Recent content by RedHedStranger

I am happy to report that, after backing up tons of files and moving my SATA HDD from AthlonXP to Athlon64 mobo, everything booted just fine - with no drivers installed whatsoever. Of note: the nForce3 chipset on my new Soltek mobo has built in SATA controller, not a third party chip. I...

Folks, It seems like everybody's Athlon64 rig uses at least DDR3200. I've just upgraded, and have kept two sticks of DDR2700 (2X512 megs). Simple question: Is the performace bump going to be noticeable if I get rid of the 2700 and pick up the same amount of 3200 RAM? I can't imagine the speed...

Thanks for the input, folks. I've done a bit of reading on this, and here's what I'm gonna do: 1. Swap in my new mobo and reconnect everything. 2. Boot with the WinXP CD in my CD drive (making sure via BIOS that the machine can boot by CD) 3. Perform a Windows "repair install". During...

Thanks so much for the info, dclive... let me follow up, tho, with another coupla questions: I had a slight change of plans, and am upgrading to a SOLTEK SL-K8AN2E-GR nForce3 mobo instead of the previously indicated MSI unit. This particular board has SATA support via 2 different controllers...

I'm on the verge of pulling my Athlon XP 2600/ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe (nVidia nForce2 chipset) mobo and replacing it with an MSI Neo-FSR (VIA K8T800) and an Athlon 64 3000+. Yes, I'm really pumped. Now for my question: I'm currently running a SATA hard drive with the nForce2 mobo (SATA on board)...