Recent content by caveman38

Thanks for the reply. I have all my slots barring one PCI slot still available and that includes 1 PCIe slot. All the USB3 cards that I have seen are PCIe and therefor should be OK. Although I knew that, I was doubtful as to whether the mb itself supported the technology.

I am serious. Maybe I am stupid too but would like to know before I purchase a large ext. HDD. Please advise. PS. Why would you think I am not serious?

Can I fit and utilise a USB3 add on card for the ASUS M3A78 PRO M/B. Thanks

Should you have two entries for the Video Adapter in the device manager. I have and one is called the secondary. Is it o1 for the VGA and the other for DVI or is this a fault. Does having both cause any problems. Thank you.

I have a new NEC 2070NX 4:3 running at 1600 x 1200 with an ATI card running the latest drivers (assuming no conflicts with earlier ones) Now I am new to LCD's having had CRT's for 15 years I am finding that the icons in windows apps. eg IE favourites folders along the left and the back and...

Yes it is a 4:3 monitor and when I say distorted I mean not crisp. The monitor is driven by the DVI output of the card and the lack of colour depth only occurs on windows apps. Intenet pictues etc. are excellent.

Harvey cured my problem with the broken fonts by checking "cleartype" but now I have another plaese help. Fitted a new 20" LCD running on a Radeon 9600 3/4 years old. Resolution 1600 x 1200. The trouble is that The colours of windows folders are washed out and the desktop icons are distorted...

Thanks for that Harvey, you got it in one. What a difference it makes. I didn't get much response from a similar forum over here in UK, all the brains must be over the pond. Happy New Year to you and all the guys on the board. I

Please help. New monitor installed NEC 20" 5:4 LCD running at 1600 x 1200 with an ATI Radeon 9600. At first I had trouble getting a font that would work in both office apps. and internet. When I upscaled to 120 dpi I found that was the answer. Now I have found that on the desktop and windows...