just to reiterate Cleeecooos point. Ebay is not a great place to buy pc hardware...
Akasa A-62 AMD x6 *Zosma* build
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just to reiterate Cleeecooos point. Ebay is not a great place to buy pc hardware...
Soldato
Untested means broken most of the time... You're nieve if you think that ebay is filled with innocent people who just dont know what they are doing with hardware.
You'll get plenty of bargains on ebay, however you need to stop thinking you can repair everything.
I strongly doubt you are that skilled and it'll just lead to MORE wasted cash.
Of course, you'll come back regardless and say that the X-Fi is working after you soldered 10 million new caps on, and it's actually a super rare version. But... Meh.
You'll get plenty of bargains on ebay, however you need to stop thinking you can repair everything.
I strongly doubt you are that skilled and it'll just lead to MORE wasted cash.
Of course, you'll come back regardless and say that the X-Fi is working after you soldered 10 million new caps on, and it's actually a super rare version. But... Meh.
Soldato
ZZZAC, you are being incredibly naive. Sure your sound card may work, however this is one in a thousand chance. There may be sometimes where there is a deal too good to miss, eg faulty GTX 295 for £20. However, it is pure luck. Your a teenager - not a computer technician.
let me reiterate my point once more, THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE TO BUY STUFF OFF EBAY. THIS IS NEITHER THE TIME NOR THE PLACE. STOP BEING SO ****ING NAIVE!
let me reiterate my point once more, THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE TO BUY STUFF OFF EBAY. THIS IS NEITHER THE TIME NOR THE PLACE. STOP BEING SO ****ING NAIVE!
some people really shouldn't have computers, let alone try to build one especially after 14 pages and countless other threads giving them advice on a forum with so much knowledge as ocuk
it pains me to say this, but the purple shirt brigade exist solely for people like you ZZZAC
what really is the point of wasting all this money and effort on what you misthink could be, when countless hundreds of people who really know have told you go with what is
it pains me to say this, but the purple shirt brigade exist solely for people like you ZZZAC
what really is the point of wasting all this money and effort on what you misthink could be, when countless hundreds of people who really know have told you go with what is
made me laugh, actually i genuinely do know what caps to get, Solid are best if they are available in this country to order, but otherwise go for long life caps, and to give it extra protection the best idea is to get caps rated for higher voltsQuestion is, are you using high quality caps or some Chinese tat?
E.G my friends gpu has 2 bulged 1500uf caps @ 6.3 volts, as we couldn't find solid caps we ordered 1500uf caps @10 volts.
All the voltage rating on caps means is the amount of volts it can take before blowing up or "bulging", and manufacturers use cheaper caps at the minimum voltage they need to make production cheaper. So in the long run were getting caps that can withstand any spikes rather than the ones that obviously couldn't.
Would I sell an item that's as easy to test as a sound card as "untested" and get FA for it? No
"Untested" is eBay parlance for ****ed most of the time
Hmm ever though someone may have the sound card lying around and have a system with no pci-x1 slot in?
"people like me"y you dont know me, just because im not a absolute nut-job that thinks its okay to spend a unbelievable amount on brand new parts because they trust them more, i have had lots more experienced than you think dealing with electronics, before starting computers i was charging £20 a hour on reflowwing xbox's, i gave them a 6 month warranty, i had not one returned, i have a proper soldering kit with a 100watt gun, a 25watt iron, a magnifying glass, and flux.ect anything i could need, and am able to resolder "ROL" ring of light led's on xbox's, and those led's are tiny to even hold them you need tweezers. im not a genius with circitary, but i know what and how to do things that cause most faults in tech, just you watch, that x-fi will work!
you've posted here since december 2010, and i remember your first post, about building a computer, and 8 months later, you still haven't ?
experience dealing with electronics?, really........
so everyone else that has up until now been proven right, is wrong?
and your a genius, because after ignoring 8 months worth of advice, you still dont have a quality rig, but continue to galavant around with this frankly stupid build log,
you do understand the meaning of ' build log'
yes.......
