How are you all technology lovers? Welcome to my post once again, I'm Nitsu and as is almost customary I come to share an improvement I have made to my PC, I know that at the time I promised not to spend again on things for my computer, but this expense was almost mandatory because the source I had burned and I had no choice but to buy a new and better for this not to happen again, so without further ado I will tell you what were the events that led me to this moment.
驴C贸mo est谩n todos amigos amantes de la tecnolog铆a? Bienvenidos a mi post una vez m谩s, soy Nitsu y como ya casi es costumbre vengo a compartir una mejora que le he hecho a mi PC, se que en su momento promet铆 no volver a gastar en cosas para mi computadora, pero este gasto fue pr谩cticamente obligatorio ya que la fuente que tenia se quemo y no me quedo otra opci贸n que comprar una nueva y mejor para que esto no vuelva a suceder, as铆 que sin m谩s vueltas les contare cuales fueron los sucesos que me llevaron a este momento.
A little over a year ago I started buying the components for my new PC, the one I am currently using, I started buying the graphics card, the power supply and some coolers to keep the cabinet cool and free of dust. A few weeks ago the screen of my PC started to flicker and not give good image, everything was extremely fast, as soon as I saw that I looked at my cabinet to notice that a lot of smoke came out of the back, white smoke that smelled horrible. I am not going to exaggerate and I am going to tell you how it happened so we can both laugh at this moment (clearly at that moment I could not laugh even a little).
Hace un poco m谩s de un a帽o yo comenc茅 a comprar los componentes para mi nueva PC, la que estoy utilizando actualmente, empec茅 comprando la tarjeta gr谩fica, la fuente y unos coolers para mantener el gabinete fresco y libre de polvo. Hace algunas semanas atr谩s la pantalla de mi PC comenz贸 a titilar y no dar buena imagen, todo fue sumamente r谩pido, apenas vi eso mir茅 mi gabinete para notar que sali贸 much铆simo humo de la parte trasera, humo blanco que ol铆a horriblemente mal. No voy a exagerar y se los voy a contar tal cual paso as铆 ambos podemos re铆rnos de este momento (Claramente que en ese instante no pod铆a re铆rme ni un poco)
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I saw the smoke coming out, I quickly stood up saying, -Oh my God no no no no!!!! I disconnected the PC from the power supply and took my cabinet out to a space where I could see better what had happened. In my mind I already imagined that there would be a flame inside, but luckily there was only a lot of smoke, I removed the tempered glass to access the area of the accident, at all this, I thought that my graphics card had burned, so I had my heart almost stopped, but after using my olfactory skills I noticed that the smoke was coming from the power supply so instantly I was much calmer.
Vi el humo salir, me levant茅 r谩pidamente diciendo: -Oh por Dios no no no!!! Desconecte la PC de la alimentaci贸n el茅ctrica y saque mi gabinete a un espacio donde pudiera ver mejor que hab铆a sucedido. En mi mente ya me imaginaba que habr铆a una llama adentro, pero por suerte solo hab铆a mucho humo, retire el vidrio templado para acceder a la zona del accidente, a todo esto, yo pensaba que se hab铆a quemado mi tarjeta gr谩fica, as铆 que ten铆a el coraz贸n casi detenido, pero tras usar mis habilidades olfativas note que el humo sal铆a de la fuente de alimentaci贸n as铆 que instant谩neamente me quede mucho m谩s tranquilo.
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I tried to remove the power supply and open it and sure enough, one of the capacitors had blown causing this big scare. It was not something I expected to happen and it had just happened to me in dates of courses and deliveries so I had to find a way to fix it fast. The power supply that burned was an Aureox 650w 80plus bronze, a very good power supply that ended up dying anyway. Here began my doubts, what had happened? And after thinking that it had been a strong power surge in my neighborhood I ended up realizing that it had been a mistake on the part of the people who had advised me to build the PC.
Prodec铆 a retirar la fuente y abrirla y efectivamente, uno de los capacitores hab铆a reventado provocando este gran susto. No era algo que esperaba que sucediera y justo me hab铆a ocurrido en fechas de cursada y entregas as铆 que deb铆a encontrar una forma de solucionarlo r谩pido. La fuente que se me quemo era una Aureox de 650w 80plus bronce una muy buena fuente que de todas formas termino muriendo. Aqu铆 comenzaron mis dudas 驴Qu茅 hab铆a sucedido? Y tras pensar que hab铆a sido una fuerte subida de la tensi贸n el茅ctrica por mi barrio termine por darme cuenta que hab铆a sido un error por parte de la gente que me hab铆a asesorado para armar la PC.
