I just started looking at processors so I could build my own computer. It
seems to me that I would save money by getting a brand new computer off Dell
or Circuit City.
When I looked at the prices of the 3.2 pentium processor I wanted, I could

I have 4 pins on my MOBO right next to the power cable and reset cable. It
looks like it says SMI or SM1. What is this for?

I just bought a new pc, after choosing each component with the seller.
The pc has an ASUS A8NE-FM motherboard (processor AMD ATHLON62 x2 3800
socket 939.
I chose the A8NE-FM after reading positive comments

Hi all.  I have a P4S800 motherboard.  I've just formatted my hard drive and
re-installed Windows XP Pro.
All went great with the exception that I cannot get my sound to work.  (It
has the Soundmax Digital Audio system on the board).  I've tried to search

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BIOSTAR TForce6100-939 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

I am having issues with my machine freezing during disk transfers.
Something as simple as copying a small file or even deleting a file
will occasionally lock the machine solid.
I have two Seagate 7200.8 200GB SATA drives attached to ports 3 & 4 of

I've just bought this fantastic notebook but I have a few questions on it.
The SPDIF output is through the front headphone combo jack (3.5mm) however I
can't find anywhere what cable I should use.  Would a mono 3.5mm plug from
the notebook to a rca plug in my receiver do the ...

What is the deal with the supply issues on this board? I have had one on
back order for a month from a large supplier and still cant get a firm date.
Anyone know what's up?

The other day, i went out to do errands and had left my system running. When
i came back, i could no longer move the mouse. It now appears that all the
onboard USB ports no longer work. I have gone as far as to totally reload
the operating system. In Windows XP's device manager, ...

   I have a TUV4X motherboard and I wanted to do a upgrade so I purchased a
used 1.4ghz Celeron CPU off eBay. The the machine seems to run fine with the
original 733 Pentium III Cpu but when reboot with the faster CPU the machine
starts I don't get any beeps and I get nothing at ...

I have a very strange problem ... the Marvell Yukon 1Gbps onboard
ethernet on my brand new P4P800-E Deluxe motherboard simply won't
accept the drivers from the install CD.
This is the third system I have built with exactly the same motherboard

What is the difference between these two boards.  I am looking to build
a new system.  Also, I am considering the DFI LanParty.  I have never
bought from DFI, but I have read good reviews.  I generall stick with
Asus or Abit.  Thanks.

I have 2 x 250 SATA 150 Seagate drives. Attached them to the MOBO SATA
connections and the Promise BIOS never saw them. Spend 4 weeks with
tech support and eventually gave up and bought a Highpoint Rocketraid
1520. Connected everything up and the drives were found.

I can't bittorrent for my A8N-E board
It hand after I run bittorent awhile.
why?
thx

Will a asus a8v mobo handle a 939 athlon 64 3000?
I'm building a 64bit pc and didn't find any info on the subject.
And are there any athlon 3000 Venice core?
TY