I have a two week old PC that has been running great until today. First, the power supply (500W Earthwatts that comes with Sonata 3) went from being nice and quiet to roaring like a jet engine. It's maxed out, trying to do some serious cooling. I ignored it, and did what I planned to do today; install a PCI card with a parallel port (I forgot the printer was from the last Millenium, and the motherboard didn't have a parallel port). It set up just fine, and the printer worked great, when I noticed the LAN port was dead. I tried reinstalling drivers, but it's totally dead. Windows Device manager doesn't even show there is one. Then, I removed the case cover, and noticed a bright red LED on the motherboard (Asus P5K) indicating the PCI device is not properly installed. So I tried another slot. Same deal. I tossed the card back into it's box, and re-booted. The LAN is gone, and the power supply sounds like it'll blow up. I have no clue what to do at this point. Can anyone offer advice to this wannabe computer builder? It looks like a fried power supply and motherboard, but I'm not positive.
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