Recent content by salventura

Thank you, gentlemen, for the information. My ECS motherboard (K8T890-A) has three PCI express slots. I'll be getting a card with passive cooling (no fan) which means it'll be low power and low cost. It'll be an improvement, nevertheless. I use my computer mostly to surf the web for...

My computer has a PCI video card and I'm going to upgrade to PCI-E. My motherboard uses DDR memory. Does the memory on the PCI-E card have to match the memory on the motherboard? In other words, will a DDR2 video card work in a DDR motherboard? Thnx. -- Sal

Yes. Thank you.

I just bought a copy of Win 2k on eBay and need some advice. Microsoft says the setup program allows the option of formatting the hard drive for NTFS or FAT32. Does the setup program do the formatting? I thought Win 2k required NTFS. I currently am using Windows Me. Please advise. Thanx --...

Kiwi: Many thanks for the info on MB makers and socket 939. I'm interested in this board primarily because of it's dual channel memory capability. I usually have pretty good luck thanks to newegg and driverguide and, of course, to knowledgeable people such as yourself. In case I don't...

sourceninja: Thank you for the information regarding Linux and 939 motherboards. I've never been a fan of Microsoft -- I stopped using their browser more than a year ago. Maybe now is a good time to go all the way and make the switch to Linux. After all, old dogs can learn new tricks...

I have computers with socket A and socket 754 motherboards and they work just fine. Nevertheless, I'm thinking about building a new computer using a socket 939 motherboard but I can't seem to find one which supports Windows ME. In short, are there any companies that produce a socket 939...