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Jun 18 2009, 12:51 PM
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Might be the mobo but they are usually pretty resilient unless you put some static through them.
Another possibility is that the master boot record has been corrupted. If that's the case you'd need to run 'fixmbr' command at the recovery console. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Jun 18 2009, 01:27 PM
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Oh - another thing. Windows Vista runs fine in Virtual PC 2007.
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Jun 18 2009, 01:43 PM
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You could try partition table doctor, only thing is make sure you back up! I used it once to sort a HDD problem where it was totally unrecognizable, even plugging it into a IDE to USB converted and putting it on my PC it thought it was only 18MB or something. This program sorted it all out.
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Jun 18 2009, 02:02 PM
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Just going back to the graphics card bit in your op. If you have a spare psu to hand try that as I wonder if it may be starting to fail.
I once had a similar issue on a pc where the psu had started to fail and there then ensued a long saga of problems with drives and cards not starting up at boot properly. Modern graphic cards tend to pull an awful lot of juice at start up. Sometimes it can help if you put them on a few seconds delay to let all your other devices start properly. Irritating bit is you don't get POST warnings when this happens so it's not entirely obvious what's going on. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Jun 18 2009, 02:31 PM
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I didn't get any BSODs either when the psu started to fail.
Think both those OS would throw a wobbly if you tried to use the on-board graphics. 7 would probably be more tolerant though so if you could get into safe mode and turn off Aero and all the other Vista type bells and whistles it might work. I saw someone on a Win 7 Beta test forum who claimed they were using an old p4, 756mb ram and on board sound and graphics with the Win7 RC  .BTW have you tried booting in to Ubuntu and using its disc survey/recovery/repair software to check your drive? Linux is usually much better at this then Windows and I think may even go down to MBR level. I'm not entirely sure as its a long time since I had any Linux distro (way back when Red Hat was at V5  ).
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Jun 18 2009, 03:05 PM
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550 should be enough but it may be right at the limit. The amount of power for a modern pc mounts up pretty quick and is a bit scary. This list is a bit out of date but will give you a general idea. Ultimately even if you're psu has enough power they can, and do, still fail after a while.
TBH though apart from the actual wattage I think the quality of the psu makes some difference. A good psu like coolermaster etc tend to be more robust then a cheap one of equivalent wattage. Make sure you get the right sort for your mobo though as the molex connectors are not all the same. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Jun 19 2009, 10:03 AM
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If I were you I'd just buy a totally new system and start fresh.
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Jun 19 2009, 10:05 AM
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Oh, the difference between you and my Jewish grandmother
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