PC Tech Thread

How do you know there's power. Do you get to the BIOS Post?

Doh, that would be because I had it plugged into the graphics card, that's not close to working. Now it won't even hold on power again!

No, just fans were running, but that was about it.

OK, getting somewhere, swapped out the RAM, now attempting system restore.

Edit: not necessary apparently. W10 back up and running, hopefully it was just failing RAM causing the BSOD. Thanks LFGSS, I couldn't have done it without you!

You can get a PCI diagnostic card which may tell you more https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motherboard-Diagnostic-Card-4-Digit-Analyzer-x/dp/B00H51J166 (I've never used this one, just the first that came up on Amazon).

Nice one, there is one known error that's caused a crash before, but I've never gotten around to fixing it. This time round was something different, pretty sure it was the RAM dying.

I guess you realise this but you will probably find the issue is only with one stick of RAM and the other(s) will be fine.

That will happen. Also make sure you've got the ram sticks in the right sockets if it's a pair

Doesn't make any real difference.

You say that, but I fell foul of it once and the bios wouldn't boot at all.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE EXTENSION LEAD EVERYONE.

(gamed for 2 hours no probs).

Fingers crossed.

Called it. Always plug directly into the mains.

Learn something new everyday! Cheers babes, was just about to throw £100 down the drain on a new psu too.

IT JUST BLOODY DID IT AGAIN. FFS.

Playing video games at 2pm on a weekday?

Bloody freelancers.

Have to break up the masturbation somehow...

new computer time.

REALLY? ALL OF IT?

from the sounds of it, all that masturbation has gummed this one up.

you know that nice 32" screen I got...

just knocked it over, not even a tiny mark on the screen.

Turn on and craaaaaaaaaackkkkk across the whole fucking screen.

Piss.

Butter fingers...

Partly my fault, partly the fucking pathetically shallow and unstable boomerang shaped stand. I shifted the desk back and that was enough for it to topple : /

That's less than two months use. Fucking annoyed.