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Parents PC just gone 'BANG'...
smcicr
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Hi,
Not a lot of detail so far, just had a phone call about it.
Parents PC has just literally gone bang and died. I built the system for them a few years back and I suspect the PSU has blown.
Anyone on here got any thoughts on how likely it is that I'm right (I know - not enough info!) and if so what's the chance that the PSU went all on it's own and didn't take anything else with it?
I've got no way really of testing much out of the pc (not sure the RAM will be detected in mine but I could try the cards / hdd if it's likely they got fried along the way).
Question is this - the machine is a bit of a frankenstein so do I try buying a new PSU (what are they - around £50 now?) or do I suggest they move onto something newer? I see the Dell stuff is to be had for just over £300 and the old bits could be flogged on in various places presuming they aren't dead.
How are Dells for adding things like extra drives (if the new pc comes with a drive I would want to add the old drive in if it lives) and so on? I seem to remember a guy at work bought one a while back and then had all sorts of trouble upgrading it due to lack of slots etc.
(The folks will only be doing a bit of surfing, some word processing and light graphics stuff - messing with pics from the digicam and then printing etc)
Any opinions on any of this appreciated (testing, likely deaths, replacement receommendations - parts or pc)
Cheers.
Not a lot of detail so far, just had a phone call about it.
Parents PC has just literally gone bang and died. I built the system for them a few years back and I suspect the PSU has blown.
Anyone on here got any thoughts on how likely it is that I'm right (I know - not enough info!) and if so what's the chance that the PSU went all on it's own and didn't take anything else with it?
I've got no way really of testing much out of the pc (not sure the RAM will be detected in mine but I could try the cards / hdd if it's likely they got fried along the way).
Question is this - the machine is a bit of a frankenstein so do I try buying a new PSU (what are they - around £50 now?) or do I suggest they move onto something newer? I see the Dell stuff is to be had for just over £300 and the old bits could be flogged on in various places presuming they aren't dead.
How are Dells for adding things like extra drives (if the new pc comes with a drive I would want to add the old drive in if it lives) and so on? I seem to remember a guy at work bought one a while back and then had all sorts of trouble upgrading it due to lack of slots etc.
(The folks will only be doing a bit of surfing, some word processing and light graphics stuff - messing with pics from the digicam and then printing etc)
Any opinions on any of this appreciated (testing, likely deaths, replacement receommendations - parts or pc)
Cheers.
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." (Mark Twain)
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Last PSU I bought was less than £20 and I didn't buy the cheapest..... can you try a temporary transplant PSU without buying a new one ? Surely one of your pals will have one you can cadge for a few hours.There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't
In many cases it helps if you say where you are - someone with local knowledge might be able to give local specifics rather than general advice0 -
A PSU going bang can sometimes take the motherboards Voltage regulation out as well (look for damaged capacitors usually near CPU socket)
As suggested above do a temporary transplant to check the system is ok. Depending on the voltage requirements decent PSU start from around £30.Hug provider for depression thread :grouphug:
"I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell.." - Unwell by Matchbox Twenty0
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