[callofbooty]

Originally Posted by mctw

okay your last post (23:30 in case we post at the same time again!) has me a little confused......

- was that situation about the hardware monitor screen before or after you replaced the graphics card and it loaded default settings?
- USB monitor????? do you mean VGA or DVI?
- why have you replaced your HDD so many times? what happened to the previous ones.

MCTW

this was after I put in the graphics card. Ansd sorry I meant to say USB Keyboard. I replaced my HDD so many times because while playing WOW, the computer would freeze, and then when I rebooted the computer didnt recognise that my HDD was even there! This happened with every HDD. I thought it was overheating, so I have a HDD cooler on my current HDD. But now I know this wasnt the problem. And I have tried replacing the SATA cords to no avail. What do you think?

[Carbon]

Your southbridge (specifically your onboard SATA controller) is toast. Replace your motherboard.

[Fordy]

Originally Posted by Carbon

Your southbridge (specifically your onboard SATA controller) is toast. Replace your motherboard.

Could also be the answer to the VGA Error. Get it replaced under warranty and try again.

Shame you spent so much on HDD's before finding out though

[Carbon]

Yeah, it's never a good idea to replace a part more than once like that.