Recent content by Punchy01

Thanks Core, I'm actually not inclined to change boards at this time since I kinda feel like I've been to war with this one -- not gonna give up on it just yet. I'm hoping future BIOS revisions will clear up some more issues and make this the kind of stable board I've come to expect from...

Success Story! I think. Hi to all, I've been setting up this board now for 2-3 weeks and I think I might finally be getting somewhere--woohoo! A bit of background: Like many of you I have had problems since day one. My DVD DL that was only a year old and worked fine in my last PC suffered...

OK, I see it now -- thanks Core

Can Memtest be run without an OS?

Core, thanks for the suggestions. I'll give them a whirl tomorrow after work, winding down for tonight. My ram is in the yellow slots BTW.

With the memory timings, I have changed some things now. They're still factory spec, just manually set. I'll give the HDD Smart Monitoring a whirl tomorrow, but I just gotta believe it's something else. Really frustrating :(

Sorry, was away for a bit working on some things. Back on the computer. Guys, I tried changing the primary and secondaries, I've switched the jumpers to both CS, manually entered all memory timings (I have the C5's) and manually entered the voltage (listed as Memory Voltage under Voltage...

Core2 I have the C5's, will try you recommendations for manually setting timings. Have to see what utilites my HD has--yes Windows does take a long time, and unfortunately I've been through it several times now. Adder, I might fool around with the IDE assignments as well--try some different...

HDD is set to master on primary channel, CD is set to master on secondary. You believe the problem may be memory related?

Okay guys, I need some help. Got my stuff put together over the weekend, everything seemed to go okay, system posted okay, everything recognized. I changed only one thing in the Bios "HDD Smart Monitoring to 'Enabled' ", and I got my first problem. While my Sony DVD drive was recognized in...

Thanks Core2. Maybe I'll just try both AC' 97 and the HD and see what each sounds like. I suppose if I can get HD out the front, it would be a bonus--not sure if it will make headphones sound any better though. What really confused me was the eleven seperate wires at the end of CoolerMaster's...

Sorry to interupt, but I just had a quick queston for you guys. Got my P5n-e SLI in the mail yesterday, along with all the rest of my goodies, and was up late last night putting everything together. The only thing I'm not real sure about with the physical build is the Front Panel Audio...

Thanks for the quick responses guys, you've given me plenty to get me on my way :) Hopefully I won't run into too many issues with my build, but I'll check back here if I do. Plenty of helpful folks around this forum for sure. Thanks again

ADDER & JKCHENG , Thanks for your responses. I think I'll narrow it to this board for sure. Really like the price compared to the BadAxe (and other 975's). Good to know I have the SLI option as well with the 7900gs starting to drop so low in price. Maybe just one more question: Can...

Hello to all, and sorry for jumping in and going sorta off-topic, but how is this board at stock speeds & stock configurations? I've read through as many of your posts as possible but alot of it is honestly over my head. I've been planning a new build for about the last three months (C2D)...