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I was thinking of this one. Asus P5N-D socket LGA775 motherboard - Misco.co.uk

Thank you for the reply. would have never of come to that conclusion. Would anyone recommend a good motherboard (on a relative budget) that supports an Intel Q6600 processor and dual PCI-E SLI nvidia graphics cards?

Thank you for the reply. would have never of come to that conclusion. Would anyone recommend a good motherboard (on a relative budget) that supports an Intel Q6600 processor and dual PCI-E SLI nvidia graphics cards?

Hello, I recently put together a PC and it refuses to boot up. I checked the number on the start up process for my motherboard and it powers up fully, but then the BIOS is supposed to start, but it does not. I do not hear the beep and nothing appears on my monitor. All the lights and fans come on, but nothing else happens. The PC is fitted with an Abit NI8 SLI motherboard, a variety of processors have been tried, but at the moment I have an intel Q6600 fitted, 2GB RAM and a 650W PSU. I first thought that the problem was a processor fault, I have tried it with 2 different intel E6400 dual core processors, neither of which worked. I then tried it with a celeron (can't remember the model) which surprisingly worked and I got to the BIOS screen, however, the celeron processor was not powerful enough for the PC and would slow down the other devices so I then tried a new sealed Q6600 which didn't work either. I have checked the FSB on the motherboard and all the processors should work with it so I abandoned the idea of it being a processor fault. I then made a quick check on the RAM by replacing it with 2 different sticks of RAM (again 2x1GB) and no change so I think it is not a RAM problem. I then moved onto the possibility of it being a PSU problem as the PC was fitted with a 350W which I replaced with a new 650W unit which again made no difference. This brought me onto the idea of it being a faulty motherboard as it may have blown when the 350W PSU was in there. But then, surely it wouldn't have worked with the celeron processor either. I tried resetting the CMOS settings using the jumper, which again, made no difference. The idea that I have now is that the BIOS may be out of date, but I have not got enough experience with BIOS to be confident that this is the problem. I also thought that the problem may be a faulty FSB as the celeron has a lower FSB than the 2 E6400 processors and the Q6600. I have another motherboard, but it doesn't support my graphics cards (no PCIE) so when I get home, I will try the other motherboard and see if it works with the processor to see if the other motherboard works with it. Sorry for wall of text, but I tried to give as much detail about the problem as I possibly could. Thanks

Hello, I recently put together a PC and it refuses to boot up. I checked the number on the start up process for my motherboard and it powers up fully, but then the BIOS is supposed to start, but it does not. I do not hear the beep and nothing appears on my monitor. All the lights and fans come on, but nothing else happens. The PC is fitted with an Abit NI8 SLI motherboard, a variety of processors have been tried, but at the moment I have an intel Q6600 fitted, 2GB RAM and a 650W PSU. I first thought that the problem was a processor fault, I have tried it with 2 different intel E6400 dual core processors, neither of which worked. I then tried it with a celeron (can't remember the model) which surprisingly worked and I got to the BIOS screen, however, the celeron processor was not powerful enough for the PC and would slow down the other devices so I then tried a new sealed Q6600 which didn't work either. I have checked the FSB on the motherboard and all the processors should work with it so I abandoned the idea of it being a processor fault. I then made a quick check on the RAM by replacing it with 2 different sticks of RAM (again 2x1GB) and no change so I think it is not a RAM problem. I then moved onto the possibility of it being a PSU problem as the PC was fitted with a 350W which I replaced with a new 650W unit which again made no difference. This brought me onto the idea of it being a faulty motherboard as it may have blown when the 350W PSU was in there. But then, surely it wouldn't have worked with the celeron processor either. I tried resetting the CMOS settings using the jumper, which again, made no difference. The idea that I have now is that the BIOS may be out of date, but I have not got enough experience with BIOS to be confident that this is the problem. I also thought that the problem may be a faulty FSB as the celeron has a lower FSB than the 2 E6400 processors and the Q6600. I have another motherboard, but it doesn't support my graphics cards (no PCIE) so when I get home, I will try the other motherboard and see if it works with the processor to see if the other motherboard works with it. Sorry for wall of text, but I tried to give as much detail about the problem as I possibly could. Thanks

Hi, I was just wondering if a processor has a higher FSB than the motherboard, will it work? (e.g. Processor FSB - 1300 Motherboard FSB - 1066) I was just wondering because a friend asked me because he is thinking of building a PC, but he was unsure about compatibility.

Hi, I was just wondering if a processor has a higher FSB than the motherboard, will it work? (e.g. Processor FSB - 1300 Motherboard FSB - 1066) I was just wondering because a friend asked me because he is thinking of building a PC, but he was unsure about compatibility.

ok, thanks for all your help.

