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Liteon isn't top of the line and definitely doesn't have the rep they used to. Still, I don't know if I'd call it an off-brand. Doesn't seem like a PSU issue anyway, though I suppose it's possible. It's been good for what, a couple years now? When PSU's go, they usually go with a bang (sometimes literally).
Reseating the graphics card also doesn't seem like it's going to help, although I suppose it couldn't hurt. PCI express cards are fairly idiot proof when it comes to it, and I'd expect a contact issue to be a lot more random than what you're describing. On the other hand, artifacts or errors during boot-up seem to rule out OS problems -- if it was a Windows thing it would be confined to the times when Windows is actually running.
I suspect your graphics card has, as we say in the biz, shit the bed.
I'm happy to come take a look at it at some point in the near future; we're probably due for another one of our Aroma coffee things soon anyway. If it comes to the worst and the card has gone to peripheral heaven, I have an 8600GT kicking around here somewhere that you're welcome to. It's not as fast as what you have, but I can confirm it worked when I pulled it and it's not like I can actually get any money for it these days.
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I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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