Wonderful! Thanks!! Next month is nearly here so that's good news!

As for mercury, I've read where a woman got some on her hands and died.. I would prefer mercury though so here's to hoping it's...

Update btw, all systems check out okay.. (aside from what the latest poster had stated to try) I've had no shutdowns and no non-startups. I've ran scandisk which usually would lock up or reboot my...

Heat pipes? Do you mean one that uses freon? I was browsing some fans with coolers, I think you have a great point though, extra cooling :D

So the ocbase site has what others are talking about...

Okay, I'm back.. My full load, mind you, is me running "The Sims 2" with all EP's, all Stuff packs, Large lot fully loaded with all options turned on, 8 sims on lot with animations and large objects...

Okay, still no responses from you guys. Either I sound like an idiot or you guys have no clue ??

Either way, an update for those wondering, I have checked in my case and OH MY!! Lots of dust, so...

I think I've possibly answered my own question? No one has any ideas if I'm right or close? I could use some ideas or tips on how to troubleshoot to find out if I'm right :)


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I'm no techie but I know vista is notorious for needing permission and nearly everything I run has to be "run as administrator". Have you tried repair? Vista has the capability of repairing your...

Sometimes my vista doesn't find the updates for all my drivers and I have to go to the manufacturer's site of the installed items (graphic cards, sound cards, etc). I keep autoupdate on for...

I hope your mobo isn't dead. I had one die and never found out what happened to it or why it fried. I'm not saying it is, I'm not a pro. Going by experience of my own. There's usually more than...

I'm not sure they can switch hard drives without it messing with the warranty though, if it's internal. I know I had a problem with my laptop, restore had worked but I had to run it twice and they...

I no longer use xp and I'm not sure which you're using but I know with vista, there's a repair option if you boot with the disk and you can repair anything that may be off, like something that gets...

I thought I should add that I have auto updates on, mcafee anti-virus (auto update also) and my disk is only 5% fragmented.
The pc is also a bit louder than I think it should be, sounds like the...

Hi everyone, I'm new *blush*... This is my first post to a techical forum on any topic aside from modding games, usually I call or fix it myself.

I've built this pc but I dont' always have a good...