Recent content by dmatteson

What's the bottom cave portion from?

Ok, this sucks. Since it doesn't appear to have been asked: What alternatives exist for TechNet? MS mentioned MSDN ($699.00) and the product trials. Wrench00 mentioned a silver partnership (any idea on cost/requirements?) What else is there?

A search on newegg shows it's up (or at least for sale...) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284&Tpk=fx-8350

Ouch! Actually, this looks familiar... About a year ago, a fridge broke in the apartment above mine, and dumped ~40 gallons of water through the floor, and right onto the compy. That being said, you might be amazed at what will still run. My advice? If you have receipts, KEEP A COPY OF...

Well, If the board is ATX, and you got the retail boxed processors, than you have everything you need. There should be a metal plate in the box with some standoffs. The plate goes under the motherboard, and the retention mechanism goes on top (the funny black clips that the heatsink rests on)...

The table on the MSI website is correct. Your friend was reading the manual, which says to fill the green slots first. I believe this is a misprint, as filling the green slots first will only get you single channel. :rolleyes: If you disable the post picture, you’ll notice on cold boot that...

Sent you an e-mail. *bump* :D

I’ll give it a shot the next time it powers up. At this point, I’m willing to try just about anything to get it running again. Boron chemist? Nope, sorry. That does sound cool, though. My next screen name maybe? :cool:

It’s rather odd (at least to me). I can power it up about once a month. For the rest of the time, when I plug it in, the sleep led stays solid, and the unit is rather dead. If I press the reset button, the sleep led shuts off, and the unit is still dead. I’ve noticed that when I plug it in, if...