Recent content by solesk

wohoo! system is working! new motherboard and psu arrived today. i decided to scrap both my old ones to be on the safe side. took a couple hours to make sure everything was exactly right. booted up on the first try with no problems. just alot of new drivers to install. and everything...

unless their website is wrong, the newest bios for my board is f4, the f5 and f6 are for other boards. and i'm already using f4.

well the new card arrived. my curiosity overtook me and i tried it in my cpu. got nothing. but i did take it to my friend's to try in his computer afterwards, and it works fine. so i'm down to pretty much my mb or psu. i ordered a new psu and mb that arrive tuesday. i'm thinking of just...

well i think i found the problem with the fans. i didnt think to look before. but it seems on their lowest setting they have trouble coming on. maybe it's an auto setting. i don't know. but if i turn them up a little. they come on just fine. so i think i'm good there. turning them up also keeps...

yes. the computer works fine, great even, with the 7900 card. aside from the card overheating. i can surf the web, play games, download torrents ect. i've played wow, cod4, fallout 3, and c&c red alert 3 all fine. and yes, both cables are listed as pci-e cables from the power supply. one is...

Ok, i just built a new system. yes, my first build, but it seems to have gone fairly well. except for a few problems. i have tried 3 different bfg nvidia 260 cards, and none would do anything. no led, no moving fan, doesn't even get warm. and most importantly, no picture, ever, not even...