Glad it worked out for you. I had two of those boards and was happy with them. In fact one of them is still working. ASUS makes quality boards I use them for my computers exclusively and have for about 15 years. ASRock has come a long way. I have heard good things about them.
There are a number of them on eBay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FOXCONN-A74ML-K-SOCKET-AM2-AM3-MOTHERBOARD-AMD-740G-RADEON-2100-VIDEO-GbE-RAID-/370548316407?pt=Motherboards&hash=item56466698f7...
They are few and far between. How about this one?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASROCK-N68C-S-UCC-MotherBoard-AM2-DDR2-1066-DDR3-1600-/320824618783?pt=Motherboards&hash=item4ab2a32f1f
Why online? Why not a BU drive? I have an internal BU drive and an external. Data in 3 places. Granted HDD's are high right now, but cheaper in the long run and I am not relying on someone else to keep my data. Also, if you have a lot of pictures, etc. it takes quite a while to upload.
Didn't...
1 long 2 short on that bios means that it's the video and can't display. Sounds like the mobo's video card slot is bad. Had the same thing happen on M2n-SLI Deluxe. Replaced with M2N68-AM plus about four months ago. The MOBO can still give error codes, the whole board is not bad just the PCIe...
You didn't say what bios is on your board. Go to this link http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm and it will tell you what your beeps mean for your bios.
I went through this after a bios update which changed my boot priority. Make sure it hasn't been changed. Also, there is no bootmgr in Vista or 7. In XP just reset defaults in the bios.
I had one that died a few months ago. I was still playing everything with good FPS. They are selling for $50 up on eBay. Thought about getting another one for my backup PC, but bought a 6670 instead.
I wouldn't buy a used video card on ebay, but ebay does have have some ligitimate retailers. Check their feedback if they have feed back in thousands and 99% positive they are probably legit. Also some of these sellers are very good with RMA's. Paying with PayPal makes it even safer. I have...
You can put an AM3 CPU in an AM3+ socket, but not an AM3+ CPU in an AM3 socket.
Giga AM3+ sockets are the 880 and 990 series. You can check with Giga if they have a bios upgrade for your board, but everything I have read says no.
What case you have your rig in? What are your fan orientation and speeds during Prime?
My case is a Tsunami Dream with front and rear 120mm fans.
All fans are pushing to rear of case.
CPU fan 1850 rpm @ 63 degrees
Case fans 1250 rpm
KingFatty: This shows filling the gaps.
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=38&limit=1&limitstart=5
I probably didn't do quite enough research on this prior to install. I was concerned that I wouldn't get the gaps filled. Should know better as I have...
I'm an Asus fan also great boards. 2500K for gaming.
Go with a crucial m4 for your ssd fast and reliable.
No personal experience on the 6990, but other members have recommended the 2 6950's.
When ever I buy a PSU I look for reviews and test results. Certification isn't always a dependable guide...
I have my 1090t oc'd to 3.9, room temp 26, idle temp 38. Prime overheats it real fast. LinX works OK with temps around 60 until I up the amount of RAM. Playing Skyrim temps max at about 55. I see that a lot of people get much better cooling than this.
I wonder if I have too much thermal...
I wish I could get near that. I never mounted a cooler with gaps that this one has between the copper pipes and aluminum heatsink. I researched on line and got conflicting opinions. Fill the gap or not fill the gap. I don't get errors in Prime or LinX, but when the temp gets above 62-65 I get...
I have my 1090t oc'd to 3.9, room temp 26, idle temp 38. Prime overheats it real fast. I wonder if I have too much thermal grease. Not sure how much to use with the Hyper 212 with the space between the copper pipes and the aluminum. Playing Skyrim right now and it never gets much over 55.
M5A97...
I was in the process of doing a low level format when I posted this. Finally completed and then I formated the drive NTFS and run HD Tune again and no bad blocks were identified.
Still not sure if I should trash it or use it as a storage drive.
No warranty on drive.
I have a Hitachi 1TB drive. I run HD Tune 2.55 and found is has one bad block. I have read that a low level format will isolate the bad block. Is this true?. Can the HD salvaged?
I have good luck with A4TECH products. I agree mice are not as good a quality as they used to be, but the more functions they have the more that can go wrong with them. MS mice do me about 2 years tops. In the past Logitech had some driver issues, but that was in the XP days.
I'm in th...
My SSD is 64GB. I have 23.4GB free.
System is:
M5A97 EVO
Phenom 1090T
Sniper 8GB 1333
LEPA G700-MA
Hyper 212 Plus
Crucial M4 64GB
W D Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
HIS Radeon 6870
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