Recent content by mikezy44

I was wondering if there are some guidelines on how much thermal paste should be applied to a CPU (P4 3GHz, not overclocked in my case)? I guess this is common sense thing. In my view it doesn't really matter how much I'll apply because any excess will be squzed out once I put heatsink on top...

Things are working okay so far. Mobo is stable and usable. NorthBridge heatsink doesn't get hot as it did before... so I guess everything worked out. I'm just a little concerned about the performance issue. I guess my concern is performance (is 3-5% decrease in overall or just memory terms)...

MechBgon, Thank you so much for taking time to help me out and thank you for all the encouragement. I really need it as I've spend 2 weeks fighting this mobo problem. I appreciate it! Yes, my PS 4-pin auxiliary power cable is connected. :-) I did exactly as you said. Relaxed the timings on...

Asus has a list of compatible memory modules for this board. I didn't know about it and ended up with 1G of 4x256M Kingston HyperX DDR 3200 and I don't know what to do about it... machine goes down every 5-10 min with BSOD. I get allways different error message: from Paging Error messages to PCI...

I'm not sure how and where to relax those timing. Any suggestions? I've found out last night that Asus has a list of recommended memory modules for this motherboard. The memory I have is NOT listed! :-( However Kingston tech support assured me that these modules are top notch. I've also read...

I don't know what to do about it... machine goes down every 5-10 min with BSOD. I get allways different error message: from Paging Error messages to PCI drivers being corrupted. I've tried XP, W2K, RH 9. Its crashing no matter what OS I install... which makes me think that perhaps there is...