Recent content by Toronado97

Hey all, I recently upgraded from the rig in my signature to an Asus P55D E Pro which uses the VIA VT1828S chipset instead of the Realtek chipset in the Gigabyte I came from. I'm currently using Logitech 5.1 speakers, not sure which pair I can't remember. Also using Win 7 64-bit now. Anyway...

In my experience, that 305 watt power supply isn't really a gimp. My girlfriend is using that same E520 husk (although hers is an E6400 C2D) along with 2 HDs, 4 GB of RAM, and an 8800GT and it's chugging along just fine.

I don't have a functioning floppy drive either. Alternatives other than getting an external type? Edit: Also, really don't know what AHCI is for or anything. You're saying I won't be getting SATA performance without using that floppy disk at Windows install? I never knew this so it's all...

I evidently wasn't clear in my original post. I am not running a RAID array. I am using the Gigabyte Driver CD that came with the motherboard. If you let it auto install drivers, the last driver it puts on is called something like SATA/RAID, but it doesn't seem to be an exclusive RAID only...

First thing I'd do is load all optimized settings for your BIOS. I know my Gigabyte board was underclocking my CPU to 1.7 ghz in Bios until I switched to optimized settings. I really don't see what changing any of those BIOS settings of yours would have done to slow it down, but you could also...

So I just got my third board through RMA, and so far things are going great. Not sure its because I switched PSU to a better brand, or because I finally got a functional Mobo, but I'll take it however it happened. Weirdness is happening with the driver installs though. If I install the...

Glad you found an easy workaround. Unfortunately I didn't have any extraneous USB devices to disconnect for the miracle save. :)

I know in my case I just purchased a Corsair TX650 and Antec 300 to use when I get the last attempt at a good UD3P out of Gigabyte. If this one chokes it'll be Asus P5Q Pro time I imagine.

Sorry for your luck Rironin. It's my experience thus far that the QC on these Gigabyte boards is absolute trash. I've had a UD3R come out of the box and never get to the POST screen. Would only boot if I had 1 stick of RAM in slot 1, any other combination yielded lots of beeping and...

I've used the video card in a different computer with no problems whatsoever, and it also worked flawlessly in the old PC. Don't have a spare GPU laying around to test with but I'm reasonably certain it isn't a video card problem.

So general consensus is the PSU is effing everything else up? Speedfan is showing: 3.39 on the 3.3 V Rail 5.19 on the 5V Rail 2.69 (lolwut?) on the 12V Rail. I'm assuming that must be an error.

How does that BFG compare to the Corsair 650 TX? The Corsair is a little more up front but has a nice rebate.

Yeah his is an Earthwatts 500, and at the time I purchased the Ultra X-Finity it carried a pretty good review at jonnyguru.com (the 600 watt variety), otherwise I wouldn't have spent the money on it at all. Any suggestions for a cost effective PSU? Obviously the Corsair 650 is a good choice...

Old PC: Apevia case Ultra X-Finity 550 Watt ( I should point out that this is an item that is 2 years old, not that ancient) Gigabyte P965 S3 Intel C2D E6400 Stock CPU Cooler 2 x 1 GB G.Skill DDR 2 800 WD 320 GB IDE HD Maxtor 160 GB SATA HD PNY Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Samsung DVD...

I'm using a Dell 2007 WFP @ 1680 x 1050 resolution tiraides. About the PSU, why would it be an issue now, and not in the old computer? I was under the impression that the E6xxx series was a more power hungry CPU than the newer Wolfdales, and I've even tried pulling everything out of the power...