Asus has a new bios (0704) out for this board, but no docs as to what
issues it may address, or fix.
If it fixes the slow boot start problem (in a recent thread) that
would be great.  Does anyone have any info on this BIOS?

I need to power up about 9 or 10 hard drives in a tower case. Both
regular ide (molex) and sata. I could probably get by with about 500W
or above.
I've been using Antec Neo-series power supplies, but have had some

I'm upgrading 2 computers, both to P5E's with Intel E8400 and heatsink/fan
assembly.  Both have been a bear to get mounted and locked down.
It sounds simple.  Line up the 4 pegs and push down until they lock.  The
problem is the locking mechanism is very weak and the processor is ...

Is it possible to make a major mobo change (from gigabyte to Asus)
without reinstalling XP from scratch? Or would this be a very long day
with perpetual problems haunting me?
If it can be done, any pointers or step by step for the software

FYI, for anyone buying a new ASUS motherboard and finding out it doesn't
have a PS/2 mouse port, here is what I tried that worked.
My situation was more complicated than just replacing the mouse because I
have a PS/2 KVM switch which I would also have to replace if I went with a

Dear Verizon Online Customer,
As a Verizon Newsgroup service user, we wanted to let you know about some
important changes that we will soon be making to our Newsgroup service.
On June 24, 2008, we will be modifying our Newsgroup offerings to only offer

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.

Are there any generic utilities I can run in windows that would let me
monitor CPU temp? Or is this always mobo manufacturer specific?
I have a gigabyte mobo on an inherited system that I need to watch and
their software unfortunately doesn't work on their own mobo :-(

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

Anyone know of any active mobo discussion forums? I have a gigabyte
mobo that may have some issues. The alt.gigabyte forum is dead so I am
looking for something we based where there might be some knowledgable
folks.

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 3.2GB/s to provide enhanced system performance. (Note:

What are the differences between these two board sets on a practical
basis ?

Hey all,
I'm Intel all the way at the moment. However, a friend bought a built-up
'gaming machine' (I've mentioned it before here, it's been nothing but
trouble) using an Asus M3A motherboard, a Phenom 9500 CPU, 1x2GB DDR2 module

I need to replace a mobo. I'd like to reuse the components I have now
on this one:
    - P4 2.8G/1mb/800 CPU
    - ATI AGP Radeon 1300/512 XGPro

When you use support.asus.com and do a download, I
think you'll be in for a pleasant surprise.
I managed to download at my full capped rate today!
(A puny 300KB/sec, but that is ADSL for you.)