Quoting Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think you've dome a pretty good job of diagnosis here, but it's one of > those classic hardware problems that require swapping of major > components to really pin down. What's left is your mobo as you've > suggested and your power supply. A faulty PS can cause this sort of > behavior, so I would be tempted to try swapping that first, just because > it's easy (and cheap if you have to buy one). > > I have a feeling in my bones that you are going to be in the market for > a new mobo however. Perfect excuse to upgrade that CPU while you're at > it! ;-) > > good luck! > > Brian
I didn't mention it.. but actually I also borrowed a spare PSU from work.. but I haven't tried it out yet (one thing at a time). So I had actually considered this... but my current PSU is 400W, and the spare I borrowed is 250W .. so I am not sure if it will really be powerful enough. I recently bought a new mobo/ram/cpu for a 2nd PC.. so don't really want to do the whole thing again for 1st pc. I have found the exact same mobo for sale (brand new) and so if it is mobo, I can swap just that without further expense (finger crossed). ------------------------------------------------- Everyone should have http://www.freedom2surf.net/
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