I do think that the decision to have the girl as such is in poor taste, the pedophilia claim is absurd. And you all gotta remember, Sweden is super sensitive to gender issues.

Okay so I just turned it on for the first time in two days, and it is working fine again....

edit: Installed some temp monitoring software. With nothing running but a few normal background programs, the temps are no higher than like 30 degrees C. I started a game and the temps didn't really go above 40. The game froze very soon, had to turn off computer. Wouldn't turn back on. I remembered reading once recently that changing the SATA port of the HDD might do something. DId that, and computer starts. But this has been kinda a trend I have noticed too: anytime I fiddle with some piece of hardware, the thing works for at least a day...

@horgen123:

If it was overheating, then why would it have trouble booting a day after it has been off?

So about a week and a half ago, I was playing a game when it froze, and I had to restart the computer. It would not boot past the MOBO splash page. I did some reading and pulled out the BIOS battery for a few minutes and reseated it, and that seemed to work. Then it happened the next day. Since then I have jumped the BIOS, reseated RAM, ran memtest, reseated other cables, tried Windows Repair, and eventually something worked because I had no problems for about a week. I could game and everything.

Now I go to try it tonight and it won't boot past the MOBO screen again. Take note though, that a few times in this whole fiasco it would boot to the "setting up windows" screen, but freeze and I had to reset it. I am at a loss, really. Anyone have any ideas? The whole issue seems really enigmatic and I really have no desire to replace anything besides the PSU (650w, btw).

I came back from traveling from DC to New York to Connecticut yesterday. Was in bed at 2:30 AM. Woke up at 4 PM. I blame winter.

Well I was totally caught off guard by this. I didn't even realize how awesome the cast was.

Okay, now I tried jumping the the BIOS. Now when I reset I get one long beep and 2 short beeps, which is apparently a video card error.

edit: reseated power connectors on video card, rig starts now. I am gonna play for a while but I imagine this battle isn't over yet.

EDIT 2: Okay. So the computer basically boots sometimes, but usually freezes anywhere from the bios splash screen to the setting up windows screen. I don't know what to do.

Nothing in the computer felt hot. the PSU is 650 watts. Whats interesting is I just tried starting the rig again, an hour and a half later, and it got past the bios flash but then froze on the starting windows screen.

What the hell.

Hey,so I reset the BIOS and everything seemed to work last night. But tonight I was playing a game online, and same thing: froze, and after reset I cannot get past BIOS splash screen.

Now I am worried.

It's beyond that. They are against every new fossil fuel project, really.