A moment of silence, please

...my trusted partner in crime has passed away. :cry A reliable ally against zombies, darkspawn, geth, Imperial storm troopers, orcs, gangsters, Sith renegades, and horrendous mutants, has left me alone and powerless to combat my enemies.

In short, the CPU cooler in my main gaming PC has died on me. It's passed on. It is no more. It has ceased to be. It's pushing up the daisies. It is an ex-cooler.

The whole system goes through POST without any issues at all, except the motor to the pump on the water-cooling never comes on. It used to hum reassuringly whenever I pressed the power button, but now it is depressingly silent. The PC just makes it to where it beings to spin up the hard drives, then begins to squeal loudly from over-heating pains, and powers off.

Removing the current cooling system to get a good look at the pump (it's a compact so the pump is right on top of the plate attached to the CPU) would require me to remove literally everything so I can pull the motherboard out of the case to get to the cooler's back plate. Since I am frustrated enough right now that I'm seriously tempted to stab the motherboard with my screwdriver, I have decided to call it a night and go back to working on this tomorrow.

I am having a scotch in memory of my departed friend. He was a good companion, a reliable ally, and he will be sorely missed. :wine

PHP:

 

That really sucks

you going to buy a new pump

 

Never had a "friend" like that,myself, but rest assured that you have my sympathies and condolences.
I know you miss "him" now, but time will heal your sorrow.

 

Welp, that aint cool, if you'll excuse the ironic expression.
I had the water reservoir crack on my water cooled system years ago. Never got around to replacing it to this day. Luckily, the mainboard was a few inches above the floor of the case.
Hope it gets sorted out soon, Mimsy, so you can resume your battles.:major

 

That bites, Mimsy.

Having to take the whole system apart to replace it is salt in the wound.

Say, first your ice maker malfunctions . . . now your CPU cooling system has failed . . . . :confused

Coincidence? Or is there something sinister afoot? Is something attacking all your cold related appliances?

 

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnn............


Sorry to hear, I know how that feels though.

~C

 

It's a conspiracy! :eek

All my computers are male. Of course.

 

Awww Mimsy, sorry to hear that.

If it makes you feel any better it has good company in "Silicone Heaven", my PS3 is there waiting for it and I'm sure they'll get on like a house on fire........probably quite litterally since they both went cos of heat lol
Unfortuately my Xbox is up there too :-D

 

Sympathies to you Mimsy. Computers and accessories are like dogs, close to us but just don't live as long.

Off to the kennels with you!:wave:wave

 

lol I just had the funniest image, Mimsy walking into a Kennel asking for a new water pump for her baby to stay cool otherwise it will die :-D

 

Sorry to hear this Mimsy, maybe a new pump will have it up and fighting soon. Or maybe you should honor his last wishes, and upgrade to a more better battle rig. :-D

 

Always liked this scene;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bdohpu1ZRA

:-D:-D

And who can name it?

 

Bond, 'Live and Let Die'. :-D

 

Sorry to hear about that. The fan on my Dell D3K just gave out. Having a look at it as we speak. Posting from the netbook.

Try juggling
1) looking at a screwed up fan
2) downgrading my little sister's laptop to XP
3) working on an english project
4) cleaning my room
5) trying to learn the drum part to my song for pit orchestra

at the same time.

lol

 

My condolences on your loss! May your cooler friend sleep well with the other parts and accessories that went before him, and may you glory in the happy memories of your multitudes of shared battles.

I also congratulate you on deciding to tip a Scotch in his memory rather than sending him a motherboard friend so soon after his demise. It is too hard to lose two good friends in such close succession.

 

I will raise a 16 year old SMS glass in his honor tonight.

Damn, I love Scotch, too bad my taste out prices my budget most of the time.

 

Kudos to you Fred, must be an old timer like me.:-D
Roger Moore's first, song by Linda and Paul McCartney, I saw him perform this in the Milwaukeee County stadium back in the 80's. Fantastic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaqcGat1WUI

 

Ahh, well, I admit it looked familiar, have always liked the Bond movies, but I just entered the URL from the video, and got the name of it from youtube. :-D

 

You could give it to me

 

I take a certain comfort in knowing that my CPU cooler will be in god company. Ned's PS3 is waiting for him, and zDawg's computer fan and Tim's daughter's laptop are joining them for some good times in electronics heaven... where there never are soda spills or power surges, and the servers are always online.

Rest well, dear friends. We will miss you. :wine

 

They're all connected to GodNet, 999999999TB/S upstream and 99999999TB/S downstream.

 

You're evil, TimW!!!!