Mah PC is bleeding!

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » November 12th, 2009, 22:19

Sounds like you need a UPS before you start again

Post by **HereComesPete** » November 12th, 2009, 22:22

I've bought another surge protecty plug strip, can't afford a ups though. Really should just move out of hicksville yorkshire though, it truly is bat country and I shouldn't stop here.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 12th, 2009, 22:31

HereComesPete wrote:I've bought another surge protecty plug strip, can't afford a ups though. Really should just move out of hicksville yorkshire though, it truly is bat country and I shouldn't stop here.

Too many Yorkshiremen too

Post by **HereComesPete** » November 12th, 2009, 22:36

Damn straight there is, good for winding up about it all being the wrong side of the pennines. And the war of the roses and the cricket/rugby/football*.

*not so much this season, we're having a total 'mare at anfield.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » November 12th, 2009, 22:48

PM me your address? I'll throw a few odds and sods in the post for tribbleshooting goodness.

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 5th, 2009, 17:38

Fuuuuck!

Playing a bit of vampire masquerade and it crashed, as it does, but now the fucker has restarted into the usual loop of broke rage inducing rage.

I think I may just sell the new bits and spend all my savings and a lot of credit card on a new pc.

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 16th, 2009, 20:41

Anyonr RMA'd a gigabyte mobo before, I can't seem to find where to look.

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » December 16th, 2009, 20:44

Dunno if US is the one you want or not...but here it is:

http://rma.gigabyte.us/DirectRMA/EndUser_Main.asp

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » December 16th, 2009, 20:45

Fire an email to the people you bought it from, they normally help with that.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 16th, 2009, 20:45

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/ServiceCenter.aspx

unless you bought it from ocock, who will probably RMA it faster.

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » December 16th, 2009, 20:46

yar...where u bought it first though...

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 16th, 2009, 21:18

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/ServiceCenter.aspx

I could not see that. Possibly the alcolol. It was dabs and they just plain refuse to take the return saying its straight into the manufacturers warranty unless it's a distance selling thinger. I've emailed them for clarification on that though.

They don't like making it easy to get your money back, I've got a perfectly happy 650watt corsair modular psu I want to return to get a more powerful one for a new i7 rig I will build, but it's direct replacement under warranty. That's no good.

This is a result of getting the bloody thing back from the shop and them still not being sure but pointing fingers at the cpu, I might try and rma that too.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 16th, 2009, 21:21

Offer still stands for spare shit for diagnosis/get you back running again.

have 2x775 CPUs, 1x striker extreme (iffy but works), handful of rams.

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 16th, 2009, 22:40

The new mobo is fucked. It's at the point where it's an rma on the mobo and try an rma on the q6600 (it was retail after all and hasn't had some harsh overclocks thrown at it.) Or shell on another core 2 quad.

Or a whole new build on the i7 platform, which is rather expensive but would provide a better return for the outlay differences.

And I'm not sure the 650 watt psu is going to be enough for an i7/5870 system so I'll have to try and get money back on that or sell it for as much as I can.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » December 16th, 2009, 22:43

Rma the broken stuff, get new boxed versions, flog on ebay. Buy new stuff?

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 17th, 2009, 0:03

I'm thinking that too. Such a fucking faff on though. And I hate ebay.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 17th, 2009, 0:12

flog them on 5punk then?