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illicitstylz · 12-25-2009, 07:19 PM

UPDATE1

took a look at my motherboard for leaking/bulging/popped capacitors, none seen which is good.

I then removed a stick of ram, powered it on, and it powers up fine, typing this on said PC as we speak. Put the stick of ram back in the same slot (1 of 4 slots) and it didn't start up.

So far, Power Supply is fried and my kingston 1gb memory stick is fried as well.

What a great christmas "gift".

Good thing there's boxing day sales on right now.

Anything else I should check for damage?

12-25-2009, 07:19 PM	#3
illicitstylz Banned (ABWS) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Richmond Posts: 5,138 Thanked 2,216 Times in 510 Posts Failed 852 Times in 132 Posts	UPDATE1 took a look at my motherboard for leaking/bulging/popped capacitors, none seen which is good. I then removed a stick of ram, powered it on, and it powers up fine, typing this on said PC as we speak. Put the stick of ram back in the same slot (1 of 4 slots) and it didn't start up. So far, Power Supply is fried and my kingston 1gb memory stick is fried as well. What a great christmas "gift". Good thing there's boxing day sales on right now. Anything else I should check for damage?