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Here is the Intel link for the debug codes. http://www.intel.com/support/m...sktop/sb/CS-025434.htm That's no good for NewEgg to have sold you the wrong RAM. I think I read someplace some boards were updated, maybe with a BIOS, to support 1.9V RAM. I don't recall which model of board...

Undead! Hit it again!

Try it outside the case in the event you have a standoff shorting it all out. Anyways I think I'll be picking this board up, but I want to read all of the discussions about it that I can. I've never used a Gigabyte brand board before. Seems the 680i board is having boot up issues that...

I noticed this myself, and I noticed way back in the thread that others experienced this also. This should only occur the first time you plug in power to the PC and then turn it on, or otherwise if there is a power outage. In that case you'd need to wait 7-10 seconds before hitting the power...

I've been checking up on the EVGA message boards for some time today trying to see if the 680i's are worthwhile yet. It sounds like it IS possible to build a problem free system. But I read a post that said LinkBoost was disabled in the latest BIOS. A promised feature for the mobo causes...

@eBob, my best guess is to blame the USB HD enclosure or its cable. Connect two positives, and boom, things get damaged. For example like shorting the front panel headers with two positives will kill a motherboard. I saw a coworker install a stick of RAM backwards and power on - boom...

Do not trust that Crucial page. Play it safe and get only CAS 5 1.8V RAM. If you want faster RAM buy a 975X mobo instead.

@everyone: "Intel DP965LTCK revision D41694-207 or newer with BIOS 1612 or newer supports quad-core CPU's." AA# for Intel® Desktop boards that now support Intel® Core 2 Quad processor DP965LT (Lemont) -207 or later DQ965GF (Guardfish) -401 or later DG965WH (Westchester) -305 or later...

I heard the Westinghouse, at least the 42" model that is, was having a lock-up problem. I'd suggest looking at the Plasma and LCD Flat Panel Displays section of AVSForum.com. They have an absolute wealth of knowledge and first-hand reviews for home theater stuff.

So the FX-55 is a single core 2.6 GHz. The FX-57 is 2.8, and the FX-60 is a dual core 2.6 GHz. I thought I read that for games, there were only like 1 to 3 games out that had dual core optimisations. In the rest of the 99.7% of games out there, wouldn't an FX-55 be the same as an FX-60...

My Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe does that too, and it seems my previous Asus boards have done that. I hate it, but I've just kind of forgotten about it and lived with it. It's overvolting my RAM, too. I have a "normal" 2.5V DIMM, and it has to run it at 2.6V. I'd like it to be in spec, but it's quite...

As an update on my situation, I've decided that it doesn't meet my needs, so I'll send it back and just not worry about the rebate. Like Topdawg235, I could probably get a receipt faxed, but I just don't like it well enough. If I were planning on using it just as an HDTV, I think it'd be...

Allow me to announce the first person to be screwed over on the $300 rebate. Me! I ordered the Syntax 27'' LCD TV from RadioShack.com on Thanksgiving morning before leaving town. I printed out the "Order Receipt" and the rebate. $750 after rebate plus a good chunk of tax thrown in there...

Gigabyte has a MicroATX board that may fit the bill. It uses the KM133A chipset, and has built-in S3 Savage video, basic Creative Labs audio, and an AGP 4X slot. I don't have any hands-on XP with this board tho. I have high hopes for the nForce boards. They'll be sort of a midrange solution...

I'm looking at getting a similar setup. Mushkin is a good solid brand, as is AsusTek. I'd take an Asus board over the other brands mentioned. Although I went the route of getting a retail boxed XP 1900. That way I get a hs/fan that I know is guaranteed to snap on and just work, and isn't...