Recent content by mavandeh

The refurb motherboard from my newer system arrives tomorrow (it died going to a lan party 100 miles from home). I'll test it with the powersupply from my main machine while I'm replacing the motherboard. I've decided that if I can't get it to boot an XP disc, I'll try Ubuntu. If not, I'll...

6 hours and counting. RAM still testing good.

MemTest86 ran for an hour and 45 minutes and failed to find any errors. RAM is good.

Nope, this system is stock, always has been. :)

Haven't tried any of that stuff yet, although I have tried one DIMM of RAM at a time. Didn't seem to help, so maybe both are bad. I will do this and post how it turns out. Thanks! My system is as follows: Asus K8N-E Deluxe Socket 754 AMD Athlon 64 NewCastle 3200+ @ 2.2gHz 1gb Kingston Hyper-X...

The supply was originally a meager $40 supply (Ultra V series 500W), mail in rebates took it down to $0 shipped. The case came without a PSU and again, mail in rebates took it down to $15 shipped. Slickdeals.net, I'm tellin' you! Anyway, I've gotten a hold of two other Windows XP CD's and and...

In September, I built myself a new computer because I was sick of RMAing parts in my old computer all the time when they broke down. Recently I bought another case and power supply for 15 bucks off of slickdeals and I've been trying to get it up and running as a side project of mine. Here's the...