No power..nothing

yep very tempted, It's just that I'd heard only good things about the Antec trupower. I had read reviews about it and it was one of the main reasons for buying the case (as it came with such a good! psu)

Thanks for response, Looks like I'll be stabbing the buy button pretty soon - may as well get a new mouse as well, oh and a pad, and a bigger hdd, and.... ;)
 
I'd get a Seasonic, Tagan or FSP power supply rather than a Hiper, but if u must have modular get the Enermax Liberty ;)
 
So.. fitted the Seasonic 600 and rig is still dead as a dodo

I'm guessing mobo must be dead then, would this be any good?

DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Expres - 71 squid

it's on offer this week, or

Asrock 939SLI-eSATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) PCI-Express - 52 squid (+ upgradabubble to AM2)

I have 2gb pc3200 RAM

Thanks for any comments

BTW expensive hobby this.. :(
 
Old Wino said:
So.. fitted the Seasonic 600 and rig is still dead as a dodo

I'm guessing mobo must be dead then, would this be any good?

DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Expres - 71 squid

it's on offer this week, or

Asrock 939SLI-eSATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) PCI-Express - 52 squid (+ upgradabubble to AM2)

I have 2gb pc3200 RAM

Thanks for any comments

BTW expensive hobby this.. :(

You wont be able to ine a socket 939 on a am2 mobo because socket am2 is 940 pin not 939
 
Old Wino said:
Asrock 939SLI-eSATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) PCI-Express - 52 squid (+ upgradabubble to AM2)
What's this all about then? How does it upgrade since the two platforms aren't socket compatible? Have they somehow engineered the socket to be pin-compatible with both, or would you need some kind of daughterboard or riser card? If so, wouldn't it snap off if you tried to fit one of the 600+g third-party coolers you'd need to high clocks and low temps? And what about the RAM? Will the AM2s be happy running on DDR, or would you again need a daughterboard with DDR2 sockets on it?
 
Old Wino said:
BTW the reason the PC was swithed off was because of a power cut we had a few hours ago but as the symptom is the same as has happened before (when I have turned it off myself), I don't see why it should be significant

Do you not have a surge protector connected?
 
What's this all about then? How does it upgrade since the two platforms aren't socket compatible? Have they somehow engineered the socket to be pin-compatible with both, or would you need some kind of daughterboard or riser card? If so, wouldn't it snap off if you tried to fit one of the 600+g third-party coolers you'd need to high clocks and low temps? And what about the RAM? Will the AM2s be happy running on DDR, or would you again need a daughterboard with DDR2 sockets on it?
It says 'Upgradable to AM2 socket with AM2 CPU Board (Not included)' here - maybe it's a typo..

Do you not have a surge protector connected?
Guilty :rolleyes: I'm not certain the power cut was the cause but wouldn't do any harm to get one, any model suggestions? couldn't find one here at OC

Edit: So I looked harder here at OC and found the Belkin surgemaster and guess what, I just peered at my 4-way power extension thing to see what I currently plug my pc gear into and yes you've guessed it, it's only the exact same model, heh I don't even remember buying it! Maybe I should upgrade it to one of those 'uninteruptable' power supply jobbies :)
 
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HA! I haven't seen once of those since 1989! And that was on a 286 motherboard that was upgradeable to 386SX!:D Brilliant!

Despite the warm retro glow it lights in my heart, however, I'd never get one in a million years, because the CPU socket is so close to the mobo connector that most 3rd party heatsinks wouldn't fit - and if they did some of the heavier ones would snap the daughterboard off due to the weight!
 
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