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    US external HD in Europe, refuses to start

    I know this is silly, but the local cafe is having trouble viewing more than 2 min. of Youtube without taking me back to the beginning of the video. The video I found on this casing is over 8 min. long. So things are on hold until I pass through a bigger city, or find a short video. I did...
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    US external HD in Europe, refuses to start

    Thanks for this. I bought a multimeter (they're cheap in towns here; I guess everyone is fixing stuff!). The adapter came in at 12.26 V. I take it this could mean the drive is damaged?
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    US external HD in Europe, refuses to start

    Yeah, the adapter actually says it's rated for 50/60 Hz.
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    US external HD in Europe, refuses to start

    Took the pack to the capital, but had limited time and have yet to find good help. Even the average hardware/computer sales person here doesn't speak oodles of English. :( One lady in a comp shop thought the plug adapter I had might just be bad. Or perhaps even the wrong kind, not really...
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    US external HD in Europe, refuses to start

    So I moved to Europe, Georgia to be precise (that's northeast of Turkey). The power sockets here say 220 V and 0.6 amps. I brought an external harddrive with me, a 2 TB Seagate. I believe it's a GoFlex. Its adapter says it is compatible with 100-250 V. I picked up a local 2-prong adapter...
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    US external HD in Europe, refuses to start

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    FS/T: Desktop student/gaming tower - Trade for laptop or $650

    Maybe dense of me, but I couldn't find where to change the thread title line. Sold locally for a song. I don't see many Intel processors with discrete graphics off the shelf for much less, although it is somewhat aging. blah blah. But we do have a hurricane bearing down on us, here so...
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    FS/T: Desktop student/gaming tower - Trade for laptop or $650

    Making it $400 for the tower. I'm leaving in a couple days to travel, so shout out if you want it.
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    FS/T: Desktop student/gaming tower - Trade for laptop or $650

    Knocking price down to $500 shipped. Sounds like everyone wants those newfangled processors. But this runs smooth as can be, does all I've ever needed and I have loved it. Sad to part with it, but I will be away for quite some time and don't have much storage space. Still ideally hoping...
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    FS/T: Desktop student/gaming tower - Trade for laptop or $650

    This is the same tower I put together with help from here, with just a couple parts changed. Hoping to trade for a durable laptop that can run games such as Rift on medium. Would need to work something out soon as I may be on the road in about a week. Asking $650 or open to offers...
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    WTS: Gentle Typhoons, H100i v2, case fans, 240mm radiators

    PM sent.
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    Comp fails to turn on - maybe surged?

    I've already taken out the RAM (at least one at a time) and changed the PSU altogether. Before the PSU change, it wasn't even turning on. I couldn't imagine a shop would tell me anything for $50+ that wouldn't involve a new power supply. I also did take the graphics out, dusted off what I...
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    Comp fails to turn on - maybe surged?

    Well, apologies if this is just the kind of thing that only trial and error can speak to... So I gathered from responses elsewhere, always replace the power first... Picked up a Corsair 650W from the Hot Deals, and did that. Figured for the cost of a full techie diagnosis, I might as well...
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    Comp fails to turn on - maybe surged?

    I put this rig together with help from here Dec. 2008. It's been working great. Thanks again. :cool: Now, can someone help me figure out if I blew it up or not :eek: I can't be the first person to have done this. Right? Horrible luck... A few days back I spilled a drink and it...
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    S1283 HSF

    I had all sorts of fun with those rubber pins, too. Push from one side of the slot, pull the narrow tip of the pin through from the other with fingertips or anything (but something not very sharp!) that you can. Try putting some twisting action on the pin, at the same time. You might also...
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