Hello, could someone help me with Memory Compatability?
I have the following motherboard : Supermicro X7DAE
With the following memory : 2 x 8gb Samsung : pc2 5300f 555 11 d0
The computer is stable, but when I try to add more memory it is not recognised. Now, the memory in question is either ...
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this will be my first build. Reading a lot about it, I made a part list :
http://pcpartpicker.com/ca/p/sLC8
Gaming isn't my primary need, but I want to be able to play games if I want. I also want upgradability in the future. I'd like to know what you guys think. Can I do better than...
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I just purchased a new Asus P8Z68-V Pro motherboard with an i5 2500K processor and G Skill 8GB RAM to replace my P5Q-E with E8400 processor.
I started with a breadboard installation (PSU, CPU, and RAM) with my known good OCZ GamerExtreme 750W power supply (it works with the Asus P5Q-E w...
Just got a refurb 780 small form from dell. It works fine on the 23" monitor that came with it. I have a 42" panasonic plasma monitor that I have used on many other computer in the past. When I hook up the 780 it boots up and when it should put up the desk top the monitor show no signal. Whats...
Okay I have been OC'ing my CPU some and got it to 3.6GHz(stock 3.2) with a Front Side Bus speed of 920mhz(stock 800)
Have my ram set at 667hz 2gbx2 4-5-5-15
But No programs will run. Prime95 Will run just fine and i'm not overheating by any means. max temps i saw with prime95 running were 53c...
Hey guys. I have the Gigabyte X58-UD3R trying to use HDDs on the notoriously problematic Marvell SATA3 6Gb/s ports.
My problem is different and worse from all previous ones I've seen however.
I installed Windows 7 (64-bit) without any additional drivers, using one of the ICH10 ports.
If I...
Hi, I'm new here and I search for a big help. I have a laptop Dell Inspiron 1545, with a T4200 Dual-Core 2.0 processor. Here is the info: IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/2qcpcvc.jpg[/IMG]
I just wonder if i cand change my processor with one of the following: T6400, T6500 or T6600.
system specs
MB asus rampage extreme II
cpu i7920 overclock 3.8
mem dominator gt 1866 6gb
case antec twelve hundred
gpu ati 5970
psu corsair hx1000w
this problem happened suddenly the other day when i went to turn my pc on. it turned on for a split second and then died. i noticed...
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I bought components for a build last night. Asus M4A87TD EVO Motherboard, Asus 300 case, and I originally had a Rosewill RG430-s12 430W PSU. The green LED indicating power to the motherboard worked, but when I pressed the power button on the fron panel nothing happened. I was unable...
Ok I was assembling my gaming PC when I was wiring it up I looked at my supremeFX X-FI 2 chip was dented a little I didn't have my DVD Drive hooked up. I decided to see if my PC would power up. I turned on the PSU and only the buttons at the bottom of my Asus Crosshair V Formula which were...
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I built the latest $2000 recommended build from Tom, and have a question.
The ASRock Z68 Extreme4 motherboard installation instructions said that I needed to create a boot disk to setup my RAID 0 configuration. Because I don't have a floppy drive, I just did the following:
-Set the...
i installed a new thermaltake psu 500 watt and a new ati 5750 graphics card
the graphics card is fine and the psu is fine
but....when i start up my computer i get an error saying
No boot device available
Sata 1: none
Sata 2: none
Sata 3: none
Sata 4: none
I have recently upgraded my custom computer with a 1090T AMD CPU, an Asus M4A87TD EVO motherboard, 8 gigs of DDR3 corsair memory, and a new terabyte hard drive.
For the past month I have been plagued by fairly consistent BSODs. I have been getting blue screens with driver irql not less or equal...
I'm running a I7 2600k at 4.5ghz with this memory here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233170
Will getting 8gb more of this stuff mess with the stability of the system...
Hey all.
New Job means better money, means new build. I want to build a powerhouse of a machine.
Mainly for photoshop (large large files, 2-4 gbs+)
will be running multiple VM's as well
Wanted to get some opinions on whether to single i7 or dual xeon 1366's.
The other option is a very very...
So what is the newest video card this board wil support? HP says top is the Geforce 9800. Is the card slot just an x16 or is it a 2.0 x16 card slot?
TIA
Hey guys, I had no luck with this in the audio section so I'm posting it here if that's ok.
