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i reinstall in my sleep. i've done it twice in the past week. really. including full formats. hard drive is ordered, hoping this is it. if not, go go gadget rma.

no, i'm not done troubleshooting. i'm just done troubleshooting with the parts i have. my system locks under heavy loads when running sata (either primary with the os, or ide as master1 and sata as master2). that in mind, i need to further isolate the source of the problem. it's either the a\ chipset, b\ hard drive), or c\ pwr supply. i'm pretty sure i can cross c off. in order to check the chipset (and not change processors), i'd have to degrade down to the 848 based motherboard. i could order a new drive, instead. or i could give all logic based troubleshooters the finger and throw two new variables....a new amd based mobo and processor. wouldn't eliminate the drive as a potential bad, but it would the chipset. most likely i'll try to rule out the drive, first. again, based on all power tests, i doubt the psu is to blame. and yes, i've otherwise isolated this as much as possible (disable onboard nic/audio/usb/etc, remove all pci devices, remove optical devices, etc.). this is the end of the line. but my word, thanks for the repsonses. keep em coming.

no, i haven't resolved the stutter. i'm at a dead end for troubleshooting. one way or another, i need to purchase additional parts to eliminate: -the chipset -the sata hd itself -the psu for my board, i'd have to step down to the intel 848 chipset...which still uses the southbridge ICH5 (although the 865pe/current board uses the ICH5R). my gut hopes its all stemming from the ich5/865 which leads the thought of switching back to amd.

you guys take your baseball pretty seriously, eh? the only leagues i've played in since babe ruth usually have more drinking related injuries then from the actual game....

hi guys (and gal). whether or not you're familiar with my intel 865pe sata woes (and the stutter), i've decided to leap off the intel bandwagon. after deep and thorough research (about 10 miuntes), i've made a preliminary decision. i know little about intel, and even less about amd. want to make sure i'm getting bang for the buck. i'd like your constructive criticism: AMD Athlon 64 2800+ Newcastle Integrated into Chip FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 754 Processor - Retail GIGABYTE GA-K8NS Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail i'll migrate over the following components: ati 9800se (128mb) sblive audigy 2 zs 1gb pc3200 generic ddr 200gb seagate sata1 optical drives antec true power 430w any glaring mistakes or good recommendations? this is pretty much the top end of the budget i have to use. thanks for the input!

sorry for your loss, brillow. looking forward to seeing you around again, whenever it might happen.

start over here.

if csls runs it, it's definitely out of the question.

fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me. you've got one part bad taste and two parts bad judgement. good luck to you, tool.

i go for the cheapest brand (watch the flyers @ best buy) or get the 50pk of the week @ costco. the catch is... 1. make sure your dvd boxtop player is recent (like less than year or two old) 2. make sure you burn between 2-6x, not the full out 8x. degradation occurs at higher speeds more times than not.

Happy birthday! /me pats BuB on the shoulder, lightly, as to not break the old and brittle bones.

i'll try and figure out this xfire--i haven't jumped on the bandwagon because i already have enough startup crap, but we'll try it anyways. aim (and trillian) let you set away msgs and supress the popup for just this reason. look around for that, if you get a second....

i've been buried with work the past week...but i don't think vac2 (i.e secure server) is in a stable public release. if it were, fatty would be over it like a stack of momma's panacakes.

well put, whudats. glad you got this back on track, and hopefully everyone's feelings are back in check. i'm trying to get strangefamous to take care of the 200 kill minimum, but he's not responding to msgs. please, let's please keep responses related to the topic at hand and not any out of context interpretations.

i'll see if i can't pull strange away from rose...which doesn't seem to be happening.

although i doubt you were banned on any of the servers, i just ran your steam id through with an unban, so that shouldn't be the issue. if you're still having troubles, consider the $25 super size. our cs:s servers have been at pub capacity quite regularly...

i'm glad this was brought up...it was on the to-address list, so this just adds momentum to it. although we don't emphasize stats, the fact that we host stats means people will compare theirs with others, and yes, it is unfair to compare to cheaters. if the higher ups give the nod, i'd be happy to do manual maitenance on this (also assuming this doesn't hurt strage's feelings). this also might be a good time to revisit the 200 kills to be recorded criteria... i don't know if it's necessary to get in and get all perl crazy on it--but if you're up to the task, run with it.

/me high fives appalachian fox. nice lead!

need aim/im info asap guys. need to schedule the first match.

please read this again. also, fyi, the gc counter-strike servers utilize redirection when pub slots are full. that redirection starts with midwest stock which redirects to midwest scopeless then finally redirects out to west stock. these redirects happen anytime a server is above 24/27 players. as soon as we get your steam id, we can start looking around to if/why you were banned.

at least it's a good radio show. now announcing the beverly Hillbillies, or [bH]. let the nightmares begin.

/me slaps crackity with the manual. read that FIRST.

thanks, both are gone.

http://www.caleague.com/?page=files this is a great opportunity to through a new map into west...i'll make that change in the appropriate thread...