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[(FG) Destructor]

i got mine from overclockers.co.uk.

Ordered it on the friday (spec. delivery), had the whole lot turn up on the saturday morning

Cost me around £400 + postage

*edited bit*

They usually run special offers which is how i got mine so cheap so a bit of browsing for parts is required

Edited by (FG) Destructor, 20 March 2009 - 10:51 AM.

[(FG) Preci]

hummmz i dont really wanna change tho from socket 775, what im used to and i got a vertical fan for CPU as well so i just wanna stay with 775

[(FG) NeeDSiE]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/EVGA-132-CK...I-SATA-RAID-ATX <<< tis my mobo, supports 3way sli, 1333fsb and ddr2@1200 also has a nforce 780 chipset

[(FG) Preci]

well if i was made of money needs i would get your mobo but its lookin more likely to be the XFX one i pointed out to you all before

Chipset is 750i and will support sli but im still not sure as it says FBS is 1600(OC) but will that support 1333, im guessing yes as 1333 is slower that 1600 also the memory speed as well is at 1200 and the ram i got is at 1066 so again im guessin that it will work at 1066

[(FG) Chris]

O shiz, just realised my Motherboard wont run a FBS 1333mhz so it looks like i need a new motherboard now, so i may as well go big and get one which will last a while like SLI ready and also one that can run my memory, DDR2 at 1066mhz so i can get the full speed out of it rather than 800mhz so its lookin like a big spend for me now, probably over £100 for the motherboard and then once i got the motherboard i would maybe need a new Powersupply and then on top of that there is then the new CPU its self.

never really thought of that till now Fudge cake, guess i could get away with not getting a new PSU but i will need a new one if i did got SLI.

any ideas on a motherboard from what i just said?

SLI <-- Doesnt have to be but prefaired
FBS 1333MHz + <-- Defo need
DDR2 1066MHz + <-- Defo need
Socket 775 <-- Defo need

check for a BIOS-update on your motherboard
if it's from Asus, you'll probably be fine

[(FG) Preci]

EPIC call chris, my motherboard will now support 1333 FBS but there are alot of bios updates and the FBS is like update 14 out of 19, do i go for update 19 or do i have to do them all?

[(FG) Destructor]

With bios updates you can skip the ones you don't need.

i.e.

My board had ver. 0702 and there were around 10 updates which took it to 1901.. I went straight to 1901

2 choices with the update - Either do it through windows (if you've balls the size of an elephant) or the old fashioned way via a zip/floppy drive.

And remember to backup the original bios file in case it goes horribly wrong!!

[(FG) Preci]

like it has done now, it fudged up and rebooted it self and now i have no bios on my pc so i am tryin to reinstall one.

its a phonix award bios and it keeps giving me a error which says

BIOS ROM checksum error

[Game4it]

like it has done now, it fudged up and rebooted it self and now i have no bios on my pc so i am tryin to reinstall one.

its a phonix award bios and it keeps giving me a error which says

BIOS ROM checksum error

I hope you backed up the old rom.You will have to create a bootable floppy/usb key/cd and from dos mode flash the bios with the new rom you download or to be safe the old one you backed up.
Here is a short guide to help you http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?art...1605&page=4
Xfire me if you need any help mate.

[(FG) Preci]

its ok i got it back now, booted it to dos and did a awdflash with the latest one and its working again now, just got to get my dual monitors to work again =/

[Happyarry]

its ok i got it back now, booted it to dos and did a awdflash with the latest one and its working again now, just got to get my dual monitors to work again =/

i was just about to say do what you did?? next time then a??

[(FG) Preci]

all workin now but only with 1gb of ram where as i got 4gb of it so thats the next step for me to fix.

should be easy tho and then sometime next week i should have my new CPU and Vista as well YEEEEEEEEEEE

[Game4it]

i was just about to say do what you did?? next time then a??

You the man Arry.I know who to call on next time i'm in need of assistance

[(FG) Preci]

haha thanks arry.

think things are now sorted and workin, had a small problem with my speaker jack but sorted now really not my weekend for pc work is it haha

[(FG) Preci]

found my new board

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Abit-IP35-P...I-SATA-RAID-ATX

i am goin to get it on friday maybe with another 2gb of ram

http://www.scan.co.u...ucts/2GB-(2x1GB)...nbuffered-CAS-5
i already got 2gb of that ram thats y i wanted a board that will run it and now i found one so i will get that and then i will get my CPU at a later date.

i fudged my board up so thats y the new motherboard is comin first

[(FG) Preci]

well i got my new board, got home, put it in my case and BSOD and BSOD, so i have tryed everythin i could have other than cpu test's (differnt cpu) so i asked my bro if he has any as he works in IT and he said he will have alook on monday if they got a spare 775 cpu's i could test so i then know tis not the board. so atm i am installin xp back onto my old mobo for the meen time and hope that it will be the cpu thats the answer, if not the board is goin back and i will cry but we can only hope cant we!!

Thanks to Game for helpin me loads this week as well. Thanks buddy

[Game4it]

well i got my new board, got home, put it in my case and BSOD and BSOD, so i have tryed everythin i could have other than cpu test's (differnt cpu) so i asked my bro if he has any as he works in IT and he said he will have alook on monday if they got a spare 775 cpu's i could test so i then know tis not the board. so atm i am installin xp back onto my old mobo for the meen time and hope that it will be the cpu thats the answer, if not the board is goin back and i will cry but we can only hope cant we!!

Thanks to Game for helpin me loads this week as well. Thanks buddy

No probs Preci.
Hopefully you will know on monday if its the mobo or not either way.I would start the RMA process now just to save some time.Sometimes you have to send off info about the problem your having with the hardware before they decide to issue you with a RMA number and sort sending it back out.

[(FG) Preci]

WOOT, spent 13-14 hours gettin it to work and finally it works

again thanks game for all your help buddy

will install xfire soon