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Backups are for womens 
Lol the last one was from last month... no that is something like "no backup".
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You didn't find 300 failed components.
Take the battery out. Plug it into AC turn it on.
Does it come on? You're welcome, put the battery back in and have a great weekend.
It doesn't come on? - Sorry, have a great weekend.
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It's gone for good. The motherboard is shot, as is the CPU. Only the RAM and the HDD made it out alive. Everything else: fried.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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Spontaneously?
Post details.
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Pretty much. It was on, then bam, nothing. No power, picture, anything. I honestly have no idea what happened.
I took out the hard drive and RAM and threw the rest away (other than the battery, as it requires different disposal steps)
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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Throw the RAM as well - or put it up on FleaBay - sound like a massive spike on something, to take out that much. Trouble is, even if the ran is working, chances are it's damaged and will be intermittent or fail later.
I've had PSU failures before fry PCs, and you can't trust anything that "survived".
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Good advice, Griff.
I want to know what naughty video he was watching that made it overheat like that!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Must have been a hot lady! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I was building something in VS 2013.
I tested the HDD and all systems are green. There is a power surge protection circuit between the drive and the motherboard, so the drive didn't get hit.
I will likely get rid of the RAM, as I don't really need it.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I stopped buying anything Sony after opening up a newish stereo amplifier and finding 1950's era electronics inside...all shiny and nice on the outside, total crap on the inside.
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This seems that way as well.
Not sure what I will get next, but definitely not a Dell (Hell?) nor a Toshiba.
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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The electronics were like World War II surplus or something...crazy.
No, I wouldn't get a Dell...stay away from Lenovo as well.
Maybe Asus or HP?
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I'm currently using my dad's old Asus, and so far it works perfectly fine. I have heard many good things about Asus, so I will look into what they have.
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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I always get an Asus motherboard when I build a desktop box...always been happy with them. Also have an Asus tablet which works great too.
(no, I don't work for Asus or get promotional money from them 
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DaveX86 wrote: I always get an Asus motherboard when I build a desktop box...always been happy with them.
Same here. I recommend them highly. I never spend more than $60 or $70 on the mb for a home pc, and they've all been from Asus.
My habit began years ago when they were the only mob that made both desktop motherboards and laptops.
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One of my friends has an Asus, and it had an issue a month after the warranty expired, yet Asus still fixed it for free.
I have also heard good things about Asus' Customer Support team.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I've always found their stuff to be very good. The list of installed crapware on it is basically of zero length, too. It's a 'dual-license' machine, so it came with Win7 installed and a Win8 disc included - unbeatable!
Yup, I suspect they're more than clever enough to know that good-will costs far less than it's worth. I hear good stuff about the MBs made by the company they spun-off years ago, too - ASRock. No idea about their customer support though.
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
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I risk getting run out of town for suggesting this, but how about a Macbook?
They are really well built, great for running Windows on, and the customer service is incredible. I don't think any of the other manufacturers even come close!
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Too expensive. I tried a Mac before, but never really got used to it. I have an iPad Air, but that is the only thing from Apple I will ever get.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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When you say 50s era electronics, it didn't have vacuum tubes in it, did it?
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
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Almost! I would actually like vacuum tubes...they always have better sound than transistors. Alas, no vacuum tubes.
I meant more the circuit board and hardware.
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Ah. I figured it was probably a stretch since it was just Sony, but one never does know. I considered mentioning the difference in the sound, but like I just said - one never does know. :grins:
I was just looking at some amps the other day, but at $700 for 10+10 rms as a diy kit, I think there's a few other things I need first!
Yeah, can't stand the pcbs some mobs use - they're not even glass fibre for heaven's sake.
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
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Yeah, the printed circuit board was terrible...I could have made something better than that
These days I just use a nice set of Audio Technica headphones and a nice headphone amp...was tired of people complaining about the noise
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