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Is my mobo dying?

SeanW · 2006-04-03 16:51:29

My computer has never been the most reliable with some PCI cards but I think my mobo is on it's last legs. I'm using an early 2002 Dell Dimension, with a TV Tuner card a network card both things I added in the last year. Just now, both died simultaneously for a few seconds, TV reception went blank and the net connection…

03-04-2006 4:51pm

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My computer has never been the most reliable with some PCI cards but I think my mobo is on it's last legs.

I'm using an early 2002 Dell Dimension, with a TV Tuner card a network card both things I added in the last year.

Just now, both died simultaneously for a few seconds, TV reception went blank and the net connection failed.

Is this is a sign of motherboard trouble?

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#2 03-04-2006 4:57pm

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That sounds like a power surge or drop out , get a surge protector socket strip and see how the system holds up after that , you may just have mains dropouts , computers do not like that sort of thing.
Most other appliances arent bothered with em.

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#3 03-04-2006 5:06pm

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have a surge surpressor already.

Probably a power-drop-off.

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#4 03-04-2006 5:53pm

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If it was a power blip, or you live in an area with dodgey power, A UPS (uninteruptable power supply) is what you need, They are around €100 and will keep your PC going for a few minutes even in a power cut;)

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