I have 2 fans on the case and 1 non-intel fan too for the processor, but I cannot remember what model it is, but I think it's a good one.

I don't have the model on hand right now, however, I have an extra question. Would the Q9550 require watercooling as I haven't yet received the processor in the post so I cannot tell. I have a fan on the case extra as well as all the normal fans, but I have my doubts (and I don't want to cook my processor)

and what if a new company bring out CPUs/GPUs that blow all the others out of the water. so much to consider, my brain melted

Hello, I am not sure what PSU I need for my PC as I have built it, but I think the PSU is too low. I run Intel Q9550 2.83GHz processor, 2GB RAM and dual sparkle nVidia 512mb GPU (2x512). My current PSU is 450W at the moment and I am wondering what I would need to run the PC safely. Thanks

well, I have a pentium 3.2 GHz processor (single core), 1 GB RAM and 256 MB dedicated graphics card and I did not get any errors when I used chkdsk /f. I thought that it may be the monitor, but I cannot test this theory as I cannot plug it in to an external monitor.

I defragged the disk, ran a chkdsk (with only 1 error being that some free space was being registered as 'allocated') this error was fixed. I then tried again and the same thing occured when I ran a game.

Hi, My laptop has been running fine for the past week, however, today when I tried to run a game on it, after a while the graphics mess up and I get blue, fuzzy blobs all over the screen, then when I exit the game, there are dotted lines down the screen. When I checked the HDD, it was quite hot. I am not sure what the problem is for sure, but I think that the HDD is on it's way out. Can anyone help?

This same thing happened to my PC, but I may have been lucky as all I had to do was re-install Windows XP and it started working again.

I get the same problem when I try to play garrys mod 9 (not as high-end as COD 4) on my PC and I can confirm that it is a graphics card issue as I have 2 GHz (single core) processor and 1 GB RAM (DDR2), both of which are more than substantial for the game, but only a 64MB intel onboard graphics card.

In my opinion, build is better as generally you can get a better PC for your money. On the other hand, you do need to learn how to put it together in the first place if you haven't already but I am still more on the side of building

I came up with a budget rig that I think would be quite good but any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Processor: AMD Phenom X4 9950 Quad Core Processor HD995ZXAGHBOX - Black Edition, 2.60GHz, 4MB Cache, 2000MHz (4000 MT/s) FSB, Agena, Quad-Core, Retail, Socket AM2+, Processor with Fan - $195 Motherboard MSI K9A2 Platinum Motherboard - AMD790FX, Socket AM2+, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, USB 2.0, Firewire, eSATA, RAID - $160 RAM Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2 x 2048MB) - $25 HDD Maxtor Basics STM305004N1AAAS-RK 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, Serial ATA-300, Retail - $70 Graphics Card XFX GeForce 9800 GT - 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, (2) Dual Link DVI, HDTV, VGA Support - $100 Monitor Acer X223Wbd 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - 2500:1, 1680 x 1050 (WSXGA+), VGA, DVI (HDCP), Black - $170 PSU Ultra X3 ULT40070 1600-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready, Energy Efficient, Modular - $400 DVD RW HP DVD1040i Lightscribe Super-Multi Retail DVD Burner - 20x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 48x32x CD-R/RW, Internal - $40 Keyboard Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (2007 Version) - $80 Mouse Logitech - G9 - Laser Gaming Mouse - $60 Headphones Inland USB or Battery Powered Bass Vibration 6000 Headset with Volume Control - $23 It's about $1423 which translates to about 940 GBP with todays exchange rate without including postage which will probably be quite steep as the site is American (TigerDirect.com - Computers, Computer Parts, Computer Components & Electronics)

Don't worry, I did and it's going to cost 35 euros (about £30) for the whole thing

Don't worry, I don't go near laptop internals as I would probs make it worse :P

Thank you, I understand now, so once the DC input has been soldered back down, it should work again? Thanks for all the help.

I talked to the guy who is looking at my laptop today and the DC connections had come loose from the motherboard, but will this solve the problem of the over-heating plug/loss of connection as I can't see how the over-heating plug/socket is related to a loose DC connection (but I have rarely looked at the insides of a laptop so I don't really comprehend the workings of a laptop). If there is a relation between the loose DC connection and the fact that the plug overheats (or the socket where the charger is plugged into the laptop) could someone please let me know?

I have a friend who runs a mac and to be honest, I think they are better for business and work, but for anything else I would go for a PC all the way.

Well, I think I have found a company near where I live who can do repairs and speak English, so I will go there as they will diagnose the problem for free, but I am going to send them an email showing my situation first to ensure that they can or can´t help.