Recent content by lancew70

ZzBloopzZ... thanks...I'm checking with a poster now. Spazilton... I'm no good with soldering...just how difficult is it? :)

I need a replacement mobo for an ASUS A7V8X (rev 1). Will the following mobo work as a replacement? PC CHIPS M848A Socket A/SiS746 FX/FSB400/AGP/A&L/ATX Motherboard http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-M848A&show=p# ($30 + $9 shp'n) Looks like it should but thought it best to verify...

Just a shot in the dark, but you might try this before scrapping your mobo...it worked for me... http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=30834

The G.Skill Memory looks very tempting...I've been considering the Corsair http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145176 My boss leans toward Intel but if he leaves this decision to me I'll go AMD route with 790FX Thanks for the excellent suggestions...good stuff to think...

Good point... That's what my employer has been doing and kind of what started him/me down this route of build our own. my employer has done this in the past and the spec'd out business machines from Dell (for example) were about as expensive as building our own except the purchased machines...

Thanks for the very helpful comments :) enginurd...Thanks for the comment regarding the Quadro. I'm considering this Quadro FX3500...is this an acceptable card... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133190 Thanks:)

My boss has asked me to spec out a new machine for use at work (will be employer owned). and I could really use some input from you Pros here to make sure I've done my homework:) The machine will not be OC'd -Stability is a must (sorry, kind of boaring isn't it :) ) Primary machine use...

The metal case to the suspect DVD drive shows to be connected to it's main ground. I contacted PC Power & Cooling today, and they agreed to RMA the PSU in case there is an intermittent problem. I'm out of things to check/replace other than the Case. I saw some reviews of the Antec P182...

Thanks for that excellent explanation. BTW, I should correct my last post by noting that the person on the Electo Tech forum also suspects the DVD Drive itself:

My DMM is not an expensive one (`$25.00) and it's a INNOVA 3320 made by IEQUUS I think. I was on the Electro Tech forum last night and one responder (don't know if he's EE or what), was of the opinion that my problem was that the DVD Drive Case was not grounded to the PC chassis. When I...

Thanks Mohonri.. I just reran the continuity test on the PS but I did not plug it into wall receptacle and it read 0.3 ohms on 5 of the black DC output wires and 0.4 ohms or the other 3 black DC output wires. I can confirm that the wires are indeed 18 AWG. I put one end of the probe into...

Mohonri/MjrStryker: Thanks for the very interesting comments. As to the PS, the only test that I ran on it was the one suggested by the manufacturer (PC Power & Cooling). The instructions they provided were to: I have used a Digital Multimeter to test the continuity of each of the...

Thanks agent420. I understand. ;) Thanks again for your candid opinions :)

Thanks for the informative responses agent420 and MjrStryker. agent420, I find your comment "I doubt it's esd" very interesting because another very experienced EE said essentially the same thing: When asked "what do you believe is causing our static electricity discharge with the eject...

I'm trying to understand why ESD on the external portion of computer case fried my motherboard on two different occasions over a 4 month period. In each event, I was reaching to push the eject button on my DVD drive. The ESD caused the computer to power off and in each of the two occasions...