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Geek Culture / computer's broke :(

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Manic
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Posted: 29th Aug 2006 20:44
it was working fine earlier, but it got rained on a bit while i was out. now the on button does nothing, although the standby light on the mobo is still on, so i presume the PSU is still working.

anyone got any ideas?

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 29th Aug 2006 20:50
One bit of advice, don't leave your computer outside matey

I'd let it dry out fully, similar sort of thing happened to my TV, the light would come on and look like it should work...but didn't, I don't know the problem, but giving it time and it worked...unfortunately that took a couple of months or so.

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Posted: 29th Aug 2006 20:50 Edited at: 29th Aug 2006 20:51
Open it up, and put it near a heater and/or a lamp. If there is anything that can store water than see if you can open it a crack. Then leave for quite a few hours. Perhaps use hair dryer on it. Once lots of hours has gone by then try booting it. If fails then buy each component again one at a time until it works (taking component back if fails). If suspect multiple component failure then buy all the bits again and keep replacing with the old ones one at a time until it works again. Then do a bit of mucking around to see what is still working and send the parts that don't need replacing back again. Annoying, but possible.

Hopefully drying out is all thats needed. I watched a gadget program the other day where a bloke jumped into a swimming pool with a bunch of gadgets then cracked them open (where possible) a little, and put them next to lamps and heaters for like a day. After that most of the gadgets worked again. If you are slightly wrong though and try the gadgets before totally dry then can fry the circuits, which may have happened to you. But hopefully only one or two peripherals are toast.

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 29th Aug 2006 20:51
Or Dazzag's might work, it kind of makes the drying time a lot quicker

Manic
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Posted: 29th Aug 2006 22:18
i'll leave it to dry out properly and get back to you in that case

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Posted: 1st Sep 2006 15:18
it was the PSU, so i'll have to order myself a new one.

I'm using a 230V one i found lying around the house, which is hopelessly under powering my system currently (i've only got one HD plugged in). occasionaly it bleeps at me to tell me its unhappy.

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Posted: 1st Sep 2006 20:01
230V?!!! Can you even power a gameboy on 230 volts?

Depending on what processor you have (anything new in the past few years) you should probably use about 300 watts. Most people who buy those 500w PSU's really don't need them.

I'm also curious to know why you computer was outside to begin with?

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Posted: 1st Sep 2006 20:09
lol, a motherboard used about 12volts I think (I might be thinking of the old 386/ 486 it's been years since I debt in Volts and Amps). I think he ment watts though. And yes it is possible to run a system on a 230W PSU, though there will likely be stability issues, and I'd turn off the USB, Serial and Firewire to be sure. I power my own machine with a 320W but I'd never go below that. I don't run a massively power hungry Graphics card, and am ordering a 400W case and PSU for my next system.

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Posted: 1st Sep 2006 20:54
yeah, sorry i do mean 230Watts, and it wasn't outside, i have an attic room, the window was open, and it rained.... a lot.

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