Oh, this day started out yummers! First, I wake up today with exactly THREE MINUTES TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE OR BE LATE FOR WORK. Fortunately, due to (somehow) warping space-time, I managed to shower and get to work with a minute to spare-with the important articles of clothing on. After another fun-skippity day at work, I call my local GameStop and, huzzah!, my Fatal Frame 2 XB pre-order finally freakin' shows. I bound into the store and hand the trainee a trade certificate-which the computer promptly says is invalid. Whilst this occured, an angry mother came in saying that her son's game machine was stolen and sold to this very same store! So the manager on duty gets the dubious delight of having to call corporate HQ to straighten out my certificate and deal with the mother at the same time. Rapture! Some time later, I get to leave with my bounty and return home. After a delightful nutritional interlude of leftovers, I get a call from my sibling, who tells me that while he was over at the house earlier he could not get my computer to come on. Well, that was funny, considering I had left it on since last night running some bt d/l's (just fansubbed anime, before ya start jumping to conclusions). Leaping down to the computer's alcove, I found that, indeed, the PC would not power on, despite my pleas and curses to the contrary. After my brother arrives, we proceede to troubleshoot.
-Ethernet port lights up when network cable is plugged in.
-Cooling fans would flutter for a brief instance when the power supply is first plugged in, but show no life afterwards
-Going to another outlet produces no change
-Plugging in another power supply to the mobo doesn't do anything
-CMOS reset results in no change
-Pulled out all the cards and disconnected all the drives for no change
-Power switch bypass doesn't help either
Well, at this point I call a bosom buddy and computer geek, who suggests either one of two possible results-CPU is gone, or mobo is fried. Well, my brother pulls my CPU out, since if it was the dastard the mobo would at least post. As he powers up the board, the northbridge cooler lights up and spins-and my southbridge chip starts to make pretty sparks and noise! WheeeeeFUCK. I just gone doing the delightful RMA form with MSI, and, if I'm lucky, I might get the replacement mobo in SEVERAL WEEKS. I hear you guys out there-"Hey, dumbass, why not just get another mobo?" Well, fiends, that would require REFORMATTING MY FRICKING HD-a task that I find as pleasant as a trip to a nervous dentist, especially when I have about 25-30gig of data that I've yet to back up on it. I can get the data off it beforehand-it'll just be a huge, hilarious hassle (as anyone who's ever been in this predicament can attest). Yay! Fun weekend ahead!
*bangs head against table*
-Ethernet port lights up when network cable is plugged in.
-Cooling fans would flutter for a brief instance when the power supply is first plugged in, but show no life afterwards
-Going to another outlet produces no change
-Plugging in another power supply to the mobo doesn't do anything
-CMOS reset results in no change
-Pulled out all the cards and disconnected all the drives for no change
-Power switch bypass doesn't help either
Well, at this point I call a bosom buddy and computer geek, who suggests either one of two possible results-CPU is gone, or mobo is fried. Well, my brother pulls my CPU out, since if it was the dastard the mobo would at least post. As he powers up the board, the northbridge cooler lights up and spins-and my southbridge chip starts to make pretty sparks and noise! WheeeeeFUCK. I just gone doing the delightful RMA form with MSI, and, if I'm lucky, I might get the replacement mobo in SEVERAL WEEKS. I hear you guys out there-"Hey, dumbass, why not just get another mobo?" Well, fiends, that would require REFORMATTING MY FRICKING HD-a task that I find as pleasant as a trip to a nervous dentist, especially when I have about 25-30gig of data that I've yet to back up on it. I can get the data off it beforehand-it'll just be a huge, hilarious hassle (as anyone who's ever been in this predicament can attest). Yay! Fun weekend ahead!
*bangs head against table*
