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So, my computer...

Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered User regular
edited March 2007 in Social Entropy++
Is broken. It sucks. I'm using a computer at my step-dad's towing company right now because apparently, when I turned off my computer, it didn't turn off. :| And then it over-heated, and fried a resistor (as my step-brother's tech-savvy friend told me after taking the thing apart) and now I need to buy a new one. How much should this cost? How hard is it to install?

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  • SpongeCakeSpongeCake Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    At least 50 bucks.


    I don't know.

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2007
    3.50

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    Can we get the chemicals in. 'Cause anything's better than this.
  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Apparently, someone painted over it with flesh-toned paint. Jeremy (the techno-sav) says that it's one of the biggest resistors he's ever seen, but doesn't know what the hell kind it is because they're color-coded or something... I just want it fixed.

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    so you need a new motherboard? eh depends but it won't be a lot.

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  • BuntaBunta Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Legacy wrote: »
    3.50

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  • StoverStover Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Bunta wrote: »
    Legacy wrote: »
    tree fittee

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  • tuggatugga Makin' movies Makin' songsRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Stover wrote: »
    Bunta wrote: »
    Legacy wrote: »
    tree fittee

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    You can get a decent used one for $200-300 if you can find a computer shop that sells them.

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  • RageRage Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    $200-300 for a resistor?

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  • mcpmcp Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    How much it costs depends on what kind of mainboard you need.

    What type of processor do you have? What type of RAM? Video Card? PCI Express or AGP?

    Find those things out and go to Newegg.

    They're easy to install.

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  • StarfuckStarfuck Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2007
    they paint it so you won't try yo replace it and just buy a new one

    go buy a new one

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  • StoverStover Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    's a nice tree.

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I've never heard of anyone trying to replace a blown resister before, instead of just replacing the motherboard. It's probably cheaper to just buy a new motherboard anyways, especially if your PC is over a year old. I'm talking like $50.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Rage wrote: »
    $200-300 for a resistor?

    I thought he meant he needed a new computer.

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  • redimpulseredimpulse Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Just replace your motherboard. Hopefully nothing else fried.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    It's a resistor in the little metal box that has the fan in it. Does that help?

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  • WeretacoWeretaco Cubicle Gangster Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    It's a resistor in the little metal box that has the fan in it. Does that help?

    That's probably just your power supply then.

    I'm partial to Antecs as they've saved my hardware before

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103937

    $69 and you should be good to go.

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  • StoverStover Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    That's the power supply, buy a new one.

    Probably with a higher wattage than the old one.

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited March 2007
    the larch

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Weretaco wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    It's a resistor in the little metal box that has the fan in it. Does that help?

    That's probably just your power supply then.

    I'm partial to Antecs as they've saved my hardware before

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103937

    $69 and you should be good to go.


    aye that clears it up, if its a resistor in the "little metal box" that's the power supply, those are right behind hard drive as like the number one most likely thing to fry. you'll be able to put your nose by the PS fan and it will stink and if you took it out of the computer and shook it, it would likely rattle.



    but yes just buy a new PS, it will only be tricky if you have something like a HP where it might have a funky special connector that most normal power supplies don't, because HP is a bitch that way.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    the larch

    heh

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  • RageRage Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    MKR wrote: »
    Rage wrote: »
    $200-300 for a resistor?

    I thought he meant he needed a new computer.

    yeah figured :)

    Even so, replacing a resistor is not like popping in a new stick of RAM, and a blown resistor due to overheat leads me to think there are pre-existing issues with that machine anyway. You may get the resistor soldered on there like a goddamn rockstar, but the moment you turn it on ZORT! ....blown resistor again.

    Get the model# and manufacturer off your existing motherboard, hit Newegg and find a replacement


    Edit: power supply, that is.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I'm surprised that I'm actually getting help. I expected "lol, lern 2 computer, n00b."


    :D

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    well who is to say that it was from overheating? I mean power supplies go out all the time. if it was overheating he may check out any case fans he has going and make sure they are actually spinning, and spinning at a decent rpm. Or perhaps has some empty case spots for a fan. Alternatively I suppose there are always card slot fans but I haven't seen those used in YEARS so I don't know if they'd been worth a damn.


