Recent content by Krivicide

New Update: Coming to the conclusion that the mobo was to blame, I disconnected everything and took it out. Out of curiosity, I plugged my PSU in to see if it got power... lo and behold, power! I then proceeded to reconnect everything piece by piece to find the culprit: The USB connections...

Update: I wasn't aware at first that the Corsair PSU had an option to remove 4 pins to connect it to 20-pin mobo's. I plugged it into an older system, and it works fine. I tried plugging it into the dead machine with only 20 pins, but had no luck. I'm thinking my mobo is at least partially...

My system had been running fine for months, until a couple days ago when, after a power outage, the machine wouldn't even stir when I tried to power it on, even though it had been plugged into a surge protector. The lights on my IP35 pro were no longer shining. Hoping to isolate the problem...

I work at a fairly small school that is looking to update their ancient computers. Essentially, we want these machines to run MS Office and be able to browse the internet relatively painlessly for the near future. They will not be used for anything graphically intensive such as gaming or video...

Thanks for the input guys, but I decided to buy this guy's system. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1247097 Looks like it has just about everything I wanted at a reasonable price.

Ok folks, I know you've heard this song and dance before. It's been almost 4 years since I purchased my current system, an HP zd8000 laptop, which has treated me faithfully through college. Now that mobility is less important to me, I'm looking at a new, solid desktop to replace my zd8000...

YGPM and e-mailed. ;)