Recent content by ExTechie

I've been having a dumb week (month, year, maybe decade or two). I was going to add two sticks of 1 gig Ballistix ddr2 800 MHz 4-4-4-12 2.0v to a system which already has two sticks of 1 gig Corsair ddr2 800 MHz 4-4-4-12 2.1v. The Ballistix memory has been sitting in my junk box for years. I...

I've never gotten so fast a reply thanks. I'm looking for a newer driver for my old 19 inch, but so far no luck. I really like running two monitors though, so I'm not going to give it up. As far the connection goes, I even tried another cable but the blue tint was still there. I'm beginning...

My system: ASUS P5Q SE2 motherboard Intel Q9400 PNY 7950 GT Graphics Card 4 GB of RAM Vista 32bit Home Premium Acer 22" for my primary monitor ViewSonic 19" for my second monitor I run two monitors from my PNY 7950 GT graphics card. Last night after playing the game Mass Effect, my second...

I did that, when I was building the new PC. It didn't work, it should have. Thought it was an incompatibility issue, not bad memory. Tom

I had problems with my old PC, it wouldn't post. I had gigabyte tech support on the line and their tech, had me pull the memory and then he listened, over the phone to the beep codes produced. He was certain that it was a defective MB, so I sent it in. I'm now building a PC, for my...

That's what I was doing wrong thanks. Power supply testing ok. Contacted Gigabyte tech support, they are prettty certain problem is mother board or bios.

Originally I posted this in the Motherboard/Gigabyte forum. Because I thought it was probably a motherboard fault. But I decided to test the power supply first. I used to know my way around electronic thingies, but that was twenty plus years ago. I looked up on the internet, how to test a...

Thank you for the idea. It was a good one. But...., I had the parts already to cobble one together. It beeps once when I press the power on button. After that, even when the PC tries to that auto restart, that I mentioned in the first post. Nothing it is silent. I do appreciate your time...

No, I've got an Antec Solo case. Doesn't come with a case speaker. Nothing in the front USB ports or firewire port either. Thanks for your reply Tom

My computer will not freaking work. I press the power on button. It does not make any calls to, or attempt to access: hard drive, optical or floppy disk drive. Nothing appears on the monitor. Fans start to spin. Ten seconds later the computer turns itself off. About 1 minute later it tries...

I wish I would have seen your reply earlier, my fault. I swear I was checking every day, I must be blind. I returned the speakers on April 8, I was almost at the end of my thirty day window to return. Plus, their tech support never called me back. I did try (on my own), moving the wires and...

I bought a set of EV SonicXS 4.1 speakers. Micro Center had them on sale for $59. From the research I did, they were supposed to be pretty good speakers they were just overpriced and did not catch on in popularity. When I bought the speakers they were working great except for three minor...

If your on a budget, Micro Center has the Antec 182 on sale for $69.99 after rebate. I don't think you can do better than that. Tom

I've been thinking about it. But out of a total build cost of about $750.00, six hundred has been from me. Plus, I would like to make use of those older, never been used, intel heat sinks. Tom

I had a problem with memory, so I just finished installing the OS today. I've put on a few of the push pin design heat sinks, I hate them but I know how to verify a good install. I'm paying for some of this new PC and my son-in-law is covering the rest (about 1/2 and 1/2). He didn't want to...