Sadly i dropped my heavy keyboard...

Onto my newly aquired rig. Nothing seems to have shown itself to be wrong, apart from the keyboard no longer being able to work wirelss. I was wondering if there is program that i can download that'll help me make sure no little problems have occured htat are likely to rear their heads later on and destroy my new baby.

 

Yeah there are lots of stability programs but if it hit the top of the case I would worry about it at all, all the force would have been absorbed by the floor, the only problem would be case deformation if it was severe enough. Check your cpu heatsink is secure, check all your fans are spinning, make sure everything is still connected securely.

I'll just list them and you can find them all on the majorgeeks front page.

Intel burn,prime 95 = cpu test
3d mark, furmark, heaven benchmark = video card
Mem test = memory

For hard drive testing download the latest tools from the manufacturer of the hard drives website and run their health tools, then run check disk by right clicking the drive in my computer,tools,check for errors,check automatically repair bad sectors.

To monitor temperatures a few good programs are real temp,speedfan,Hwmonitor,if your cpu heatsink has come loose your cpu temp could be high.

A good all round program which I like is sandra lite, it has a tool for testing everything and comparing it with other computers all in one program.

I would definitely not worry about it though, a little tap from a keyboard is nothing compared to some of the knocks and drops I've given desktops in the past without damaging them so I hope that gives you at least some piece of mind.

Welcome to the forum

 

Thanks for your promtp reply due. The keyboard was only dropped from about 10 inches max. I got an Antec Sonata III 500W unit so she's pretty bulky and meant to be able to take punishment. Also it was more a glancing blow on the top edge/side. What's more my baby was off at the time so adding in what you said i doubt any real damage was done. Sp figuring in what you said about the damage being absorded through the case to the floor i'm pretty sure she's ok.

Also i left her on all night and came in this morning and she was as cool as a cucumber, exhaust wise and top of the untio wise, strangely so infact . Think i am just used ot my old girl being hot all the time from the decade of dust inside her. Been installing all the ususal that comes with a new build and there have been no weird noises or unusual pauses but i just want to be on the safe side. Especially in the long run in looking after her as even though not a top end machine she's top to me and cost me a lot with my hugely reduced wages due to the country's financial situation.

Sad thing is i am a bit of a noob when it comes to looking inside a comp. I could make you a perfect network and figure access lists that would make people cry but hardware just aint my thing.

My basic system is as follows:

CPU: Intel Quad Core i5-3350P 3.1 GHz 6MB
Mobo: Asus P8B75-V ATX
Ram: 16 GB Ram DDR3
HD: 1TB 7200 rpm HD (the people who put my custom build together can't remember what it was, they say probably a SeaGate. If i can pluck up the courage to open my freshly delivered baby i'll make sure).
GFX: GeForce GTW650i 2GB

With that info are there any specifics you would reccomend to use to monitor things? Also if i open her up is there anything you'd advise making sure of? System check says she's running fine and no RAM etc has been knocked out of action but you can never be too careful.

 

Only what I've posted.

If something has been knocked loose it just won't turn on, the only thing that could have come loose and cause problems or damage in the future are the fans or power connectors, the fans can over heat the computer and the power connectors can arc causing a surge or cause the computer or devices to unexpectedly lose power when the computer is moved, if you've checked these there's nothing more you can do.

If the computer is working it's highly unlikely anything is wrong, even more unlikely something has broke that will cause problems in the future so stop worrying, wait till you have to cross that bridge:cool