Recent content by mbramble

Thanks Seth. I was a Navy electronics tech for 20 years. I put my first computer (actually an expansion box for my Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 1!! It allowed you to have 64K of memory (instead of 16K) and use 2 5-1/4" floppy drives instead of a cassette deck!!) together in 1979.... I have built...

I actually did one memory module in each slot and then the other memory module in each slot. The CPU fan was plugged into the CPU fan header. The BIOS Reset requires that you short the pins together, there is no jumper. I think I'll just have my daughter get with Amazon Prime and return the...

I set the MB up on a piece of cardboard with only CPU, memory, speaker and PS. I reset the BIOS as directed. I also ensured the memory was seated correctly. When I power it up (by shorting PWR SW pins on MB front panel header), the PS fan and cpu fan come on. That's it. No POST beep from...

He did get a graphics card and it was originally installed. I removed it when we were getting no indications of anything apparently working, trying to get down to a barebones box to try and isolate the problem. He id install 2 of the standoffs to flat spots on the case. The other 4 MB...

My grandson purchased components to put together his first home-built PC (and his first experience at such a task, ever). It didn't work so he has now dropped it off in my lap..... Motherboard: GA-F2A68HM-H CPU: Athlon X4 X60K Memory: Some DDR3 1600 4096 MBx2 (don't have the name at the moment)...