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First post was directed at John... Stranglehold, along with placing the original RAM back onto the board, I've re-routed my HDD back to it's original SATA motherboard port without the SATA cable to the SSD plugged in.

Yes sir. I still remain stuck in a pre-POST phase. And... really big AutoCAD projects. But, that's beside the point.

Greetings, All. I decided to upgrade my computer with a new set of RAM and planning on a complete OS re-install with a SSD and mechanical HDD. Here are the specs: EVGA X58 FTW3 mobo, i7-950 Bloomfield CPU Crucial Ballistix Tracer 12GB 1333 DDR3 SDRAM 500GB WD HDD with Windows 7 Home...

If you plan on reinstalling the Windows OS, your computer will realize that there is already a copy of Windows 7 on the system and act accordingly. It moves all files from your C: into a Windows.old drive and I believe that is where you can grab up your documents, pictures, music, etc. I...

I took the $300 drop in the wallet and invested in a Corsair Obsidian 800D. Looks great. I thought it was worth it. But to others, maybe not so much. Great cable management. Great air flow management. Love it.

Thoughts on liquid cooling? Seems to be a very efficient cooling method for CPUs and I hope the markets will catch on soon. I doubt software CDs and DVDs will be around much longer. Buy and download software off the internet, or ISO burning stations available at places like Best Buy or...

I've enacted Windows Backup and Restore Center onto my secondary hard drive. I think it works pretty well. It will run incremental updates like you stated, and I'm pretty sure that it takes a system image during each update as well. I've actually got to use a system image to restore my...

Flight Simulator X has a natural target FPS of 20 fps, I think... that's outrageously low, but I can crank it up to 50 or 60 easily on the maxed out graphics setting. Check my specs below for my system setup. and FSX has a lot of graphics settings that you can tweak in order to get your best...

NICE SETUP! Looks like a serious investment. I like your style. Check my computer stats in my signature... And I like blue :)

it's Windows based. so I believe so. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/microsoft-office-2010-system-requirements-HA101810407.aspx That's the link to Office 2010 web page for system requirements. It mentions solely Windows 7, so I'm thinking Starter, Home Premium, Professional, and...

ALSO: if you have a flash drive that you're not using, you can install the Linux operating system onto that flash drive (needs to be like 4GB capacity I think) and be able to boot up the Linux OS called Ubuntu from the flash drive. I use that trick all the time when Windows crashes and I want...

Have you checked the BIOS for boot priority?

The starter version is a stripped-down Windows that uses as little computing power as possible with the most fundamental system processes and applications. It's being used in netbooks with Intel Ion processors so you have a lower power consumption rate. It's convenient for those who don't want...

I have a desktop system, so my usual strategy is to hook up the laptop hard drive through SATA and boot up Ubuntu to access those files. idk if you have a desktop available, but getting Ubuntu is easy enough (if you have another computer accessible, that is) because you can download it and burn...

Lego Star Wars will always hold a place in my heart. Completely pointless and insane, but it's great to play. So many different things to do, lots of different challenges. I prefer the Lego Stars Wars: Complete Saga edition. There's also a LSW3 which includes the events of the Clone Wars...

STAR CRAFT 2!!!!!!!!!! Real-time strategy games, I think is what they're called. Great community. Played all over the world. Crazy awesome. If you like to think quickly on your feet, SC2 is the way to go.

Welcome to the CF. Yes, please tell us more. Be AS EXTREMELY DETAILED AS POSSIBLE on what is going on with your system. The more information the better.

sounds like a bad board. sorry to hear this happen. better ship it back. side-note: I just purchased an MSI laptop. how is their customer support?

I find nothing wrong with Norton, but since Microsoft Security Essentials comes free, I find nothing wrong with not having to pay $60 a year for Norton security software.

Agreed with the whole i7 situation. they're great, but super expensive. A good friend of mine at my high school who is the technology coordinator (the big cheese, some might call him...) once said that i5 processors are pretty much built the same like an i7, but failed to meet certain i7...