so I picked up a dedicated qubes 6 or 8 months ago. turned it on when I picked it up and it worked (on for 1-5 minutes maybe).
The machine has been on a maximum of 1 hour in the 6+ months I"ve owned it. Not 1 hour at a time, 1 hour total.
anyway, I flipped her on the other day and there are graphics issues. blockiness, weird letters, it's just off.
Voltages are solid, (a switcher has been hacked in before I got it).
Anyway the picture I am about to show you has a couple of 'blown' parts near the edge connector.
In someone's expert opinion (not a guess from someone who has no idea), is it possible these parts blew since I've had the machine and they are causing the issues described above.
The power cord is missing the ground prong, and when I plug it in, I get a little sparking and it's kind of rough to get it plugged in, meaning it kind of goes on and on and off and on, until I shove it in hard (that's what she said).
I did reseat all of the socketed chips, that's how I discovered the 2 blown parts (both pictured. 1 transistor and 1 capacitor) positions Q1 and C33 (pictured)
I suppose another way I should ask this is:
could the game have functioned normally with these parts blown?
The machine has been on a maximum of 1 hour in the 6+ months I"ve owned it. Not 1 hour at a time, 1 hour total.
anyway, I flipped her on the other day and there are graphics issues. blockiness, weird letters, it's just off.
Voltages are solid, (a switcher has been hacked in before I got it).
Anyway the picture I am about to show you has a couple of 'blown' parts near the edge connector.
In someone's expert opinion (not a guess from someone who has no idea), is it possible these parts blew since I've had the machine and they are causing the issues described above.
The power cord is missing the ground prong, and when I plug it in, I get a little sparking and it's kind of rough to get it plugged in, meaning it kind of goes on and on and off and on, until I shove it in hard (that's what she said).
I did reseat all of the socketed chips, that's how I discovered the 2 blown parts (both pictured. 1 transistor and 1 capacitor) positions Q1 and C33 (pictured)
I suppose another way I should ask this is:
could the game have functioned normally with these parts blown?


