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Bad luck, both of my PCs have gone down
🕑 Added 2020-07-16 10:02:27 +0000 UTCThe CPU went out on the PC I built at the start of this year. I'm entirely unsure what caused it, and I tried everything there is in the book to try and get it working. A very good friend helped me out and ordered a new CPU for me and that should be in on Wednesday the 22nd. Until then I'm going to try and work from my non-pro iPad (the size limits me a bit) and maybe hang out with my family in the meantime. Praying that the motherboard is indeed correct and that the CPU was the faulty part. I really can't afford the back-and-forth game of figuring out a solution.
Figured I would dust off my old PC from 2013, hooked up my GPU, ran a couple of updates and... nothing. Black screen. Windows makes an attempt to repair itself aaannnd... black screen. I try to reset windows, same issue. I try to do a "delete everything" reset, same issue. The only thing I was able to do was get into safe mode and grab a couple of files. Honestly without my friend's assistance I would be a nervous wreck right now but I'm only 60% of a nervous wreck. It's frustrating having a social life and livelihood depend on technology while it also creates such a large source of anxiety for me, especially after the google incident earlier this year.
I have this suspicion that the three prong electrical outlets in my home aren't actually grounded, and I'm wondering if it's possible that could have contributed to the failure of both PCs. If that was the case I would have expected the PSU or the MoBo to go out before the CPU, and makes me wary if I should try and get those outlets grounded before ever plugging a PC into them again, which would take some work finding someone to do that :X . I DO have a surge protector, but next to the "protected" light is a "Not grounded" light, which is also lit. While I'm nervous to even attempt plugging something back into it, It's weird that I didn't run into any problems with it for 5 years, though.
Not going to lie, I am pretty frustrated that this happened right as I was starting to catch up, but there's not much I can do at this point but wait. Things will be a little extra delayed this month.
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Qualzar
It was able to get into safe mode at first but after a while it just started doing this terrible looping thing. I might try messing with it again, but the part I need is also pretty close so Iβm not sure if itβs worth the effort. Something weird I noticed is just how many people on my timeline and even locally had their computers die recently after an update. While I know my first one was a result of hardware failure, I think the recent update was possibly pretty wonky
GoM
If it's able to boot in safe mode but not in normal mode, it's probably a GPU driver issue. I've had it happen to mine a couple times, all ya gotta do is go into safe mode, run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller), reflash the gpu (if needed), and reboot
Get a GFCI plug from the local hardware store and install it on the plug you use for computers, it'll protect from ground faults.
Selth Blackwings
Could be something broke the ground connection maybe.
I wish you fortitude on the front line of mankind's battle against the machines. π€
hyenatown
Ahhh, fuck. I'm really sorry to hear that Laefa. Hope you can get that squared away soon. :c
Qualzar
Forgot to note: I tried using the bootcamp utility (from a decade old Macbook Air) to write a Win10 iso onto a usb drive and the old PC gets stuck on a flashing cursor with it. I'm currently trying to use a guide that lets you write the iso with the Terminal, and I'm heading to bed as it tries to write. I've been troubleshooting in anxiety mode for 10 hours now so I'm exhausted
