foothead
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My brother's power supply (cheap pos 580w) just exploded while playing UT3 (yes, exploded). The PSU does not really matter, but there are some weird things goin on now.
After it exploded, I removed the video card, and put in a 300w garbage PSU to test the system. On bootup I was greeted with the "Hardware has changed, please reactivate Windows" box. WTF?!?!?! The only thing that has changed was me removing the video card to use the IGP. Anyway, I closed it, installed the drivers for the IGP (HD 3200) and went to reset the resolution. When I did that, it got stuck while changing between the two, leaving me with 1920x1080 with the top 1/4 of the screen covered in weird artifacts/white lines. I rebooted, and it gave me the same "reactivate Windows" message. I close it, and it boots up just fine. No artifacts or anything. Device manager reports everything working (though I cannot test the GPU yet.)
Can someone tell me what is going on? I'm hoping this is being caused by one of the countless virii his computer has had, but it doesn't seem like it to me. If the video card is fried, does the manufacturer of the PSU have to pay for it?
After it exploded, I removed the video card, and put in a 300w garbage PSU to test the system. On bootup I was greeted with the "Hardware has changed, please reactivate Windows" box. WTF?!?!?! The only thing that has changed was me removing the video card to use the IGP. Anyway, I closed it, installed the drivers for the IGP (HD 3200) and went to reset the resolution. When I did that, it got stuck while changing between the two, leaving me with 1920x1080 with the top 1/4 of the screen covered in weird artifacts/white lines. I rebooted, and it gave me the same "reactivate Windows" message. I close it, and it boots up just fine. No artifacts or anything. Device manager reports everything working (though I cannot test the GPU yet.)
Can someone tell me what is going on? I'm hoping this is being caused by one of the countless virii his computer has had, but it doesn't seem like it to me. If the video card is fried, does the manufacturer of the PSU have to pay for it?