Recent content by Yodan4

IH8U....Thanks for the suggestion. I sent the parts back to Newegg and new ones are on the way. I hope they were defective and the new ones work without a hitch. If not I will do as you suggest.

roadrunner, I connected both power connectors.... Happy fanboy...hmm newegg sold the 2 as a combo. The thing is I can't do a bios flash because I can't get a post and nothing starts up.

Trying to build a new system..I have Built many systems before and never encountered a DOA Board or CPU My problem is I try to boot and get no post. The cpu fan and video card fan tries to spin quickly but then stops. I tried to unplug everything and leave in ram and cpu the cpu fan tried to...

Anyone aware of known problems or fixes regarding overclocking CPU's in Vista 32bit? I am trying to overclock my AMD x2 3800+ and it works fine in XP but won't work in VISTA (I have a dual boot system.) In Vista it sometimes shows the desktop but very quickly it reboots. Another forum...

In case anyone else ever has this problem....Here is a link that a member of Anandtech forums provided. http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=20900

I just cleaned an older AMD XP 2200+ and 2 of the four foam support pads/dots on the corners of the cpu peeled off. These are the pads that are suppose to make sure the heatsink doesn't crack the core. Anyone know where I can purchase replacement pads or any ideas on what to use in place of...

Thanks Pat, I took your advice and set the SATA operation mode to IDE. After I did that Vista installed with no problem. Thanks for the help.

I have the Asrock Dual939 SATAII board and trying to do a fresh install of Vista on an new Western Digital SATAII drive. I booted to the DVD and When I began installing Vista asked for drivers for the Drive. I found them on the Boards CD and properly installed them. (Jmicron 32bit for 200ok/XP)...

Weird....When you initially installed Vista did you do a Dual boot? Based on your post it doesn't look like you did but I can't think of anything else related. When a dual boot occurs the bootmgr is placed with the partition or drive with XP. If XP is deleted then the bootmgr goes with it...

So it seems there are inconsistencies regarding when or why Microsoft requires a call to reactivate. I would like to know what determines the need to call. Soon I plan on uninstalling Vista from one drive and reinstalling it on a new SATAII drive. My copy is Legitimate but I just would like...

Hey man....Cool down. I am only reporting what numerous others have posted. If you don't trust posts then why do you post here? Anyway I am glad you haven't had to activate after hardware changes. That gives me hope that I won't have the problem because I update my system often. ps..sorry...

Hey man...Cool down. I am only reporting what numerous others posted. So if you don't trust posts then why do you post here.

Over on the Anandtech forums there are quite a few posts that describe what causes reactivation. Some of the causes were minor like: Overclocking a CPU, Changing a hard drive, or Installing a program. Microsoft says that Vista is more tolerant than XP regarding hardware changes. Although, they...