it's a little funny, but it booted. i'm going to let it sit for now, but if it crashes, i'll have to flash & reinstall.
i still don't know if i'm getting hacked, if there's something broken or both. i know it seemed to be ok with no video card drivers and the last time it crashed was after a video card driver install. i reseated the card in a different pci slot, but if there's a problem, it would seem to be the drivers.
let me get through the second run with this and then i can try to install the sound card drivers first. the sound card is more important than the video card...
