At 17:37 3/13/2005, Brian Weeden, wrote: >On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:27:11 -0500, Chris Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Brian, >> >> I've never had problems like those with all of the boxes I have built. Are >> they really cheap parts? Without being there to watch the way you assemble >> it's hard to comment. Maybe a flaky power supply? Maybe the motherboard is >> not mounted correctly? The only problems I've had with the machines I've >> built is a power supply dying after 5 years, it was a sparkle. Only other >> problems I've had are users errors(deleting root directory), driver issues, >> or failed hard drives. >> >> Chris > >Cheap parts, no. The mobo in question is a Gigabyte nforce 2 board, >all my CPUs are from Newegg (and not overclocked), my power supplies >from Enlight, and my ram is Crucial.
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