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Thread ID: 74616	2006-11-29 08:36:00	How MSI Smart Monitor saved my bacon	gkar (5215)	Press F1

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502923	2006-11-29 08:36:00	This is a synopsis that occured this week . I had a SATA HDD which failed intermittently, so I had it replaced under warranty . After reloading all the files to the new one via my desktop (where I had them stored), I reinstalled the drive into my HTPC, moving my boot IDE and another SATA drive around the bays to facilitate installation . After completion, I put the cover back on & reconnected it back into my HT system, without checking its operation first -yeah, I know, it was the first time I had ever done this; it was a long day . About five minutes later, I was watching TV3 sport using GB-PVR when the unit just shut down completely . I took the cover off, and to my abject horror the CPU fan (Zalman 7000b-alcu) was not working; a wire had jammed in between the fans which I had not seen . After adjusting the wire & testing the fan manually, I tried a reboot: no power, even through the PSU . Now, I was worried! I left it for some 15 minutes hoping the system would fire up after cooling down . I retried it & it did boot, but not into Windows . I tried booting into DOS with my Ghost boot CD-ROM . The drive was not listed, even though the boot HDD was recognised in the BIOS . I took it out & put it into my desktop & everything was fine . The partitions & folders were all intact . I reinstalled it into the HTPC & did a manual detect within the BIOS . I rechecked to see if it was recognised from Ghost & it was there, but would still not boot up . I cleared CMOS from the mobo, loaded optimised defaults & Windows loaded . Everything was fine . :thumbs: Moral of the story: don't do electronics after a long day at work; and if you have protection software like Smart monitor, set it to a safe shutdown temperature level which is what I did because it is not enabled by default . Why not? Who knows?? Now I'm after some more hardware, probably another 150MCE tuner card for the unit as I've saved some serious money .	gkar (5215)
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