i broke down and called ATi today (hands-free is the only way to be on hold) and they suggested getting a better power supply, as i had tried all of the bios settings they were going to recommend.
unfortunately, today was the boston marathon, which makes cross-town (to pcs for everyone) travel a pain. it wasn't all that bad, but it did take a while. i got an enermax 365W power supply. it's the colossal squid of power supplies: thousands of power thingies and stuff. and, it has a thing to connect to the motherboard.
so... i go to plug it in, and... it doesn't boot. i will skip me being confused for a minute, and fast forward to the part where i notice that the power supply IS SET TO 230V! insanity. anyway, switched it to 115V and it boots fine. well, almost. there are some weird graphic things - the windows buttons seem to be off a little bit. but 3dmark03 and bf1492 still don't work.
anyway i'm getting tired of this story. it seems, as joe seemed to find on the internet the other day, that kingston ram doesn't work so weel with nForce2 chipsets. so, i'm going to try to return that tomorrow and get some corsair memory. wheeeee.
and the OT tonight? i don't know if i'll be able to handle tomorrow night.
and family guy being on adult swim? life is sweet.