*note* i found my old radeon 9000 graphics card and attempted to plug that in, but the problem remained
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Abit AW9D, Core 2 Duo e6600 (Conroe), 4GB PC2-6400, XFX GeForce 8800 GTX, Vista 64, 250GB & 1TB & 80GB HDD, TruePower Trio 650Watt PSU, Asus VH226H 22" Widescreen Montor @ 1080i