Recent content by Havlock

Title and summary pretty much says it all: The root folder for my C: drive somehow got the "Pictures (best for many file)" customization template slapped on it. It has the "common tasks" left pane of a picture folder, and the little polaroid background image in the lower right. I know it...

Looks like everything is ship-shape over here. After 18 passes through the MemTest86+ standard test set, I am happy to report that it threw no errors. I think I got a winner. Thanks for secondly confirming the ST60F noise Yankee. That put my last doubts at ease.

Well, I took the plunge and started up my new machine with the ST60F. Nothing blew up or caught on fire, which is a good sign, and things seem to be running just fine for the moment. I'm going to boot MemTest86+ and have it run overnight, after I update and configure the BIOS. I'll let you know...

Thank you Yreka for confirming that it's normal for the ST60F to behave this way. My best guess is that when you turn it on, the PS pulls a heavy load to charge all its capacitors, but once charged it draws much less power. I'm going to wait for a few more confirmations before hooking this thing...

EDIT: Never mind. Wrong thread.

I don't think it's a short, since when I first turned the power supply on, it was hooked up in my new system, and the power indicator LED on the motherboard was lit. If it was a short, the power supply would have tripped off or cut power or something. I tried disconnecting all the output cables...

I checked out whether or not the outlet/circuit was the problem by taking the power supply down to the laundry room and plugging it into the outlet the washing machine uses. That outlet I know is on its own circuit with nothing else on it. I also plugged an LED night-light into the other outlet...

I bought a brand new Silverstone ST60F power supply to put into my new system, and I think it has a problem, but this might just be normal. After I plug the ST60F into the AC power cable, then flip the switch on the back to the "on" position, the PS makes a *bzzt* sound for less than a second...

I've settled on a motherboard, the Asus A8N32-SLI. It's probably way beyond what I'm ever going to use it for, but after adding up the price of the other components I'm looking at, I had more than enough left over to pay for it and still fall well within my budget. And if I ever decide to...

Are you sure about that Gigabyte board's name? I can't find exactly what you listed here, but I can find a GA-K8NF-9 and a GA-K8NF9 Ultra. Which one is it? EDIT: Moot point anyway since I can't find the Ultra for sale. Is the GA-K8NF-9 a later version of the GA-K8NF9 Ultra?

Given the following feature requests, what motherboard would you recommend as the best value? (These are not numbered in order of desirability) Required features: 1. Support for Athlon 64 X2 3800+ or 4200+ 2. Max. memory capacity of at least 2GB 3. Can use PC3200 memory 4. ATX form...