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#1 C2C_Moltar
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I turned my computer on and this what happened.

-Booting up

-Then one long beep

-Then 3 small beeps

-Continued to boot up

-Windows jingle came on

-But I can't see anything on the screen (says it can't detect computer)

I've checked all the plugs, everything was fine yesterday.

TomTank007
Memory failure. Try reseating your memory by switching the sticks of memory into different sockets. If that doesn't work try booting your rig with only 1 stick of memory. If that still doesn't work move the stick of memory into each socket and attempt to boot with it in each one. Try that with all of your memory. If for some reason that still doesn't work you need to run a memory diagnostic on each stick of your memory. When your run the diagnostic you need to do it with only 1 stick of memory in your system at a time in order get the most accurate test. Let me know if you need anything else.
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Lets say you wait until November in order to buy one of Nvidia's new gt300 cards, the lower end card should be around 300 dollars. If you buy one you can always use your old 8800 as a physix processor. IMO that is the best way to utilize both new and old hardware while maximizing performance.
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Yes, but blue ray does not require T&L.
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[QUOTE="C2C_Moltar"]Thumbs up to UltiamteGamer95!UltimateGamer95

Yeah a 700 watt quality modular power supply and one of the most popular cases on the market = Success!!

The modular power supply makes it much easier to organize the inside of your rig. Less wires is always a plus.
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#5 C2C_Moltar
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if you're budget is 300 get a ps3

ChocolateCake10
Agreed. Unless you plan on upgrading, the PS3 is going to give you the best bang for the buck w/ a Blue Ray player and the ability to install 3rd party OS. This is of course unless multiplayer is your thing. In that case I would go with the Xbox 360 because the Microsoft community is much more established and organized.
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I would change the memory to ddr3 1600. Something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145224&cm_re=ddr3_1600-_-20-145-224-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227365&cm_re=ddr3_1600-_-20-227-365-_-Product
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Thumbs up to UltiamteGamer95!
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Yeah Intel Graphics are really bad trust me.

Its not really that they are bad but that people want them to do things that they were not designed to do, ie play games.
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[QUOTE="Whiteknight19"]

yea be4 windows even loaded

hartsickdiscipl

The overclock settings that the system-builders undoubtedly saved in the BIOS may have failed for some reason. Watch the screen during the boot-up to see if an option to boot into "setup" or "bios" comes up at some point (well before windows loads). Usually you just have to press 1 button at the right point during boot-up to get into the BIOS. Sometimes is the 'Del' key, sometimes it's one of the F# keys (F5, F8, etc..).

Once you get into the Bios (setup), there should be a way to restore the settings they had, or find some that will work if theirs failed for a reason. Do you know your motherboard make and model?

I agree, the bios settings are failing for some reason. Sounds to me as though either a) your bios settings changed for some reason or b) your mobo is booting into what is called safe mode. This is not the safe mode that your OS boots to. Are there any errors that appear during boot? Does your rig restart immediately after posting? It would help if you posted your specs and overclock settings if you can.
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Black is the best, hands down. The Black has a 32MB cache and a consistent 7200rpm spin speed, recommended if you are doing video or gaming for quicker load times. Blue is a step down from Black with a 16MB cache and, again, a consistent 7200rpm spin speed., recommended for everyday computing and light gaming. Green is Western Digital's power saving drive. The hard drive uses a variable spin speed that changes spin rates in order to save power. To be honest I don't think the Green is worth it considering that the amount you save in power is pennies. By the way, here is a little insite on what the cache represents and does for your system: A hard drive cache is on board RAM used as a buffer zone to hold read/write data for the cpu.This increases efficiency by allowing both to do other things instead of waiting around. (Instead of doing a single task they can do multitasking). It's pretty much the same as the RAM on the motherboard, more ram is more efficient-and we see improved performance.