nitroshift

The 7950 is DirectX 9, whereas the 8800 is DirectX10 (the future ). Definitely get the 8800 if you are not pressed by time!

If you have the licence sticker on the laptop you can call Microsoft and they will give you the media (without another licence though).

True, maybe using a neighbour's pc

I know Plextor makes sata optical drives but never used one so can't tell you how good they are.

@puntoMX I wanted to tell him to wait for the 8 series of nVIDIA, but if you read his first post his pc is dead and I doubt he`ll be wanting to wait that long

Do a repair install of Windows and see if that fixes your issue.

Set your pc for a full memory dump as described here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=90244 then upload the dump somewhere and give us the link.

If you have "Automatic updates" on, they will download and install in one go. It also happen if you visit the Windows Update page.

Does it happen when you have it plugged into the mains or just on battery?

Thanks Zxian! I`ll get the new board tomorrow and hopefully have it installed too. Will come back here if there are any issues. Thanks again.

Definitely!

Run a full antimalware scan on your pc. wgosrej.dll is a file attached to the Nebula C virus / trojan.

Hey guys! My mobo is slowly dying out and have ordered a replacement. The mobo's are almost identical and the RAID controllers are the same: Intel 82801. I have my drives set up in mirror. After changing mobo's, will my array stay the same or will I need to re-set it? Thanks in advance. nitro

Delete the line that you don't use in boot.ini.

They wouldn't work in dual channel as their sizes are different. But you`re OK for single channel.

My bad. Didn't read his other post (life's too hectic atm for me with the divorce & co.). But always find some time for msfn

Found this on e-bay.co.uk. Hope that helps...

As ripken said, where do you intend to buy from? Is newegg ok for you? If so (and you're willing to add an extra 30 pounds), you could get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814186020

... where gaming is the key word What games do you play? There is quite a difference between Solitaire and Rainbow Six Vegas

You`re welcome!

There you go! http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103

If you rented the pc, didn't it come with windows already installed?

Do NOT press F8 during POST! POST is when you start the pc up and it presents you the black screen with the pc specs (white writing). EDIT: In the future please don't create another thread for EXACTLY the same problem you are facing. Continue what you started!

After the POST press F8 and when displayed the menu, choose "Don't restart ...." (can't remember the syntax). You will be presented with a blue screen with an error code after restart. Please come back on this thread with the error code. Unless you tell us that code, we won't be able to help you.

Being a server platform, Windows 2003 does NOT have a limit of 10 concurrent connections, but as nmX.Memnoch said, 10 half-open connections and yes, they SHOULD be limited.