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Thanks very much clutchc, that would seem to make sense as the most likely cause. I wasn't really sure where exactly the tabs were supposed to sit when I installed the I/O shield originally and there wasn't much information on that in the mobo manual. Still, from a bit of Googling I'm not the...

Last night, I encountered a strange occurance. I plugged a USB cable into the green USB charger socket of my motherboard and the PC switched off. It then automatically switched back on again but there was no signal to the monitors. So I pulled out the USB cable I'd just inserted and tried...

I'm considering buying these G-Skills RipjawsX modules for my PC build (the 2x4GB version). I was just wondering about compatibility. I will be using an Asus P8Z77-V motherboard with an i5 3570k CPU. I noticed that the particular modules that I am considering buying are not on the motherboard...

I've read in a couple of places that manufacturer warranties may be void when buying products from Amazon, even when buying direct and not through a third party seller, because there is a decent chance that Amazon are not authorized sellers of electronics products. What are people's knowledge or...

Whilst you have provided some good helpful information in this thread, you seem to write everything with an attitude of 'you should already know the answer to this' :sarcastic:. I had Googled my original question repeatedly in different forms before posting. As I was planning to get the RAM...

Ok cheers and with regards to making sure stuff like the RAM and cooler are going to fit, how do people usually handle it?

Additionally, if you say that the G.Skills will be fine with any CPU cooler then how come they sell 1/2 height and low profile RAM because it would seem pointless?

I do not live in the US. Yes I use Ebay but only trust it for certain things. I do not generally intend to play any games on it, it will be a Linux PC (no Windows) for general usage with occasional compiling, VMs and other resource intensive tasks. I personally do not think 8GB of RAM is an...

I'm planning to build a system with an Asus P8Z77-V (standard version) motherboard. I also plan to use an aftermarket CPU cooler. To be honest, I don't know which one, I'm not at all experienced in overclocking but its something I'm interested in doing on my new build. I was planning on setting...

Ok great cheers for the help.

I'm looking at buying a motherboard and nearly all of the ones that I've been considering generally have onboard 8 channel HD Audio. This obviously means 4 separate input ports (e.g. front speakers, rear speakers, central speaker, subwoofer). The speaker system that I have at the moment is a...