<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Intel support is freaking amazing from my experiences with them, so is EVGA and Thermaltake. but i haven't talked to thermaltake in some time.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 4:54 PM, AZ Pete <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:plug@cactusfamily.com" target="_blank">plug@cactusfamily.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Hi All,<br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">I t<font face="Calibri">hought I<font face="Calibri">'d report back with the resolution t<font face="Calibri">o this mess. First of all, thanks to all t<font face="Calibri">he help<font face="Calibri">ful
suggestions.<br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">My power
supply was in fact <font face="Calibri">bad<font face="Calibri">. </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">My
<font face="Calibri">power
supply was
under
warranty, <font face="Calibri">but
Seaso<font face="Calibri">nic
doe<font face="Calibri">sn't
offer advance<font face="Calibri">d
shipping so, </font></font></font>I
had to buy a <font face="Calibri">replacement
from F<font face="Calibri">ry'<font face="Calibri">s
<font face="Calibri">d<font face="Calibri">uring
the shipp<font face="Calibri">ing
of my
defective one
back to
Seasonic.<br>
<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">W<font face="Calibri">hen
I in</font></font>stalled
the <font face="Calibri">new
power supply I
bought <font face="Calibri">from
F<font face="Calibri">ry's</font></font>,
<font face="Calibri">t</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Calibri">his led m<font face="Calibri">e
</font>to di<font face="Calibri">scover that
my In<font face="Calibri">tel <font face="Calibri">mother board was <font face="Calibri">bad. This particular<font face="Calibri"> <font face="Calibri">b<font face="Calibri">oard </font>ha<font face="Calibri">s</font> a post
test card <font face="Calibri">b<font face="Calibri">uil<font face="Calibri">t</font> <font face="Calibri">in<font face="Calibri">to it and
the hex codes<font face="Calibri"> wer<font face="Calibri">en't
even being display<font face="Calibri">ed.<font face="Calibri">
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">The <font face="Calibri">board was s<font face="Calibri">till under the 3 year
wa<font face="Calibri">rranty (by a
couple months)<font face="Calibri">.
</font></font></font></font></font>I
called I<font face="Calibri">ntel and</font></font>
they <font face="Calibri">advanced shipped m<font face="Calibri">e a replacement<font face="Calibri">. <font face="Calibri">After
I <font face="Calibri">installed the
n<font face="Calibri">ew mother
board, the onboard diag<font face="Calibri">nostics </font></font></font></font>indic<font face="Calibri">ated that the CPU was
def<font face="Calibri">ecti<font face="Calibri">v<font face="Calibri">e. I a<font face="Calibri">gain called
Intel since the CPU was al<font face="Calibri">so still
under wa<font face="Calibri">rranty.
Again<font face="Calibri">,
Intel advanced sh<font face="Calibri">ipped m<font face="Calibri">e a
replacement CPU. </font></font></font>After
I installed the new CPU,
the system booted<font face="Calibri"> back to
<font face="Calibri">W<font face="Calibri">i<font face="Calibri">ndows
7<font face="Calibri">.
Whoo whoo!<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><br>
<font face="Calibri">After
getting back <font face="Calibri">to
"nor<font face="Calibri">mal",
I <font face="Calibri">also
discovered
that my DVD b<font face="Calibri">urner
was al<font face="Calibri">so<font face="Calibri">
blown out<font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">.
No big deal
since I hardly
use it, bu<font face="Calibri">t
I have one on
order from New<font face="Calibri">egg.<br>
<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>I
ha<font face="Calibri">ve
to <font face="Calibri">admi<font face="Calibri">t
that Intel was
very <font face="Calibri">good
at handl<font face="Calibri">ing
my <font face="Calibri">warranty
support and
didn't <font face="Calibri">give
me the <font face="Calibri">run
around in any
way. How<font face="Calibri">ever,
I did have to
pa<font face="Calibri">y
$25 <font face="Calibri">to
a<font face="Calibri">dva<font face="Calibri">nce
sh<font face="Calibri">ip
each part
overnight<font face="Calibri">,
oth<font face="Calibri">erwise
i<font face="Calibri">t
would have
taken several
days for each
item.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">The
<font face="Calibri">Seasonic
po<font face="Calibri">wer
supply, while
a gre<font face="Calibri">at
product, had
very p<font face="Calibri">oor
customer
service<font face="Calibri">.
