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Old 01-17-2008, 11:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: I'm about to take a sledge hammer to this thing

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Originally Posted by ink68 View Post
When you swing, make sure you keep the eye on the MOBO. Hint.

You know how everyone says, "well a buddy of mine..."? I can't stand that cliche. I think your mobo is out of commission. However, in a similar incident, the smell of static electricity was the signal of a toasted mobo. Who knows...
I see what you are saying but I didn't smell any staticc electricity or anything like that.

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I had something similar happen to me and it was a bad PSU.
I really hope you are right. The PSU would be a lot easier to replace than my mobo.
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