Recent content by darool

i've elected to go with a amd b450, ddr4 compliance .... i was reading through this article. i don't need any of the front-end attachments on my mobo and have never used them, often times removing them all, as the rear components (vid-onboard, usb slots, audio ports ... etc) i don't need. even...

i was using 4 fans, all well suited ... i found this out tinkering w/ the bios and makings some settings to just let the fans run at full speed and ignore the temp ... it did run like an airplane, even w/ the side cover removed. i'm still puzzled as to how dust can accumulate inside the tower...

budget ... probably at the most i was looking at 400 usd or less. i usually can find the cheapest, by opting for refurbished or used ... most of my treasure hunts end on e-bay ... thus the price could fluctuate quiet a bit. soooo, budget might not necessarily be based on new components or the...

it's both running a dual core am3 and using ddr3. i wish i had some specs to show ya, but as you already stated, it's proprietary ... Dell used to do the same thing. so my question is, once again with the parts i have ... i figure i can use the memory (no doubt), the cpu ... guess i need to...

i ran across this site for ASRock, which they seem to have good reviews. the list although i found over-whelming. if i try to keep it simple, a mobo am3+. No one ever answered my question if the atx "full tower" or a eatx model tower is going to be reversibly compatible with some of the...

with most of my fans and heat cooling factors ... i always leave the side cover off, ya said PC, so i'm just guessing a tower. i've tended to gather plenty of cpu fans over the years, which they seem to produce a higher air-flow. so i literally mount two fans in parallel pushing air down into...

Well, here's the pickle. i have two current towers in front of me ... i believe both micro (14" x 14.5") my primary case, in which i was running the m3a78-cm motherboard looks more like a compatible model, as opposed to the other, which is a hp/compaq no-name MB. i was really ready to pull...

many of the gfx cards i've been looking at, mostly radeon have a length of 12 inches plus. what type of form factor of tower can handle that? the last card i had was 9.25" and barely fit. i'm doing some research while writing this ... trying to be pro-active. it appears if space isn't a...

hello all, recently my motherboard, a m3a78-cm ... i believe the bios is fried and the motherboard must have been inferior, as this was the second one and only lasted a year. well, i've decided it's time to upgrade, but i would like to continue to use the atx tower i use. yet, in reviewing...

On boot, start tapping the F8 button, this should give you the option to enter Safe Mode. Once in Safe Mode, if it hasn't froze, then you probably have defaulty hardware or drivers or a virus that is crashing the system. Click the start button, the run, and type msconfig. disable everything...

As pre-mentioned, a modem has no ip-address assignments or wireless connectivity, that is counter intuitive for security purposes. Assuming this is a router, use a direct connection via a cat 5 patch cord. I often use the dos command prompt. Start/Run/cmd or command this opens a dos shell...

Sometimes 2.5 GHZ telephones can interfere with the wireless signal, make sure all phones are at 5 GHZ. Also, if there are other wireless connections in the vicinity, you may try changing the channel, by default it is 6. Try 1 or 11 instead. You can check the status of your router, for a...