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As a colorful fact I tell you that I had bought this power supply a year ago, so I said: -Ok, maybe it is still under warranty? To my bad luck the warranty had expired 3 days ago, so literally one year and 3 days after the purchase of my wonderful power supply it had blown and I had no chance to claim anywhere.
Como dato de color les cuento que esta fuente la hab铆a comprado hace un a帽o, as铆 que dije: -Ok 驴Tal vez todav铆a est谩 en garant铆a? Para mi mala suerte la garant铆a hab铆a vencido hace 3 d铆as, as铆 que literalmente un a帽o y 3 d铆as despu茅s de la compra de mi maravillosa fuente esta hab铆a reventado y no tenia posibilidades de reclamar en ning煤n lado.
So I looked at how I could solve this in the fastest way possible since I needed to have my computer working again to continue with my tasks, I found out and they recommended me to buy a Corsair power supply, to be more exact the cv750 80plus bronze, with this new power supply I should not worry about lack of voltage in my components or voltage surges or dips. I started to find out its price and where I could get it. To give you an idea all this happened to me on election dates which in Argentina means increases, shortages of products and a lot of speculation, but luckily I got a power supply at $120 thousand Argentinean pesos, quite expensive for that moment, but I had already seen a huge increase from other suppliers so I did not hesitate and bought it.
As铆 que me fije como pod铆a resolver esto de la forma m谩s r谩pida posible ya que necesitaba tener de nuevo mi computado funcionando para continuar con mis tareas, averig眉e y me recomendaron comprar una fuente de Corsair, para ser m谩s exactos la cv750 80plus bronce, con esta nueva fuente no deber铆a preocuparte por falta de voltaje en mis componentes ni por las subidas o bajadas de tensi贸n. Me puse a averiguar su precio y donde podr铆a conseguirla. Para que se den una idea todo esto me sucedi贸 en fechas de elecciones lo cual qui en Argentina significan aumentos, faltantes de productos y mucha especulaci贸n, pero por suerte consegu铆 una fuente a $120 mil pesos argentinos bastante caro para ese momento, pero ya hab铆a observado un aumento enorme por parte de otros proveedores as铆 que no dude y lo compre.
I got the box, I opened it and everything seemed to be correct so I started to arrange the cables inside my cabinet and make the connections, but after I finished connecting everything correctly to the PC it still did not turn on, at that moment my fears came back to me, was it only the power supply that was ruined or some other component was damaged? When I turned on the Bios, I got the beep code that nobody ever, EVER wants to hear and it was a graphics error. I prayed to all the saints, Nordic gods and Olympus that the graphic that I had worked so hard to get was not damaged, I even opened my graphic to see if it had any detail, but it was perfect. So after investigating I realized that this source comes with a different PCIe input, since my source only needs to have 6 inputs connected and not the two extra ones you see in the picture, so I disconnected those two and my machine started working again.
Me llego la caja, la abr铆 y parec铆a estar todo correcto as铆 que produce a acomodarlos cables dentro de mi gabinete y hacer las conexiones, pero luego de terminar de conectar todo de forma correcta a la PC a煤n segu铆a sin encender, en ese momento volvieron a entrar los miedos 驴Se hab铆a arruinado solo la fuente o acaso alg煤n otro componente se da帽贸? La Bios al encender me tiraba el c贸digo de pitido que jam谩s, JAMAS nadie quiere ori y era error de grafica. Le rec茅 a todos los santos, dioses n贸rdicos y del olimpo que no se haya da帽ado la grafica que tanto me hab铆a costado conseguir, llegue hasta abrir mi grafica para ver si ten铆a alg煤n detalle, pero estaba perfecta. As铆 que tras investigar me di cuenta que esta fuente viene con la entrada PCIe diferente, ya que mi fuente solo necesita tener 6 entradas conectadas y no las dos extras que ven en la imagen, as铆 que desconecte esas dos y mi maquina arranco a funcionar nuevamente.
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It was a great relief, it was a very stressful 3 days but I was able to solve it on my own and despite having spent a lot of money I was able to resume my daily activities and fulfill my obligations.
Fue un gran alivio, fueron unos 3 d铆as muy estresantes pero que pude terminar resolviendo por mi cuenta y a pesar de haber gastado un dineral pude retomar mis actividades diarias y cumplir con mis obligaciones.
What did you think of this tragic but funny story? I would love to hear about your experiences with your PCs so that at least if you suffered at the time, we can all have a good laugh now. I'm Nitsu and I wish you that all your PC components are safe and sound.
驴Qu茅 les ha parecido esta tr谩gica, pero divertida historia? Me encantar铆a que me cuenten sus experiencias con sus PCs para que m铆nimamente si en ese momento sufrieron ahora todos podamos re铆rnos un poco. Soy Nitsu y te deseo que todos los componentes de tu PC est茅n sanos y salvos.
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