Recent content by coolego1

Thank you everyone for the responses! The BIOS was exactly what was wrong. I have HW Revision 1.1 and I was on BIOS version F4(!). I upgraded to F12 and installed the new processor and everything is working perfectly. Now to think about overclocking...

Hello All, I have an old Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P LGA775 Motherboard that, up until now, has had a Pentium 4 3.4 GHz Prescott (single core, gasp!) in it. This evening, I went to a local parts store and bought a C2D E7500 to try to squeeze a bit more life out of this machine... After removing...

The "DEL /F /Q /AH" command should force a delete quietly looking in hidden files. The only thing I can think of is a /AS switch to make it see "system" files. Also, the file does exist because the DOS Batch "IF EXISTS" command executes and finds it. Killing the running process should be...

Alright, so here's a weird question for you. At my school there is a virus on the computers that copies itself from the local computer to any removable drive it can find attached to the computer, and thus spreads this way. The school does not have antivirus software because of the cost, and...

IRB? I guess I don't know... Thank you all who have participated!

Hi guys, My reason for writing today is to ask a favor of anyone with a spare minute and who might be willing to help me out with a psychology class I'm taking. We are supposed to have performed an experiment on people at school, but our group kind of slacked on that, so what do I do but...

I second this question; I am looking to upgrade my system over time, and I was wondering if I could put my P4 Prescott 3.4GHz into a new motherboard with DDR2 and upgrade later to Penryn quad. The impression I'm getting is, with my 800MHz FSB, I'll be able to get a P35 Chipset motherboard...

I have an Intel P4 Prescott CPU with a random off-brand motherboard (soltek) which I don't particularly like. I will try to find some more 2-3-2-5 RAM...

Hello All, I am considering upgrading the RAM in my PC3200 motherboard. I already have 2 sticks of 512MB which I run in dual channel at a latency of 2-3-2-5. I am looking into purchasing another 1 or maybe even 2GB to run as dual channel in the other slots of the motherboard. Can I use two...

Hello All, I am about to purchase an MSI P6N SLI-FI motherboard with an E6750 CPU. My question is this: will it require screwing around with the BIOS before I can use this motherboard? I don't have an extra C2D lying around that I can switch it out with to mess with BIOS, and therefore I...

The issue with the QVL is that I can't find it anywhere. MSI says to check it, but I don't know where to get it...... I was kind of assuming with "flexible voltage" RAM and the fact that OCZ is on their cursory list(in the sidebar of their site), it would work. Am I correct maybe?

Hello All, I am looking at a new system using an MSI P6N SLI-FI motherboard. The MSI site says it only likes RAM from Buffalo, Crucial, Corsair, Kingston, Mushkin and OCZ. What exactly does this mean? I'm looking at some OCZ Platinum Revision 2 RAM that says it will work with 1.9V to 2.1V...

I kind of like that Tsunami... Newegg didn't have the CoolerMaster, but I will look for it. I'm building the rest of the system with an MSI P6N SLI-FI mobo and a C2D E6750. Combine this with my X1950XT and I think it will be a great system

Wow, I have no idea what most of that meant, but thanks, I get the idea that it's basically going to work!

Hello All, I am looking into a new system and am wondering if I get an intel Core 2 Quad with a 1066MHz FSB, will I be able to use DDR2? The P35 motherboards seem to have 1066/1333 FSBs... Can I use DDR2 800 in these motherboards? Thanks