Post by archadam on Dec 17, 2008 19:59:43 GMT -5
hey guys,
I have an xps gen 1 with a bunch of refurbished parts (it was under warranty until this summer) and towards the end I had them replace several parts. the only upgrade I've had is putting in 2 gigs of ram about 4 months ago.
everything worked fine until about a couple of days ago, about 2 hours after startup the screen went black along with a choppy static sound....however the status lights stay on and the fans seem to still run. after that the shutting off got progressively quicker from the time of startup......If the computer has been sitting awhile I can get it to startup and stay on for about one minute.
just curious if you guys have any solutions.....brought it somewhere for an opinion, they said "overheating" which seems impropable to me, they also said that it could just need a replacement of the motherboard........400-500 bucks......
is this thing really worthless now?
I have an xps gen 1 with a bunch of refurbished parts (it was under warranty until this summer) and towards the end I had them replace several parts. the only upgrade I've had is putting in 2 gigs of ram about 4 months ago.
everything worked fine until about a couple of days ago, about 2 hours after startup the screen went black along with a choppy static sound....however the status lights stay on and the fans seem to still run. after that the shutting off got progressively quicker from the time of startup......If the computer has been sitting awhile I can get it to startup and stay on for about one minute.
just curious if you guys have any solutions.....brought it somewhere for an opinion, they said "overheating" which seems impropable to me, they also said that it could just need a replacement of the motherboard........400-500 bucks......
is this thing really worthless now?