Recent content by bassport

Just logged in to say hi. Its been a boring few years lurking around here... Edit: just realizedi joined 11 years ago.

Couldn't the cat be a wink to Schroedinger's cat? It exists and does not exist both at the same time and that is the whole joke behind this. (Google it if you don't know what I'm talking about)

Meh, used to play simcity 2000 when it came out (in the 90ties), but what I'd really like to see is a remake of Transport Tycoon.

same old, same old.

For a few moments there I thought Half-Life 3 would be announced (because of the "Unforeseen Consequences" bit)....... ah well.

So... is it any good gameplay wise? Does it have a good story? Should I get it?

Maybe Gordon is her son... ;)

Ah, I see what you did there. I might try to return it eventually... I actually might, my friend. In all seriousness: It sounds like a good idea to try to get it exchanged. Thanks for all the suggestions, you guys rock!

Well... I tried the new PSU to no avail and got myself a Gigabyte mobo with a Phenom II 965 3.4 GHz Quad Core. I don't have that much money, but I had enough. There were a lot of small things not working with the old system even after correctly booting up: Hibernate (took 5 minutes to wake...

I've tested it with a new power supply and it's kinda the same. Although it's beeping ALWAYS now with the RAM removed (which is a good sign but very confusing considering). With the RAM inserted it is the same: Boot ups to the POST are quite rare. Could it be the RAM?

No, it beeps because the RAM sticks were removed! So IF it actually initialises it seems to work fine all the way through, but it doesn't seem to get that far rather a lot. I'll try getting a 750W Corsair TX750 and try it with that. Thanks for the replies. I'll get back to you with the...

Thanks again for the replies. I removed everything but the video card from the mobo and the problem still occurs. Even without RAM. The mobo does NOT POST when the RAM is not inserted. The really weird thing is that the problem stays exactly the same: Sometimes it beeped three times to signal...

OMFG, I just attached a speaker and... it doesn't bleep!!!!!!! It just sits there like before and does nothing most of the time (it beeps when it's booting properly).

Shit, I just removed the RAM and I hear no beeping sound. I think I actually forgot that I don't have a speaker installed (Thx VirusType2 for the tip, btw). That's a bit embarassing...

Thanks for the numerous replies! I got quite an expensive 850W (Thermaltake afaik) power supply which should be enough I think? ;) The thing is: Now the computer crashes randomly and I suspect a faulty hard drive (already ordered a new one). And the power up problems persist (of course)...