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Are there any motherboards out there right now that has no PCI slots, just PCI Express ones?

I'm going to build my new system from scratch for the first time in a long time. I am going to be using a reformatted HD that had had Win98SE on it, will install Win XP. Here's the order I was going to do it, guidance is requested as to whether this is the right order: Reformat HDD, assemble...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.chaintech (More info?) I noticed an interesting oddity this morning with my 7VIF4 motherboard. With the power off, the status lights on my keyboard remain faintly lit (Num Lock, Caps Lock, & Scroll Lock). The illumination around the network...

When using nVidia based mb's is it better to d/l the chipset drivers from the manufacurer's website or use the unified drivers from the nVidia website? I started with MSI's drivers for my K7N2 Delta ILSR but am currently using the drivers from the nVidia website without any problems. I am...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.soyo (More info?) I am unable to get the microphone to work on a computer that has a Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra motherboard with onboard audio using Windows 2000. I checked all the software controls to see if they were turned down or muted and...

Right now i have 2 sticks of 128 mb RDram... i have 2 more slots and i was wondering... Will generic sticks work ok or will that mess up my system? Heres what im looking at http://www.omnitechnologies.biz/cgi-bin/catalog/cp-app.cgi?affl=C&pg=prod&ref=SPCRD1066256G&cat=2&catstr=...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.elitegroup (More info?) I have a k7sem. Put it in and it runs okay for a little while . Then it frezzyies up on me. Any body has any ideas whats going on

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?) Hello, I have an old MSI K7T266 Pro2 RU board, which includes a RAID controller. Currently it is set up with a stripe RAID array comprising of 2 X 40 GB hard discs as a single 80 GB array. I wish to replace this with a...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.shuttle (More info?) I want more storage space and am finding some 120-200g hard drives fairly inexpensively. Those video files eat up space and I would want to store them on a 2nd HD. Will my AK32VN motherboard be able to use a 200g hard drive...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) How much do you think it should cost to sell my PC? Specs. Aspire X-Dreamer II - 7 months old UPGRADED PSU TO 400W and 8 connectors - 6 months old Additional blue LED aluminum case fan - 3 weeks old 3-pin extension cable for...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) I tested these CPUs on a P4PE-XTE. (The BIOS is the 1006 version): Celeron 2400 400fsb Celeron D 2660/256/533 Pentium 4 2400/1024/533 Pentium 4 2800/1024/800 The only CPU that works is the Celeron 2400. With the...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.aopen (More info?) Want to put a Promise Ultra100TX2 standard IDE controller card into an Aopen AK86-L motherboard. Don't have any SATA drives, and I want a little more flexibility in mounting hard drives and optical drives. Vaguely recall...

Hello, Could anyone tell me what is the correct memory speed I should purchase for a Celeron D system which has a 533MHz bus. Do I get PC2700 or PC3200? I don't want to overclock. Thanks.

I already thought having been fixed on an Athlon 64 and MSI board but continued informing myself about what was happening . And I am confused now . The system I thought to buy was Socket 754 . Now I read that Socket 754 CPU&MB is not the most powerfull (what is what I wanted) but Socket 940 is...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.epox (More info?) hi i wonder if this is a good ting to use with my mobo. so far there are no errors. but please let me know everyone about their experiences concerning the same subject. uemchen

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) A7N8X deluxe mobo, bios 1007, Win Xp TrueImage 7. When I try to restore an image. my computer reboots as it should and then a message says "Acronis TI loading please wait" then nothing, even after 15 minutes. Could this be...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte (More info?) I built a PC using a GA-K8NNXP-940 and FX53 retail . . . the CPU was showing 70C in the BIOS and was running 80C under 100% CPU, I have read of others having the same problem. Case temp seems OK and the CPU heatsink is...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.elitegroup (More info?) Hi i dont know if anyone can help me but here is hoping!!! i have just bought a: (board) mvp3 p5 (chipset) via apollo mvp3 (cpu) amd k6-2...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?) Hi I have a ABIT BE6-II MB with W98 SE on it. I need to have new drivers because I have a save conflict with my PCI Mass storage controller that cannot be removed. Is it possible to get new drivers for this old MB? Can I solve...

