Money to burn.... HAF mod

[Commando]

Hey everyone.

Been super busy with my real job but here is the project that's been in my garage for the past 2 weeks.

I'm hoping to finish it up in the next week. I haven't even painted the outside yet. I have a really cool idea for the outside paint job though.

It's a Cooler Master HAF case with my workhorse computer inside. All water cooled, Pentium Quadcore, BFG GTX280.... DangerDen Tieton waterblock on the card, everything else is Swiftech.

Tony D.

http://theairbrushforum.com/attachments/works-progess-work-logs/4654d1256085423-my-workhorse-computer-progress-dscn1450.jpg

http://theairbrushforum.com/attachments/works-progess-work-logs/4655d1256085431-my-workhorse-computer-progress-dscn1454.jpg

[OvRiDe]

You never disappoint! From the look of the inside, I can't wait to see what your going to do the outside!

[Luke122]

Good to see you back! Just the other day I was thinking, "W(here)TF did Commando go?"

System is looking good so far!

[Commando]

Uhhhhgggg...

I think my GTX 280 is dead in the water.

I think my computer is booting fine but I'm getting "no signal"

Award Bios is beeping "1 long, 2 short" which means video card problem. It's not showing any error codes in the LED. I'm getting a "FF" for good to go.

I've tried everything that I can think of. My only other computer right now is a laptop so I can't test it properly.

I think this is going to be an expensive fix.

I'm going to take the waterblock off and clean it, to make sure there is no errant thermal paste causing a short. But it's a longshot. I think it's dead.

[billygoat333]

uhh oh... :( that sucks dude.

[Commando]

Man.... I'm such a tech junkie.....

I fixed the problem with my credit card.

GTX 295 H20 edition, core i7, new motherboard, 12 gigs of ram, 1200w power supply.....

I call it the shotgun method. When in doubt, it's just time to buy a new computer anyway.....

This is definitely not in keeping with the troubleshooting / broke way to fix things.

I'm by no means setting a good example. But at least I can build a killer gaming computer from my old parts and sell it on eBay.

Everyone wins.

TD

[billygoat333]

haha awesome. :up: show us pics of the new goodies!

[Commando]

OMG,

I'm not an RMAer but my new GTX 295 was terrible. It was all jacked up...:mad:

My new rig is awesome but I'm using a GTX 220 while I work through the RMA process. By the way the GTX 220 is garbage in my opinion.... I get like 30 FPS in futuremark on the low settings. It's terrrible.

I'm hoping to use it as a physics card once I get my 295 back. I'm starting to wonder if it will even be good for that. It's slow as balls.....

I'll post pics once I start getting things together.

You guys rock...

TD

[jdbnsn]

Tony! Welcome back man, I totally missed this thread. Sorry to hear about the video card woes, I'm about to take a plunge myself on some new gear (albeit not quite that caliber) so hopefully it's not a widespread issue. The case looks great BTW, love that color!