Recent content by Derfburger

Well here I am again replaced the GPU and bam turned it on and worked like a charm. Played around a little on the net and turned her off for the night and my wife tried to boot her up this morning and it bam crap again... It said windows was damaged and need repaired so I told her to try the...

I agree with Hefe on the 720 (it's a much better processor), the PSU as well is very important, and New Egg usually has some good CPU/Mobo combo's I saved $30.00 on this combo and got free shipping (not sure the deal is still active, but there are always some good ones) CPU – Phenom II X3 720...

Good luck Dan... Sorry I missed the part where you said about trying the onboard graphics. That'll teach me to watch the tube and post at the same time. I RMA'd my GPU today as well so hopefully both of will have good luck. To me this is the worst feeling when a new build won't even power...

Hi Dan, I have been having a similar, but not quite the same problem as you. My new build won't turn on either, but I have found when I disconnect the PCIe 6 pin it will power on (seems to be booting correctly, but I don't have on board video to know for sure, but when it is plugged in I have...

Thanks Blinky :) My only reason for needing the quick response is most of the equipment except for the case, DVD, and Floppy are all new purchases. I think it is narrowed down to the PCIe on the Mobo itself or the Graphics card (I don't think it would boot without the graphics card if the ram...

Thanks again Hefe this build is giving me a lot of heartburn LOL. I wish I had better resources to test these theories out, but I agree firing up without the GPU is a good sign of a GPU defect and I need to RMA it just incase this doesn't fix it and I have to return the Mobo instead. I'll keep...

Yeah I checked the pci-e plug and the only way the rig will turn on is to pull the 6 pin out and then start it up. The HD, CPU (fan), case fans, temp gauge, fan controllers, DVD drive and Floppy drive all power on when the 6 pin pci plug is pulled. I am thinking I may just RMA the dang Gfx...

Thanks Hefemeister appreciate the ideas. 1. Yeah I reseated it about 4X lol and then removed it 2 or 3 times. 2. I wish I had a system to swap the GPU into but the one I am typing on is about 7 years old and would melt LOL with the 4850 in it (Plus I think it is AGP anyway). 3. I...

Hi all it's me again... Hope someone can help me out on this one. Here's the background. I built a new PC no problem 2nd time doing this and all was well, booted up, installed OS, drivers etc, even got to game on World in conflict for 1 night. Next day left PC on went out of the room and...

OK so the StealthXstream 700W is going to deliver today.... Should I even open it up or just return it and get another PSU (hate to get jobbed on the return shipping especially if it turns out to be an OK PSU)? I am still unsure as I can not find any reviews on this model (other than the...

Thanks for the input Pinscher and Vernong didn't know about the Stealth the couple of reviews I read about the 600w (all i could find - except for new egg's user reviews - which we all know are crap for PSUs) all seemed to be pretty positive huh... I always heard OCZ PSUs were pretty good (of...

Hi everyone, You may or may not remember me I posted about a month ago about a new "budget" gaming build. I finally got all the parts (actually waiting on PSU delivery) and would like to have a little input on my final selections (some of these were highly influenced by this board :) Current...

OK thanks so much for the input so far it's been great. I will most likely go with something like Baron5's build, but I do have a couple more questions. 1. The Mobo from the Baron5 build lists only AM2 and AM2+ support however, the suggested Tri-Core processor is listed as an AM3 socket...

Not sure if this is the right place to post this since it's not truly a High Performance PC, but it is meant to be a bit more than average. I am on a tight budget, and am trying to stay around $550.00 USD on this build. That is for everything except keyboard, mouse, and monitor (I use an acer...

New to these forums. Found ya'll while googling around. Everybody here seems great so I decided to join. My interests are primarily in gaming PC's (unfortunately low budget gaming rigs for now :p) I would say my tech level is medium. I can build a rig, trouble shoot common problems, and do...