Recent content by mondschatten

I really doubt this is the answer, but I had a similar problem with a serial drive I had for a couple years. I found that the cable was getting loose where it attached to the HD. Not having much experience with serial drives at that point, I tried taping it to the HD. Lame, no? Later, I...

Thanks for the responses. This board has a different setup than the older styles so the pins are actually in the socket and are not straight up. Instead, they are angled in at least two different directions (kind of like windblown grass) and the chip just has contacts on its belly. Also, the...

Hi. I have a new Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P mobo and it won't POST. It just gives me some 30-40 beeps or so and then shuts off. Then turns back on and repeats. The board came with a few bent Cpu socket pins, but I didn't think it was that bad (although I don't really know what constitutes "bad"). I...

Hi. I have searched many articles/forums and can't seem to find a good answer for this problem. Basically, I have two computers running XP Home that see each other just fine. One, my laptop, has SP2 and cannot browse the account profile folder in the Documents and Settings folder of the other...

You know, that's a good point. I believe that both are true or, at least, are true if you hook up the connectors correctly. I am hoping the PSU's manual gives me more information about that. Some people have posted that the dual rail effect is lost if you aren't careful about which molex...

Well, I was looking forward to reading Mozzartusm's post on dual rails, but he must be busy. Anyhow, I decided to go with the Enermax (EG495P-VE SFMA Noisetaker 485W 20+4 PIN ATX +12V ver 2.0) PSU. It is dual rail and they seem rather solid at 18A apiece. Also, I found this one at...

Just reading your post and noticed all 3 links are the same. Was the last one supposed to be a Thermaltake 680W? I don't remember if you are the one that suggested that one or not.

That may be true, but I do not see where Mozzartusm says anything like that regarding the video card. Perhaps he believes it is already understood. I look forward to his next post, as many others I have read believe quite the opposite. That is likely what Beliar was referring to (powerful...

Good point about the blind.... It's just hard for those of us unfamiliar with this subject to differentiate between hot air/incorrect information and genuine knowledge. If you have the time and inclination, could you detail how you believe dual rails work? I would be much obliged and will...

Thanks for the links. Actually, I had read that article, but glossed over the author's terminology for "dual rail." He used the phrase, "+12V voltage slot for the CPU" and I hadn't realized that meant another +12V rail (this stuff is pretty new to me). It seems the author does believe the two...

After much more reading, I still am not sure if dual rails are worthwhile, but I am fairly sure it won't matter for my system now. I just worry about the long run... However, it does seem that if one is running an SLI configuration, dual rails are probably not the way to go unless you get a...

You may be right. What power supply do you have? Also, I cannot find the article you refer to. Everything I find is either too old or doesn't mention the dual rail specifically. Thanks.

Thanks for responding. What do you think about this idea of a powered video card interfering with the split rail idea? Does it seem logical to you that the power going to the card can also make its way into the MB during an overload? Is that a real concern or would it just damage the videocard?

Hi, all. Ok, I am getting a bit frustrated trying to figure out which power supply setup is better and I'm hoping someone on this forum can help. I am looking for a new 400W-500W power supply for a P4 system that has 2 CD-ROMs, an IDE hard drive, an internal zip drive, and a video card that...

Thanks for the suggestion. Well, I finally got it to work - in XP. I actually had a lot more trouble getting the card to work in a totally fresh installation of Win98 (windows protection errors and such as it would boot up). No such problems in XP, though. I think it may just be crappy Win98...