Recent content by Space Cowboy

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    Final Upgrade

    Should I go for the Opty or wait till the FX60 price drops? Thanks
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    Max Out This Mother

    I'm trying to max out this system with it's last CPU upgrade .. Not sure which one would be the best? I'm not into overclockin but have played with it in the past. Any Help Out There? Thanks CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 512KB L2 Cache, 64-bit Socket 939 Processor (Winchester) 2200MHz...
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    Final Upgrade

    I'm not a gamer so the video card will stay the same for now.. I just want extream responce from this rig for a bit longer. Thanks
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    Final Upgrade

    I'd like to max this rig out and am confused by all the different AMD processors out there? Which CPU would put this thing at maximum force? Thanks Antec 480 watt 120mm fan ATX 12V v2.0 "NeoPower" Western Digital Raptor HD 74GB 10,000RPM 8MB SATA OCZ Performance Series Dual Channel 4GB...
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    Which ATI Driver Package To Use ??

    I have a SAPPHIRE X800 Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, 16 X PCI-Express ATI Radeon. There are 3 (as far as I know) different driver packages to choose from. Which one should I use and why? Thanks
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    4 gig not being recognized

    To funny dude. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555223 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171793/ http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291988#appliesto If you know the answer then Please share you great secret with us (LINK)
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    4 gig not being recognized

    Jim, I tried running 2 gig at PC Pitstop then Ran the same test with 4 gig and the results came back the same .. the scores were identical. So I doubt it's hurting to run all 4 gig. I'm still working on it. Will let ya know if I come across anything. Here's a question" If we are...
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    4 gig not being recognized

    Now we are cookin.. With the built in AMD Antivirus stuff and running a secure system as I do with firewalls ect. I'm not concerened about the code issue at all. I also do allot of backups. But I've tried a bunch of switches in the boot.ini and haven't had any luck...
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    4 gig not being recognized

    Not a answer just a alternative.. Common you guy's .. This can't be that tough. If Windows XP Pro SP1 recognizes the full 4 gig and SP2 disables it .. There must be a way to undo the specific patch that causes this without disabling ALL of the SP2 patches.....
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    4 gig not being recognized

    Heard the same thing when I got 4 meg of ram Some peoples kids
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    4 gig not being recognized

    The ram worked flawlessly at 2 gig. OCZ is supposed to be one of the best. And when I built the system It was the best performer and if I remeber correctly the only vendor I could find with 1 gig matched dual channel specs. Some info I got at DFI was becasue it was 2 sided I wouldn't be able to...
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    4 gig not being recognized

    It's in my sig "Master Control" DFI
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    4 gig not being recognized

    Will the switches work by themselves or do I have to pay $50 bucks for that software. Thanks Allot
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    4 gig not being recognized

    Cool .. Not a bad price either. I'm still good to go on the hard drive setup for now. I would really just like to get the ram working right. Thanks
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    4 gig not being recognized

    Thansk for the links. I've tried all the switches also and no go . /pae and /3gb and in different orders and bty themselves .. no luck. I do have those sites bookmarked and keep refering back to them. My Motherboard supports 4 gig dual channel. I even have the OCZ guy's trying to help me...