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Once upon a time in the year 2012, I decided to take a brave decision to build my first ever gaming PC. With a slight feeling of uneasiness, I wasn't sure what to expect but I just needed to feel thatxperience.
After many minutes (felt like days) browsing on OCUK for a new CPU I pulled the trigger on the MIGHTY Intel 2500k (Sandybridge) CPU. Once it arrived I just gazed at it and thinking " I just paid £250 for a tiny square". But my god, this thing has given me some joy for many years and counting!
After a stressful 2 hours of building my PC I managed to complete it. For some reason I was trying to screw the motherboard to the case without the standoffs and my GOD, I'm so glad I didn't succeed haha. My first build would have ended up in a disaster and I'm certain I'd be left with a stomach full of regret xD
Anyhow, the build was complete, I turned her on and she was running perfectly. Still feeling nervous but also felt asif I accomplished something. This beauty was running for 2 months and one day after a stressful day I got back home and pressed the power button and rthe PC just wouldn't turn on! I instantly felt sick, nervous and useless as I did not have much experience with PC hardware diagnostics. However, after calming down and using my initiative, I found it strange that literally nothing would boot as understanding what PSU is for, I could only think that I had a faulty Powersupply. I quickly grabbed onto my spare PSU (from my other system) put it to the side, unscrewed the side panel off and unplugged all cables from my current PSU and removed it accordingly and swapped it with the other PSU. Biting on my fingers, I pushed the power button and my screen lit up and the light from it was showing me signs of hope!
The PC suddenly came back to life and I couldn't believe that I figured out the source of the problem so quickly.
I replaced my PSU and now my PC has been running smoothly until 6 years later....
Today..my 2500k may be showing signs of age. It had its first BSOD, my screen showed the error code WHEA_UNCORRECABLE_ERROR. With the current specifications running at 4.5ghz at voltage 1.352. I'm hoping it was just a glitch with the power but if it happens again it may mean only one thing:
Does it need more power?
Would a new battery fix it?
I could always potentially decrease the clock to 4.2ghz and lower the voltage.
If anyone has some ideas to give my 2500k A new hope I'd greatly appreciate it
P.S: I really hope you guys enjoyed my lil story, I tried to entertain a lil without typing too much
THE END
STEFAN
After many minutes (felt like days) browsing on OCUK for a new CPU I pulled the trigger on the MIGHTY Intel 2500k (Sandybridge) CPU. Once it arrived I just gazed at it and thinking " I just paid £250 for a tiny square". But my god, this thing has given me some joy for many years and counting!
After a stressful 2 hours of building my PC I managed to complete it. For some reason I was trying to screw the motherboard to the case without the standoffs and my GOD, I'm so glad I didn't succeed haha. My first build would have ended up in a disaster and I'm certain I'd be left with a stomach full of regret xD
Anyhow, the build was complete, I turned her on and she was running perfectly. Still feeling nervous but also felt asif I accomplished something. This beauty was running for 2 months and one day after a stressful day I got back home and pressed the power button and rthe PC just wouldn't turn on! I instantly felt sick, nervous and useless as I did not have much experience with PC hardware diagnostics. However, after calming down and using my initiative, I found it strange that literally nothing would boot as understanding what PSU is for, I could only think that I had a faulty Powersupply. I quickly grabbed onto my spare PSU (from my other system) put it to the side, unscrewed the side panel off and unplugged all cables from my current PSU and removed it accordingly and swapped it with the other PSU. Biting on my fingers, I pushed the power button and my screen lit up and the light from it was showing me signs of hope!
The PC suddenly came back to life and I couldn't believe that I figured out the source of the problem so quickly.
I replaced my PSU and now my PC has been running smoothly until 6 years later....
Today..my 2500k may be showing signs of age. It had its first BSOD, my screen showed the error code WHEA_UNCORRECABLE_ERROR. With the current specifications running at 4.5ghz at voltage 1.352. I'm hoping it was just a glitch with the power but if it happens again it may mean only one thing:
Does it need more power?
Would a new battery fix it?
I could always potentially decrease the clock to 4.2ghz and lower the voltage.
If anyone has some ideas to give my 2500k A new hope I'd greatly appreciate it
P.S: I really hope you guys enjoyed my lil story, I tried to entertain a lil without typing too much
THE END
STEFAN