I like the way you think.

Yeah

It’s an iBuyPower RDY Element 9 Pro R07

Someone in a previous thread warned me against iBuyPower based on video reviews of some of their systems, but in my defense I had already bought it by the time I read their comment

In my further defense, this PC has shown none of the problems that plagued the systems reviewed in those videos. Good benchmark scores, no assembly issues or scuffing/damage that I noticed when I was plugging in the GPU/my old HDD, and based on sum of component costs at PC Price Picker I paid a reasonable price for what it included. I’m happy with it so far

bean-slur

Soyboy?

Liberals will, as usual, blame this on Trump and not on capital.

Never mix business and pleasure.

I have been using this computer since 2017, lol. The problems only started when I replaced the processor last week.

Checked that one.

I’ll keep that in mind! Thanks for all your help.

Already tried it without the hard drive, actually, with the usual result. I was updated to the latest available version of the BIOS (F53i, released this September). No Linux USB stick or disc, unfortunately.

Trying it without the GPU sounds like the next logical step, but I have to confess, I didn’t build this PC myself and I’m not entirely sure how to remove it. I pop open the latch on the PCIe slot, but the GPU doesn’t want to come out, so I assume there’s another step I’m missing (probably unscrewing it from the case). I’ll poke around at it a bit more tomorrow.

Power LED on the case, yeah. There’s a separate graphics card (GTX 970, so an older model) plugged in. The HDD is a Seagate Firecuda 2tb SATA drive. It’s not that old and I never had any problems with it before, so I would be very surprised if it’s failing (but if it is, I at least have my important files backed up). I ordered a SATA-USB adapter online, so I’ll be able to check for issues with it from my work laptop when it arrives.

Powers on, but either gets stuck on the BIOS splash screen or shows no output at all. One attempt out of about a dozen powered it on and I got to my OS login screen, but it’s a success I haven’t been able to replicate. When I turn it on, the blue disk access light, other blue LEDs, and the fans turn on, but the red power light for the motherboard rarely comes on.

Things I’ve tried:

• Reseating the RAM multiple times
• Unplugging PSU connections and plugging them back in
• Resetting the CMOS battery
• Unplugging all USB peripherals
• Unplugging the hard drive

Sounds good, it’d be nice to recoup at least some of the value.

The one I’m looking at is iBuyPower

I hope I’m not about to make a horrible mistake, I did a bit of research and haven’t heard anything especially bad about them

Yep. Didn’t do shit.

Kinda weird to make somebody else’s facial hair about you.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I know for a fact that horses are stupider than shit and WILL kill themselves if you don’t take an absurd amount of precautions and adorn them in the right silly accessories so that they don’t scare themselves and fall over dead, and even then at best you can reduce the chances that they will do that, but they’re still absolutely going to.

The US has done more than enough settling but not nearly enough fucking off

The Matrix

Isn’t that the movie about a guy who takes a red pill and becomes a men’s rights activist

No don’t start another vegan/indigenous struggle session

In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony state’s blessing, but because, I am enriched by my stock value.