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Decent upgrade that!

They’ve been missing the front bits for years 😂

So after the new starter motor was fitted it done the same thing. Obviously, much swearing followed this. I had to go buy some new jump leads as mine seem to have disappeared, once I had the battery earth connected to the engine it fired up first time. This caused massive relief, followed by...

This is what’s always been on my mind, but the newer ones with the pixel cleaning/refresh pretty much negates the worry. Also, the 3 year warranty helps.

Upgraded to an OLED monitor today. The ROG Strix XG27ACDNG to be precise, just rolls off the tongue like all of them do. It’s a 27” 1440p that goes up to 360hz and looks bloody amazing tbh. The picture I have is below, it’s really bad, but that’s it against my old IPS monitor. In summary -...

The worst thing about that game is they never made another one. Enjoy!

I would 100% look at the second hand market. If you’re concerned about warranty then try CEX, they’ll give you a 5 year one. Grey import companies can save you a decent amount of money too. I used Cotswold cameras a few months ago and picked up a brand new Sony A6400 for the price of a second...

Just do one at a time, remove an old one and replace. It’s honestly not difficult, just make sure they’re seated fully when plugging them in.

You will need to redo the wiring as it’s not recommended to use cables that didn’t come with your PSU, they can even be different between models from the same manufacturer.

I can confirm the starter motor is dead. It worked one more time when I picked the wife up from work and then yesterday I tried it and I had a puff of smoke and a burning smell. A new Bosch one is now on order.

I’d look at 850W and 1000W, see what the price difference is. If it’s negligible then it’s always safer having a bit more headroom.

Little update on this. I’ve just come out to the car and it was still doing the same thing, no surprise there. I turned the ignition on and held it there a few seconds until the starter motor started clicking again, much excitement! Then I tried again and…. Obviously I’m very happy this...

I’ve just been out and swapped the relays - no change. Looks like I’m getting under it tomorrow to check the wiring!

In 10.5years of ownership I’ve not had to dip into this section as far as I know. But here we are due to the old car doing old car things: Right at the end of the video you can hear a sound from something under the bonnet. I’ve slapped a new battery on because the one on it was old anyway...

Try limiting the power in MSI afterburner. If it doesn’t give you any issues with the GPU set to 80% power limit you’ll pretty much be sure it’s the PSU.