Re: Need system build advice

In article <GvWXe.574$845.450@xxxxxxxx>,
JAD <kapasitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>"A Person" <spook.spambait@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:11ivtvi55c4na76@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> It has been a really long time since I last built a computer. A lot has
>> changed. My current computer keeps dying and trashing my boot partition
>> which has really hampered my research on what to buy. Guess where I
>> had my notes? :)
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>sounds like a hard drive problem or possibly a mainboard controller/ide
>driver issue. A system shutdown or OS reboot rarely involves a partition
>thrashing. Maybe the PSU, as THIS is becoming the #1 killer of systems as of
>late.

It's the mainboard. It is getting progressively worse but still boots
for now. Hence the rush to pick new parts before it dies. I usually
don't post questions without doing more research first.

At a minimum a new mainboard, RAM, and graphics card will be needed.
My old system was getting too slow to meet my needs even before the
problems started.

Thanks for your comments.

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