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You may need to ACTIVATE the disk - goto control panel>admin tools>computer management>disk management - is the drive in there?

Hi and welcome to FPCH :) The technology you are describing is VERY old and most people have no idea what they are - I would doubt very much if you could get a replacement part other than from another machine. Or a very Specialist supplier. Sorry I could be of no further help

thats VERY hot - you need much better cooling! MORE FANS in the case will definately help - can you post a pic of the inside of the case please :)

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He he - thats pretty much handed on a plate :D

when you say 54 oC - thats pretty hot - have you uprated the cooler?

Hi Phil, Welcome to FPCH :)

Hi and welcome to FPCH :)

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I agree with Seth - seeing as though you have changed the MOBO and the GPU - then the chances are that the PSU is dead (that could have been what took the MOBO out - as when a PSU goes it normally takes the MOBO or the CPU out with it) Are you 100% sure that all the connections are installed correctly (this may sound naive) but it is a very common fault, do you get any response from the PC whatsoever - Case LED's, fans spinning up?

Wolfey my opinion of you is slipping based on your last post :p

No problem - we will leave the thread open until you return and let us know if its sorted :)

They seem like your fingerprint scanner drivers :eek:

Right - can you run something like a game for 5 minutes and then restart the PC - go into the BIOS and post all the temps and the Voltages - and if you can get a tool for monitoring the GPU temp, and let me know that. we will get there in the end. :D

Goku - me and Wolfey were being sarcastic as we saw the defrag options but not the 4 reboot options :D

LMAO :D Wolfey it's not your eyes mate

Dependant on what you use your PC for only some of the very latest games use anything upward of EAX3 - so if you play games that are over 1 year old, it will be fine and a monumental improvement over onboard.

did you do what Randy said in post 5 http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/26155-post5.html

I question that - mine doesn't so unless I turned it off somewhere

Well done Bonnie :D - you now choose a quote. btw - great may be a tad over the top lol

YES by a huge margin - I think it was 30 seconds when not defragged on say a BIG game like Command and Conquer 3 or Supreme Commander, and 15 seconds when defragged - these are loading times BTW. Huge difference

As I originally posted in I think Mara's thread - I really only defrag my GAMES drive and thats becuase the files are big.

My HP lappy has the same - luckily If ANYTHING goes wrong with it I pay £2 a month and it covers the lot - even if I decide to drop kick it down the stairs :D

No google - dunno if it would give it anyway (dont try) the winner gets the next go at a quote :D