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    You can never know if anything you plan on already buying may be on sale when it's time for Nvidia to unveil their gpus. Also, there might just be some other component that comes out in the future that you would prefer over the one's you already bought. I think the best advice is, buy everything together unless there is something that really should be bought now (like a psu that's on a supersale)
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    create a memtest86 bootable usb on another device and see if your ram is defective. If any errors show up, be sure to make sure that it's the ram causing it, not something else (use one stick at a time, put it into the other slot, etc.)
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    Only thing I can think of at the moment is press a bios reset button in the back (I'm not sure if that board has one) or just remove the rtc battery and boot it up. See if it'll work without it then. Quite an interesting problem...
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    IBM thinkpads as far as I know are somewhat sought after, but for the most part they're just a part of the sea of old hardware that's too new to be really considered vintage, but too old to be anything useful. Things like even old Dell Dimensions from the early 2000's may never really see the vintage charm as something like an IBM PC XT or other, mainly because of the dime a dozen existence among other things. In a weird way, they're still somewhat connected to modern computers. However, some people absolutely love them and collect them, so that's the niche you'll have to cater to. Vintage hardware has no practical use, you just have to find someone who'll want em Look online and see what they have/are going for, maybe they might be a little bit more than what you think they're worth. I personally really enjoy collecting vintage hardware (I've got an IBM XT 286, one of or THE rarest ibm PC ever made), so just see what you'll find!
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    Really the only way to tell if a component is working is to try it in another system. Things like fans spinning and pumps... pumping, definitely tell, but they can't just tell you straight up that something is working. RAM is a good place to start since the system appears to shut down and restart. Question, does the system lock up after it restarts? As in, pressing the power button does not turn off the computer and you have to hold it down/turn off the PSU?
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    A utility like macrium reflect will allow you to move an resize partitions just fine, no reinstall needed
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    I'm not sure about that brand, the best way to tell is to swap in a temporary "good" psu (assuming you have one) and see if the problem persists. I'm also wondering if your GPU/ram has any sort of involvement with the issue. Just because it's good practice anyway with a malfunctioning system, try a quick RAM test in memtest86 to see if there are any errors there. This may not highlight the issue at hand, but it'll definitely tell you if this machine's going to be a bigger problem than it is now
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    Something wasn't configured right in the install, moving the c partition to the other drive seems to be ok to do, as that space is already unallocated. is there/was anything important on that drive?
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    Given that both sound and video are affected, I'd say take a look at that PSU of yours. You mentioned it was a korean 600 watt psu, do you know if the brand is reputable?
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    Did you make this changes manually during the installation of windows? Or did this occur recently?
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    Where are these static sounds coming from? That sounds very serious.
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    Any more luck on this project?
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    what connector are you looking at? can you send an image? Where is it on the board?
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    well, good luck on your soldering endeavors! Hope it fixes it, and we hope we've been a good help!
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    well, looks like you've a chip to replace.
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    while not perfect, it will help immensely. Just place a heatsink on the cpu and unplug the ps2 keyboard (or plug one in if you havent had one plugged) and see if it works.
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    Seems like anything's game at this point. We may even encounter a completely different issue.
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    if this is solved by plugging the board in I swear..... well.... at least we may have found this guy's solution.... While you're at it, if it still has an error can you record the beeping code for us?
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    have you never fully powered the board?
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    looks like you should just replace the chip and see if it works at this point. otherwise keeping looking for ICs that appear to have been knocked off or not working, or maybe CAREFULLY try and see what voltages are looking like to relevant chips when it's powered on.
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    or donate the board to someone who'd want to legitimately work on it
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    If you cannot find anything bad on the board, it's only about 9 dollars for the part you're looking for. worse case scenario, you gather a bit more soldering skills and more information on how computer motherboards are designed
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    If there's continuity through the fuse that means it's good.
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    I can't read what it says, but it may be given the information posted by mariushm
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    I am not sure how to go by testing anything like that, have you found any fuses yet? Another thing to try is follow the traces to other components (capacitors, resistors, etc.) and see if those are good
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