Recent content by tfarchitect

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    Video Card Failure or Bios Virus

    Thanks for the help guys. Sure enough, the 8800 Ultra decided to assassinate itself. Too bad i did not register the video card with XFX... now i have an $800 piece of junk. Oh well, at least i don't have a killer virus.
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    Video Card Failure or Bios Virus

    I forgot to mention that i have a 700W Thermaltake powersupply. I also recently installed the two 640GB drives (a week ago)... And the first thing i did after the system froze was unplug both power and SATA connections to all but the primary hard drive. Is there any way to test a power supply...
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    Video Card Failure or Bios Virus

    Two night ago i ran a system scan with BitDefender 2010 to check the system for infections. (i preform this scan on a somewhat regular basis for peace of mind). The deep system scan take hours (i have 4 hard drives and a lot of files to sort through) so i left it to run over night. The...
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    Office Plotter Computer [CPU Suggestions]

    what would be the fun in that. and price, i can get more for the same amount of money if i assemble it.
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    Office Plotter Computer [CPU Suggestions]

    My boss has requested that i build a relatively cheap computer to interface with our wideformat plotter. He is looking to spend around 700-800 dollars total for the system. The computer will simply need to connect to the network and serve as a print station for the plotter. CAD and...