I went back to troubleshooting my expensive box of dysfunctional hardware today, but I actually couldn’t test any further. The next thing to check was the power supply, but I didn’t have a spare ATX unit to pop in.<\/p>\n\n
Sadly, I had to bite the bullet and take the thing into a trusted PC shop. There, the bloke tried a new power supply, but it made no difference. That leaves pretty much just the CPU and motherboard to test. I bet it ends up being the sodding motherboard. That’ll give me another thing to send back to the place I purchased it. What a hassle. Buying hardware on-line is fine when everything works, but when it doesn’t…<\/p>\n\n
Anyway, they probably won’t even start to look at it until early next week, so I’ll forget about it for the next few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I went back to troubleshooting my expensive box of dysfunctional hardware today, but I actually couldn’t test any further. The next thing to check was the power supply, but I didn’t have a spare ATX unit to pop in. Sadly, … Continue reading