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Yes, I did. And after I installed the 2 hard drives and set them in RAID format in the BIOS, I also checked them out in the Raid settings to make sure they were still OK. Now on first boot, I got a bluescreen. I had to use an image of my windows install on a thumbdrive to go into installation...

Even though I was also having issues before Windows would even start to load up? I mean, I don't even think the computer has had time to look for any drivers when the post messages are just appearing on the screen.

OK, so some of you may know I switched from my AMD Phenom ii X4 940 to my Phenom ii X4 965 processor. In doing this I had to change everything around. My motherboard was switched to the asus board in my signature along with some GSkill DDR3 memory. Well, after booting for the first time, I had...

The temperature is your main enemy right now, quit trying to second guess your main objective. Right now you need to get the temperature on that CPU down. Unless I missed where you may have already done this, you need to reseat that heatsink, and in the process apply some new thermal paste. Do...

Thought I would play around a little with overclocking my processor today. I used AMD Overdrive to overclock. I can run stable at 3.6ghz, but i did do a suicide run and made it to 3.9ghz. The voltage was set at 1.52 and not the 1.72v as it says in the validated CPU-Z. Here is the CPU-Z validated...

When you delete a file it is still there, just sent to the recycle bin (unless it is too large for the recycle bin) When you empty the recycle bin, those files are deleted but they really aren't. The file contents stay on your Hard drive till your computer needs more space and decides to...

Bandwidth will fluctuate throughout the day. I've noticed I get better pings and bandwidth during the late evening hours around here. After 10:30PM (CST) or so.

Noticed the other day that Cox Internet is getting faster and faster. Was downloading a torrent yesterday at 5.5MBs. This is at home.

Yes, it's the one you said. My bad, was kinda in a rush typing it in. So, would you take the time to change over. What kind of differences will I notice? In switching over to the DDR3 system am I going to have to reinstall windows?

OK for a little bit I have had the MSI 770T-C45. Today I was just handed a brand spanking new never used MSI K9A2 Platinum motherboard. I had been having problems with my system rebooting due to a hyper-transport sync flood issue, but I believe I have resolved that, sorta. OK, now onto the...

Well, today I came across a whole computer for $8. It has an AMD Phenom ii X4 965BE on an Asus M4A79XTD EVO motherboard with 4GB of GSkill DDR3 memory. Didn't fair to well on the video card but will work as a backup if needed with the Vapor-X Radeon 5770. Also had a Corsair TX650W power supply...

I'm wondering about getting a better graphics card then the one I have. I have an Nvidia GTX 460 1MB graphics card right now. CPU is the AMD Phenom ii X4 940BE. What would be the highest card I could go to before my CPU would be a bottleneck? Or should I just save my money to purchase a DDR3...

I just changed from air cooling to a closed loop water cooling system. During the changeover I switched from AS5 to Noctua NT-H1. When applying this paste, I first noticed how easy it was to spread and get a nice even layer of paste on the CPU. I can't really say how much differences are in...

Not sure if this is the right spot for this ad, but I'm posting it for a friend of mine. These cards have about 5 hours of gaming on them. He has the ad posted on ebay. Link removed

Have you tried using driver sweeper in safe mode. Let it remove all the files and everything for the video card, then install a fresh copy of the drivers. A driver update will not fix a corrupted driver file, which sounds like what you might have.

Unplug the computer first, then open it up and pull your memory out and put it back in. Try that and see if that helps on the no boot situation. When moving , I always keep it up front inside the vehicle with me. Don't shake or bump the case and sit it on a cushion to keep the road bumps from...

Where exactly did the flame shoot out from? Did it shoot out of the PSU?

PSU is shot, get a new one.

Flames? out the side of the PSU? If you're getting flames out of the side of your PSU, STOP, don't continue. Your PSU is shot. If you have done what I asked about in my previous post then with the PSU disconnected from everything; short out pins 15 & 16 on the 24-pin connector with a small...

Just to be sure because you posted that everything was connected, but now you completely disconnected your PSU; you did a quick short between the two pins on the motherboard, where the front panel power switch was plugged into correct?