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Question: What computer hardware has failed on you before?
Never had a hardware failure   -32 (2.1%)
CD-ROM / Disc drive   -183 (12.1%)
Hard drive   -218 (14.4%)
Memory   -116 (7.7%)
Monitor / Display   -134 (8.8%)
Motherboard   -130 (8.6%)
Mouse / Keyboard   -132 (8.7%)
Network card   -61 (4%)
Power supply   -157 (10.4%)
Processor   -62 (4.1%)
Sound card   -70 (4.6%)
Speakers   -56 (3.7%)
Video card   -83 (5.5%)
Other drive   -39 (2.6%)
Other   -43 (2.8%)
Total Voters: 125

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neljan
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« Reply #30 on: January 16, 2008, 06:40:01 PM »
HAHAHA!  Cheesy

Ok... 'bare' hands then!
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« Reply #31 on: January 16, 2008, 07:35:43 PM »
Quote from: neljan on January 16, 2008, 06:40:01 PM
HAHAHA!  Cheesy

Ok... 'bare' hands then!

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« Reply #32 on: January 22, 2008, 11:34:47 PM »
I have had a major problem with power supplies. Where I work there are a lot of power failures (load shedding) and I cant keep up.  Angry
The up side is now I am a pro at changing PSU's! Smiley
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« Reply #33 on: January 23, 2008, 04:04:02 PM »
Quote from: lau on January 22, 2008, 11:34:47 PM
I have had a major problem with power supplies. Where I work there are a lot of power failures (load shedding) and I cant keep up.  Angry
The up side is now I am a pro at changing PSU's! Smiley

you might want to purchase a UPS.
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« Reply #34 on: January 25, 2008, 02:07:11 AM »
I rebuild old 286's, 386's, and 486's as a hobby, and I've experienced just about every problem on that list. The two most spectacular was when a PSU went off like a bomb (no jokes, a couple of big capacitors exploded inside) and all the neighbours were asking about the noise for days, and when one HDD started pouring out smoke (and filled our whole shed with it Tongue)
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« Reply #35 on: January 25, 2008, 04:28:09 AM »
Did you buy your computer in Iraq?

perhaps it was built by a 'PSU'icide bomber!
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« Reply #36 on: January 25, 2008, 05:12:41 AM »
The only time I've seen smoke come out of a machine...

A guy brought his computer into my shop years back. Well, apparently he had been tinkering around inside the system. When he reconnected the power to the floppy drive, he somehow managed to get the thing on crooked, so the the pins weren't in right. One of the power wires was feeding into a ground wire. Melted the plug, part of the floppy drive, and a portion of the wire... what a mess... and the smell... mmmmm

Luckily, the damage was limited to the drive itself and the wire.
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« Reply #37 on: January 25, 2008, 03:56:46 PM »
Quote from: neljan on January 25, 2008, 04:28:09 AM
Did you buy your computer in Iraq?

perhaps it was built by a 'PSU'icide bomber!

kind of corny but i still laughed. Cheesy
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« Reply #38 on: January 25, 2008, 04:04:25 PM »
Corny? c'mon man! that's quality!!!  Grin
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« Reply #39 on: January 27, 2008, 01:06:03 AM »
Lol  Grin

Nah i bought it at a white elephant... someone probably had a grudge against me, as someone had written 'works' on it...
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« Reply #40 on: January 28, 2008, 10:53:09 AM »
Quote from: Sid on January 16, 2008, 10:24:33 AM
Quote from: emieleke0013 on January 10, 2008, 01:24:46 AM
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What else did you have to do?!
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« Reply #41 on: January 30, 2008, 01:41:12 AM »
Power supply would shut itself off. Found intermittent internal fan failure. Fixed with external fan wired to stock fan power wires. Ugly but effective enough to get a new one en route.

Memory failures. Multiple symptoms, would even pass memtest overnight. 2GIGS OCZ PC8500 overclocked using embedded SLI instructions to run at 1067 MHz. Tons of cooling, replaced with 2 Gigs Pony PC6500 @ 800MHz. Funny thing. The replacement OCZ memory would not run reliably either. Have had no real problems with my pony memory.

EVGA Nvidia 680i series Mobo. Poorly assembled motherboard, not enough heat sink in some spots, too much in others. Had to RMA the original mobo for numerous boot codes associated with the memory controller. This could have been the source of my memory problems but I think I had multiple defective parts as my pony memory wouldn't work in the other mobo, but works great in my "new" one.

Mouse and keyboard die all the time from all the Quake, Doom and UT , Farcry,Crysis ect, I punish them with.  Rollerball mice rule...NOT

Other. Bill gates has managed to design an OS that despite my best efforts I have to reload at least once a year to keep running as smoothly as one would expect given how much I paid for it. You did pay for yours..right?
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« Reply #42 on: January 30, 2008, 02:17:56 AM »
Quote from: matnat on January 30, 2008, 01:41:12 AM
You did pay for yours..right?

Yep. I have a genuine copy of Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2.
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« Reply #43 on: February 03, 2008, 07:03:20 AM »
 I have a laptop from Hyundai now with CD-rom failure. the devices that hold the CD (don't know how to call that) disengage from the CD-rom and make the disk inserted jammed the drive; i have to force the CD and the drive out, unfortunately both are not useable after that

and i have always burnt monitor in the past(when i still have a PC) as i open and shut off the monitor frequently. time is not the only factor, maybe i should also know about how many swithing cycles they can last.

i did experienced multiple failure on the same computer at the same time. power supply, monitor, modem, harddisk, mother board all gone (whole PC gone??!!). Dealer tell me that was done by lightning surge or power trip and they won't responsible for that, what the heck....

and recently (not really recently, just become more frequent recently), i have power shut down without prior warning during playing games and watch movie only; without knowing what failed; and i have post this question on others/others forum

computer  - it make our life easier or miserable?
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« Reply #44 on: February 03, 2008, 05:18:00 PM »
February..
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