Recent content by Pringleprime

Well, called Best Buy, and was on hold for I don't even remember how long. On the hold recording, though, it mentioned something about if you paid with a check or credit card, they can reprint your receipt, so that's good. Aswell, the person I talked to said returning it for a replacement would...

Pretty sure it was a check, I can't recall now(Parents picked it up for me, since they were there anyway). It looks like it qualifies as a gift, since it was after the 1st of November, so hopefully that'll work. If not, i'll definitely be raising hell.. the salesman said "I guarantee you there...

Wow, okay. Problem is, i'm pretty sure the receipt was mailed with the mail in rebate.. though i'm not 100% sure. It was pre-opened, so do you think they'll replace it, or will I have to go straight to Samsung?

Well, first off, it's the Samsung 19" Perfect-Flat CRT Model 997DF. Picked it up at Best Buy about two weeks ago and used it for the first time on sunday. On to the problem.. everytime I turn it on, sometimes it won't turn on, and all the time, it pops really loud acouple of times and the screen...

Damnit mech, that worked! The monitor works fine now, I got into my BIOS and changed them fine, but I do get a "CMOS Checksum Error" or something, but it doesn't seem to have done anything.. going to attach everything now and start installing Windows I guess. Crossing fingers, hope it works :)

Well, I plugged it into the computer i'm currently using, and it works fine. So what in the hell does this mean?

Well, my only problem now, that I know of, is my monitor won't go out of Sleep mode. It will when it's not plugged into the graphics card, but when it's plugged in, auto sleep. Tried pulling out the CMOS battery and letting it sit, but no luck there. Nothing else is plugged in. HDD, Combo Drive...

Finally got everything taken out and put back in, with the back plate the Zalman comes with this time though. Plugged it in and it turned on and started running, did the normal stuff, but then where it normally said No keyboard attached!, it had CPU overclock failed! CPU fan error!, then went to...

Each are on their own cable, and that PSU, or a similar one(same brand, hearing good things about EnerMax) are definitely on the top of the list though. Neighbor said he thinks he has some spare jumpers from some old dead HDD's and will look tomorrow, so that's good news. I'm literally about...

Phew, what a relief. Guess it's all on the Power Supply then, huh.. this will be the last time I purchase a CoolMax product if that's the case! edit: I figure I might as well squeeze it in while I can, if I can. I never set my HD/Combo Drive to Master or Slave, because I was told they...

Not loose, but I can wiggle it abit. I couldn't get the backplate off the A8V to put the Zalman plate there, and the screws with the Zalman don't go down as far on that one as they should, so it is a tiny bit loose. Friend of mine suggested taking a hair dryer on low to the back of the metal...

CoolMax Black Taurus 400W PSU is the one i'm using. I meant to order a 350W Fortron, but my Wishlist reverted I guess to when I had that added, and shipped that one instead. And, this is a brand new build, so everything is first time use really, nothing used, everything from Newegg. Also, I just...

Well, it POSTs, but then shuts off. Sounds like the PSU.. i've got everything else unplugged except for the Zalman and 6800 :( Still says the BIOS isn't installed, though, which sounds kindof odd to me.

Trying that now, thanks abunch - it started installing windows, but then shuts off in the middle, so that's kindof weird. Hopefully I can rule out what's wrong by that though :)

Hello again Anandtech! Having quite abit of trouble with my new build, that I(nor my friends that I asked) could figure out. Basically, it says my BIOS isn't installed. Here are my system specs.. ASUS A8V Deluxe Rev2.0 A64 3200+ XFX 6800 Mushkin PC3200 512 RAM x2 Lite-On CD-RW/DVD-R...