Recent content by geekisthenewcool

The computer I'm building randomly shuts off. I haven't even been able to keep it on long enough to install the OS. It does an immediate, complete shutdown. Everything (fans, hard drives, etc) just instantly shut off. Parts: Chip...

Ok, not sure if I did the CMOS thing right, but it didn't make a difference. I installed XP to a partition on one of my other hard drives and have been tentatively trying it out. If I go a week without any crashses, I'll clone that partition and put it on the 10kRPM drive.

I for got to turn smiley faces off. Those were supposed to be ( C: ) and ( D: ).

I just built a new machine and it's having some really ridiculous issues. The computer's components are also listed on my profile, but I will cut and paste here: 2.4GHz Intel Core2 Quad (which I hope to overclock once it's up and running) 4GB of DDR3 RAM Intel mobo 650W Rosewill PSU w/...