
Originally Posted by
TheGhost
Well, on the CPU there are two tiny dents in the metal where the lever thingy comes down to hold it tightly in place. I've re-seated it twice now, and I'm pretty sure it's in there correctly (lol). On my last two computers I've never taken the CPU out so I don't know if this is normal or not. I think the RAM is okay, because any number of sticks in any configuration of slots doesn't seem to help.
I think the power supply is okay (and it is high quality), because things seem to be happening on the motherboard, it just gets stuck at random postcodes (4F, 3B, 51, etc). Also the temp card is tiny and doesn't require any extra power. Sometimes it will get into Windows and then I will get vertical color bars on the screen and it's just dead (pic later, but I haven't been able to verify this result with the temp card, haven't gotten past BIOS with it). Also, it would become more and more frequent (card heating up??). The no screen image made my suspect the video card, but swapping hasn't helped so far so I'm really stuck.
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