My Computer was just on FIRE!

[Xzin]

More like Hellfire.

[zanthor]

l2use a vacuum sorry

No no no no no! NEVER Vacuum your computer! Use compressed air.

Air and dust traveling up a tube creates a LOT of static, this static commonly discharges from the tip of the vacuum to the logic board in a fashion that is quite destructive. When I was working retail PC Repair I got these calls on a regular basis "I vacuumed out my computer and now it doesn't work, do you know why?" and invariably it was ESD damage!

[Monkofdoom]

i'm sorry.. i realize you are a very sad panda, but...

i was really killing myself, picturing you saying

'wtf?! wtf?! WTF?!!?!?!?'

like 50 times on your way to the sink (i know... that's bad of me.. but it's sadistic geek humor, strikes a cord..)

I lol'd too

[Nisch]

it is an Emachine

I read up until there........and thought to myself "well there's your problem" :P

[-silencer-]

"it is an Emachine"

That's your problem. Emachines have in my experience had very poor power supply quality.

I agree. All (Dell, HP, Compaq, Gateway, eMachines, etc) mass-market economy-model (less true for 'top-end' XPS-type systems) computers cut corners in component quality, with power supplies and motherboards being the easiest to use cheaply. I worked as a computer tech while in college, and I saw enough of the symptoms of cheap quality in every one of these manufacturer's computers. Faulty power supplies, cheap motherboards with bad capacitors, and corrupt memory sticks were the main culprits of problems. Go to newegg and search for a component *only by price* and you'll see what I'm talking about. The CPU itself will usually be the same AMD/Intel that any of us can purchase, but in these economy computers, when you see that $12.99 400W power supply, that's what they're using. Motherboard for $35, memory for $20.. all those cheap components add up to the savings (and lack of quality) you get when you purchase a cheap "name-brand" computer.

I don't mind helping friends/family repair quality systems, but when one comes to me with a problem on their $499 computer, I tell them it's not worth the time to fix one component with so many other bad (and old/slow) components capable of ruining the system anyway. Do it right - if you buy a computer, don't go cheap - things will fail. This doesn't mean you have to spend $2k on a machine - there are plenty of options using high quality at a lower price. However, expecting a computer to be of quality for under $800 isn't reasonable.

[pomo]

if i had a emachine i would drown it as well. no need to make up that the computer was on fire . just should have posted
you drowned it since you have a better main. :thumbsup:

[crzywolve]

I must say I lol'd too ... sry. I do agree thou, SCREEN SHOT!! I would love to see a pic of that. As for the "economy" computers ... I used to have a Dell Demention 1100 .... nuff said.



Smitty

[Eteocles]

My grandmother got my sister an emachines too...what a surprise, the power supply failed a lil while later and had to be replaced. The whole thing sucks in general, but I suppose that's what you get for a boxed $500 computer vs custom-building your own like I did with mine for similar cost but with specs that make the emachine look like a fucking Speak n Spell in comparison.

[Sanctume]

I think you needed a water cooling solution for the emachine.
But you're suppose to have the solution in place prior to literally pouring water when the fire broke out.

[maqz]

l2use a vacuum sorry

No no no no no! NEVER Vacuum your computer! Use compressed air.

Air and dust traveling up a tube creates a LOT of static, this static commonly discharges from the tip of the vacuum to the logic board in a fashion that is quite destructive. When I was working retail PC Repair I got these calls on a regular basis "I vacuumed out my computer and now it doesn't work, do you know why?" and invariably it was ESD damage!

Anti static bracelet + vacuum cleaner with a metal tube FTW! 8o

(Yeah, I really do use one of those bracelets. A green one.)