Posts by Bigshades92

Go with Vista, XP is going to be outdated pretty much, and you will eventually have to use vista or 7 anyway. If you can learn to use Vista, you'll definatly know how to use 7.

it could be an electronic "screech" on the motherboard from bieng under load, Try reducing the OC on your CPU, and see what happens. I've had a couple of mobo's squeel like that when they're under a high load.

can you attempt to boot from her HDD? if so, that would be the easiest solution. However, make sure to have the OS Key on hand, vista might require you to enter it if the hardware changes significantly. Cheers!

Quote: Originally Posted by TwoCables Surges are actually occurring all the time. Most come straight from the power company. Other surges come from when the refrigerator turns on or off, or when other things are...

For that environment, a UPS might be good too. In my experience, i've never had an actual surge go through, but the sudden outage can F up your HDD if you're writing to it while it goes out. Maybe a Surge/UPS combo would do. Cheers!

Someone's doing thier homework! Keep up the hard work!

Mass to moles, and moles to mass, always use molar mass! The fun in Chemistry!

Try searching " UltraSurf " It is the best proxy I use, I carry it on my flash drive. PM me if you want me to send it to you. EDIT: since its not a proxy site, it cant be blocked by Administrators at your campus. You just...

Quote: Originally Posted by Outcasst You could try looking in the event log +1 If anything software-wise is causing the shutdown, it should be in there.

Congrats Dude! And you got the polarity correct? otherwise it may explode!