got it up ans running looks like a bad trace on both ram chips and a bad gpu
Good for you. Since you've figured out what was wrong and repaired it, this thread has run its course and will be locked.
Normally, I'd leave it open in the chance that someone else has a similar issue to discuss or questions to ask; but since you keep bitching about freeway's post (but not null's, slypty's, or dean's), I'll lock it up in hopes that you also move on and stop reporting such minor shit. This isn't a heavily moderated forum. I'm not going to militantly delete all tangentially off topic posts just to make you happy.