Computer Problems

I have been having problems with my computer booting up ever since I got it. I would get a media test failure - check cable error and it would exit boot agent. I would open the pc and jiggle the cables to get around this most the time, sometimes it would boot up normally. Lately it was getting to be everytime. Tonight when it did it I pulled out the drives to get to the place where the drives plug into the mobo and reseated them and it booted. Maybe its a cable issue? I guess I am posting this because I think maybe my PC isnt right. When I play games I usually get good fps and they run fine but when I look around the game environment like for instance BF2 i can see these choppy horizontal lines. If I stay still the game looks fine. Its really hard to explain but it dont look smooth playing like this. Actually when I loaded BF2 last everything was normal till the the round started and then the screen was blue.......I could hear the game sounds but no graphics. I exited and reentered and it was ok. I dont know whats going on, any input as to what could be the problem would be sweet. I will try to call DS as soon as possible but until then posting here will put my mind at ease............................

Sounds to me like you may have a bad SATA cable. Give us a call and we'll walk through some troubleshooting steps together. 

what settings are you playing it at and what is your FPS? an easy way to find out your fps is get fraps. www.fraps.com 

xp? vista?

This sounds like a vysnc issue. Nothing something I know a whole lot about though.

In the game you're playing, go into advanced options and enable Vsync. Does that get rid of the line you're talking about?

Alex, I wouldnt say the wierd lines are everywere.......just depends on the colors I guess. Seems to be prevalent on lighter objects especially when I get close to them in passing.(the fence in a BF2 map for example) I dont think its a heat issue I can monitor that.......what temp should it be Ill watch it and post back. I tried to take a screenshot but they come out fine its just the motion that causes it. Ill also try that to enable vsync. I really wish I could explain better what it is Im seeing......its like the lines are splitting the graphics into blocks.....it just doesnt look right.Its not fluid at all. Im such a noob.....................

Apparently there is no in game Vsync options. I turned force vsync on in the Nvidia control panel. Im confused by this nvidia control panel.....do these settings override in game settings or vise versa? I been playing with the settings and foir the most part its better, but i think I may have a performance issue because it is actually choppy at points when there is alot of action. I got COD4 and it was a bit choppy. I forgot to mention during one of my boot up problems I had some kind of message about going into safe mode and check CMOS settings or something of that nature. Should I call and check this BIOS or could I get some instructions here? Maybe a resourse issue? Lemme know.........thanks for tha support as always..................................

Dave, Exellent I knew something was up. Is there a particular person to ask for when I call or can anyone help with that? Any idea how long it will take beforehand? Will the video card and ram be overclocked or was it ever? Ill call tommorrow earl afternoon............Thanks Dave.........

Aight Dave I will call tommorrow...........tell Kelly to be prepared....Danke!

I was posting from work and when I got home I DIED..........because my PC wouldnt boot again. This time I changed out the sata cable (thankfully you guys provided them) but, it still didnt boot up! I had to wiggle it at the connection point on the motherboard to get it to finally boot. Ive opened this PC up more than any Ive ever had and its only been a month! Im still not discouraged. I hope Kelly is prepared................