after a fair bit of work i managed to find the problem.... i was looking at the mobo and found the ram slots to be a bit loose.... oh dear...
so im now in the market for a new motherbaord haha
either the new asus p5e3 wifi premium X48 or foxconn blackops board... gonna wait a lil while for some good tests of them both to appear...
in the mean time, i can play tf2 (most importantly)... so ill stick with what i got till my new gfx waterblocks get here all the way from slovakia haha (dam slow internet traders take forever to pick up on new products... even ocuk and scan
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