Recent content by noahabel

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    Failure to boot...please help

    Thanks for the reply. I've done every manner of unplugging and plugging. The boot process is not getting to the stage where I can actually use the keyboard. The keyboard lights flash on startup, I hear the BIOS beep then the whole thing stops with the CPU info line on screen (which I can't...
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    Failure to boot...please help

    So for some inexplicable reason, my system is now refusing to boot. My rig (as described in my sig) will fire up, the diagnostic LEDs on the mobo show confirmed CPU, memory and VGA detection, but the boot process is stopping just after the screen lists the CPU type. And while a connected PS/2...
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    2GB RAM choices

    Yeah, the more I thought about it, the more I decided against it. Just not worth the $40-$50 savings to lose retailer support and risk getting bunk memory. The search continues.
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    2GB RAM choices

    The Mushkin XP was my #1 choice, even at the slightly higher price, but it is the same UCCC chips that may or may not work with my mobo. I could go for a DFI board, but I do want SLi, and then I'm stuck thinking it's the $185 DR-Expert or nothing. Then I'm thinking I should get good memory...
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    2GB RAM choices

    Those XP simms are the ones I already listed for ~$190 @ ZZF (~$200 @ Newegg). They too use the UCCC ICs that the OCZ Gold, Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT and G.Skill also use (all DDR500 rated). BUT, after some further research today, it looks like my eVGA NF41 mobo is unable to run any of the...
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    2GB RAM choices

    Okay, so I just built my rig with the memory listed in my sig - basically the bottom of the Corsair XMS bin. I haven't even bothered pushing it past 210, knowing it won't get anywhere near the 255 HTT I'm running my Opty at. So all of a month after the new build, I want faster and bigger 1GB...