Recent content by fuzzlog

err, just checked the spec of the motherboard I bought from newegg.com (the Gigabyte GA-965-965G-DS3(rev 1.0)) and it says that the Front Side Bus is 1066/800 MHz. The E6550 FBS is 1333 MHz (that could definitely explain the over heating). must learn to properly read the specs before buying...

I feel your pain "Fallout2man" i'm dealing with this issue as I type this. I bought components to build two systems exactly the same except fo the CPUs. One was the E6600 and the other one was the E6550. The system with the E6600 ran perfectly. The system with the E6550 would not boot up and...