Problem is them boards are crap. You probably have more time and resources spent in trying to update that system than what you paid for it. eMachines and the others like HP who used those boards for those real cheap throw away boxes really did a mis service to all who bought them.
Have you...
It certainly is switching the video cards settings around. I would try palying with the display properties to get them where the monitor and video card can live happily together.
Those ALI boards are the absolute cheapest things on the market. And they are not made very well, a SIS board would be a huge improvement over that ALI board. And a VIA board would seem like lightyears ahead of it. I would switch mobo's to a different one. I tried one ALI board on that...
The correct way to get rid of this annoyance is to first make certain your secondary drive is set as slave on your hard drives pins. Do not use cable select on either of the drives, physically set them as master and slave. Next if you really want to get anal about it, you need to fdsik the...
It is possible for a bad mobo to fry a video card as it is a bad video card to fry a mobo. Case in point, I put a defective card from a customer in a good mobo to test it and the video card was grounded, it fried that board crispy. Oh the smell of burning silicone... I have aso seen the...
Make certain to check your motherboards manufacture website for BIOS updates regarding video issues. You do not want to buy that card to find there is a problem. At least if you check first they may have a BIOS update for your board, and then it will go smoother. Always safe to check first.
Has nothing to do with the OS and everything to do with the BIOS. Check for BIOS updates from Abit, and apply as needed. Also check the monitor manufactures website for known issues (probably wouldn't fess to them even if they knew of them to be true). But Abit is a pretty responsive company...
Well considering the R8500 line started at around $300 and now sells easily for the $120 mark (and ATI is famous for dropping prices after 6 weeks on the market) I would say the new Radeon will be budget priced in 8 months. Because after that they are going to be launching there next line of...
I have built about 125 systems based on the KT333 chipset using all the various boards. I would say in my order of picks would be.
MSI - Best bang for the buck, really stable and is very forgiving of memory brands.
Epox - A good stripped board with excellent O/C capabilities.
Asus - Feature...
All you need to do is sign up for a passport deal, I don't even think MS requires a company name to be added. I have gotten this deal twice. Of course I am a company and have employees that all enjoyed this benefit.
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