Recent content by dk

Excuse me for just saying.... I had a number of problems with my build using the same motherboard and the BIOS was one of them. Other posts reminded me I also needed to use a different power button because the leads were off. So let me think back four months and *try* to remember the sequence...

Corsair ValueRAM is also very good.

You also might want to check out updating the BIOS for your motherboard. When I build my pc with the Asus AV8 Deluxe and a 3200+ winchester I had to update the BIOS before it would do anything. Still seems like something is funky with your PSU though.

I'm quite fond of this PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153007 It isn't terribly expensive, and you can adjust the fan speeds so it's really rather quiet. My big 120mm fan drowns out the PSU completely! Changing a psu isn't hard at all. You simply remove the old...

That pc is going to have a really hard time with Imageready especially. Photoshop can be taxing but Imageready doubly so. You'll be sitting waiting for things to load for minutes. Plus, RAM for that PC might be of the older types, which is twice as expensive as DDR. Really might be...

I'll stand up for eMachines as well, I bought a refurbished one from tigerdirect for about $500, put a cheap Nvidia 5200 card and another 512MB of RAM in it and played it hard for six months before building my new computer. It worked flawlessly the whole time and is still a great home...

DIMM = Dual Inline Memory Module as opposed to SIMM = Single Inline Memory Module, you know, those old sticks with chips just on one side.

No overclocking here, and I just updated the drivers two days ago. : / Funny thing, it's like TWO things in the whole game. Both feathers. *shrug* Thanks for the response.

I installed an Nvidia 6600GT in my new computer, and thought everything was working fine. Then I noticed while playing World of Warcraft that a few textures were missing - namely feathers on things like harpies and windserpents. The areas appear now just black with a rough outline of what I...

Mine is an Asus A8V Deluxe, too (I said that). You have to flash the BIOS sometimes, you just look up the latest version, download it onto a floppy and follow the instructions for flashing it. :|

I had trouble starting mine with that motherboard, too. I took out the memory in the A1 slot so that it was left with just B1, and then it started up to tell me "system failed due to CPU overclocking". I had a 3200+ in there, but I read online it can't detect any of the Winchester Athlon 64's...

I just painted an old case of mine for my new computer build, I used a Krylon black metallic over a couple coats of smooth-sanded auto primer and it came out great. Then I airbrushed on acrylics and dotted on some glow-in-the-dark for some stars (that never glow anyway) and sealed it all with a...

I admit to being a fully addicted WoW player and my opinion is that you should go back and enjoy playing it again. It's a tad insane right now that they've just released the PvP incentives, but all the more reason to jump in and have some fun.

When I built my computer I had the same thing happen and it was the power switch. The led on the motherboard was lit up, everything was properly connected, but the powerswitch was from an old case and either didn't line up right or didn't have the same voltage that the new mobo wanted. After...

Thanks, I tried that but I think the KVM switch it's on is lousing it up. Ah well. I'm working on just trying to tap the power button really lightly - as long as it comes on everything is ok!