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It is good you have tracked down a fault it appears that capacitor failed explosively.

Most likely and hopefully this is the cause of all the problems. Unfortunately this can be a tricky situation ...

err.. I think just about the only thing inside a computer that makes a sizzling sound is a capacitor boiling it's electrolite and I don't think that should ever be considered 'totally normal' under an ...

Just for info, when I hacked my win7x64 to ACHI I only changed the 'Msahci' key to 0, i didnt touch the IastorV key. I also installed the ACHI driver supplied with my SSD before i tried rebooting int ...

Sorry to hear your PSU is fried - I hope it is easily fixable.

It wont be the ram causing that problem but more likely to be some fault on the motherboard (e.g. MOSFETs fried into a closed state), ...

I don't understand - you want to try out the other modes and I posted instructions on how to do simple reghacks in order to boot windows 7 into the other modes. I don't see how what I posted was far o ...

It sounds like you plugged in a known good PSU and are getting continious long beeps That generally indicates a memory fault but there are other things that can cause this error - including bad capa ...

If you are running SSD you really want to be running ACHI because it allows the SSD to manage itself much more effectively plus it is faster as well.

I put an SSD in my laptop recently and I had th ...

sounds like it could be bad caps

Not bad fora 3 year old laptop.
http://i.imgur.com/OQS9q.jpg

That is a good tip, this type of connecter is much easier to secure multiple wires to a terminal than the 'eruostyle' blocks, plus I have the option of using spade/ring connectores. I dont want PCB mo ...

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Topic: Burning up PSU
Twisty Replies: 10 Views: 757	Forum: Tech Support Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:59 am Subject: Burning up PSU
Twisty Replies: 10 Views: 757	It is good you have tracked down a fault it appears that capacitor failed explosively. Most likely and hopefully this is the cause of all the problems. Unfortunately this can be a tricky situation ...
Topic: strange noise from gpu
Twisty Replies: 25 Views: 1008	Forum: Tech Support Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:55 am Subject: strange noise from gpu
Twisty Replies: 25 Views: 1008	err.. I think just about the only thing inside a computer that makes a sizzling sound is a capacitor boiling it's electrolite and I don't think that should ever be considered 'totally normal' under an ...
Topic: kingston ssd firmware...
Twisty Replies: 7 Views: 1003	Forum: Tech Support Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:46 am Subject: kingston ssd firmware...
Twisty Replies: 7 Views: 1003	Just for info, when I hacked my win7x64 to ACHI I only changed the 'Msahci' key to 0, i didnt touch the IastorV key. I also installed the ACHI driver supplied with my SSD before i tried rebooting int ...
Topic: Burning up PSU
Twisty Replies: 10 Views: 757	Forum: Tech Support Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:25 am Subject: Burning up PSU
Twisty Replies: 10 Views: 757	Sorry to hear your PSU is fried - I hope it is easily fixable. It wont be the ram causing that problem but more likely to be some fault on the motherboard (e.g. MOSFETs fried into a closed state), ...
Topic: kingston ssd firmware...
Twisty Replies: 7 Views: 1003	Forum: Tech Support Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:11 am Subject: kingston ssd firmware...
Twisty Replies: 7 Views: 1003	I don't understand - you want to try out the other modes and I posted instructions on how to do simple reghacks in order to boot windows 7 into the other modes. I don't see how what I posted was far o ...
Topic: Burning up PSU
Twisty Replies: 10 Views: 757	Forum: Tech Support Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:21 am Subject: Burning up PSU
Twisty Replies: 10 Views: 757	It sounds like you plugged in a known good PSU and are getting continious long beeps That generally indicates a memory fault but there are other things that can cause this error - including bad capa ...
Topic: kingston ssd firmware...
Twisty Replies: 7 Views: 1003	Forum: Tech Support Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:57 pm Subject: kingston ssd firmware...
Twisty Replies: 7 Views: 1003	If you are running SSD you really want to be running ACHI because it allows the SSD to manage itself much more effectively plus it is faster as well. I put an SSD in my laptop recently and I had th ...
Topic: strange noise from gpu
Twisty Replies: 25 Views: 1008	Forum: Tech Support Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:15 pm Subject: strange noise from gpu
Twisty Replies: 25 Views: 1008	sounds like it could be bad caps
Topic: SuperPI challenge 2!
Twisty Replies: 23 Views: 19438	Forum: Overclockers Anonymous Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:15 pm Subject: SuperPI challenge 2!
Twisty Replies: 23 Views: 19438	Not bad fora 3 year old laptop. http://i.imgur.com/OQS9q.jpg
Topic: Skulltrail Behemoth
Twisty Replies: 8 Views: 872	Forum: Modding Work logs Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:40 am Subject: Skulltrail Behemoth
Twisty Replies: 8 Views: 872	That is a good tip, this type of connecter is much easier to secure multiple wires to a terminal than the 'eruostyle' blocks, plus I have the option of using spade/ring connectores. I dont want PCB mo ...

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