This aint to bad really.....dont focus solely on boot times only though.

Has the systems multitasking capabilities improved somewhat?

How long do individual programs take to load when you have...

Not only should you check whats loading at startup but also what's running in the background.....Make sure your boot sequence is set to 'normal' and run through these computer maintenance steps:
...

Im guessing you mean the Hard drive when you say seagate????

If its making unusual sounds that seem out of the normal to you, this usually means that its about to go south for the winter....

http://www.training-classes.com/learn/_k/c/h/i/chip_level/

A 256 added with a 512 will still give you a total capacity of 768mb of RAM, however if the sticks are of different frequency, then overall speed of the combined RAM will be only as fast as the...

It's about a 5-7% increase in performance when you have two RAM modules of the same size and same frequency (MHz) as apposed to alternating sizes.

It's nice to have, but not something you're...

The BIOS is a setup program for your PC and is technically firmware encompassed upon the motherboard chipset.
To alter this firmware, we need to 'flash' the chip with the new setup program data.
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yeah.....quite an expensive exercise for no result!

P.S Guess it can only be soft related or bad sectors on the HDD

Test and repair them with freeware apps from here:...

CPU's either work or they dont....unless its heat related, its unlikely that they fail causing random shuts then allow start up later on.

I was going to suggest its possibly software related with...

thekashyap is right.....also remember that when buying RAM for your existing mobo, correct compatibility is also of upmost importance!

Some mobo's are very fussy about what manufacturing brands...

mmm....this is very unlikely, but you probably mean PSU which is also out of the question.

The monitor most probably comes on through its seperate AC power connector but you most likely see a 'no...

What exactly happens when you say it wont power up? Do you hear any fans or hard drives spinning up, any beep codes but no monitor signal or just plain old nothing?
No lights, no sounds, nothing?

I agree with jbennet in that its most likely a software issue involving a buggy driver!

The easiest way to determine this and pinpoint the offender is to run the crash dump files through a...

I cant agree....incompatible RAM will give you a series of error beep codes as your system will fail to POST.

If everything spins up and you get no beeps with just a blank screen, i would bet my...

Look this might be a stab in the dark, but have you tried changing the Hardware Acceleration setting in the Display tool in Control Panel from Full to none, when set at full, this can sometimes...

Was the mobo purchased brand new or pulled from a 'Working System'?

I have experienced these symptoms on past builds and it has usually turned out to be a faulty mobo i bought second hand.

My...

Are you running this driver http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.21_whql.html assuming you have XP?

This one for Vista http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_169.25_whql.html


Regards

Computers are an extremely complex machine...since their inception, no other man made device has caused humans to make as many stuff ups as they have, accept for the exception of Tequila and...

OK, you have established that a faulty monitor is not the cause in this situation!

It may be a problem with the video card, video controller or driver!

Does anything show up in 'Device...

Yes, providing your memory modules(how ever many you use) are precisley identical in make, manufacturer and format, then size does not matter!

My asus A8V deluxe has the same set up as yours(by...

The ultimate in performance? How far can they go?

Make your own mind up!

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