Recent content by KingLou

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    $500ish bare bones desktop build

    Oh, yeah. I only saw the DVI port at first. That's why I was confused. Thank you!
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    $500ish bare bones desktop build

    Thank you for the quick response. This is for her job, she will be working part time in the office, part time at home. They run windows 7, so I want to keep everything pretty on par. Also, wouldn't I need a graphics card of some sort to run a dual monitor setup, versus just the onboard...
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    $500ish bare bones desktop build

    Well you guys have always come through for me on past builds. My sister is wanting me to build her a very basic desktop from which to do work at home. Nothing particularly graphics/otherwise intensive. The only real requirement is the ability to run a dual monitor setup. The two monitors are...
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    Repair or replace?

    Well it COULD be a second bad power supply. But if it is your mobo, I would still opt for repairing and getting a new mobo. I just swapped motherboards today out of a computer and it took me all of 7 minutes. And yes, if it's not your PSU, then it's your motherboard. Unfortunately you're out...
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    Repair or replace?

    Is there a power light on the PSU? If so, that could be a quick indication that it's the power supply, in which case it would be a quick and relatively inexpensive fix. I would start there. With the components you have, I personally, would not take on the expense of a complete replacement at...
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    OS: Win 7.. Should I? st build

    I personally cannot stand Win 8. I bought a new laptop that came with windows 8. I immediately purchased a copy of Win 7 and installed it. I just built two new computers with Win 7. Win 7 gets my vote.
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    New build, extremely long load time.

    Just to put this one to rest with a final conclusion. I tried out the new card reader and the issue stayed the same. Normal windows boot time without the card reader (under 20 seconds). With it plugged in, about 1 min 20 sec windows boot time. I decided to try the other motherboard, even...
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    New build, extremely long load time.

    Yes...here is the unit I originally purchased: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820192021 Since I am building my dad two separate PCs, I purchased two card readers, and I returned them both. Kinda weird...the first one I put in caused a boot time of 1 min 5 sec to...
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    New build, extremely long load time.

    Also....I will hunt the bios for a drive time setting that may be adjustable. Failing that.....is there something in this "Windows boot manager" that I can change to perhaps take the USB drives out of the boot equation? That is assuming of course the problem remains with the new card readers...
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    New build, extremely long load time.

    Thank you for the suggestions everyone. The USB card reader is not set in the boot order at all. Here is something that seems strange to me. It sets the default boot device as "windows boot manager." If I change this to the SSD where Win 7 is installed....on startup is says "No boot device...
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    New build, extremely long load time.

    PS- In the meantime I submitted a support ticket to Gigabyte about this. We will see how that pans out.
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    New build, extremely long load time.

    No matter what I do to the boot order in the BIOS there is no change. As long as the card reader is connected the boot time takes over 1 minute. I RMA'd these card readers and ordered new ones. However, I am not optimistic. EVERYTHING I find on the internet related to this problem has no...
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    New build, extremely long load time.

    It completely skipped my mind and I forgot it was even installed. I started disconnecting things one by one to narrow down the problem. My fault!
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    New build, extremely long load time.

    OMFG!!!! It was the damn multi-card reader!
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    New build, extremely long load time.

    NOW....it's doing it with just the onboard video. I have to think that it's the mobo? Unless.......now we have to go back to possibly considering the SSD?