Recent content by AngelDeath82

Okay, here's a short list of steps which should resolve this: 1. Uninstall your existing video card drivers 2. Shutdown computer 3. Unplug computer, install new card (including hooking up the PCIe power connector to it) 4. Re-plug in computer (leaving the monitor on the onboard video port) 5...

First of all, which Adaptec card do you have? If it's a 2410SA or a 2420SA, as long as the PCI slot has sufficient clearance past it towards the front of the board, you can use it within a standard PCI slot. However, if it's a 2820SA, then you would be well advised to purchase the board with...

Most likely, what you need to do, is with the controller in RAID mode, set the system disk to JBOD and the remaining disks into the desired RAID-5, then install Windows to the system drive (inclusive of using the F6 to install drivers during setup and the use of F5 to set "ACPI Multiprocessor"...

Actually, it's i975X... the only chipsets which aren't prefixed with i then suffixed with a capitalized X, Xx, P, Px, G, Gx are the following: P965 Q965 Q963 G965 In addition, while that board does support 4x PCIe x16 slots, all 4 of them are one right above the other, therefore you would be...

First, the Striker Extreme only has 6 expansion slots (3x PCIe x16 - 2 used by your 8800GTX's, 1 used by the Areca RAID card; 1x PCIe x1 - not used; 2x PCI - 4 used by your X-Fi, KillerNIC, PhysX card and TV Tuner card) meaning that you have 2 too many PCI devices. The slot above your video...

Have you tried forcibly disabling the onboard video? Due to the onboard and the add-in card both being GeForce chipsets, it could be that the board is failing over to the onboard GeForce 6150 instead of using the add-in GeForce 7950GT. Another thought: how old is your video card? I notice...

I realize this will add to the overall cost of your build ($129.99 at NewEgg), however if you truly want a good stable PSU and a sturdy case with decent airflow, have you considered the Antec Atlas? It's designed to be sold as a server chassis, and comes with a quality 550W Power Supply. Here...

First Gen - Primary: Pentium 4 1.5GHz s423/Intel 850 (AOpen AX4T)/GeForce 3 64MB (pre-Ti split model) - Secondary: Pentium III 800/Intel 440BX (ASUS P3B-F)/GeForce 2 MX Second Gen - Primary: Athlon XP 2500+/nForce 2 Ultra 400 (ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe)/GeForce 3 64MB -> Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB -...

I definitely must agree with the other users on here, pick up a used Radeon 9800 Pro/X800 Pro or GeForce 6600GT, 512MB of RAM, but also pick up an Athlon XP 2500+/2800+ based on the Barton core (333MHz FSB and 512KB L2 cache)... this will help you see some decent performance gains.

Begging your pardon, but I am a person who buys servers. Part of an intelligent hardware purchasing decision, is determining what hardware fits your given requirements, and finding a suitable system within the budgets you are allocated (which in smaller businesses tends to mean building your...

When you have the opportunity to do so, I would be interested in seeing the following tested in comparison with these: Opteron Socket F with ServerWorks chipset Opteron Socket F with nForce 3600 Professional chipset Some of the lower-level chips in each series as well to compare if the...

Well, see, widescreen monitors of any size use a non-standard resolution, not just the 22". It's actually the 19" widescreen that have a highly non-standard resolution though, as the others are used on widescreen notebooks as well. 19": 1440 x 900 - Moderate support in widescreen-capable games...

Don't know if the 1080's were much different, but I've got 2 SX1040B-II's and know multiple other people with 1000-series chassis without any problems regarding the door breaking off. (Even with me lugging mine around every few months for LAN's). USB Keyboards - as long as you have a new...

Actually, with him running Windows XP, Disk Management will not tell him that they are part of a RAID set. As Windows XP does not support RAID natively (and cannot boot from a soft-RAID using the hacked dll files). However, he has plainly stated that he is using the onboard RAID functionality...

hubbardt, Unfortunately, for this person that isn't an option. He didn't have the files accidentally deleted on him, the drive itself went down. This creates an entirely different situation, especially if the drive is permanently down. If he could boot from another drive with the old drive...