Okay so last September I learned a life lesson that may benefit you. Either way, I already know I'm stupid and I already fixed the problem. But this was my first /second custom desktop build gimme some slack.

http://grantnakagawa.blogspot.com/2011/ ... oly-4.html

Scroll  down to the bottom to see the specs on my computer.

Dang man. That is shitty!

It's alright. This happened about six months ago so it doesn't really grind on me any more. I just posted this so maybe someone else with computer problems can avoid this problem in the future.

[naive]

I knew the RAM was a problem from the first sentence :/ There are normally accompanying beeps or indicator lights for proc failure, and if it was a GPU issue, you can normally still tell the HDDs are spinning up. It's normally pretty easy to borrow a stick of ram too and swap it.

[Spartacus]

I wonder what he used the other computer for. :o

The parts to my old computer are just sitting inside my closet for future troubleshooting problems.

Love Van Gogh's Starry Night.