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Originally Posted by Psycho
I am having some virus related problems. That's what happens when you let family use your computer. I am going to spend tomorrow formatting and reinstalling from scratch. Please delay 24h.
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That's always fun. I had thought my computer had come down with a virus a few weeks back and formatted and reinstalled windows several times before I realized my 9800GX2 was simply dying on me. Sent it back to BFG and they replaced it with a GTX285 that I got in the mail 2 days ago. Still haven't gotten to try it out yet though since it doesn't have an HDMI output and had to order a DVI to HDMI converter from newegg which hasn't gotten here yet (By the way dont buy crap like that from Best Buy because they overcharge you about 400%, those are 35$ from bestbuy and I got one from newegg for 5.99 plus 2$ shipping). Until then I'm using a Radeon 5770 that I guess I'll sell once I can install the GTX285. Unless of course the 285 doesn't benchmark much better than the 5770 and then I'll sell the 285 since it goes for about twice as much on Ebay.
Anyways who knows, you might have a vid card or hard drive or some Ram dying that's just making you think you have a virus like I initially thought. I got pretty frustrated after about 5 or 6 formats and reinstall's and still having trouble. But I'm using win 7 and thought maybe the install process might have been screwing up or there was a boot sector that was infected that wasn't getting cleaned in the reinstall/format since it was the first time I'd been through it since the initial install. But at least I got an upgraded video card for free out of the deal or at least free minus the shipping I paid to RMA the old one.
That was all what had caused the big delay with the game earlier when I was having trouble. Ive got two 1.5TB seagate Baracuda's that are identical and accidentally clicked the wrong one to format during one of my many reinstall where I was getting tired and accidentally wiped out my Dom3 when I couldnt find the disk or manual to reinstall. Normally I physically unplug the harddrives I do not want to install windows on so something like that cant happen but after about the 4th reinstall I got lazy and it cost me.