Recent content by Dave 803

Thanks for the help, everyone. I decided to just buy a simple system from RePC in Seattle and donate the inop system to them. Hopefully their techs can troubleshoot it and pass it on to someone else, and I'll have the time to build a proper system later. :cheers:

Thanks gang, things I'm also leaning toward a new build, always hated this case. I can reuse the HDs, and the video card (old GTX 1050) is also working fine so that saves a bit. I sure miss the days when your MB choices were ASUS, MCI or Gigabyte, and you could run down to Fry's and look at...

Thermal paste was ok, i5-3570 chip. No power/warning lights on the Mb at all to display status. Yes, that was the video I used. It's a Corsair TX750 power supply. No local shop except for Best Buy Geek squad, not worth taking it down to them. Ironically, I just bought a new Acer laptop, but...

Don't laugh, this computer has lasted longer than my marriage. Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H 32 GB Corsair Vengence DDR3, 2 sticks of 16 gb each Intel 3570 CPU, apologies, been so long I don't remember which one. (but at least it's not a Celeron!) Western Digital black 1tb drive I use it for my shop...