Home Built PC

Pheonix TrustedCore BIOS
Paul wrote: Does the user have the option of disabling the TPM function via the BIOS ? nope. The presumption was, that TPM could be disabled, according to phoenix, this platform is designed so that no soft image can work on this machine without the special key. that is the sole purpose of using this... 5 Jan 2007 08:40

tiger direct kit - "UNKNOWN PROCESSOR REVISION"
tigerdirect recently sold a kit with an MSI RX480 Neo2-F mobo and an AMD Athlon 64 3700+ "San Diego" CPU. it seems that some or all of these kits were shipped with a revision E6 CPU, which DOES NOT, CAN NOT and WILL NOT work with that older mobo. if you bought this kit and only got as far as "WARNING: UNKNOWN ... 4 Jan 2007 18:52

Budget Priced System Recommendations
I searched for information on the internet and found several recommendations, but they were a year and a half old and their suggested Motherboards were no longer available. Can someone point me in the right direction for a budget priced system, under $500 if possible, for a solid kid's PC. Thanks for the help.... 31 Dec 2006 18:30

Configuring memory, lockup during defrag, insulating materials.
I've just done a system upgrade. Actually started 2 weeks ago, but I've had issues with DDR memory timing. Both random and predictable lockups, and occasional spontaneous reboots. I have it stable now running the RAM slow, but for a couple of times and instances noted below. Clean install of windows XP Home. SP2... 31 Dec 2006 05:13

Can Intel 440BX Motherboard Accept AGP 4X/8X Card?
I want to upgrade the video card in my old PC. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) Need to use a wide screen LCD to set it at its native 1680x1050 resolution. (2) Need hardware assisted decoding MPEG-2 video. The catch is that my Dell Dimension XPS T450 PC has an old Intel 440BX mother board that can only handl... 6 Jan 2007 00:58

Newbie-really dumb situation
I'm new at all this some please don't flame. I'm changing my old computer tower over to a "Mod" type tower, replete w/lights, clear windows, etc. I've taken everything out of the old case and have placed in into the new case, including the power supply. Well, now I don't get any response from my monitor at all. the... 4 Jan 2007 08:45

Oldie - PC Concepts Wave Keyboard
I have a PC Concepts SK-6000 keyboard (sold also with different names, like Quantum Wave) that I have to plug into a new computer. Problem: keyboard is PS/2 and computer is strictly USB. I bought the mini PS/2 to USB adapter but XP failed to recognize the keyboard. I can't find a driver to make this thing w... 1 Jan 2007 19:42

Fearing my motherboard is toast--any ideas?
I decided to switch out my power supply (450W) with a new Rosewill RP550S-2MK (550V) (link:http://rosewill.com/product/product.aspx?productId=378). The Rosewill comes with no manuals at all and I figured I'd just connect the components that need power and connect the motherboard (A-Bit IC7-G Intel Pentium 4 link:... 29 Dec 2006 17:30

RAM Problem
Dear all, My desktop configuration is WinXp Professional -P4--1.70Ghz--256MB SDRAM PC133 --40GB Harddisk.MotherBoard make is "Mercury" Now i want to upgrade my ram upto 512MB. On motherboard there are 4 Slot for Ram. 2 is for SDRAM & 1 is for DDR1 & 1 is for DDR2. 2-128MB SDRAM PC133 is mounted on mothe... 27 Dec 2006 08:25

DDR2-667 vs DDR2-800
Same 3DMark 2003 scores..... -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.19.1 ^ ^ 21:39:01 up 10 days 3:51 1 user load average: 1.07 1.02 1.00 news://news.3home.net news://news.h... 22 Dec 2006 14:16