Asus

SURVEY: Do you use the QVL when buying RAM?
How many people follow their motherboard's QVL (Qualified Vendor List) when they're picking out RAM for their PC? I'm considering a motherboard but can't find any of the brands/models recommended in its QVL. How important is it that I follow the QVL? ... 1 Jul 2008 14:23

Supreme FX II - gront panel problem
Hello At first sorry for my language :P I have that connector: Line R, Line L,EAR R, EAR L, GNS, MIC IN, MIC VCC ("together with MIC IN) How I may connect they for work? ... 2 Jul 2008 07:47

A8V Graphics Card
I tried upgrading my graphics card to a Radeon HD 2600XT AGP and the printing to the display was corrupt. For example, if I tried scrolling a web page quickly, the writing would smear. To my dismay, the drivers are not windows qualified either. I looked at the comments on newegg for the agp video cards, and ... 26 Jun 2008 15:39

Could I be fighting a "To much memory" problem?
I've been running my P5W DH Deluxe with 4 gig of ram for the last year and I have been running into some strange problems that I think may well be a conflict with the excessive ram I have installed on my mobo running XP (32bit). Such as: 1) When I want to start my Hauppauge HVR-1800 tuner on my secondary monit... 5 Jul 2008 17:37

P4S800 (and dimilar) DDR configurations / slots?
In article <h8g5641ud8copt4cobp5ueqri7qjlukiim(a)4ax.com>, - Bob - <uctraing(a)ultranet.com> wrote: While check out the P4.800... series (see my other post on "Recommend a mobo") I ran into this at the Asus site on the P4S800: "DDR400 (PC3200), the latest and fastest DDR memory standard, supports bandwidth up to... 25 Jun 2008 23:14

P4P vs. P4C Series - Practical Differences?
- Bob - wrote: What are the differences between these two board sets on a practical basis ? IIRC, it is the chipset. For example, P4P800 uses the Intel 865 chipset whereas the P4C800, the Intel 875 chipset, amongst other things. ... 25 Jun 2008 22:12

Asus M2A-VM: Would a dedicated video card be an improvement?
I'm putting together a budget PC based on the Asus M2A-VM motherboard. I'm going to load it up with 2 GB DDR2, an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+, and the OS will be Windows XP (SP2). This machine will *not* be used to play video games, but it will be used for video editing and DVD authoring. It's my understanding that... 30 Jun 2008 11:41

Recommend Mobo to me!
Had a similar situation and bought a new board from a vendor on eBay. This was a year ago so I don't know if any new boards are out there. It was a asus p4p800se and cost was around 120 dollars shipped. Abit made an IS7 which was a good board also. If you purchase from ebay make sure you get the backing plate ... 25 Jun 2008 15:00

Vista issue with PB5
Hi, I am running Vista Home Premium. I had been running 2 Western Digital 500GB drives in RAID 0 mode. The external enclosure was a Fantom enclosure. The controller was going bad, so I bought a Xtrastor 3.5 x2 HDD enclosure which supports RAID 1. Anyhow, when I hook it up via USB, it only detects an 8GB... 26 Jun 2008 08:25

Major mobo change w/o XP reinstall possible?
It's possible. http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html In short: you boot from an XP CD and perform a repair installation - also known as an upgrade in place. This requires an XP installation CD that's at the same service pack level as the installation you are attempting to repair. You may have to ... 27 Jun 2008 10:05