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Without buying RAM I have no spares. I will turn off the IDE controller in BIOS. IF that doesn't work I will remove 2 of my 4 RAM sticks and see what happens.

Yes I have checked bios settings and it is all fine. Nothing changed. My computer was working in vista for months just now decided to randomly boot. If the only thing hooked up is one sata hard drive and not working then buying a new DVD burner will not fix.

I have multiple bootable cd-roms i have used (windows vista, bootable update cd that came with my motherboard) It freezes before it reads the cdrom.

It randomly works without IDE. It randomly works in any scenario.

So I thought I figured out that my IDE cable was bad but this is not the case. I have reinstalled windows vista enough times that right now is a fresh copy with nothing done to it other then logging in and rebooting over and over. My motherboard has only 1 IDE chain, 1 floppy chain, and 6 sata ports. On the IDE chain DVD burner is master and a hard drive for data is slave. On SATA port 1 is the windows vista drive On SATA port 2 is another data hard drive There is no floppy installed I am using a KVM switch just for video and keyboard. Mouse is USB not hooked into KVM switch The problem is simple. Randomly my computer will boot and other times it locks up. By random I mean I must reboot 2-5 times and/or turn off computer before it boots. The computer turns on, it goes through POST test, and sees all the IDE and SATA installed devices. Then it switches to a black screen with one cursor flashing in the left corner. If the computer feels like working it checks for bootable CDs in the drive ("press any key to boot from cd-rom......."), then blinks for about 20 seconds, then starts the boot loader for vista. Then the windows bar scrolls on the bottom etc etc. If it doesn't feel like working it will keep flashing forever and will never check for a bootable cd. It locks up my keyboard. I am not able to use the KVM keyboard command to switch to my other computer until I power the machine off. Other times it allows me to switch but it takes about 10 seconds to switch over. I though it was something with the IDE chain so I first unhooked and hooked in the IDE wire. Then I ran the computer with no primary hooked up. Also no slave hookup. Then I ran with only the 2 sata hard drives hooked up. In all options above it will randomly work. As a last resort I have only hooked up the sata port 1 operation system drive. It still randomly boots. Anyone know what the problem could be? :mad:

Stick to IRC for chatz

meh alcohol is a must on new years... i don't know about champagne being a must.

Yes please upgrade champagne to scotch. :bangbang:

Wow you are so smart ! That is exactly what it is. Now you spoiled the surprise you big silly. I will have to slap you. :gtfo:

Please upgrade to Johnnie walker black label.

All rep comments should automatically include the author. There is no reason to have rep points (other then the noob rule this site has) if this is not the case.

It is not just for us there will be others there.

There MIGHT be some in the trunk of my car but that is all I am saying...

If I wasn't at work right now I would...

So both the normal fridge and the mini fridge were stocked by my wife last night. Bless her heart <3 you. Let me list the things because this is so awesome. 4 different six packs of beer 2 six packs of fruity beer for the wife 1 Heineken mini keg 1 large bottle of grey goose 4 bottles of tonic water 2 plastic lime bottles filled with lime juice 1 large case of bottled water 1 large bag of ice 2 bags of pizza rolls 2 frozen pizzas 1 package of turkey burgers 1 box of home made chocolate peanut butter cups 5 random tv dinners 2 bags of frozen vegetables ready to be cooked in the microwave 1 "das boot" 2 lt glass cup ready on the table. and 1 purple rubber penis dildo... i don't know how it got there but we will let this one slide for now. So are you ready for tonight?

Check out what this thread did to my rep. Every time I make a comment it starts off "trowa approves OR trowa disapproves...." I swear you people have no balls. I am going to write all of the people below a prescription for a pair of testicles. You can go ahead and fill it out whenever possible. Kthx fags Christmas tomorrow 30th December 2008 06:13 PM kill urself u fucking piece of trash Christmas tomorrow 30th December 2008 04:57 PM countered with positive. Christmas tomorrow 23rd December 2008 09:21 PM i hate you

Keep the money, sell the crack, throw away purse, cut up the license and throw away.

I Want This

Did hell just freeze over because I just approved of a kenny post...?

NO! You should fix it yourself and spend about $8 in parts at lowes and microcenter. No reason not to if the warranty is done.

Change.... change..... anyone spare some chaaaaannge?

Those are meh but their burgers are fucking awesome.

Whoever game me negative feedback on this thread and just input "i hate you" without adding their name to it is a pussy. Add your name next time.

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Create a photobucket account and upload all pictures there. It is easy. I am being super cereal.