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    Oh boy... Windows not loading

    Hey guys, sorry more troubles- any ideas? Board: Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L Case/PSU: Sonata III 500 HDD: WD6400 AAKS Drive: SH-S203B RAM: corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5 CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 GPU: GeFORCE 8800GS OS : XP x64 An hour ago, the power went off in the whole house thanks to...
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    Earthwatt 500 failure?

    3 weeks ago, I put together a PC using the Sonata III case with the Earthwatts500 PSU, in the early stages before updating the graphic drivers , I would get some total freezups and have to reboot. The other night, a few hours before a thunderstorm, the power supply seems to fail and the computer...
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    Recently Built Computer, Startup problems

    Hey guys, I recently built a computer with your help on this board. The computer has been working great for about a month, but I loaded up some Avis on VLC, paused em', went downstairs, came back up and the computer was off. Pressing the front panel button to restart has usually lead it to start...
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    Computer put together, disk boot failure

    Alllright Just put together my first comp, I've got a SATA WD6400AAKS and a SH-S203B DVD drive in there with a Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L. I boot it up, and check the bios to make sure the CD is set to boot up first and it says Boot from CD/DVD : Disk book failure insert system disk and...
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    Quick question, memory/mobo compability

    Hey, just quick if someone could help me out, are these compatible? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128347&Tpk=GIGABYTE%2bGA-EP43-DS3L%2bIntel%2bP43 Thanks
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    short question on Thermal Grease

    Ok, I'm putting a Core 2 Quad in a Gigabyte EP43-DS3L, I'm going to use the Stock Heat Sink. Since this is my first build I want to make sure of things. Do I need thermal grease for the CPU, or is it fine with the Stock Sink? Thanks
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    Novice, starting on a project. Lookin' for advice!

    Hey Guys, I'm hardly knowledgeable on building a computer from scratch, this time around I want to put together a decent machine. It's main uses will be mainly for just photoshop work, good video support, and a lot of space and RAM. I figure something like a good "Everyman's computer". A...
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