Recent content by zinguy

About a month ago I built a system with the A8N-E board, AMD64 +3200, 1 G Crucial RAM. Everything worked well except that the system would lock up at random, sometimes 2-3 times a day...no reponse from keyboard or mouse. Temps and voltages appeared to be OK and there were no related error...

It turns out no drivers were needed to install XP on my SATA. The secret was to disconnect all hard drives except the SATA before running Windows Setup. It then recognized the drive, didn't require drivers and proceeded to install OK. After finishing the install, I reconnected my two IDE...

Windows Setup didn't recognize my single SATA drive. Which drivers are recommended...Sil or Nvidia?

I got a keyboard working and was able to disable the fan warning. Now the bigger problem is that the system can't find the OS on my SATA system drive, which has all the settings from my old setup. I tried Repair Install without success, then tried Recovery Console and found XP on E: drive...

Originally posted by: ProviaFan[/i] No, I have a PS2 keyboard and it just died. Bad timing, I guess.

I've just assembled a system...ASUS A8N-E, Athlon64 3200+, Award BIOS v6.00PG (ACPI BIOS Revision 1004), 1G RAM. When I turn on, the system freezes at the opening BIOS screen and I get no response from F1 or DEL to enter setup. All my hardware is properly identified on the screen. The screen...

I doubt I'll need dual DVI. Since I posted, I've checked some reviews and like the feature set and prices of 6600 cards, plus a couple 6600GTs under $140. Thanks for the tip about Gigabyte's passive cooling....a plus that's worth considering.

Oops, hit the wrong button... I've just picked up an A8N-E but have no video card yet. As I'm not a gamer but do occasional video editing, I'd appreciate recommendations on a card that runs fairly cool and doesn't break the bank. Thanks.