meh. 'nother celeron repair :(

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Originally Posted by Chewie UK

Unplugging the power cord should do no damage at all. Perhaps a faulty PSU could damage the processor but I don't believe the sudden withdrawal of electricity supply could ever do damage to solid state circuitry.

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read the whole post fer cryin out loud :P

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can't be, I think this lady omitted some info when she brought teh pc

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Well i've got a amd2800...hell i'm annoyed at it....keeps on crashing during games....tested about 4 graphic cards...all the same....must've changed my ram 3 times, still no help...think i might just swtich to p4 :(

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Originally Posted by suhaib

Well i've got a amd2800...hell i'm annoyed at it....keeps on crashing during games....tested about 4 graphic cards...all the same....must've changed my ram 3 times, still no help...think i might just swtich to p4 :(

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that could be anything causing the freezing.
bad drivers, not enough power (shitty power supply), overheating, corrupt windows installation, etc.

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Originally Posted by rossco

that could be anything causing the freezing.
bad drivers, not enough power (shitty power supply), overheating, corrupt windows installation, etc.

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man thts the problem.....i've reformatted atleast 20 times within the last 2 months.....changed my power supply 2 times...had a 250w b4, now using a 350w.......i am sure theres no prob with windows...i've tried xp sp1, sp2, crazy xp, nemesis, rev02. Now i'm thinking abt installing 2003 or maybe me.....Prob tht might help for my gaming

Yeah. Why blame the CPU? I don't think it'll be any different with a P4.

You need to pinpoint the real problem.

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man thts the problem.....i've reformatted atleast 20 times within the last 2 months.....changed my power supply 2 times...had a 250w b4, now using a 350w.......i am sure theres no prob with windows...i've tried xp sp1, sp2, crazy xp, nemesis, rev02. Now i'm thinking abt installing 2003 or maybe me.....Prob tht might help for my gaming

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What about drivers?

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man thts the problem.....i've reformatted atleast 20 times within the last 2 months.....changed my power supply 2 times...had a 250w b4, now using a 350w.......i am sure theres no prob with windows...i've tried xp sp1, sp2, crazy xp, nemesis, rev02. Now i'm thinking abt installing 2003 or maybe me.....Prob tht might help for my gaming

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not once did you mention checking into the thermal issue
its worth a look ;)

and if you think installing ME is gonna slove anything.....well.....
you know what? go ahead, its your hair you'll be pulling out :lol:

you deserve bad advice for hi-jacking my thread....
so go ahead with teh P4 too, why not? :devil:

ask anyone in here, AMD pwns intel at gaming

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man thts the problem.....i've reformatted atleast 20 times within the last 2 months.....changed my power supply 2 times...had a 250w b4, now using a 350w.......i am sure theres no prob with windows...i've tried xp sp1, sp2, crazy xp, nemesis, rev02. Now i'm thinking abt installing 2003 or maybe me.....Prob tht might help for my gaming

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You need to quit guessing what the problem is and make a concerted effort to isolate it.
Any decent PC repair shop should be able to run hardware scans (QuickTech, etc.) and eliminate the variables.
Simply formatting/reinstalling over and over again has obviously gotten you nowhere, so quit screwing around.

some suggestions...
check the plug and the power cord,
and if they had a surge suppressor,if they like to play games during storms

perhaps they omitted that they always pull the
power cord out of the wall baseboard socket because it is too much
trouble to bend over and remove it properly
the office chair rolls over the cord only 4x a day

or worse yet ,someone opened the hood, to see if they
could see what was wrong and why they could not finish their game.

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Originally Posted by kazaa2002

some suggestions...
check the plug and the power cord,
and if they had a surge suppressor,if they like to play games during storms

perhaps they omitted that they always pull the
power cord out of the wall baseboard socket because it is too much
trouble to bend over and remove it properly
the office chair rolls over the cord only 4x a day

or worse yet ,someone opened the hood, to see if they
could see what was wrong and why they could not finish their game.

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no, the cpu is fried, this was sorted already, read the thread :P