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i'm a newbie and have recently installed windows xp pro with SP1 on my home made rig. I have an ASUS a8v deluxe rev 2.0 mobo with the raptor 74G HD installed onthe SATA promise controller. I have read all the threads and after about 2 hours i was able to get the sata 378 drivers installed...

well the installation went fine once I loaded the 378 ide drivers . windows XP pro went through its 45 minute install, however when it went to reboot it gives me an error and says cant start windows. I tried starting in safe mode, from last known good configuration, i even went back to the...

thanks alot mqj and Bunter I'm gonna try this out tonight and pray!!!!!! I'll let you know how it goes

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newbie question for you pros, have just purchased an ASUS a8v deluxe rev 2.0 mobo and a 74G raptor HD, I have read that these can transfer info much faster by SATA rather than IDE. my question is this, I plan on using only one hard drive at this time (maybe RAID 0 in the future). So I...

I had read in an earlier forum that some of the X800 cards are having problems with the 939 processors and the ASUS A8V mobo in particular, but I could be wrong

i'm putting together a major gaming rig. however getting a video card is proving harder than I thought. THese are my specs. AMD64FX-53, 2x512 OCZ PC3700 gold rev 3, ASUS A8V deluxe rev 2.0 mobo, raptor 74G HD @ 10000rpm. I have been looking for a week for a GeForce 6800 Ultra card, but...

actually anandtech just reviewed this OCZ gold rev3 and gave it great ratings with the fx-53. i also called ASUS and they agreed they only test a couple of companies' ram and only list those that they specifically tested

I am looking to get my first rig off the ground , but am still unable to make a choice as to which mobo. i plan on using AMDFX-53, with 2X512 OCZ I As you can see I want this system for gaming. my final two choices after reading all the reviews and forums are the 1. ASUS A8V Deluxe...

need a little help with two questions. 1. am a newbie about to embark on my first rig. planning ASUS av8 rev 2.0 AMD64fx-53, GeForce 6800 ultra256, and 2 x 512 OCZ PC3700 gold rev 3 . with all the problems with the ASUS boards would it be in my best interest to get the revision 2.0...

i'm a newbie, but interested in finally building my own super gaming computer. At this point in my life quality is more important than cost. i plan on either the ATI x800 pro or XT for my card. the new WD 10,000 rpm 74G HD, and i plan on at least a gig of DDR2 ram however i cant decide on the...

anyone else have an opinion on whether to go for the fx-53 (939Pin) vs the more reliable yet slower 754 pin mobos

thanks will889 for the info onthe sound. but would you stick with the 754 amd vs. the more buggy mobos for the 939????

i'm a newbie but have finally decided to build my own rig. I've been reading the reviews and forums the past 3 weeks and have decided to try to build the gaming computer from the AMD FX-53 with the ATI X800 pro or XT, with a gig of dual channel ram. my questions are these: 1. NO matter...