Recent content by JohnyGPTSOAD

  1. J

    Graphics Card prevents system from posting, fans still spin

    Planned to write that and forgot. FX8350 no OC M5A99FX Pro R2.0 motherboard 8GB HyperX Fury 1x8GB 1TB + 500GB both WD blue CX500 Corsair PSU Asus EAH6850 graphics card, the one that doesnt work Nvidia Geforce 9500GS graphics card, the one that replaced.
  2. J

    Graphics Card prevents system from posting, fans still spin

    I while ago while I had my old system (different CPU, MoBo, Ram) my PC jammed hard and turned off. After turning it on again all the fans would spin but the PC just wouldnt post. After that I plugged in an old GPU I had into the slot and the PC worked. Fast Forward a month I got a new...
  3. J

    Question PC won't POST if I power it off ?

    yes it does. its the stock cooler. And I know that what im doing is not by any means advisable.
  4. J

    Question PC won't POST if I power it off ?

    This is a weird thing to explain. I have an AMD FX8350 CPU and yesterday I was doing the usual with my PC, browsing some youtube videos when the PC starts to get real slow. I thought "OK just normal PC behaviour" and turned it off. The PC shuts down normally and when I power it back up, the...
  5. J

    Do these RAM sticks match?

    I currently own a rather bad PC and it has 3GB of this RAM model (http://www.electrobyt.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=491). Now for nowadays 3 GB doesn't cut it for gaming (I play Battlefield 4) and many games now require 4 GB to run them. Im thinking of buying another stick...
  6. J

    Installation using another hard drive

    Im starting to build a new pc and i have a question. Lets say i have a full pc fresh with nothing not even OS. Then i have this one used and functional. For reference this PC has windows 8 and windows 7 in 2 different drive partitions. I want to install windows 8 in the 2nd pc's harddrive. Can i...
  7. J

    Crossfire between different series

    I currently have on my build a ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU but im going to upgrade it to a R9 270X. The mobo I intend to buy is crossfire compatible so i ask: Is there any to crossfire those 2 cards and get the extra performance? Ive read the faq but i wasnt clarified so thats why im asking.
  8. J

    PC budget Build, parts discussion

    I just created this account. Ive seen alot of post with questions coming from this forum so what the hell might as well ask everyone what they think. My Build is a budgeted build but no set budget like just 500 or 600 dollars. I live in Europe more exactly Portugal and we work with euros. Taking...