it means a log, of what you have done, or are doing, with pictures,
not some random trash thread about you ignoring advice from those that clearly know better , then spouting your own trash about how your so great and everyone else, who have built countless machines are wrong?
your 14 right? lol
experience dealing with electronics?, really........
so everyone else that has up until now been proven right, is wrong?
and your a genius, because after ignoring 8 months worth of advice, you still dont have a quality rig, but continue to galavant around with this frankly stupid build log,
you do understand the meaning of ' build log'
yes.......
it means a log, of what you have done, or are doing, with pictures,
not some random trash thread about you ignoring advice from those that clearly know better , then spouting your own trash about how your so great and everyone else, who have built countless machines are wrong?
your 14 right? lol
Firstly my age is none of you're concern, im 15 anyway.
Yeah, we all know ive ****** up on the occasion, and the only one piece of good advice ive ignored is the one about not getting that msi board, am i right?
i got the recommended 5830 in the end, and i know ive got a icute psu, but until proven otherwise its a good psu.
and yeah, i dont have a good quality rig for a number of reasons, i don't need a good quality rig, itd be nice, but its not needed, and ive got most of one righ beside me, its not that i havent built a computer, its that i havent built one that functioned for more than a few days, after all i had my octo core running for just over a week, and that had serous problems, instability, ram problems, and windows wasnt even using my second CPU, , but i still made profit out of it, those cpu's cost me less than £80 and i sold em for £225, one thing that never fails to ammuse me is peoples ability to get annoyed with someone about a "build log" and still listen in and follow it
and you dont belive me about being able to repair things, anyone send me something, i will fix it, and send it back for postage and the cost of the component? even a gpu with artefacts? anything? just so i can prove im not as useless as you think?
Soldato
^^
well done sir.
(Seraph)
thats kind of stuid, buying a sound card knowing your mobo doesnt have a slot for it.
and if they did, i think theyd sell for more.
the thing is, your not really taking any advice from anyone, as stated numerous times, its like your the one giving advice to everyone
well done sir.
(Seraph)thats kind of stuid, buying a sound card knowing your mobo doesnt have a slot for it.
and if they did, i think theyd sell for more.
the thing is, your not really taking any advice from anyone, as stated numerous times, its like your the one giving advice to everyone
Associate
No offence, but you are 15 I know people whose job is to fix problems in very complicated technology who have been doing it longer than 30+ years and they wouldn't touch Xboxes because their design is so awful. They will only take a risk if something is mega cheap and they have done a repair many times or if someone else is paying.
I bought two non-working Xboxes for £5 and "re-flowed" them and added my own cooling fans and they have worked for months but it is not the most technical thing to do, soldering caps is easy it's the micro-controllers and other tiny fragile components that are tricky. I ordered the parts for my new computer yesterday and I'm hoping for it to be fully working by the end of the week.
Nothing against you but I have to say you need to listen to people and be more patient, rushing into something is not the way to do it right, and with such a wealth of experience on this forum it is very easy to get the answer you need.
Associate
I'm half tempted to take up that offer although I doubt you have the equipment (You'd probably need oscilloscopes, signal generators, and variable power supplies.)
what tricky parts like urm, those realy tiny ring of light led's on the xbox i mentioned yeah?
and most of the time its not the tiny parts that go wrong
Soldato
yeah, show ZZZAC what a proper build log is
Associate
You will get pictures when it is 200 pages long!
And the red ring lights are nothing compared to the 8 I/O Driver chip for a display that I saw being soldered yesterday, directly onto the board and the chip is around 5mm square with the pins about .5mm away from each other!
And the red ring lights are nothing compared to the 8 I/O Driver chip for a display that I saw being soldered yesterday, directly onto the board and the chip is around 5mm square with the pins about .5mm away from each other!
Soldato
how the hell is this thread still open? it was started in may and still no build, I remember having to pester you to even post pics of your rig, the mods must get very amused at this thread to keep it open 
and still no build, I remember having to pester you to even post pics of your rig, the mods must get very amused at this thread to keep it open