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[Normandiee]

ok.. i was playing css today and out of no where my computer jsut shuts down... and nmow it doesnt wanna start again.. i tried unplugging replugging and turning the powerbar off turning it back on.. nothing works.. and the computer is not hot at all or doesnt smell like any burning :p .. any ideas what could have hapenned?

i know a couple days ago my mom randomly updated windows and it said you maybe a victim of counterfeiting, which i kinda am.. so i reformatted my computer and i played css for like 2 hours and then it randomly shut down.. would it be possible taht microsoft found out i copied xp and crashed my computer?... thats waht hapenned to my uncle.. or thats what i heard form a cousin... i dont know


help me.ca

[DeathSniper]

If your computer just shuts down in the middle of something - it's more likely due to a hardware failure. The power supply is probably the first component you want to check, as iirc this is one of the main symptoms of it failing.

There is no way that Microsoft will "crash" your computer due to detecting a pirated/counterfeited copy on it. At best it would lock you would after 30 days - and afaik if you've already got it installed/authenticated, that doesn't happen; instead you'll get this annoying wscertify.exe popup telling you you have a counterfeited copy (which you then have to safemode/regedit away).

[Normandiee]

then why isnt my computer starting anymore? and how am i supose to make it start up again..?

[Crayola]

when you have your computer hooked up to the power supply and ur ps is turned on, is the led on your mobo on?

[syndrome]

i would be willing to place bets on the power supply

[Normandiee]

Yeah i'm pretty sure its the powe4r supply.. ill check that out tomorow.

[RANDOM H3RO]

or mobo, when mine took a dump last year it was the exact same symptoms as you described.

[pig]

haha

same, my mobo crapped out on me. Just stopped working one day, i got alot of use outta that bad boy though.

gl norm.

[Normandiee]

lmfao... its actually the wire who like burned. haha

[Calamity Gundam]

were you lighting cigars in your case again o_O?

[jefftheworld]

PSU's seem to be the first thing to go in most systems. It's because most PC companies put cheap no-name units in, to cut costs, and a lot of people do the same when custom building. My first custom build went through 3 PSU's within a couple years before I decided to pay out for a decent unit.

[WiseGuy]

lol jeff, im in exactly the same boat, went through 3 cheap psu's in about 2 years and said SCREW THAT and dropped decent money on one.

[chris]

PSU is the most commonly overlooked part of any custom/upgraded rigg.