Recent content by mckeonm

Hey Guys, I am curious to know how other people get rid of there old computer parts and electronics? I usually try to fix up old computers for family/friends and give stuff away for free--which usually results in a large cache of parts laying around to pick from. This wasn't a problem until...

I'm looking to get a new supply and if I ever run an SLI setup I want to be ready. But I'm confused as to how some of these supplies qualify. The specs for some of the new cards require quite a bit of amperage, like the GTX 260 requires 36 amps. So two cards would be 74 amps right? If a...

Maybe thats why I never noticed, I almost never power down or restart unless I absolutely have to. I'm sure bad things happen to good supplies too, but I've never had power issues with pcpowercooling units. The electricity at my house has tripped a few times, and even fried a bunch of stuff...

Well if you call huge piles of crap that I haven't unpacked from the last 20 times I've moved (and I don't mean 10 feet) called feng shui, then yeah. Well I got the stupid thing to POST again. It only did this after plugging in the ethernet and attempting to drain the CMOS a hundred more...

Well I bought a new battery, and tried it out... didn't seem to work. Then finally it did POST, but only after I had disconnected all the power to the hard drives. So I turned everything off, unplugged the power and hooked up the cables again. Pushed the on button and it didn't even power up...

Is it possible to even get into the BIOS without a battery?

I was moving some stuff around my house and unplugged my computer to move it and when I turned it on again in its new location then it wouldn't POST or beep. I've tried resetting the CMOS with no luck (for all I know I'm not evening doing it right). Last time the power tripped at my house and...

What are the best brands to look at?

Great news! Draining the CMOS seemed to do the trick. Thanks for the help.

OK, so I had my computer on and after I ran windows update I restarted and went outside to shovel snow. On my return I came back to a black screen. I learned later that the power went out while I was outside. I had a surge protector going, but apparently it did absolutely nothing since my...

I checked the Asus website and it supports up to XP2600 (266 FSB). Even it it wasn't officially supported it should default to the lower clock speed.

I flashed the BIOS for my motherboard (Asus A7A266), and it worked great. It showed it had updated and booted into windows. I put in a new CPU and it won't POST or anything. The motherboard doesn't have a jumper to clear the CMOS, I have to short the two nodes manually. I tried pulling the...

Believe whatever you want, but I'm being honest. It's my sister's computer, she lost the disc when she moved. I'm just trying to fix it up for her.

Well it's actually from when my sister went to university, but she's graduated.

So I need the corporate version? Is there some way to verify which version it will be valid?