Recent content by jkohm

Thanks, the cmos reset didn't get the system back. It may have helped. It turns out the video card (ASUS EAH4850/HDT) did not fit tight up to the back of the case ( Antec 900 case) and when the card was screwed down it tilted it forward from the ASUS P5Q PRO motherboard slot. Removing the...

I replaced my cpu, powered the system up, The bios reported finding a new cpu and asked me to review the settings. I noticed one of the hard drives was missing from the setup. The HD power cable had come lose. At that point I think I did something stupid. Instead of exiting the bios setup...

I plan to install 4 gig of memory and maybe later expand to 8 gig. Would that be a problem. Should I get 8 gig now all the same vendor.

Ive decided to go with the ASUS Combo P45 P5Q-Pro MB and ASUS Radeon HD 4850 EAH4850/HTDI/512M Video Card from newegg. Is there a better choice of memory than OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR800C44GK -...

I finalized my plans about six weeks ago but didn't get around to ordering the parts. Now they seem obsolete. The P35, DDR2 ASUS P5K PREMIUM/WIFI-AP Motherboard Should be replaced. Any suggestions for a comparable DDR2, X48, P45 or x38 ASUS or Gigabyte board. The WIFI is not important...

Thank you, thank you. I thought it was just another A Hole but wasn't sure. To bad somebody had to build another dictionary to understand those who can't or wont speak English. Thanks again.

noob. lol. What does this mean?

New to the forum thing. Example. I have a question about video cards and mother board combinations. Is it appropriate to post in both forums or try to pick the one I think is best. Don't want to waste you good peoples time.

Building my first system. As I understand it there are two standards when it comes to video card GPUs. Nvidia and ATI. If I want to use one video card it doesn't make any difference which mother board I buy. If I want to use dual video cards I have to buy a motherboard that supports SLI or...

Is there any way to replace the light blue text on white backgrouund with say dark blue on white for those of us oldies with failing vision?

I'm thinking of using the ASUS P5KC which can use DD2 or DDR3 but only has two slots ($140), or the ASUS P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP ($200) with four slots (8gb) of fast DDR2 only and pass on future DDR3 upgrade. Or cheap DDR2 only MB that supports Q9450 (if one exists) and throw out MB when I go to...

I am building my first system based on a Intel Q9300. It will be a general purpose system used to manage and play my 10,000 mp3 music titles, scan many old photos, organize and edit 10 years of digital photos, web surfing, function as a media center pc, word processing, excel, etc. I'm retired...

Can Vista really make use of more than 3gb of ram? Was XP restricted to 3gb? I'm confused. Help.

Thanks, but if it's just a matter of cost, I think I would rather spend a $100 more now and be able take advantage of DDR3, 1333 fsb and improved software when it becomes practical. Sites I've checked price on (newegg) look like a $40 difference. Tom's Hardware CPU benchmarks indicate a 5%...

Why the Q6600? The Q9300 is about the same price, has more cache, is faster, and has the new SSE4 instruction set. Are suggesting that the 750gb HD, in addition to the two 500gb HD I have, would provide a noticeable improvement in performance? Thank again JMK