Computer advice needed

[CookMySock]

join the KB IRC chat channel more online help. Someone is usually around to help in real-time. Reply here if you are not sure how to do this.

We'll get you sorted.

DB

[Deviant Esq]

join the KB IRC chat channel more online help. Someone is usually around to help in real-time. Reply here if you are not sure how to do this.

We'll get you sorted.

That'd be a good plan - only, I'm at work at the moment and while I get away with browsing KB I probably wouldn't get away with chatting on IRC! Maybe tonight. Hoping to hear back from the shop sometime today, if not, I'll be without my comp for the long weekend. Bah!

[Deviant Esq]

The shop now reckons that my USB flash card reader is faulty. Now I'm going to cry bullshit on this one. I have a strong feeling that if they tried it in another PC it would be fine. They say without it in there the USB works fine, thinks it's 2.0, and doesn't go in and out all the time. We shall see.

[Spuds1234]

I reckon its the ram, but the usb card reader could have gone when your PSU went. Its been known to happen when a psu goes.

You got lucky. Normally it can take HDDs Graphics cards, ram, hell anything attached to it in one form or another.

[CookMySock]

The shop now reckons that my USB flash card reader is faulty.

oh those are cheap. one on tm for a few bux for sure. anyway dmesg will cry foul and spit errors for miles if it is faulty.

Going to tga for a beer tonight, so will be back around 9pm hopefully.

DB

[pete376403]

You've got new board, new processor, new ram, new power supply and formatted the disks. Apart from the video card, there's not that much of the original PC left is there? Leave out everything it doesn't need. Once it's stable in that condition, start adding the extras, one at a time.

[Deviant Esq]

I've got it back now, with the faulty USB card reader still in the case but unplugged, and it seems, at this point at least, to be working well. So, my fingers are crossed. I'm a bit disillusioned though... very much considering a switch to Linux or Ubuntu because of the constant issues Windows always has.

I actually got some news today that's so good it mitigates the crap I've been dealing with with the computer, so that's something at least.

Thanks for all your ideas and assistance though, owe a couple of you guys a beer next time I'm up norf. Planning on a trip next summer actually, so keep in touch.