Hmm, no such luck for me. I have to send it back at my expense then wait for them to test it 
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Well whatever happened it took out the motherboard as well!
With the Tagan plugged into the m/b I get no sign of life anywhere.
I bought a cheapish PSU as a temporary measure at the weekend. With this one plugged in I get a power LED lit on the built-in USB card reader.
Power is obviously getting as far as the USB ports but nothing else makes the board spring to life so I reckon its fried
I'm taking it philosophically and using it as an excuse to upgrade to a quad core beast and 2Gb of highly-overclockable RAM. Only £270 for board, CPU and RAM so not the end of the world.Comment
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Nice - what CPU/mobo and where from (I'm going to be building a QC in the not too distant future)??Originally posted by gadgetman View PostThe "Fit" hits the "Shan"Comment
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Gone for an ASUS P5KC (£73), Intel Q6600 Retail (£155) from Scan (I get free delivery from them).
The RAM is 2 x 1Gb Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 RAM from Overclockers UK (£40 inc delivery).Comment
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These folks make decent PSU's for the performance market.
http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...r_supply_1010wOf all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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A KILOWATT?! Does it double as a fire?It's about time I changed this sig...Comment
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If you intend to run a couple of graphics cards in SLI, it's a necessity.Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Thankfully I'm not into hard core gaming on the PC!Comment
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Got the parts and resurrected the PC last night - it is now very very fast.
This is before I've attempted any CPU or RAM overclocking. Not sure its worth the effort frankly!Comment
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Guess what, PSU on my other PC died yesterday. This was a mid price one, about £60 ish and died after just over a year, lovely.
I replaced it with a cheapo from 580W jobbie from Maplins (currently on offer at 29.99). Took my RAID array a few hours to recover itself but all seems fine again.
Incidentally I got an RMA and sent the Tagan (see above) back under warranty. They claimed the warranty was void because I had 'modified' the PSU. My crime was to add coloured (mesh) sleeving over the connector wires. So I've let them keep it.
Its cheapo PSU's every time now for me.Comment
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