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I dont know what to do. Here is what I currently have
Msi 645 Ultra
P4 1.6@2.2 Northwood
ATI 9800 Pro agp card
2X 256 of pc2100 ram
1X 512 of pc3200 ram
3X 160 WD HD
1X 120 Maxtor HD
NEC 2500 dvd-r
Creative Labs Audigy 1 running Audigy two drivers
Promise fastrakk 66 running the 120gig Maxtor
Intel nic card
USB 2 pci card.
300 watt Aopen PS
In the last week my machine became unstable. I replaced a bad stick of 256 with the 512. This didnt solve my problem. I got a flash light and yep Ive got 3 domed caps with one starting to leak
Ive managed to get it stable by not using all three sticks of ram but I dont know how long this is going to last. Ive asked for an RMA but I think the board is too old.
What do I do? The cheapest would be to buy a new s478 board and call it a day. Looking around town Id be looking at 100 bucks (before tax). I see this just as a band aid. I want to be able to upgrade. My problem is if I get an upgraded motherboard I could get a 3500+ with a AGP slot but that really limited my upgrade path on the video card. If I got a motherboard with a PCIe slot thats more money to add on to the top of this, but I would have a better upgrade path
I figure Id have to buy more ram since I only have one stick of pc3200
I figure Id have to buy a bigger power supply to run a A64
Im happy with the gfx performance of my card at the moment (I think I might flash it to a 9800XT) .
I found a agp / PCIe motherboard by AsRock would that be decent upgrade path?
I really want to go A64 X2 but I dont have the green for it right now.
What do I doooo?!?
Msi 645 Ultra
P4 1.6@2.2 Northwood
ATI 9800 Pro agp card
2X 256 of pc2100 ram
1X 512 of pc3200 ram
3X 160 WD HD
1X 120 Maxtor HD
NEC 2500 dvd-r
Creative Labs Audigy 1 running Audigy two drivers
Promise fastrakk 66 running the 120gig Maxtor
Intel nic card
USB 2 pci card.
300 watt Aopen PS
In the last week my machine became unstable. I replaced a bad stick of 256 with the 512. This didnt solve my problem. I got a flash light and yep Ive got 3 domed caps with one starting to leak
Ive managed to get it stable by not using all three sticks of ram but I dont know how long this is going to last. Ive asked for an RMA but I think the board is too old.What do I do? The cheapest would be to buy a new s478 board and call it a day. Looking around town Id be looking at 100 bucks (before tax). I see this just as a band aid. I want to be able to upgrade. My problem is if I get an upgraded motherboard I could get a 3500+ with a AGP slot but that really limited my upgrade path on the video card. If I got a motherboard with a PCIe slot thats more money to add on to the top of this, but I would have a better upgrade path
I figure Id have to buy more ram since I only have one stick of pc3200
I figure Id have to buy a bigger power supply to run a A64
Im happy with the gfx performance of my card at the moment (I think I might flash it to a 9800XT) .
I found a agp / PCIe motherboard by AsRock would that be decent upgrade path?
I really want to go A64 X2 but I dont have the green for it right now.
What do I doooo?!?