Recent content by duggyb

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    Chemistry Help!!

    Well i got assigned these chemistry questions today and i just cant seem to get them..so i thought what the heck ill post here....anyone think they can help...the questions are below. 1.A compound is composed of 14.4 g of carbon, 2.4 g of hydrogen, and 19.2 g of oxygen. The molar mass of the...
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    Xp Install Gone Bad.

    im sorry i really dont know what you mean by "reread your op"....or "that doesnt sound good"(whats wrong with NTFS?) what are you getting at here? THNX Duggy
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    Xp Install Gone Bad.

    well i have a knoppix disk here...a pretty old one....what exactly do i do to combine these programs and how do i got about fixing my MBR?(is that what i need to fix?) also which copy of TestDisk do i download?...the Linux one...or the Linux RPM or SRPM..or what?...i am really quite a noob...
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    Xp Install Gone Bad.

    Well i was fooling around with dual booting Windows XP and Mac OSX 10.4.8....and ended up screwing up my MBR and boot.ini file beyond repair...so i decided to give up and just reinstall a fresh copy of XP. well that was all good i got it installed and back up to par...when i started to notice...
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    Will This Work?

    anyone? THNX Duggy
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    Will This Work?

    well is it really better? i mean the specs are pretty much the same...except its gunna cost me $20-$25 more to keep the Asus board then to ship it back and get the gigabyte. THNX Duggy
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    Will This Work?

    i cant do it if i cant get the computer to POST at all..which i cant........and all of my current computers are running 478...and my local guy doesnt have any 775 CPU's...unless i order one in and then he wont take it back after its been opened. so can anyone anwser the actual question i...
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    Will This Work?

    ok well i bought a whole new system...which included a Pentium D 930 and a Asus P5LD2 motherboard....well after long nights i have found out my BIOS needs updateing in order to support this CPU....and the price ot get a new chip from Asus is $20....well i can ship my motherboard back and...
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    Computer does not post, just beeps

    chances are your motherboard does not support your CPU and will need a BIOS update to do so....in order to do the update your going to either need to do a Hot Flash....or throw an older CPU in there do the BIOS update then put your original CPU in. THNX Duggy
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    Troubleshooting A New System

    alright well i am pretty convinced now that all i need is a BIOS update....so i am trying to get in contact with the only guy i know that has a 775 maybe laying around...i will post back here what the deal is.. THNX Duggy
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    Troubleshooting A New System

    hmm i cant seem to find a number for technical support at the ASUS site except one for the Notebook division...anyeone else see one? THNX Duggy
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    Troubleshooting A New System

    well after reading and getting responses in a few places it seems my motherboard may need a BIOS update in order to handle my 930 CPU....now the only problem is how do i update it if i can not get it to POST? THNX Duggy
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    Troubleshooting A New System

    hmm nope i have triple checked those....i even took the motherboard out and took out a couple motherboard standoffs thinking maybe it was shorting something and also just to try and reinstall everything... this really has me stumped becuase i dont even know what to RMA anymore... THNX Duggy
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    Troubleshooting A New System

    well after taking the videocard out and having a closer look at the pins i noticed on the back side that one of the pins is shorter then all the rest....is it suppose ot be this way? its the pin closest to the mounting brack and on the backside...its hard ot tell but it looks like half of the...
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    Troubleshooting A New System

    no i got spare nothing...except optical and HD...all the rest is above all my current systems...its 775,PCI-E and DDR2...all mine is 478,AGP and DDR i got a spare PSU but i dont even want to plug it into this high end system becuase its really really low quality and i dont want to risk frying...