In the latest article regarding the new NVIDIA chipset, nforce3 250GB, it was said that 2-2-2-5 latency RAM is not in production anymore. However, I have been looking at Newegg and noticed that a pair of 512 sticks by Mushkin is for sale with a specified timing of 2-2-2-5 with some reviews...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?) I started a thread about 10 days ago, regarding changing the Intel SATA 1 & 2 controller to RAID mode AFTER installing W2K with the controller in normal mode. Richard's suggestion of booting from SATA 3 with the SATA 1&2 ctrlr...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) According to the manual, there are two USB headers: USB_56 and USB_78. What is the difference between the 2? Which one should I connect it to for the front panel? Can I connect it while the computer is running? I would not...

I have an Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherobard, rev 1.04. When these boards (rev 1.x) where initially released, they had no support for FSB400 but later on, Asus released a BIOS update that i supposed to support FSB400 on these boards as well. I have heard though stories about people still not being...

Very recently, there was a short and all 3 of my computers went off. 2 of my other computers were able to turn back on. It's not the power supply, so it's the motherboard...this is what I think. Keyboard and mouse receive power, computer doesn't turn on. Tried different volt settings...

I Have an ASUS A7N8X deluxe MoBo running bios version 1006, now, when i go to do an internet update from all available sites cept 1 it tells me that their are no updated Bios's available. However, from the German site there is a 1007 BETA available. Needless to say it's in german, so I havn't...

Greets, Just a very quick question as I didn't follow the Abit lineage of the nF2 boards. I've heard that nowadays all NF7's are 2.0. -Is or was there a NF7 lower than this? -Does this have anything to do with the nF2 DDR400 (SPP vs SPP 2.0) issue? -What are the chances (good or bad) of buying...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte (More info?) My Mobo keeps rebooting on Shutdown. When I remove the Firewire Card it shuts down normally. I have changed the Card but is still the same. I have updated the VIA Chipset drivers. Any ideas? Jim

I couldn't decide where to post this problem, but so far most of my problems are motheboard related. I have a rough time installing a number of game demos. What happens is, as soon as I click on the installer icon the PC reboots. I mean immediately. The latest cases were from my PCGamer CDs...

Is there a motherboard out there that supports 2 athlon mp's running at 333 fsb?

i now you have to set it in the bios. i screwed it up by going to defaults. and now i cant remember how to chang it. its not in the regular bios as far as i can tell. i did it before but i just cant remember what to do.

hi.. i need some guys here . my friend asked me to recommend him a new mainboard for his new 2.4ghz pc ... so i recommended him an Asus p4pe / p4pe BP ... but he said the price is a bit high .. he asked me about the intel mainboards and asked the key differences between asus and the intel m/b i...

Wants: nforce 2 firewire usb 2.0 integrated sound agp 8X nic Micro atx (or smaller) 3 dimm slots ata 133 Don't want: parallel port serial ports integrated graphics (willing to be flexible on this one) does this exist (I haven't been able to find it) Its all a right wing conspiracay

I'm wondering if there is any rule of thumb on memory for Nforce2 in general. I recenly bought some Infineon ( chips only on one side of the board) DDR 333. decent memory by most definition but it acts odd as hell on this board. if I do full post, memory fails, it counts correctly to 512 ( 2X...

I just read THG's SiS 658 article. All that I have to say is that at least SiS is consistent. They always have sucked, and at this rate they always will suck. <font color=blue><pre>If you don't give me accurate and complete system specs then I can't give you an accurate and complete...

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I'm going to be upgrading to the following system: AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Asus A7N8X nForce2 256MB PC2700 DDR (CAS2) Western Digital 800JB ATI Radeon 9700 Pro I'm going to continue using Windows Me because, quite frankly, I don't think that XP Home would provide me with a great deal of...

I plan to build my own case and therefore need the specification which address the size and position of the rear holes in which the AGP and PCI-cards are added. I'm unclear, what I mean is the 7 rectangular holes in the rear of the case, not the PCI/AGP slots position on the MB. Can anyone...

I have a DEC ALPHA AXP 150 which I've tried putting Linux on without success - due to lack of knowledge. Now, I no longer have the time or patience to fight with it. It was running NT SERVER originally but the password was lost, before it came to me. Can anyone tell me what would be a...

Any recomendations for an excellent gaming motherboard that would be an easy transition for my amd xp 1700 processor and my 3 sticks of DDR ?

Hi. Heard that it's possible to put a PIII 1ghz with 133RAM on an old BH6 board. Now, some questions, anything in particular you have to think about since this board officially doesn't support more than a 100mhz FSB? Like adjusting the core voltage or change multiples or stuff like that, or does...