Recent content by gaximodo

New screen...Meh, what needs upgrading are the controllers and wifi. But I might still get it as my old switch doesn't seem to have a lot of life left (I don't use it that often!!)

whats kingpin

You don't need rapidly growing middle class for silicons, they are dirt cheap in China anyway. Go China :rockout:

Great math capabilities of Americans ;=) 200-77=133 and nobody picked up so far

Finally I can get my peace of mind - no dust under the keys!! Why @ the mouse tho.

I thought Sony did the same with PS4 and only announced the controller, and M$ made jokes on Sony but then the Xbox one turned out to be the joke?

Well, not for me I guess, i was never a fan of Alienware designs. Bulky and weird curves. the sloped screen frame itself makes a person with light OCD like me wants to break this thing in half.

Haven't had issues and everything looks normal

Alienware redefines ugly. Simply straighten the frame will make the design tolerable.

Noted, this time it simply didn't boot at all with the antec cabel connected..should be safe on this mistake.

Photos see below: I can't get a good photo of the slot as the motherboard is covered by a plate..the smoke came out closer to the bottom part of the slot/or card.

I really appreaciated your time going through my issue. Thank you Bill_Bright! And all others of course :) I had the Antec PSU for 12 years, and it was hot here in Western Australia the day it blew up (42 °C ). I was trying to simplify my situation, what really happened was I used one module...

Its an old Z77 board and gen 3, 4 cores CPU. I don't feel like getting another old board. will see how much longer I can get out of it.

No PCIE connector was not connected to the PSU, I had visual of smoke coming out of PCIE slot not PSU.

Thanks, I hear you, if I need to replace the board I would rather have the CPU and RAM replaced too which is a big spending for something I don't use that much anymore. So long the harddisk is not in risk I'm ok with the rest of system gone. (I thought they were gone with the Antec PSU...