Computer randomly shutting down. Even Geek Squad can't figure out the problem. Help!

[RD5050]

Originally Posted by thelopez2

You probably could partner with a computer tech and say if you fix this and sell it, I'll give you 1/2 of the profit. How long ago did you spend your thousands of dollars. I don't think I can get $100 for a 6 year old XP Dell box that I spend $1000 on. Much of that cost is Acrobat and Microsoft Office.

You could probably put your hard drive in an external enclosure. After reading what someone said about extra voltage to the components, I wouldn't want to use it as my main drive. The memory which you bought is probably non ECC, meaning it is cheap and you would rather pay less upfront than have more expensive memory with more features.

The OP's computer in used condition still sells for $500 - $800 used on eBay.

Here's a used one that SOLD for $850 last week:

Dell Studio XPS 9100 Intel Core i7 980X Extreme | eBay

[Pruzhany]

Originally Posted by RD5050

The OP's computer in used condition still sells for $500 - $800 used on eBay.

Here's a used one that SOLD for $850 last week:

Dell Studio XPS 9100 Intel Core i7 980X Extreme | eBay

Currently computers with Win7 actually get a premium price compared to those with Win8, but people who are not in the know tend to overpay when they get into a bidding war w/o thinking.


But here is one that sold for $385:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Studio-...item4860cc626a

[RD5050]

Originally Posted by Pruzhany

Currently computers with Win7 actually get a premium price compared to those with Win8, but people who are not in the know tend to overpay when they get into a bidding war w/o thinking.

But here is one that sold for $385:
Dell Studio XPS 9100 Radeon HD 5770 i7 930 2 8GHz 12GB DDR3 1 TB Desktop | eBay

The one that sold for $850 was purchased with Buy It Now. No bidding war.

And I'm not saying they all sell for over $800.

But many of the XPS 9100 currently sell for $500 and up in used condition.

Here's another used one that sold this week with 1 bid for $600 + 80 to ship:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-XPS-Stu...item417fa599fa

So this is not a computer I would simply "trash".

If it were mine .. I'd put a little more money into solving the graphics card problem, by getting a very cheap used low-end video card to use for testing, as I mentioned in a previous post.