OldGrayGary

Hi again

Unless the fan has a short in it, or the motherboard fan connector has a problem, the TruePower shouldn't have any trouble running the fan.

From the buffer overflow error, it sounds like malware again. Try ewido or Trendmicro's online scan.

"Buffer overflows may cause a process to crash or produce incorrect results. They can be triggered by inputs specifically designed to execute malicious code or to make the program operate in an unintended way. As such, buffer overflows cause many software vulnerabilities and form the basis of many exploits".

Visit Windows Update manually, and then press the "Express" button. Update all Critical Patches it suggests.

It's certainly possible you just keep getting infected over and over and over again. You've got to scan everything going into your PC, and look into your protections setup. Got to stay patched, too. I can't remember what firewall you are running - which one was it?
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Whew. $70 just for diagnostics. Well, they do have a lot of overhead. Many shops will do the diagnostics for $30.

Check in your Add/Remove programs for any unwanted newcomers. Run CCleaner. Don't leave the Best Buy Cd in the drive anymore (who knows - their CD might not be OK - wouldn't that be ironic).

I still think the 2.6v on the memory is doable. [But only if you understand how! ONLY the memory gets the 2.6v --- several threads mentioned that the board seemed to run better with the memory at 2.6v, and proved somewhat unstable at 2.5v]

.... It's late here -- hopefully I'll wake up tomorrow morning to hear good news.
. . . Gary