Re: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-19 Thread FemmeFatale
From a friend of mine who buys comp's parts in the hundreds per month he said, Asus I believe it was Soyo are good. *Not sure on the Soyo* Sorry nothing more specific...but I can ask if you like? Femme Roger Sherman wrote: Hey Terry... Yep, just did that. Stripped it down to the bare

RE: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-19 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I think Damian is on the right track with the RAM replacement approach. If you could get a known good ram module, you might be able to make some progress in your diagnosis. I assume that your bios is at it's defaults and you haven't make any

Re: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-19 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 19 March 2002 06:05, Roger Sherman wrote: If it's no trouble, yeah, that would be great! He sounds like quite the authority. I did see Soyo on the recommended list...I can't remember, I think they might have had onboard sound, and I'm determined to use my SB Live Well, I'm

Re: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-19 Thread FemmeFatale
I post to a msg board that sometimes sees 1000 posts a day :) No its no trouble, most on the board are geeks/IT guys/Kids playing quake too. This guy is a very smart man whom I trust for HW recommendations I will see what I dig up from his brain ;p Roger Sherman wrote: On Tue, 19 Mar

Re: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-18 Thread Roger Sherman
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Roger Sherman wrote: Sorry to address this to the list, but I'm at my wits end, and it's either this, or find a service center or something to fix this problem for me, and after building this PC, I really don't have the money. I built a PC about two 1/2 months ago

RE: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-18 Thread Roger Sherman
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Bill Spatz wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Roger Sherman Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 6:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT - PC building help Sorry to address this to the list

Re: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-18 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 18 March 2002 07:28 am, Roger Sherman wrote: Sorry to address this to the list, but I'm at my wits end, and it's either this, or find a service center or something to fix this problem for me, and after building this PC, I really don't have the money. First try re-seating

RE: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-18 Thread Damian
] OT - PC building help Sorry to address this to the list, but I'm at my wits end, and it's either this, or find a service center or something to fix this problem for me, and after building this PC, I really don't have the money. I built a PC about two 1/2 months ago (my first attempt

Re: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-18 Thread civileme
Roger Sherman wrote: Sorry to address this to the list, but I'm at my wits end, and it's either this, or find a service center or something to fix this problem for me, and after building this PC, I really don't have the money. I built a PC about two 1/2 months ago (my first attempt at

Re: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-18 Thread mooseman
just thought i would add my two cents... i run an abit bp6 dual machine. it is very stable now that i removed my piece of #$$% HP cd burner. but, while i was fighting with it, i had some similar weird symptoms you mention, like if i edited the bios settings, generally the machine would hang

Re: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-18 Thread FemmeFatale
Roger Sherman wrote: well IMO I've built several PC's you have a definite problem. If I may ask, is that the old case Powersupply that came with it? I know you said you swapped PW's, but...how big is that PW? 250 watts won't cut it. Get the biggest you can afford this is one area in PC's

Re: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-18 Thread Roger Sherman
Hey Terry... Yep, just did that. Stripped it down to the bare motherboard, reseated the CPU, RAM, vid card...reconnected the power switch, reset switch, etc. Then I tried starting it up, with basically nothing but the vid card attatched, and it still exhibited the same boot problem, so I

RE: [newbie] OT - PC building help

2002-03-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 08:58, Roger Sherman wrote: I had a similar problem with my laptop after upgrading the RAM. Be sure that your RAM is fully and securely seated in their slots. Bill Thanks Bill...I actually had to take a great deal of care with the RAM...this board seems