MAME project setback

[Daniel270]

Well... it was bound to happen sooner or later (altho I'd have preferred not at all)....

This morning, I went to turn on the cab and killed the PC.... power supply died and I fried the motherboard  

looks like my project is on hold indefinitely now

[whammoed]

RATS!
What kind of motherboard do you need?  Maybe someone here has one laying around collecting dust.  Is it a budget thing?   Do you have anything worth trading?  The only ones I think I have are old old ones for HP desktop 486.

[Daniel270]

It's an HP Pavilion 6633C.... and don't worry about it.

Over the past 4 years, I've learned that HP products (mostly the PCs) aren't worth the hassle... I'd be better off building a custom PC anyway... one that handles all the games I like playing with no trouble.

[whammoed]

No problem
I agree HP is no good.  I've had more things bust on pavilions at work than other brands, though we do have more HP than anything, still seems unreasonable.

[Daniel270]

Yep... just wish I hadn't bought 4 of 'em....

[WTFPWND]

How does a PS failing, fry a mobo??  If the PS just went poof, odds are your mobo is fine.

Edit: If you're in or close to NJ, I have plenty of spare PS's laying around.

[Daniel270]

Thanks for the offer, but I think I'm just going to build a system for the replacement....  I've had nothing but problems with the HP line of PCs for a long time.  

Might take me a while tho... living on a budget makes spare time projects kinda rough to afford.

[RayB]

How does a PS failing, fry a mobo??  If the PS just went poof, odds are your mobo is fine.

When  PS fails, there's usually a quick surge.
I once lost a harddrive to a failed PS.

[Floyd10]

I havent found any problems with my HP machines, mechanically. My XP effs up a bit though... But I blame that on microcrap