Recent content by fitzgerald

Thanks both of you for the quick feedback. My main purpose for now is gaming, with what my current multi-tasking needs are, I do I don't really notice any performance issues. So I assume quad is not needed just now. And from what you are saying and the insane pricing the Extreme is just not...

Currently have a Asus P5Q Pro motherboard and a E8500 3.16 Ghz processor. My motherboard supports: Core 2 Duo (prices $150-$300) Core 2 Quad (prices $150-$600) Core 2 Extreme (prices $240-$1400) I am sure the prices are not that accurate, just taking a quick...

Whats the difference between the regular keepass and professional? Not finding a difference easily on the site. Is one free and the other not?

Hey vsboxerboy, thanks for the quick response. And I had originally done what you just suggested. I made 3 bogus answers to 3 questions. Problem was when they prompted me, they didn't use the same order so I had no idea what bogus answer was needed. So they next time I made convoluted...

Actually now that I think about it. I had taken a ethical hacking class a while ago, to learn what to protect your network and computers from. And I vaguely remember an application that would combine an image (jpg or whatever) with a text document. So to everyone it just looked like an image...

OK first off I know writing down passwords or storing them in a central location is not always the best option. For the most part I have no issues remembering passwords. I seem to have problems with the stupid security questions they make you setup. I don't like security questions, to me...

Not sure if anyone tracks or really cares about follow-ups to these posts. But I FINALLY got my replacement CPU from the vendor. Installed it, fired everything up and had no issues what so ever. Installed the OS with all devices attached, didn't have to jump though any hoops. Used both...

Thanks Don, building a new PC where you don't have spare parts to test is brutal when something goes wrong. So far I bought an extra memory kit cheapest & quickest part to rule out. RMA'ed a faulty Motherboard, lost some cash with shipping and restocking. I wonder if the Gigabyte board...

I have tried 2 separate power supplies, both that work in other machines and have adequate power. Both have the same exact results, using different memory. CPU temps have never gotten above 30 C I RMA'ed the CPU last night, the return time on it is almost up and want to make sure I don't...

I just took the system apart and put my old one back together. Tired of not having a working PC and running out of return time on the CPU. I know I just posted here yesterday but have been going at this for a few weeks. I originally had the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R that was apparently...

Its definitely not overheating. CPU never gets above 30c in windows, HWMonitor or in BIOS. I reseated the processor about 40 minutes ago just for the hell of it, didn't fix the problem. old skool - the stress test you did that reported wattage going from 300 to 500, was that just CPU...

OK just tested with a 300 Watt power supply. Took out the GeForce 8800GT, put in a dinky 32 meg riva tnt card, just ran 1 hard drive, ran the cpu stress test and it failed after about 20-30 seconds on the same basic part as before. So would anyone say this is an actual hardware issue with...

OK one other thing that I forgot to mention that may or may not help diagnose. Is that when the system does power off, I cannot reboot it right away. It will start to boot and just power off again during the XP boot process. If I leave it off for 5 to 10 minutes it will boot fine and be...

Thanks for the reply, going to argue a little and maybe that is just because I don't understand it enough. But how much power does stressing the CPU take? The old system was only different with the MB, Ram and CPU, it was an Athlon 64x 2, which I thought actually required more power than the...

Basic scenario is this, if I put the system under high load it just powers off, like someone pulled the plug out. Under normal or medium high load its fine. In gaming its sporadic, will power off 1 time after 5 minutes, then another time will go for an hour. Playing TF2 and L4D mainly. OK...