    You can also download some software to read the temp of crap and fan RPMs while in windows, I don't know which are good and which are crap but here is a link to one: Speedfan

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  • WeretacoWeretaco Cubicle Gangster Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Chances are the power supply just died which they do eventually. If he's talking a really big resistor he might actually mean a capacitor. They are the large cylinders that will be in there. If you look at it, when they die they usually swell up and pop so if you see one that looks odd shaped that'd be your issue. You should also check your motherboard for any burn spots or other swollen capacitors to make sure it wasn't the board dying that caused the psu to die.

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  • RageRage Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    rockmonkey wrote: »
    well who is to say that it was from overheating? I mean power supplies go out all the time. if it was overheating he may check out any case fans he has going and make sure they are actually spinning, and spinning at a decent rpm. Or perhaps has some empty case spots for a fan. Alternatively I suppose there are always card slot fans but I haven't seen those used in YEARS so I don't know if they'd been worth a damn.


    You can also download some software to read the temp of crap and fan RPMs while in windows, I don't know which are good and which are crap but here is a link to one: Speedfan

    well....the OP did:
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Is broken. It sucks. I'm using a computer at my step-dad's towing company right now because apparently, when I turned off my computer, it didn't turn off. :| And then it over-heated, and fried a resistor (as my step-brother's tech-savvy friend told me after taking the thing apart) and now I need to buy a new one. How much should this cost? How hard is it to install?


    but point taken

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    just buy a new computer and send the old one to me to take care of

    you don't want a malfunctioning computer, do you?

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  • ToxicAvengerToxicAvenger Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Throw it against the wall.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    potatoe wrote: »
    just buy a new computer and send the old one to me to take care of

    you don't want a malfunctioning computer, do you?

    Ah, but why would you?

    HOIST BY YOUR OWN PITARD!








    Hm... pitard looks wrong... can we get a spell check on that? Spell check on pitard, aisle 2.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited March 2007
    petard

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  • GefahrMausGefahrMaus Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    the larch


    i know its late but this made my laugh while drinking coffee. . . .

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    petard

    ... ha, petard. that's petarded. captain petard...

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited March 2007
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    petard

    ... ha, petard. that's petarded. captain petard...

    :|

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Weretaco wrote: »
    Chances are the power supply just died which they do eventually. If he's talking a really big resistor he might actually mean a capacitor. They are the large cylinders that will be in there. If you look at it, when they die they usually swell up and pop so if you see one that looks odd shaped that'd be your issue. You should also check your motherboard for any burn spots or other swollen capacitors to make sure it wasn't the board dying that caused the psu to die.

    Capacitors don't really look at all similar to Resistors, and they do completely different things.

    I req. Picture of the supposedly damaged part for identification.

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    petard

    ... ha, petard. that's petarded. captain petard...

    :|

    I watched Idiocracy recently.

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  • WeretacoWeretaco Cubicle Gangster Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Ruckus wrote: »
    Weretaco wrote: »
    Chances are the power supply just died which they do eventually. If he's talking a really big resistor he might actually mean a capacitor. They are the large cylinders that will be in there. If you look at it, when they die they usually swell up and pop so if you see one that looks odd shaped that'd be your issue. You should also check your motherboard for any burn spots or other swollen capacitors to make sure it wasn't the board dying that caused the psu to die.

    Capacitors don't really look at all similar to Resistors, and they do completely different things.

    I req. Picture of the supposedly damaged part for identification.

    I realize that.. but based on the knowledge level of the OP he might be mistaken. It's also quite possible a cap blew and took the resistor with it.

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    petard

    ... ha, petard. that's petarded. captain petard...

    :|

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  • Sir Red of the MantiSir Red of the Manti Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Unless you've prodded each component in your power supply with a multimeter and know that just a single resistor has blown on you, I'd suck it up and grab another power supply, preferably by abusing some sort of manufacturer's warranty.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Defender wrote: »
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    petard

    ... ha, petard. that's petarded. captain petard...

    :|

    I watched Idiocracy recently.

    I enjoyed that movie. One of my favorite parts was the ATM-style Carl's Jr.





    "EXTRA BIG-ASS TACOOOOO!"

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Common resistors:
    http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w186/herebepixels/resistor-pr0n.jpg (slightly NSFW, but it's just circuitry in compromising positions)

    Common capacitors
    http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w186/herebepixels/capacitor.jpg

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