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Howdy & ThanQ for any responses. My Gigabyte GA-890-FXA-UD5 Rev 2.0 motherboard is restricted to 6 core CPUs & 16gb of RAM. Rev 3.1 allows 8 core CPUs & 32gb of RAM. Will flashing the bios upgrade my MB to the rev. 3.1? Gigabyte's spec page for Rev 2.0 doesn't show which version of the bios is...

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On a Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 mb with 16 Gb capacity that I want to max out, am I better off with 2 x 8 Gb or 4 x 4 Gb sticks? Aside from being slightly cheaper are 2 x 8 Gb sticks going to be better/faster or slower then 4 x 4 gb sticks all other specs being equal? I read that 2 sticks are easier...

Thanks for the suggestion, but the drivers from XFX are the same version as from AMD.com. ver. 8.861.0.0

So Cadefoster, any luck there?

Well, that worked! Was able to download Win7 Ultimate 64 bit Service Pack 1 from Microsoft Download Center. Took more then 3 hours and 3 attempts. Grrrr. I'm going to wait until my PC is a bit more stable before installing. That's a good idea about burning it to a disc John. Not to forget to...

Oh BTW Anyone not familiar with MS Download Center will be required to confirm that you are running a valid copy of Win7. Just follow the prompts and you will then be able to download SP1. Just be careful to pick the right one from the list. If you look at the version of SP1 that the automatic...

That's exactly what I'm doing. windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit service pack 1 (SP 1) is 903 Mb from MS Download Center. But thanks anyway.

Hi I'm having exactly the same problem with the same updates. Windows Update fails at about 300Mb and I have tried to download from Microsoft Download Center manually, but that has failed due to another problem with a new graphics card crashing my pc before I can complete the download. I'm...

Hello, I recently installed a new XFX HD6950 replacing an XFX HD4890 and I started to have crashes first to a screen with 1/8th inch wide white vertical stripes with dark pinstripes and lately to a solid orange screen. It dosen't respond to control/alt/del, but does reboot back to Windows in...

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OOPS LE just went up to $200!!! Decision is now academic.

Is the extra 20,000mbs IOPS and slightly faster read and write capability of the Vertex 2 worth the the extra $40 over the LE? OCZ LE 50Gb $150 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227526 OCZ Vertex 2 50Gb $190...

If I had only $200 to up-grade with and the choice was to crossfire or get an SSD. I'd get the SSD for a boot drive on which you put your OS, games you most often play and or apps you use a lot. The latest gen. of Sandforce controllers have pretty much brought SSDs up to snuff as far as...