Well, apparently my computer justcouldn't take it anymore, and decided to commit suicide or something.
So yesterday, we were having an above-average thunderstorm, and this morning, i arrive at the shop to see my computer off... odd. So i figure we just had a power outage, and so i start it back up, and everything seems to be running fine. After about 3 hours, it was still ok, but there was a weird burning smell coming from something, and so i prompty ignored it, and went to lunch.
When i get back from lunch, my comptuer is off, but no one elses is, and so i went to go try to start it up, and nothing.... nada... zip.
My power supply was red hot. oh Goody!
So i went to one of the other computers in the shop, stole a power supply, and installed it... well, now it boots up, but doesn't get past the "windows boot" screen... it flashes a blue screen for about a milisecond, followed by a black screen with letters, and then shuts off. They do it too fast for me to see what they want to tell me... perfect.
My day sucks at this point. So, now i don't know whats wrong with it, and since i'm not a computer guy, i have a habit of throwing parts at the problem, and seeing what goes away and what new problems i can encourage.
So i ordered a new computer case with water cooling, new really cool looking 670watt power supply, new AMD something or other processor, motherboard zippity-doo-da thing (supposed to be REALLY good though), 400gig HD, 2Gigs of Ram, and a new mouse.... and then i'm going to add my DVD burner, and my video cars for my monitors to it, and voila! no more problem...... i hope :lol:
I'll be really mad if my mouse is the culprit... damn mice, always messing things up trying to find the question...
...what question, eh?
Exactly...

So yesterday, we were having an above-average thunderstorm, and this morning, i arrive at the shop to see my computer off... odd. So i figure we just had a power outage, and so i start it back up, and everything seems to be running fine. After about 3 hours, it was still ok, but there was a weird burning smell coming from something, and so i prompty ignored it, and went to lunch.
When i get back from lunch, my comptuer is off, but no one elses is, and so i went to go try to start it up, and nothing.... nada... zip.
My power supply was red hot. oh Goody!
So i went to one of the other computers in the shop, stole a power supply, and installed it... well, now it boots up, but doesn't get past the "windows boot" screen... it flashes a blue screen for about a milisecond, followed by a black screen with letters, and then shuts off. They do it too fast for me to see what they want to tell me... perfect.
My day sucks at this point. So, now i don't know whats wrong with it, and since i'm not a computer guy, i have a habit of throwing parts at the problem, and seeing what goes away and what new problems i can encourage.
So i ordered a new computer case with water cooling, new really cool looking 670watt power supply, new AMD something or other processor, motherboard zippity-doo-da thing (supposed to be REALLY good though), 400gig HD, 2Gigs of Ram, and a new mouse.... and then i'm going to add my DVD burner, and my video cars for my monitors to it, and voila! no more problem...... i hope :lol:
I'll be really mad if my mouse is the culprit... damn mice, always messing things up trying to find the question...
...what question, eh?
Exactly...