Desktop upgrade time

[cyberbach]

My system suffered a motherboard failure and I'd like to upgrade it but was wanting to work with DDR3 ram, where do I look?

 

[bmockeg]

Just make sure its unzipped

 

[cyberbach]

Didn't work... the file I saved is a zip file and I'm assuming the mobo can't open it. Now don't think I'm an idiot but I'm trying to do all this on a macbook pro and I'm a pc guy, how do I open this zip with a mac?

 

[cyberbach]

Sometimes I talk too soon, right clicked and opened it, gunna try again

 

[cyberbach]

Well I have successfully updated the bios to version 5.0 and to prove it I fired it back up and it didn't brick... yoo hoo.Now I get to tear it down and put it back together and see if I can figure out how to install windows10

 

[bmockeg]

Sounds great, good luck

 

[Lucky_SLS]

For installing windows 10, u can use the same USB method with the Microsoft provided media creation tool from its website. Download the 64 bit version.

But I don't know if media creation is tool is available for Mac os...

 

[cyberbach]

I had already bought the Win10 on disc or I would have tried that, it's supposed to be a really fast install through the thumb drive.... but I've got time, all I really wanted was stability.

 

[volkgren]

I had already bought the Win10 on disc or I would have tried that, it's supposed to be a really fast install through the thumb drive.... but I've got time, all I really wanted was stability.

But you should have gotten a product key that came with your disc that can be used with any downloaded Windows 10 image.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

^ true that.

 

[cyberbach]

OK, still waiting to install windows, my son is building a similar system and is stuck so I'm waiting to complete my build as I use parts from mine to trouble shoot his.... same processor, different mobo... take a look see: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3766091/system-boot-keyboard-light.html#21235362