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ok. so it seems i had a grounding problem coming from one of the screws supporting the mobo....wasn't properly done w/ the washer rings. so now i power up just fine, no display and the computer doesn't seem to be posting (floppy doesn't activate, no beeps/hd activity). also, booting up w/ the...

Motherboard has been replaced, didn't resolve the issue. I read elsewhere about the XP 1800 requiring 45A from the power supply, just upgraded to fill the need and am still getting the same results. :( Any other suggestions?

I'm having the same problems as you, with a different setup. Soyo Dragon Plus! SY-K7V (brand new, even replaced the other day with another to make sure it wasn't the board. jumper is set correctly) XP 1800+ 512 chip of 2100 ddr ram Volcano 7 cu Verified power supply working on another system...

I'm just using a chrome orb (removed the pad underneath), some thermal paste (dabbed on the cpu) I got at a local shop, and cpu is not overclocked.

I'm by far no expert, but I have a 1 gig t-bird on an abit kt7-raid board which i've finally setup correctly running idle at about 29C degrees. My box runs a little below this typically, around 25C degrees. --jason

i'm new to the socket a setups....so i'm not up to speed in regards to the cooling setups either for them. currently i have a 1 ghz t-bird, on an abit kt7-raid using a basic chrome orb at around 5200 rpm i believe. question: is the heatsink supposed to come in contact with the cpu or mount...

just decided to get up on this deal. $32.95-$10.00 (new customer)+3.08 tax+$10.98 shipping-->$37.01 shipped through buy.com.

$35 is before any shipping/tax charges are added, correct?

My first post, so don't flame me....but unless I'm missing something, you can get these speakers at buy.com for $32.95 here, use the $10 off $30 for new customers....which pretty much eliminates shipping costs....getting you the speakers (with tax and shipped) for $37.01. --jason