I wouldn't <font face="Calibri">recommend
<font face="Calibri">Se<font face="Calibri">asonic
power suppli<font face="Calibri">es
<font face="Calibri">d<font face="Calibri">ue
to the<font face="Calibri">ir
very poor <font face="Calibri">cu<font face="Calibri">s<font face="Calibri">tomer
suppo<font face="Calibri">rt
(no adv<font face="Calibri">anced
shipping<font face="Calibri">
<font face="Calibri">and
ema<font face="Calibri">il
only support
whi<font face="Calibri">ch
took several
days for them
to respond to)</font></font></font></font></font>.<br>
<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Calibri">It
was a
nightmare
couple of
weeks, b<font face="Calibri">ut
I<font face="Calibri">'m
bac<font face="Calibri">k
to where I <font face="Calibri">was<font face="Calibri">.</font></font></font></font></font><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>
I'm so g<font face="Calibri">lad I had ab<font face="Calibri">solutely no data loss<font face="Calibri"> <font face="Calibri">(<font face="Calibri">h</font></font></font>owever,
I do run my drives in a RAID 1 m<font face="Calibri">irror and <font face="Calibri">take da<font face="Calibri">i<font face="Calibri">ly
and weekly backups).</font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
</font></font><br>
I've been in IT a lo<font face="Calibri">ng(!)
time and <font face="Calibri">the last time I
saw this kind of cascade har<font face="Calibri">d<font face="Calibri">ware
failure on a PC <font face="Calibri">was
in the <font face="Calibri">4</font>86
days!<br>
<br>
Th<font face="Calibri">anks!<br>
<font face="Calibri">Peter<br>
<br>
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<div>On 4/22/2014 3:38 PM, Wayne Davis
wrote:<br>
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<div>The advise of check the PSU is the
easiest to test, especially if you have a spare. Bad PSU's can
do all kinds of weird stuff. Test by using another PSU.<br>
<br>
ONE WORD OF CAUTION: SOME DELL PSU's are not wired the normal
way. If your system is one of them, and you put in a standard
PSU, you CAN destroy the PSU AND the MB. Be careful about
that. Check online if you think you may have a DELL MB/PSU,<br>
<br>
<br>
On 04/21/2014 10:18 PM, AZ Pete wrote:<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Hi All,<br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">I'<font face="Calibri">m<font face="Calibri"> <font face="Calibri">having ser<font face="Calibri">ious </font></font></font></font>hardware
issue<font face="Calibri">s with my <font face="Calibri">main<font face="Calibri"> dev box and <font face="Calibri">it
is now completely down.<br>
<font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">It's a <font face="Calibri">f<font face="Calibri">a<font face="Calibri">irly high end
custom system<font face="Calibri">
</font></font>(RAID, custom<font face="Calibri"> cooling<font face="Calibri">,<font face="Calibri"> etc) </font></font></font></font>t<font face="Calibri">hat <font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">I buil<font face="Calibri">t myself and ha<font face="Calibri">s<font face="Calibri"> been quite
stable for several years.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Calibri">The box powers up and the LEDs
on the m<font face="Calibri">otherboard light.
But it n<font face="Calibri">ever rea<font face="Calibri">ches <font face="Calibri">POST.<br>
<font face="Calibri">The M/B <font face="Calibri">has an LED <font face="Calibri">that<font face="Calibri"> <font face="Calibri">displays the
boot <font face="Calibri">hex
codes on the board as it
goes thru POST. <font face="Calibri">No<font face="Calibri">thing
is<font face="Calibri">
<font face="Calibri">being
displayed.<br>
I've tried <font face="Calibri">pu<font face="Calibri">lling
<font face="Calibri">out
the vid<font face="Calibri">eo
card and
disconnecting
all the peri<font face="Calibri">pher<font face="Calibri">al<font face="Calibri">s<font face="Calibri">,<font face="Calibri">
but that didn<font face="Calibri">'t
help.<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">I'm
thinking that
the
motherboard
may<font face="Calibri">
be <font face="Calibri">the</font></font></font><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">
problem</font></font></font></font></font></font></font>.
<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">I'd
like to take
it <font face="Calibri">in
<font face="Calibri">for
serv<font face="Calibri">ice
to have it
properly
diagnosed.
Does anyone <font face="Calibri">know
<font face="Calibri">of
a<font face="Calibri">ny
good hardware
<font face="Calibri">rep<font face="Calibri">air
p<font face="Calibri">laces
in town?<br>
I was thinking
<font face="Calibri">of
Data Doctors<font face="Calibri">,
but don't <font face="Calibri">know
if t<font face="Calibri">hey<font face="Calibri">
<font face="Calibri">are
capable to
handle <font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">something
that is not<font face="Calibri">
fr<font face="Calibri">om
</font></font>a
major manufac<font face="Calibri">turer.</font></font><br>
I<font face="Calibri">s
Fry's
Electronic<font face="Calibri">s
any good?<br>
<br>
</font></font>Any
help would be
most appreci<font face="Calibri">ated.
<font face="Calibri">And
the faster the
better<font face="Calibri">.
:)<br>
<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Calibri">Tha<font face="Calibri">nks
for your help.<br>
<font face="Calibri">Peter<br>
<br>
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