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The P6X8D Premium used goes between $120-$150 (eBay prices). Check completed auctions for verification and take an average. The i7 920 goes between $90-120 depending on if it comes with stock fan or not. (again, eBay prices). You can get 8GB of quality ram for $45 new and decent 8GB of ram for...

Final update: Finally fixed this, forgot to make a post about it. Turns out it was the DC power jack that was somehow causing a short whenever the power adapter was plugged in, causing the weird artifacting. After I replaced the DC power jack with a newbie, everything is golden now. :bounce:

Update: It looks like I've found what triggers it, as odd as it sounds. Whenever the lapto's AC adapter is plugged in, the artifacts happen when trying to boot into Win 7 normal mode. On battery power alone, the laptop can boot up into Windows 7 normal mode fine. Also just to double check I...

I'm trying to repair an older laptop (3 or 4 years old), a Toshiba A205-S4707. I've checked everything that I can check (at least what I've thought to check) and I have not found the problem yet. What it's doing is that when it gets to the Windows 7 boot-up screen everything on the screen...

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My system: CPU: Intel 2600K @ stock speeds Video Card: ATI XFX HD 6950 @ stock speeds Ram: 8GB (2x4GB) G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series (PC3 10666) DDR3 Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Pro Rev 3.1 Hard Drive: 2x256GB Crucial M4 (Raid 0) PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Power Supply OS: Windows 7 Professional...

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not sure if i got a bum motherboard or a bum hard drive. i am trying to do a raid 5 setup with five hitachi 2TB drives using the biostar TA880GU3+ motherboard. all five drives show up when i go into the bios: >SATA 1 DEVICE : [HARD DRIVE] >SATA 2 DEVICE : [HARD DRIVE] >SATA 3 DEVICE : [HARD...

I recently built a computer for my sister and my niece. It works well enough for all that they do on it. Stats: AMD X4 9600 CPU 2GB OCZ Plat Ram ECS A740GM-M motherboard ATI Radeon HD 3650 Windows XP Pro But my sister told me about a problem with it. She brought it to me and I'm stumped. The...