Recent content by Simon_1010

Does anyone have any experience with AMD rma-ing? I have an A64 3000 which i suspect may be shorted after PS blew up, so I want to send it off for test. (I dont want to risk damaging another MB by testing myself). If there is not a problem with it do AMD charge a test fee? Back to the point, I...

Cheers Jef, theres a maplin opened not far away too.

Hey thanks. I've had a look for a similar A64 test but no luck. That doc does however say that there is usually severe discoloration. The bottom of the cpu looks fine but I havent taken the heat spreader off the top to see, should I do this? (how? I dont want to invalidate any chance of a...

I suffered a PS blowing up and I'm struggling to get my PC up and running again. The PS was replaced so I plugged the new one in and initially it turned on but after 5 secs went off and the PS now does nothing in mine, but however powers on in different PCs but they wont boot. There must be some...

I thought someone would say something like this, it worries me. I seem to remember with the K8N Neo there are 2 different RAID controllers, I'm not sure which one i used now...

Hey, someone give me some guidance pleeeease!

Is it possible to trasnfer RAID setups between MB's? I have 2 80Gb drives in RAID 0 on a MSI K8N Neo Platinum but i think the board is nackered. Will the raid controller recognise it if I buy any other board supporting SATA RAID 0 and plug in my setup? Thanks

I'm in the UK, and find it difficult getting my hands on any Isopropyl Alcohol, can I use anything like white spirit, or nail varnish remover?

Hi I built myself a PC about 3 months ago; AMD 3000 64 Newcastle MSI K8N Neo Platinum 2x 512Mb OCZ EL Platinum 2x 80Gb Maxtor in Raid 0 HIS 9800 Pro 128Mb CDRW and DVD drive I had a couple of system fans (120mm & 80mm) on a fan controller. To power this I bought a X-Pro 400W PSU...