How about this combo guys? thx bob

Dear Sirs/Madam: I have a Abit VP6 dual proc. I have a delima of an: "ERROR LOADING OPERATING SYSTEM". I could not get my main HD to boot up no matter what I did including a low format or a fill. I pulled it out and got one of my friends to format it for me on his computer system using...

Dear Sirs/Madam: I have a Abit VP6 dual proc. I have a delima of an: "ERROR LOADING OPERATING SYSTEM". The main HD is a IBM Deskstar IDE/ ATA 100 80GB. I could not get my main HD to boot up no matter what I did including a low format or a fill using my own Win2Kpro disk. I pulled it out and got...

hello: I have a Abit VP6 dual proc. My problem is I can't format my HD. When I reboot with the boot disk in the CD-ROM drive it gives me "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER". I tried to format a Seagate Barracuda 80GB ATA/IV and yet it also gives me the same thing too. My...

I've just overlock my P4Celeron 2.4 to 2.9Ghz..If it's ok to my hardware? I don't want to damage my procesor..:-).If the temperature won't be to high? (my memory - Kingston 2*256MB ,mainboard -Soltek 865) thanx Radek

A couple people asked about these boards here recently, one person looking to replace one due to blown caps. Well, just thought I'd mention that I run a few of these and I have two 'revisions', E3 and E4. (Silk-screeded by the edge of the board near the last two PCI slots) The E3 uses mainly...

Hi. Up until today I've always considered CoreTemp to be the most accurate for reading my E4500's currently) temperature. It agrees with Intel's TAT on temps across the range from idle to 100% load, give or take a degree. However, while working on a mate's Phenom I downloaded CPUID's...

Does any one know the identity or number of the motherboard in an Acer Aspire M1640? Or better yet, a link to the manual for the motherboard? The M1640 comes with hard/software support for RAID (NVIDIA). Hard drives are really cheap so I was considering installing RAID 0 support with two drives. Do...

I'm sorry to say that after several years of maintaining the ACHO FAQ I will be shutting it down. =( I've been so busy the last year or so that I have not had time to keep it up. The site will be shutdown in a couple of weeks so if anyone would like to take it over, let me know now so I can send...

How to add second processor on intel 915GLVG board.

I currently have 2X256MB PC3500 Corsair XMS installed on my NF7-S. I want to upgrade to 1GB RAM total. I only want to buy 1 additional 512MB module. Will 2X256 + 512 work in this config? I know I can fit 3 on there, but will there be any conflicts? Thanks

Anyone have any idea where I might find a couple of these for an addtronics case? I've tried addtronics and also the place I'm posting a link to the picture. Anyway the bracket looks like this http://www.coolcases.com/cart/aa1.jpg Thanks......

Hi folks, I'm building a low-noise computer based on a µATX mobo. The Biostar M7VIZ looks pretty interesting. I need SATA-controller onboard, AMD Athlon XP-M support and adjustable CPU voltage at the bios. Does anybody has this board or even knows whether it provides the features showing above.

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I know you must get these all the time but I was wondering if you could help? I would like to upgrade a little, what amd processor gives the best bang for the buck now? I also need ram and a motherboard, I know this is an overclocking group but mainly just need it for casual gaming. I could also...

Hi all, Not sure what NG to use but here goes... I'm new to Intel having always used AMD but have bought a desktop replacement notebook which comes with an Intel P4 540 3.2, 1mb L2 cache (Socket 775) - The mainborad chipset is decribed as 915P + ICH6.....I have a couple of questions relating to...

Hi All, I looked at my previous subject and thought it was fairly average so I thought I'd repost with a new one. Decided to squeeze a bit of juice from my P4 2.4B 533 running 2 * 512 Kingston PC 2700 ram and have currently got it running at 2.7. It has been stable running the torture test in...

I'm thinking about Building a new system from scratch. If money was no object (I wish), but speed,reliability and support were; What would you recommend. Also, what is the best type of memory to buy? I'm beginning with a wish list. Motherboard

I'm looking for some advice on a new system. Something that will give me a good bang for the buck when overclocking. My previous systems have been Intel 300A@504 on BH6 (still runs 24/7 as router fileserver), and an amd 2500+ running 3200+ on an ASUS A7N8X deluxe 2.0. I wasn't planning on...

What, in your opinion, is the best stuff to bung in the distilled water of a watercooling rig to prevent the build up of gunge ? I've used Purple Ice before and that wasn't really very effective. What do you guys recommend ? Stu. ====================