the video board. He left– had to order board. Another technician came with the video boaed a few days later. He found 2 screws that connect the PSU to the Motherboard were missing. Special screws... had to order them. New technician comes with screws, motherboard, CPU, and video board. Installs it all. Still does not work. Each technician was talking to their supervisor over the phone and being talked through the procedures.

They ended up taking the computer to a Mac-only computer store that does warranty work. They found that the techs had damaged the comp while working on it, (bent pins in the CPU connection, lost screws, etc). Turned out it was all a software problem.

Moral: If you can find someone who knows what they're doing, especially if the price is good, keep going to them.

I'm not suprised they found all sorts of things "wrong" with your computer– more profit for them.

  • 07.12.2006 9:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: Master Kim
Thanks for the advice, SimonJester. Got to tell my father about surge protectors.

And yes, PCs can have multiple hard drives. I believe some of the top-of-the-line PCs have around 300 gigabytes.


More than that. The biggest capacity i've ever heard of is more like 100 terabytes... or more.

  • 07.13.2006 12:14 AM PDT
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Seriously though, the dudes at Geek Squad did nothing but do an inaccurate diagnosis on our PC. We already had a hunch our PSU was down. They actually made it worse by taking my Halo disk. And I was expecting to own some noobs today, too. But those noobs on HPC are going to have to wait. For now, I suppose I'll be playing Warcraft III, GRAW, LOTR-BFME2, H2, ES4: Oblivion, COD2, or PGR3.

  • 07.13.2006 5:33 AM PDT
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Does that mean you're making fun of mainly console gamers,kim?Do you think consoles are no fun?

  • 07.13.2006 6:23 AM PDT
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Of course not! Where in this thread did I state that?

Though I do think PCs are better than consoles, how could I have not been bored to death without playing GRAW and Oblivion on my Xbox 360 while my computer was down?

  • 07.13.2006 6:42 AM PDT
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Posted by: Master Kim
Thanks for the advice, SimonJester. Got to tell my father about surge protectors.

I have one too! Make sure you get one with a backup battery, so you have enough time to safely shut down your computer during the blackout.

That's too bad about your PC. A moment of silence for the fallen warrior.

  • 07.13.2006 9:19 AM PDT
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The fallen warrior has been revived! Have you not been reading my last few posts?

  • 07.13.2006 1:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: Master Kim
The fallen warrior has been revived! Have you not been reading my last few posts?

(Hallelujah Chorus in the background) Yep, I did. But, I missed the thread because I was vacationing in a place that represented Timberland. I thought I needed to pay my last respects, even though your PC has already exited the ER.

  • 07.13.2006 1:36 PM PDT
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Of course not! Where in this thread did I state that?

It just seems like you're saying that,but also,just remember,consoles were the first gaming devices,not PC's!

  • 07.13.2006 3:34 PM PDT
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How? When did I even mention about consoles?

Besides, PCs pwn consoles anyway. :)

  • 07.13.2006 4:05 PM PDT

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