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MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $142 AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice Integrated into Chip FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail $153.99 CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System...

You have to load the drivers at the start of the installation by pressing F6 when asked to (this will be displayed at the bottom of the screen)

It means you set the speed too high and need to step back a bit for the system to work.

That power supply might very well be the problem too as you usually need to have at least a quality 350W psu (antec, enermax).

My guess is the motherboard can't handle the cpu. Note your motherboard's chipset and look on intel's website whether it can handle that cpu or not.

I believe there is a setting for that in the BIOS

In the BIOS (or possibly with jumpers), the multiplier should be set to 15, and the FSB to 133.

AMD doesn't have Hyperthreading, because it's a technology invented by Intel. Intel and AMD both have their pros, but I believe that right now, AMD is a better overall choice, whether you go for the faster S939 Athlon64 or the cheaper 32-bit Sempron.

Make sure all your drivers are installed. They should all be on the cd that came with your motherboard. As for your 9000 Pro, you have to go in the BIOS and turn off the onboard video, and then install the ATI drivers, after uninstalling the previous video drivers. You might need an old set...

Well I have this exact same mobo and have no problems with it, and the Neo2 Platinum is anything but a cheap board if you look at the features and if you look at performance (basically everything). But anyway, the Asus K8N-E Deluxe is also a good one. Of course Asus isn't the best performer...

I think what he meant is to oc the FSB too, and find the sweet spot between the highest achievable FSB and the highest achievable clock speed.

Right now, there are no anti-spyware programs that does the job correctly, therefore you need to use a couple at the same time. Spybot S & D is good and will find things that adaware doesn't and vice-versa, so use both. As for an anti-virus, I use AVG Free Edition and I think it works good...

The first thing that came to my mind is the psu, therefore I agree with Anti on this one.

there If I'm overreacting then I'm sorry.

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My first guess is that your hdd isn't damaged. I think your problem is more towards Windows itself. A repair or a fresh install, which I recommend, should do the trick. Taking the hdd into a known working system, and not booting from it, should help you get your files back.

What are your system specs ? When you start the computer, what does it do ? What did you try to fix it ? How did you realize it had failed ? What I would do is use another drive to boot into windows, and use this one as a slave so you can look at it from there.

I suggest you get the Thermalright XP-120. It's huge though, so make sure it fits on your motherboard before you buy it. Oh and another thing, there won't be any name-calling here ninja, thank you for your cooperation.

Although it might work, I wouldn't advise you to buy a card in the hope of soft-modding it. Sometimes (like the 9500 to 9700 mod), the disabled pipelines are disabled because they are not working right. Therefore, once you enable them, you get artifacts. I suggest you at least get a 9800...