worst..feeling..ever...

[swbsam]

got the parts for my new htpc build and eagerly waiting all week to put everything together. Everything's running great - I install windows 7 and notice that the atsc tuner's not detected.
Open my case and notice the card isn't sitting completely right - I nudge it with perhaps too much force and hear a slight crackle.

Plug everything in..

The system will not boot.

ARGH!!!


ok, i know there are far worse things to happen....

 

[JohnCU]

richardE had a more worse feeling

 

[her209]

Repost?

 

[keird]

No that's the worse... or worst. Whatever's in vogue now.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

You didn't attempt to reseat/push the card in with the power connected, did you?

 

[swbsam]

Originally posted by: PieIsAwesome
You didn't attempt to reseat/push the card in with the power connected, did you?

Nope, power cord was unplugged

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Originally posted by: swbsam

Originally posted by: PieIsAwesome
You didn't attempt to reseat/push the card in with the power connected, did you?

Nope, power cord was unplugged

Grounded yourself first?

 

[Bignate603]

Electrical crackle or plastic breaking crackle?

 

[moparacer]

Probably a plastic crackle.

I had that happen once with a new build and a P4T-E mobo that I had a hard time installing the memory in.

Spent the whole weekend slobbering over my tears trying to get it to boot to no avail.....

 

[swbsam]

Originally posted by: Bignate603
Electrical crackle or plastic breaking crackle?

Plastic. It was pretty faint too - I don't even see any cracks on the board.

I placed an order for a replacement on Friday but I sure hope all of my components are safe.

NOT FUN.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: swbsam

Originally posted by: Bignate603
Electrical crackle or plastic breaking crackle?

Plastic. It was pretty faint too - I don't even see any cracks on the board.

I placed an order for a replacement on Friday but I sure hope all of my components are safe.

NOT FUN.

Replacement mobo?

 

[Spineshank]

I remember the first time i hit the motherboard with a screw driver...i actually hit a trace line and that was all she wrote.

 

[Linflas]

No worst feeling ever is using ASUS Winflash on a brand new MB.

 

[swbsam]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: swbsam

Originally posted by: Bignate603
Electrical crackle or plastic breaking crackle?

Plastic. It was pretty faint too - I don't even see any cracks on the board.

I placed an order for a replacement on Friday but I sure hope all of my components are safe.

NOT FUN.

Replacement mobo?

Yessir, I actually ordered a different brand because a few of the otherwise 400+ positive reviews on newegg for my last board mentioned people having very similar issues.

 

[phreaqe]

Originally posted by: Linflas
No worst feeling ever is using ASUS Winflash on a brand new MB.

i did that twice, except it was not a brand new motherboard. i tried to flash my bios from a floppy(this was about 7,8 9 whatever years ago on my amd k6-2-500mhz) it failed and bricked the motherboard. i was pissed but was like whatever, i have a totally different motherboard i will use. i build the whole thing agian and boot it. then i have an "oh frick" moment when i realized i left the floppy in the floppy drive and it just tried to flash the bios to the wrong bios and bricked the second motherboard. 2 dead motherboards in 1 day. fortunalty this was not my main computer. i had just upgraded to a amd thunderbird 1.2ghz, but i was still pissed.