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Jan 14 2010, 01:13 AM
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After 3 years of constantly being ON, my computer died today
 Now I am typing from my laptop. Looks like motherboard gives no sign of life after I cleaned the dust from it with the vacuum cleaner. It was a very cool and stable system built by me. Pentium 4 on 3.00 GHz, 2 GB ram and many internal and external devices. That machine was never turned off, even when I went on holiday. Maybe that's why it died in the end.So tomorrow I am going to get something new for about £500. What do you guys suggest? I will have to use Windows 7 as no shop distributes anything else in London. I have EMU 0404 PCI soundcard and I am quite scared that it might not work. Some people on DAW forums reported that it works and some not. Win 7 drivers are not released yet. It took them a year to develop for Vista. It is going to be very bad if the new motherboard doesn't support my 512mb ATI graphic card, as I used 2 monitors on it. All this new stuff comes with integrated graphic and I think that 8x AGP slot is not supported on new motherboards. My 2 GB RAM was DDR 2, I think I will have to throw it away as well. I hate to think that I can't use so much of my cool hardware anymore. The computer industry today is showing no mercy for these things. All this happened just as I was half way of producing new lesson and new MTP material. Now MTP guys will have to wait a couple of days until I sort the new system out and do some tests. Any suggestions are welcome. Just don't suggest MAC, I am not going for it this time Thanks -------------------- Check out my <a href="https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/instructor/Emir-Hot" target="_blank">Instructor profile</a>
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Jan 14 2010, 01:34 AM
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QUOTE (Pedja Simovic @ Jan 14 2010, 12:17 AM)  Sorry to hear this Emir you had a pretty decent and well enough configuration for GMC. I recommend you buy parts and build the computer yourself again. It will definitely cost you 30% or more % less but you will be able to upgrade it on your own whenever you feel like it. Quadcore processor is huge recommendation for me. Graphic card is important, sounds to me like you got Audio card already sorted out, get 4 gigs of ram memory + huge hard disk space and you are all set man Thanks Pedja. I am really scared to build PC myself as I don't know if the parts are going to match. That can be a real pain. There was a thread here when someone wanted to do it and in the end it was more expensive Also this way I have 1 year guarantee and I know that parts are tested in the factory. I am buying a brand this time like HP, Dell ... Just don't know which counfiguration is the best for up to £500. There are many different processors. I might go for AMD because it is cheaper but I don't know which model is equal to Quad Core. I need some advice about these little things that might save money but give good results.
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Jan 14 2010, 01:49 AM
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QUOTE (Sensible Jones @ Jan 14 2010, 12:40 AM) Just a thought Emir... Are you sure it's not just the Power Supply Unit that's burnt out or something? In which case a replacement of that will be a lot cheaper than a whole new system! I know I'm not the most Computer literate person, but I had this happen to me a while back when I was first getting into using a PC! It is not, I tried a different one which I had spare. This is actually weird. There is one little power cable with 4 pins which goes from power supply to the motherboard. Not the big main connector, this one is 4 pin like a little box. I believe it is for supplying the integrated audio and video. When I plug that little thing into motherboard, nothing works. Cooler is not roatating and everything is dead. When I disconnect that cable the cooler works but again nothing happens in the computer. No picture on the screen and my hard drive doesn't make usual noise. I am not expert in this but looks like power supply is working. -------------------- Check out my <a href="https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/instructor/Emir-Hot" target="_blank">Instructor profile</a>
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Jan 14 2010, 02:00 AM
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QUOTE (Pedja Simovic @ Jan 14 2010, 12:49 AM) You shouldn't be scared Emir, I am sure you can do it man. I do however get your guarantee part of a deal but I believe that even when you buy parts separately you also get guarantee for each one of them. That is what I got for my latest computer which I submitted configuration for via website of a store in my town. They put all the parts I wanted plus installed windows XP with it and I got all possible guarantee for all the parts. You should try finding that sort of deal, my computer with 22 inch wide screen monitor with monster configuration was around 500$ couple of months ago. I can look for the complete configuration and let you know but it is more powerful then the one that died on you (quad core, 4 gigs ram, 500 gigs hard etc). I know that Pedja but hardware compatibilities could be a problem. Today it is quite different to build it yourself than when I used to do it. What if I buy a motherboard and RAM to find out later that my ram doesn't work with that motherboard even though it fits in the slot. I have no way of testing that before. I don't have shop where people put computers together. In London you can only buy proper new thing or second hand rubbish
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Jan 14 2010, 08:13 AM
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I would go the store way too - unless You are'nt supposed to build that "faster-than-the-light" shredding computer, which the stores don't sell anyway.... (I have to go this way AGAIN...
 ) I really don't know what the motherboards in store PC's have regarding memory slots, but if I shall buy a computer 4 GB isn't enough on the motherboard, 8 will do, but 16 is even better. There will be amazing virtual instruments in the near future (and is, as Trilian) that sucks memory like I don't know what......  Also make sure its not the battery that went out.... there's a small battery on the motherboard for holding the bios when the computer is off. This is a common problem for computers beeing 3-4 years old and if its out, the computer is blacker than Speed Metal..... And You can test the current power supply by just connecting the DVD and push the open/close button.....//Staffay --------------------  Guitars: Ibanez AM-200, Ibanez GB-10, Fender Stratocaster Classic Player, Warmouth Custom Built, Suhr Classic Strat, Gibson Les Paul Standard 2003, Ibanez steel-string Amps: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Marshall JMP 2103, AER 60 Effects: BOSS DD-20, Danelectro Trans. Overdrive, TC-Electronics G-Major, Dunlop Wah-wah, Original SansAmp, BOSS DD-2 Music by Staffy can be found at: Staffay at MySpace |
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Jan 14 2010, 09:57 AM
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That's not good, I hate when that happens...
 If you're going for a Dell, you should check out the Dell Inspiron 580 * Intel® Core™ i3 Processor 530 (2.93GHz, 4MB) * Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English * 4096MB Dual Channel DDR3 1066MHz [4x1024] Memory * 640GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive * 16X DVD+/- RW Optical Drive (DVD & CD read and write) * NVIDIA® GeForce G310 512MB Graphics card * Integrated 7.1 channel audio Price: £479 Link: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/s...;l=en&s=dhs It's a pretty good machine for under £500 Good luck Emir! |
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Jan 14 2010, 10:36 AM
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Thanks guys. I appreciate your feedback.
@kahall It was working 1 hour after cleaning and stopped. I can't look on ebay as I need the new thing today. I am one of those that can't spend a minute without computer @JamesT Thanks man. Yes it was you who started that thread before, now I remember. Thanks for your advice. I have both SATA and IDE HDs. That's not a problem as I have the USB removable HD box. Any IDE can be plugged into that and connected via USB. @maharzan Yes man, my machine was very similar. @audiopaal This looks like a good deal. I'll have a look today. Thanks. -------------------- Check out my <a href="https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/instructor/Emir-Hot" target="_blank">Instructor profile</a>
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Jan 14 2010, 10:41 AM
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Oh, sorry to hear about that bro, must be a pain.
And you said it very well, computer industry has no mercy for older devices at all, you buy thing and after few months it might get too old!! I'm no expert at this so I really have nothing to suggest but I'm sure someone will.
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