I just finished my new build which is Asus P5K mb, E6850 cpu and 4gb DDR2. I
have disabled Speedstep in the bios so cpu should be running full tilt all
the time but in XP it is reading as 6x333mhz=2ghz and in Vista64 it is
fluctuating between 6x333mhz and 9x333mhz. I've set the ...

I've updated my system with:
mb = msi p6n platinum
cpu = intel 6550
ram = 2 gig

I just got a new LCD monitor today -- my first.  It's doing something
I think is called ghosting.  I'm using VGA because that's what my
video card supports.  I talked to a tech support guy and he said DVI
cannot have ghosting, and if I used DVI it would eliminate the

I'm writting to this group becouse I really need help. I bought my
LCD
panel (samsung 226BW) something like 1 mounth ago and it was working
quite good till last friday when I found small fly going around the

I have about six months on a new power supply.  It is an Allied
ATX500W.  I have been having problems recently where my rig will just
shut down.  Pushing the power button doesn't turn it back on.
Flipping the toggle on the power supply doesn't either.  The only

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Here is what I know.  I just built a new PC, everything worked fine
for the first 2 weeks.  I am using cannibalized  hard drives and a DVD
drive.  Until today, everything worked fine.  Now, my system crashes
and plays a single beep from the system speaker whenever I try to put

I have been reading in some of my local boards that many people are
having various issus with SATA Burners on their Asus boards from XP
having problems IDing the drive to CRC errors. I have the P5PE VM. I
don't have an SATA drives at all in my system.

I'm looking for a Micro-ATX case that's no more than 12-13" deep. I'm
having a hard time finding one. Just about all the HTPC cases, even
the slimline ones, are 15-16" deep. The "slimline" cases don't work
either--the Antec Minuet, for example, is about 17" deep. The "cube"

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070716133135.htm

I'm (re)building a PC and am struggling with power supply options.
Since the PC has a side window, I'd like things inside to look neat.
So I'm favoring a power supply with modular cables so that I can omit
unnecessary wiring.

Hiya folks.  I got all interested in project building last summer,
only for winter to roll around and put a damper on my soldering
(couldn't open the windows), so I pretty much fell out of the
electronics mood for quite a while.  But that urge to build has

... if I short the USB port? Will the whole motherboard die or just the
USB port?

Will this mobo work with the CPU and Memory?  I don't use RAID
anymore.
http://shopping.msn.com/specs/shp/?itemId=63199244
Thanks

I have a Quantum fireball 20gig harddrive.  It has been working fine
as my master.  I have another identical drive for my slave.  Earlier I
started my computer and it would not boot.  I unplugged both drives,
changed the cable, all the usual stuff.  Booted from a floppy and