Depressing news... my PC fried...

[ivanmmj]

Hey guys... As some of you may know, my desktop has been acting funny...
Today I reinstalled windows... after an update, the BIOS wouldn't post... I checked it out and plugged in the SLI auxilary plug to see if it wasn't getting enough power... next thing I saw when I turned it on was sparks and smoke...

:(:(:(

My PC turns on but it's not detecting any harddrives... the smoke came from the harddrives... I'm pretty sure at least ONE of them is completely fried... and either the others also fried or the motherboard's ATA channels are fried...

Either way, that's a HUGE data loss... including most of my kitchen files. :-( I'm very sad right now because that means that my personal computer is done for... all my pictures and stuff are gone... everything I have ever worked to make... all my stuff...

*sigh* Well... you probably won't be seeing much from me for a while... I won't have the money to buy anything to replace the burnt out parts any time soon. The CleanROM final was stored in my external drive, so at least that SHOULD be safe... it was also plugged in to my desktop, though... so I'll be praying on that one.

:(
I'm really bummed out...

[hidavi]

You got a paypal? I'm sure people here would be more than happy to help you replace it.

[bio88]

Aah, i had the same thing. So %#$%ed up. But it'll be ok!

An USB drive wont spark if your PC does. I saw many of these cases in my profession, USB drive always survives, so im quite sure itll be ok.

[Kuuf]

Poor ivanmmj. I know the feeling. It sucks.
And than you think, why don't I take backups...

[ttran001]

[QUOTE=ivanmmj;1811872]Hey guys... As some of you may know, my desktop has been acting funny...
Today I reinstalled windows... after an update, the BIOS wouldn't post... I checked it out and plugged in the SLI auxilary plug to see if it wasn't getting enough power... next thing I saw when I turned it on was sparks and smoke...

Hey bro,

Donation on the way, it's all of the funds currently in my paypal account. A lot of it was from users that donated to my Open Touch rom. It might not be a lot but I think its a start.

Good luck bro,

[ivanmmj]

Hey guys. I'm thankful for the donation. I can't really take your money, though. I'd feel weird taking it. I didn't earn it. But I really appreciate the thought!!! I'll be returning the funds in a few minutes.

[hebrewhammer]

How does that happen? I've only heard of that once and it was because he shoved an agp8x card in a 4x slot. Was the card only half way in or something?

[ivanmmj]

My motherboard has a MOLEX connector that provides extra power to the motherboard when using SLI. I think my mobo was just going bad.

BTW: I will return the donation on my break. Currently at work and don't want to pull up personal information logged in here.

[CommZ]

My PC was acting ... weird too last week. Finally I realized (by replacing various componets from another PC) the power supply was bad, when I replaced it everything was OK.

Try to put the hard drives into another PC, they shouldn't be able to fry it.