So, I'm fairly new to audio. I am planning on buying a 5.1 gaming headset. The motherboard I'm getting has 8 channel audio. I'm wondering if I would need an external sound card to use the headset. I...
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I have an AMD Athlon II X2 220 running at 2.80 Ghz, and I want to get a better processor, so I was thinking of buying Athlon II X3 450 Triple Core Processor which is 3.20 Ghz, so since both are AMD I am guessing that the new processor should work on my ASUS motherboard. I wanted to know...
does anyone know how to transfer a file from a laptop to a desktop? I have a spreadsheet that I need to do my taxes for my business and I don't have the product key code for the laptop but I do for my desktop
I have a MSI K9N6PGM2-V MOB which has a PCI 1.0 slot will a Graphics card which has a PCI 2.0 or 2.1 slot work on it.Also would this MOB be able to run Nvider and ATI ,or just Nvider cards.
So, anyways...I need to change my Mobo.
I have this CPU (with 1066 FSB):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017
This Mobo caught my eye:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128496
The above Mobo, can support 1600/1333/1066/800 FSB and memory of...
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I have a Gateway DX4200 AMD Phenom X4 9550 64 bit Quad Core 6GB 750GB With windows vista 64 bit and a Nvidia gtx 7900 graphics card with a rosewill 700 watt power supply
I have had it for a couple years now replaced the PSU about a month back and everything has been working great and...
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I have a formatted hd with the win 7 disk in the cdrom. When I turn computer on, the usual comes up on screen and I press a keyboard key to load win 7. All good to this point. It barely starts reading the cdrom disk (and you can see the files being loaded onscreen), then the computer...
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Before I begin I know there are many topics out and about regarding OC'ing the M11x R2 with BSOD issues. I do NOT get the blue screen of death, I get another issue that prevents me from OC'ing that I can't find much of any info on.
Whenever I enter my bios and change the...
I have installed an extra 4GB RAM on the server but i cant make use of it. Bios shows 8GB RAM and when you view the free reports it still show 4GB, so where is my added 4GB RAM? can any one help me out here?
hey i wasnt too sure what page to ask this on but seeings i just got my new asus iv formula and have my ram at 1890mhz i think its actual speed is the 1866mhz and my 1090t is clocked too 4.1ghz but with the windows rating it says error could not complete and something too do with the driver or...
Hi Can I mix these memory modules?
I have Corsair Dominator 1066mhz DDR2 (2Gb worth in 2 modules.)
And ive found out I have a spare 2GB single stick of unbranded ram.
So is it worth putting in this extra 2GB stick of unbranded ram (tested and working) will it increase the performance bringing...
Hi guys.
I'm not sure where to place my Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB on my RAM slots on my motherboard.
I don't know either inserting it on the first dual slot or the second.
RAM-Empty - RAM-Empty
or
Empty-RAM - Empty-RAM
Thanks for your concern. Really appreciated.
I have a Gigabyte M57SLi motherboard working with XP. I want to add SATA drivers to support a new drive. Can I do this without re-installing Windows?
All help much appreciated
Jon
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After installing my new heatsink I have started to get high CPU usage for no reason. No processes in particular are causing this, and I have formatted various times trying both vista and windows 7. It's not the hard drive, and it doesn't seem to be the RAM. It worked...
I come here posing a question about ram (of course). Does the speed of ram (i.e. 1333mhz, 1600mhz) affect gameplay at all? Right now my ram is 667mhz, and though when I got the pc, it stated it was DDR3, I believe the speed put's at DDR2. If I were to upgrade to faster ram, would that increase...
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I`m purchasing a new mobo. Will I see a noticable difference between the two ? I`ve compared both at the Gigabyte website. The only difference that`s listed is the 990 supports dolby. I`ll be installing a new am3+ cpu when they come out. Thanks in advance for any info.
Gigabyte Z68X-UD5:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128492
or
Asus P67 Deluxe:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131701
Both boards comboed with the i5 2500K come out to about the same price. Both boards look similar as far as features go...
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All of a sudden an IDE drive of mine wont boot.
The mainboard is an AOpen MX46-533V.
The drive shows up in BIOS fine and when I set to boot off C: in BIOS all that happens is Disk Boot Error after lines of random code starting with SiS900 PXE BootROM v1.09 Hook Int18
Ive Googled...