Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
If the system is starting up in safe mode but not booting up properly during a normal boot, some software is starting up and interfering with the process.
Have you run msconfig to see what is starting up with the system yet?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560
or you can go into registry...
I thought my first-week box died recently too (barely booting, trouble reading discs) and it turned out that it was the AC power supply that was shot. I got a replacement and it works just fine again.