Recent content by Roffen

I understand that. What I was thinking was more about whether there would be a problem if I chose a single 4GB strip or even an 8GB instead of the 'traditional' 2x2GB configuration?

older operating systems like f.i. Windows XP cannot use more that 3GB of memory. My question is whether there is any problem using more memory in the machine? Memory chps get bigger and bigger all the time, and 4 or 8GB devices are quite common today. I just wonder, does it mean anything if you...

I have read the manual and it says that the motherboard is equipped with a number of POST diodes that light up during POST and stays alive until the system is shut down again. I have not seen any signs of life in them, and I will contact ASUS locally to hear what they have to say.

Installed the ASUS ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 motherboard with AMD FX-Series FX-6300 3,5GHz Socket AM3+ processor. Nvidia graphics card to get HDMI, Corsair 750W power. Very disappointed at first startup when nothing happened, blank screen and no signs of life except fans running. CPU voltage...

The machine already has a disk with WinXp from which it boots. I add another disk, a 500GB device, and wish to install WinXp on that one. So I put a Windows XP installation CD in the CD drive, and start a typical installation process, with the files form the CD being copied to the new hard...

When I try to install Windows XPSp3 on a 500GB disk from a CD, it crashes with a BSD as soon as all the files have been downloaded from the CD. But booting the machine from the old hard disk, I see the new disk and can write to it without any problems. But somehow it looks as there is something...

i am trying to install a Western Digital 1.0 TB WD10EZEX hard drive on a Windows XPSp3 system, but all I get is BSD, the Blue Screen of Death. I already partitioned and formatted the drive with two 460GB partitions using the Mini Tool Partition Wizard without any problems. What can the problem be?

Can anything general be said about the compatibility of today's crop of motherboards (ASUS is what I have in mind) with respect to older versions of Windows, like XP, or 7? I presume versions 8.1 or 10 should be expected to work, but what about drivers compatible with the older OS versions? POS...

What is the difference between Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 and CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 There is a slight price difference, but otherwise, will there be any significant difference in performance used with an AMD AM3 or AM3+ CPU? (Motherboard ASUS M5A78L-M)

Thank you, looks like a straight and to the point reply. Already ordered the A4-5300 , a dual only but hope it'll do for my kind of use. Already wasted more time & bucks than I ought to;) but we always do, don't we?

The links won't work for me.

Trinity won't work an ASUS A88XM-Plus motherboard? Both Trinity and Richland worked on a Gigagbyte mobo but that just was not XP compatible and I thought any of them would work on the ASUS board so I just ordered a Trinity. Must I switch to Richland?

I am very confused wrt all the different species of AMD APU's offered. If I had read all that's written about the processor market lately I don't think I'd have bought an AMD based motherboard, but now I have to get an APU for the motherboard that I already have or write it off as a complete...