Nils’ Geek Blog

A few days ago my computer crashed. After replacing the motherboard and the PSU I sadly discovered that two of my harddrives were destroyed. The one in the picture was in fact only a few months old! A brand new Seagate Barracuda. Strangely enough did my Hitachi SATA-drive manage to “stay alive”. Maybe it’s because it was using SATA-power instead of the conventional 4-pin power plug. I dunno…
The saddest part of my story, is that of course I had most of my picture backups stored the burned drive. I’ve actually been discussing backup solutions lately, but haven’t gotten to do anything about it. It’s SO typical!

I will probably register with streamload or amazon’s jungledisc soon.

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A couple of days ago I put my computer to sleep before I got to bed (even though it’s silent…it’s then quiet;) ). When I tried to wake it up, it didn’t!

Then I tried just about everything…from trying another PSU to removing all components and reinstalling them one by one. The PSU was intact. So was also the harddrives, and the memory (tested in one of my other computers).

I’ve been using computers since I was 5-6 years old, and I think I was about 10 the first time I actually opened a pc. I have however not experienced this happening this silently before. I don’t think there was lightning that night…

Now I’m crossing my fingers and hope that it’s the motherboard. I’ve ordered another Asus A8N-SLI Premium, and ofcourse a Belkin SurgeMaster Superior 6.

UPDATE: It was the motherboard. However, the powersupply made terrible noises when I started the computer after replacing the motherboard. So now I’ve ordered a 500w MIST PSU.

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