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#1 therealFrek
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Lord of the Rings Online

It's not even the same game it was when it launched. I recently starting playing it again. It plays quite similiar to WoW in regards to being able to solo play. The entire leveling system has been overhauled and the overall difficulty of the game has been toned way down from what it was at launch. Much of the content has been toned down so that you can solo instances now(or theres the option to do group as well).

They even have a 10-day free trial so you can find out whether you like it or not before spending any money.

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#2 therealFrek
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Back in the day I used to play System Shock II with a friend. It worked quite well as a co-op game. You can play through the entire story co-op.
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Titan Quest + the expansion.

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If you have another computer that you know works just take your corsair and plug it in. If it doesn't work than you know the problem is with the corsair.
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#5 therealFrek
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If you have verified that there is power coming out of your wall jack and manually connecting the power-on switch then you have something wrong. I really doubt that your corsair failed because those are probably one of the best psu on the market. I wouldn't mess around with too much else if you don't know what you are doing.

What I would probably do next is I'd try swapping out the PSU if you have another one around somewhere.

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#6 therealFrek
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All right. Open up your case, find where the small cable from your power-on switch connects to the motherboard. It will be a very small cable with a 2 pin connection. Make sure it's firmy connected and try hitting your power switch. If that doesn't work then get a screwdriver and just touch the 2 pins for about 1 second and see if the computer fires up. If that doesn't work then you probably have a problem with a failed PSU.
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#7 therealFrek
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Start with simple stuff first. Then move on to the more pessamistic.

Try the following:

- flip the power switch on your power supply unit, located on the back of the computer, wait 5 secs and turn it back on

- if that doesn't work then verify that the power outage didn't flip the breaker to your outlet

- if you have a power-bar then unplug it and push the reset button on it

If none of that works then you'll have to move on to opening up your case, but try the above first.

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#8 therealFrek
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It's pretty tough to know what's wrong with your description but your problem could be as simple as a resolution that your monitor doesn't support. If you can see the windows loading screen then when it goes to the OS you get the 'no signal' thing, I would guess the problem is either with your monitor or your windows settings.

Have you tried booting into safe mode?

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#9 therealFrek
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If you want PCIE 2.0 then you'll have to go with an X38 or X48 board, either that or wait until the P45 become available (supposedly late this month).

Just search through the X38 and X48 boards on newegg, it's hard to make a bad choice if you stick with the more well known brands. The one thing you do need to watch for though is to make sure you pick one that supports DDR2 if you want to reuse your Ram, and I'd also suggest that you avoid any of the ones that claim to support both DD2 and DDR3.

My personal opinion is the Asus Rampage Formula and the Gigabyte X48 are probably 2 of the better choices, the DFI board is nice too but you better know what you are doing if you want to deal with it's bios.

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#10 therealFrek
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My personal opinion is to go with the P35. Having SLI on one card will save you loads of headaches, plus you won't have to deal with the usual nvidia chipset problems.