I have a AMD Athlon 64 3500+ I have a Zalman (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118118) heatsink and fan, and I also use arctic silver 5 thermal paste. Before I even boot the OS...

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Why dont you just upgrade you mobo, one that has pci-e and SATA. You would still be able to use your old processor, which is not a bad processor at all. I have a 3500+ with a 6600gt and i am rockin...

I dont think those are from the mobo. I have an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe and mine doesnt have those two. However, the case that I bought has them and they are hooked to the top of the case where I can...

Sounds to me like you knocked out your ram, nothing to get worried about, just make sure it is in securely.

not sure, but it will proly just run at 2.5V. But as far as putting it in and totally frying the mobo, not gonna happen. the worst that will happen is just that your computer wont post if the ram...

Make sure the ram hasnt been knocked out.

you could probably use the 64mb of ram in the other slot.

that is with almost every pre-packaged computer. HP, Dell, Emachines, if he is going to run linux, he doesnt need a very high-end computer anyway. Just a big enough hard drive and about 512mb of...

try running the new ram in place of the old ram all by itself and see what happens. HP's can be picky about where you put ram. Change it up and test to see what works.

Also, make sure you have the ram in the right slots. it is color coded, so if you have one stick in the blue slot on one side, the other stick needs to go into the blue slot on the other side. The...

Go to the chipsets(VIA) website and see if there are any updates for the sound. I have nvidia 4 chipset and my sound was horrible until I went to the website and downloaded the update.

I have a AMD 64 3500+ with a zalman HSF, not sure what model and arctic silver 5 thermal paste. Before I got the arctic thermal paste my system would idle at about 60 Celsius. Now I have the arctic...

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also sometimes the thermal paste might "tear" when you put your heatsink on, and heat can build up in that tear. Might try and reapply with arctic silver 5.

Wasnt trying to "diss" any computer company. From my experience HP is very limiting, and the only way to upgrade is to buy an entire system. DELL you have some say-so into what goes into your...

Dell is better than Hewlett Packard, I would buy a Dell before HP. But always before that, build my own. Try www.newegg.com and www.tigerdirect.com

I have an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe mobo, with windows XP. When I plug my game controller into the USB port, the controller lights up, but nothing happens. The "new hardware found" bubble doesnt come up,...

It can support 2GB or PC2700 DDR SDRAM. The very most you would need is 1GB but if you dont game 512mb should suffice. Corsair and Kingston brand RAM is very reliable.

buy an SLI ready mobo and another 6800GT(comes to a little more than $400) then you would have a bad gaming machine.

how much ram do you have? What OS do you have? What kind of CPU do you have? We need your info.

eMachines is like HP in which they are both almost not able to upgrade much. If your lucky you can maybe find the same mobo at there website or can call them, this is your computer...

Also, if you do decide to go with 1gb(but 512mb should suffice) dont buy one stick of 1gb ram. You will have to buy two 512mb sticks of ram. Say, I was just reading and they say the new microsoft...

maybe you could trade them at a used computer parts store? Most likely you will just have to set them to the side for the time being. Maybe be useful later, who knows.

you need to find how much ram your mobo supports, most likely the max is 512mb. I would go with the 512mb if I were you, the 256mb will just not be enough.

DMR and Coconut Monkey, how did yall come to know so much about computers? Did yall major in college in a computer course, and if so which ones? Or did you just figure it all out, out of curiosity...

Im wanting to know how many SATA cables I need and what kind if I want my entire system SATA ready. Im getting an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD mobo, so I know it is SATA...

I dont follow this thread at all...everyone is talking about ram, but it has nothing to do with each other.

Yea, that looks good, but I would look for something with a socket 754 at least. If that is too expensive then go on down the list, socket A is basically bottom of the food chain with mobos. This is...

almost any of those belama suggested could burn a movie pretty fast, I have an old FSB 700mhz and I can burn a movie in about 30min.-45min. These barebones kits are much faster than my old...

Go to www.lavalys.com and download everest home edition. It will tell you everything you need to know and more!

I would buy the PC100 ram. PC133 will run in your computer, but it will only run at PC100 speeds. So basically your paying more for nothing. I would just go with 256mb PC100 ram sticks.

haha, im still running 384mb of ram on my 5 year old HP, uhg its frustrating...But not to worry im building my own new and improved computer in a little while! ;)

I would go with the 1gb of memory. You would definitely see a performance increase, and having the 1gb of memory can give you a little cushion for future software you might add.

depends in where you go I guess...I know newegg.com probably sells SD RAM for around that much, but I couldnt find the SDRAM I needed there. I know at wal-mart a crappy old lite-on single layer dvd...

Definitely, ram is much cheaper than $300. I have an HP around 700mhz. So im going to guess your computer is the same as mine, or maybe a little bit better or a little bit worse. None-the-less all...

I agree with squirrel, I dont even see how your getting by with 63mb. But you should definitely invest in some more ram. I would even try to go the 512mb route. You would probably need 2 256mb ram...

check this out http://active-hardware.com/english/reviews/mainboard/k7pro.htm
Im guessing 256mb each slot, since it can only handle a total of 768mb memory

Well I can answer one question. To find out how much Ram you already have, right click my computer and select properties, now at the bottom of that dialog box, it should say "computer:" and you can...

Haha, so your paying extra for nothing....unless you do indeed upgrade your system