Recent content by Abydos

I stayed up till about 4 in the morning working on this and tracking down tidbits of info on forums. I finally figured it out though. Here's what I did. I disabled all devices on the mobo except for critical stuff like my hard drives. So USB, ethernet, sound, unused disk controllers went out the...

I'm having the same problem with my new computer. I'm in the blue screen phase of the install while it loads the generic drivers into memory and once it gets to the part where "Setup is starting Windows" it stops. I've left it running for 5 minutes and it's still stuck there. I tried taking all...

I've recently separated from wife, and she ran off with my computer which I had been laboriously putting together. I am now required to start over. The computer I want to build will be primarily for gaming now and into the future. I've decided on going with an FX-55 and an NForce4 SLI based...

One quick question, I don't suppose anyone has access to a real schematic of this motherboard so I can try and troubleshoot down to a component?

Well, I spent the better half of last night troubleshooting and trying various things. Right now, I can turn on the computer with only the memory and vid card installed. Once I connect power to my drives, I get the System failed CPU test message. I went out and got another power supply...

I had a thought about what might be causing my problem, but I'm not sure if it makes sense. I am using a power supply that is described as Intel ATX+12V Ver 1.3 Power Supply, which came out quite a while before Intel was hitting 2.8Ghz with an 800Mhz front side bus (around just before the time...

I'm currently dealing with the same issue on an Asus P4C800 Deluxe with a P4 2.8c and Enermax Whisper 465Watt PWRSUP. I'm supposed to hear back from tech support sometime. I will post if we find what the problem is since it might help you out.

Here is my setup: P4 2.8c Asus P4C800 Deluxe 2x512MB Mushkin PC3200 2-2-2 Special Gainward Ti4600 AGP 4x Soundblaster Audigy Platinum 5.1 Pioneer 16x DVD Plextor 40/12/40 burner 2 Maxtor IDE D740X-6L 80GB 7200RPM drives in RAID 0 Enermax Whisper EG465P-VE Power Supply Will be installing...

I just recieved my P4C800 Deluxe and P4 2.8c. After installing, system booted up fine, and rebooted multiple times with no trouble. I tried installing XP and the files would not copy over, (anyways this isn't the problem I need help with) I turned the power off and left it alone for 4 hours...

Good point Cerb.:beer: If you're not going to be doing much digital video editing/encoding ect... hyperthreading won't really help out. I'm not too clear as to what specific programs you plan on using on this system. Having enough memory is still going to be very important for working with...

I've played around with that Alpha release they were running at E3 way back when. They have a lot of code optimization to do to get that game operating under Carmack's original specs. I tried playing it on a AthlonXP+2100, Ti4600, 768MB PC3000, and with all details down and low res, I might...

Best advice I could give would be to check out the documentation for your mobo. Under the section on memory, it'll tell you what slots to place your sticks and if you'll still have dual-channel or not. For example, let's say you have slot A1, B1, A2, B2. For dual-channel to work, you need...

I think you may have just answered your own question with that last post. If you're happy with your game's performance, don't upgrade. However, from my own experience, having 1GB has been wonderful, not just in games, but in switching between applications and general windows performance.

I remember having a 65MB hard drive in an old 386SX that seemed about that fast. :D Those were the good ole days! Anyways, pull that thing and use it for a door stop. Go get aWestern digital WD800JD (80GB w/ 8MB cache @7200RPM) which should run about $100.00 after shipping (or something...

I just read this thread, and from the sound of it, I think you'd do well with a rig that had about 1GB of memory (for handling the databases, maybe more if it fits into your budget) and a P4 for the hyperthreading, since you want to be running more than one program at a time. Building or...