I am currently running an ASUS P4C800 Deluxe (non E version) motherboard with 1 Gig of DDR400 RAM, Pentium 4 3.2Mhz processor (socket 478) and nVidia 6800 GT graphics card. I do play games but use my PC for other needs. The time has come that I would like to switch to a DUAL-MONITOR option. ...

How does one figure out the speed of RAM to get for a mobo? Is it supposed to be some multiple that divides into the mobo front side bus speed or something? Not sure how to figure out what type and speed of RAM chips to get for a mobo. There must be some logic to it.

I have an Asus P4P800-E MB Some how in redoing a secondary drive with XP I set the Fastrack Raid Controller on So at Bootup, I did the message that say no drives attached to the Fastrack Controller and finally it boots up but tries to install Raid drivers. Where to I disable that in Bios, Im...

hi all there is a problem hee in RTC alarm in power management while it can be set easily through the CMOS , it never accepts being changed using windows utilities like "auto power-on & shutdown" and all these freeware/shareware they all look the same and claim to do the same thing and never do...

New system build based on Intel D945PSN and 3.60Ghz Intel P4 Socket 775 processor. System switches on but then shuts down after approximately 6 seconds. No P.O.S.T. beep codes or anything else to indicate problem. Original Motherboard was D.O.A. so this is a replacement one direct from the...

On the back of the case is a tin(?) plate that the m/b slides into. The plate is where you connect all the i/o connections, such as, audio, video, mouse, keyboard, basically all your connections to the exterior items you connect. The plate itself has small tabs for each connection. My question is:...

I built a pc with Asus P5GD1 mb, Windows XP and a Samsung 19" monitor. Everything works fine except the monitor goes into sleep mode no matter what I do in win power options.This seems to happen after 20 min. without using the keyboard. Is there something I'm missing? I set the monitor to never...

I have an antec smart power supply. I checked some pins on the main power strip to the m/b and there is power there, but the supply fan does not turn. Probably controlled by the m/b? Today I'm going to put in the main board. and connect it. Fans should turn? Then I'm going to put in the ASUS 4200...

I recently purchased a MEGA 865 MS-6226 barebones pc. This is the first PC I have tried to build, and I am having trouble finding the correct CPU. Intel's naming conventions have me all screwed up and I really would like some insight before I go and purchase a CPU. I have checked ebay,...

I purchased some of this ram(http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_el_ddr_pc_4000_gold_vx) for my cousins computer about 6 months back, he wants to get another stick but I can't find the same model for sale anywhere that isn't out of stock, I can't even find OCZ PC4000 with the same...

Well folks, this one is a bit complex. Wondering if anyone can assist. I was given an AMD K6-2 300Mhz Desktop with Windows 2000 Pro installed to get it back up and running. The error that appears as Windows 2000 loads up is: The following file is missing or corrupt \WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

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Invest your money in RAM. You want to see your old computer do new tricks? Get about 2 gig of ram "hepcat" wrote in message ... Been out of the loop for about 4 years. Has there been a new cpu release announced recently? The...

Hi, My first home-built was 2 yrs ago. Athlon XP 2000+ (1.5 GHz), Asus A7N8X-E mobo, gig of memory, etc. Big improvement on the 1GHz Pentium (Pentium Pro even?) machine that my company had given me for a home machine. (plus this one I owned). Getting a little long in the tooth, and much as...

I want to build a PC using the AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core CPU. Main operating system will be (Mandriva) Linux. Anybody have advice on a motherboard to pair with the X2 cpu? I do not mean to plug tigerdirect, but here is a link to their mobo+cpu combos, anything look good or bad there, or any other...

In the BIOS, is it better to let Intel run "all" the cooling fans instead of just the CPU fan? What are the advantages and disadvantages of it either way.....Intel D915 on this machine. Thanks

Anyone know HOW you use these? http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=288621&pfp=cat3 Instructions with them don't make any sense and I am concerned about frying the processor if I don't keep it cool enough.

I installed Hardware monitor and my Core Voltage is in the RED. It is at +1.35V and I guess that standard is 1.525 V. What gives? Power supply to small? I am running three WD 250GB hard drives, X600 PCI Express Video card. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

A few months ago I picked up an AMD 64-3000+ (Venice core) from Computergate.com for $140. A couple of weeks later the price jumped another $20. You can possibly get Semprons (smaller cache) in the $100 range, but most likely will have to buy used if you're looking for that kind of price at the...