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  1. J

    Intermittent non-boot w/ high end buyers guide config

    Oh, I can do it myself, I've bult my last 3 rigs. I just figured I'd avoid the hassle and have a local shop assemble the components I purchased from Newegg. They're only charging me a $70 fee to assemble it, so for that price I'll have a guy that sits and does this stuff all day long take care...
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    Intermittent non-boot w/ high end buyers guide config

    The tech did try to test the memory. The machine wouldn't even boot with the bad stick in it. It's just aggravating, that's all.
  3. J

    Intermittent non-boot w/ high end buyers guide config

    Now the tech is reporting that one of the sticks of Geil memory is no good, the system won't even post with it. You'd think that if you paid twice as much money for computer memory, it would be quality stuff, maybe even tested before it left the factory -- but you'd be wrong. Next time I'll...
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    Intermittent non-boot w/ high end buyers guide config

    I ordered the OCZ GameXStream 700 watt psu. That should eliminate the PSU as theww source of the problem. I'll post an update once it's installed.
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    Intermittent non-boot w/ high end buyers guide config

    Here's an update. The tech swapped in another video card and it still froze intermittently at boot, so it's not the EVGA card. He popped in another generic PSU and it did the same thing. A better PSU might be the answer but this leans in the direction of it not being the PSU. Besides, the...
  6. J

    Intermittent non-boot w/ high end buyers guide config

    The PSU is whatever came by default with the case, and while it's a nice looking case, I don't think it's a big name brand. I'll have to check tomorrow.
  7. J

    Intermittent non-boot w/ high end buyers guide config

    I recently had a local shop assemble a machine composed of the major elements from the October High End Buyers Guide. Motherboard: MSI 975X v.2 GPU: EVGA 640-P2-N825-AR 8800GTS R CPU: Intel C2D E6600 2.4 OS: XP Pro, clean install The case and power supply are new, 400 watts The 2 gig...