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Yeah, I think I might return it. Ha, my hard drive that I bought around the same time has been since rma'd. I guess I just have bad luck..
Off to the post office
By the way, when returning items, where do you get a new anti-static bag? I've seen them on ebay, but is there a place where you can just buy one or two?
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I suspect that one or more of the devices are pluged into non polarized plugs. That makes it so that the live and common are being connected causing a short.
Are your wall plugs polarized? Do you have matching plugs on the appliances that have one wide blade and one narrow blade?
is it that hard to plug in psu cable??
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No, it's not. But his TV or VCR may not have polarized plugs with a ground prong like that.Originally posted by TheFilePirater@5 December 2003 - 23:07
is it that hard to plug in psu cable??
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My plugs arn't polarized, it's an older house. Do you think installing new wall sockets would help? The only problem is if I did, wouldn't I have to run a ground line to my circuit breaker?
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Ok this is very strange
Does it blow when you plug anything else in the VCR or just the PC ??
BTW doesnt the 5200 have a ViVo connector ??
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No. I wouldn't change the wall socket yet. Try unplugging your VCR and TV and reverse the plugs so that the blades end up in the opposite slots.
It that works as a solution then I would change the wall socket being sure to get the polarity right.
I hope this makes sense to you.
^would've been cool.
how many things do u have in ur room?
a 5200 does not take up so much power to crap this the way u sed it is so i want to kno just how much power ur room is using
GCN had the same issue when he got his radeon so...
his breaker was errored.
^would've been cool.
ok, how big is ur TV?
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Yes do it, your pc must be grounded.Originally posted by lightshow@6 December 2003 - 07:36
My plugs arn't polarized, it's an older house. Do you think installing new wall sockets would help? The only problem is if I did, wouldn't I have to run a ground line to my circuit breaker?
I had the same problem, only with my tv card, when i hooked up the cable the power in my room went down.
After that i installed a new wall socket.
And it fixed my problem.
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