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System Name | not very good (wants throwing out window most of time) |
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Processor | xp3000@ 2.17ghz pile of sh** /i7 920 DO on air for now |
Motherboard | msi kt6 delta oap /gigabyte x58 ud7 (rev1.0) |
Cooling | 1 green akasa 8cm(rear) 1 multicoloured akasa(hd) 1 12 cm (intake) 1 9cm with circuit from old psu |
Memory | 1.25 gb kingston hyperx @333mhz/ 3gb corsair dominator xmp 1600mhz |
Video Card(s) | (agp) hd3850 not bad not really suitable for mobo n processor/ gb hd5870 |
Storage | wd 320gb + samsung 320 gig + wd 1tb 6gb/s |
Display(s) | compaq mv720 |
Case | thermaltake XaserIII skull / coolermaster cm 690II |
Audio Device(s) | onboard |
Power Supply | corsair hx 650 w which solved many problems (blew up) /850w corsair |
Software | xp pro sp3/ ? win 7 ultimate (32 bit) |
Benchmark Scores | 6543 3d mark05 ye ye not good but look at the processor /uknown as still not benched |
so what's this thread going to be about?
well i want to hear your stories about what you've blown up
and how you think you could of avoided it
and hopefully it will help others avoid making the same silly mistakes
here's my big mistake of the day
well anyone who knows me will know i like 12 volt equipment, fans, lights etch
so i built myself a set of window fans to blow cool air in the room through my window in summer
why did i build it ?
well we have cats that will jump out and walk along the ledge which is to high for them to jump down from ,hence the crazy design and it stops them getting out
here they are sideways after i plugged them directly into the mains
why did they blowup?
well i foolishly used the same sockets for my 12 volt equipment as my pc mains input, which would have been fine had the plug been in my pc,
but it wasn't because i moved the pc downstairs into my summer retreat,
so yes i plugged 240 volts directly into nine 12 volt fans :shadedshu
strange thing was it only made a little spark, no big flash and bang no big puff of smoke
so my point? well if i had have put some inline fuses in and connected the positive to the earth (on the 12volt stuff) it just might have saved me about £50 or 76.84 US$
so come on guys i want to hear your horror stories and hopefully we can help some newbies avoid blowing their expensive gear to bits
well i want to hear your stories about what you've blown up
and how you think you could of avoided it
and hopefully it will help others avoid making the same silly mistakes
here's my big mistake of the day
well anyone who knows me will know i like 12 volt equipment, fans, lights etch
so i built myself a set of window fans to blow cool air in the room through my window in summer
why did i build it ?
well we have cats that will jump out and walk along the ledge which is to high for them to jump down from ,hence the crazy design and it stops them getting out
here they are sideways after i plugged them directly into the mains
why did they blowup?
well i foolishly used the same sockets for my 12 volt equipment as my pc mains input, which would have been fine had the plug been in my pc,
but it wasn't because i moved the pc downstairs into my summer retreat,
so yes i plugged 240 volts directly into nine 12 volt fans :shadedshu
strange thing was it only made a little spark, no big flash and bang no big puff of smoke
so my point? well if i had have put some inline fuses in and connected the positive to the earth (on the 12volt stuff) it just might have saved me about £50 or 76.84 US$
so come on guys i want to hear your horror stories and hopefully we can help some newbies avoid blowing their expensive gear to bits
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