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    Just got back from progbuddy's, and I have some bad news... it seems as though the motherboard is messed up, we put one of his spare CPUs in, and it tried to burn the crap out of that one too. He took some pictures, and we're gonna try to get ahold of BIOSTAR and get a replacement or refund, hopefully a refund, I'd like something more recent anyway... it seems as though the title of this thread should go from "Computer Upgrading" to "Computer Problem Resolving."

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    my dad has a socket A Thunderbird CPU.... it's as slow as..... a....... turrrrrtllllee.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronyx View Post
    my dad has a socket A Thunderbird CPU.... it's as slow as..... a....... turrrrrtllllee.
    lol. What sauce would you like with that BBQ CPU?
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    lolz, i'll have to pass on it this time,
    I've Upgraded =D
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    Okay, here's the deal, I just ordered some replacement stuff for my PC. I also got that video card I've been wanting for a while, and it should all be here by (hopefully) Saturday. Here are the links:

    Thermal Paste:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835100012

    Motherboard:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138275

    CPU:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116249

    Video Card:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814141026

    Video Card replacement heatsink:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186001

    I'd have to say:

    1. This experience has f***ing sucked, but been a good learning experience.
    2. Having a job pays off.
    3. I just got bashed in the face on the value of money... $340... wow, I'll still not be over this for a few weeks at the very least.
    4. The feeling of getting my PC up and running again soon feels NICE.

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    glad you've made it through man, trust me, that first time you load it all up is totally worth it =]
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    I wouldn't doubt it... I'm excited, but I'm hoping nothing dies like it did before, progbuddy says the PSU is fine, but I'm not really sure, I'll have to ask him again about what the whole problem was, and hopefully I don't have to RMA the PSU... that would be annoying. After this I'll save up for a while until my bank account is around $1000 before I buy anything again, such as that water cooler. Or maybe that could be a gift for earning my Eagle rank in Boy Scouts... that would be nice. I'm also going to have to get Oblivion and another couple games that I'm interested in, such as Supreme Commander and C&C 3. I've been trying to keep myself occupied playing Morrowind on our Xbox, which has been fun, except for the screwed up a lot (in character design) and am on my seventh character... there's virtually nowhere to train in that game except for the quests, those require a LOT of running around, and dying when you fight some crazy dude after killing his eight buddies that were also bad news...

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    Nice. Just make sure to run a burn-in (NOT literally, lol) test on the CPU to get the arctic silver set.
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    24hour burn in is recommended. just leave it on for a night or so and you should be fine. doesn't even have to have anything hooked up to it.
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    Okay. I'll do that when the mobo comes in on Monday. I had to RMA the vid card heatsink I bought because there were a few capacitors in the way... so I'm going to order a different style one where you build it around the card, according to the reviews, they work better anyway.

    EDIT: What do you mean by burn-in test?

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