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    Well, when PSU's fail (die), there is always a chance of damaging other components that are connected directly to PSU. This includes mobo, HDD, GFX and optical devices + some indirectly connected like RAM.
    As stupid as it might sound, you have to include that into testing. However testing this may be problematic. If any of your friends has the Core i7 platform, ask them if they can lend you their system for testing. You don't need to reinstall anything since drivers for chipset (X58) will work with your system anyway. Connect everything to new mobo and test. See if it's failing again. Then just start to add his components into the system till the system boots normaly. The last device that makes the system bootable was failing in your system. It's a very time consuming process but in your case unfortunately the only one. Just remember to start with mobo and progress further with devices connected to it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peen View Post
    Haha you baby! jk :P What part of cali you in? I just live north in Portland
    Northern Cali, about 12 miles west of Sacramento along I80.

    Quote Originally Posted by RejZoR View Post
    Well, when PSU's fail (die), there is always a chance of damaging other components that are connected directly to PSU. This includes mobo, HDD, GFX and optical devices + some indirectly connected like RAM.
    As stupid as it might sound, you have to include that into testing. However testing this may be problematic. If any of your friends has the Core i7 platform, ask them if they can lend you their system for testing. You don't need to reinstall anything since drivers for chipset (X58) will work with your system anyway. Connect everything to new mobo and test. See if it's failing again. Then just start to add his components into the system till the system boots normaly. The last device that makes the system bootable was failing in your system. It's a very time consuming process but in your case unfortunately the only one. Just remember to start with mobo and progress further with devices connected to it.
    Too bad all my friends are poor...

    For instance, one of them is still on a P4 531 and a 7900GS for his gaming rig...

    EDIT: I think it might have something to do with the RAM. I started the computer and had enough time to turn Turbo mode off, and increase RAM voltage to 1.64v. The computer then proceeded to boot up and almost made it all the way into Windows, like two minutes, without shutting down. What do y'all make of that?
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