A dead PC?

Indy500 · 2 Jul 2009 at 19:48

Plec said:
Wow - your decisive!

It normally takes multiple posts of 'umming and aring' from an OP to make a decsion like that - kudos.

Good luck with it - let us know how you get on.

Lol. I'm not a newbie here to waste time

and I borrowed the voltmeter from the owner, I should consider investing in a proper tester..

Plec · 2 Jul 2009 at 19:58

sr4470 said:
Lol. I'm not a newbie here to waste time and I borrowed the voltmeter from the owner, I should consider investing in a proper tester..

By the sounds of it you have it sussed - i've made threads in the past for confirmation too.

Good luck - hopefully the rma process should be less than 2 weeks - Corsiar’s RMA department is in the Netherlands but is, apparently, relatively quick.

Indy500 · 2 Jul 2009 at 20:03

Plec said:
By the sounds of it you have it sussed - i've made threads in the past for confirmation too.

I may have missed something, and I didnt have the spares\pc speaker so asked here for ideas (many hands make light work etc)

Plec said:
Good luck - hopefully the rma process should be less than 2 weeks - Corsiar’s RMA department is in the Netherlands but is, apparently, relatively quick.

I thought they had a UK centre?

Plec · 2 Jul 2009 at 20:07

sr4470 said:
I thought they had a UK centre?

Not that i'm aware of - but if i'm wrong it won't take long for someone to correct me...

TBH, their turn around is pretty good - some pple have had them back in under a week. It's just the p&p that is a bit of a b*tch.

Indy500 · 2 Jul 2009 at 20:15

Plec said:
Not that i'm aware of - but if i'm wrong it won't take long for someone to correct me...

TBH, their turn around is pretty good - some pple have had them back in under a week. It's just the p&p that is a bit of a b*tch.

Hmm...I don't think the owner of this PC will be too happy about that.

Mattus · 2 Jul 2009 at 20:26

PSU definitely sounds suspicious. Which wires did you test when you got 2V?

Indy500 · 2 Jul 2009 at 20:30

Mattus said:
PSU definitely sounds suspicious. Which wires did you test when you got 2V?

PCI-Express connector.

Indy500 · 2 Jul 2009 at 22:16

Update: I tried some different RAM and the system booted up fine :/

Guess its the Crucial I should be RMA'ing then...

Mattus · 2 Jul 2009 at 22:24

Ahh - I completely missed that it was Ballistix PC5300. Had I seen that, the RAM would have been my first suspect. I had to RMA a set of that for the third time last month - none of them lasted more than a year. Exact same symptom - one day the system just doesn't boot. Lost patience with it so I bought some Corsair and I'm selling the RMA replacement. Seems to be hideously unreliable.

Glad you got it sorted, anyway!

Indy500 · 2 Jul 2009 at 22:37

Mattus said:
Ahh - I completely missed that it was Ballistix PC5300. Had I seen that, the RAM would have been my first suspect. I had to RMA a set of that for the third time last month - none of them lasted more than a year. Exact same symptom - one day the system just doesn't boot. Lost patience with it so I bought some Corsair and I'm selling the RMA replacement. Seems to be hideously unreliable.

Glad you got it sorted, anyway!

I'll be advising the same is done with this system

N$X · 2 Jul 2009 at 22:54

i was just going to say, i had the same problem and RMA'd the mobo; only to be sent back, saying its working. i tried different ram and it worked.

not sure if i am allowed to post this?

http://www.fragmasters.co.uk/forum/f23/pc-fails-post-28888/

Indy500 · 2 Jul 2009 at 23:03

Thanks for contacting us with your RMA request. We’ve set this up for you and the return details are below. Please write your RMA number on the outside of your package and return it to us in secure packaging within 10 business days. We recommend using an insured delivery method, such as Royal Mail Special Delivery, to protect your contents as Crucial is not liable for items lost or damaged in transit.

Please send to:
Lexar Media
RMA ********
12 Redwood Crescent
Peel Park Campus
East Kilbride
G74 5PA
United Kingdom

Hmm...that was quick. Must be automated.