-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Start Problem?
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:47:40 -0400
I'm just glad I now live in a one floor home. I grew tired of arriving in
the upstairs hallway only to wonder why I went up there in the first place.
lol
If your case fans have 3 or 4 wires tot hem, it's best to run them from one
of the mainboard headers instead of directly from the PS. The extra wires
allow the mainboard's BIOS control the fan speeds, so you'll have less noise
when things aren't running too hot, but they'll kick up in speed whenever
you're doing anything computationally intensive.
When you say 'midrange', you're giving me an impression that you're looking
to keep the mainboard price somewhere between $100-150 (US). Does that
sound about right or is the limit higher or lower than that? Also, what is
the wattage rating of your PS?
Peace,
G
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked"
----- Original Message -----
From: "cajun12" <cajun12@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:11 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Start Problem?
> Thanks for your compliments, G-Man. I know how it is, you get to =
> thinking so much and so hard about a problem that you can't remember if =
> you actually DID something or just THOUGHT about doing it! HaHa!
>
> My power supply is a two year old Antec TruePower 2.0 with 24 pins and a =
> 4-pin 12v connector. It has lots of connections, several SATA =
> connections, and even 2-3 case "Fan Only" connections. =20
>
> I've been looking at some of the newer boards online and am seeing what =
> you're talking about with the IDE Controllers - only one on the board. =
> I'll be looking in the mid-range on boards. I don't need a top of the =
> line, but I don't want a bottom of the heap either. I've been out of =
> touch with who is making a good board these days. I can do without the =
> Zip drive, but because my Plextor DVD/CD burner combo doesn't want to =
> burn CD's to anything that I can buy locally, I still need my IDE =
> Plextor CD burner. Remember, the DVD/CD combo is a SATA drive, so I am =
> able to run both the Zip and Plextor CD IDE burner on the same =
> controller. =20
>
> RAID options are not turned off by default on this Gigabyte motherboard =
> and it has always driven me crazy. There is an IDE RAID option and a =
> SATA RAID option. I have to turn the SATA RAID option off in the BIOS =
> or the board won't see the IDE drive as the boot drive, it will always =
> look for a SATA drive as the boot drive and won't move past it to the =
> IDE. I can't turn the IDE RAID function off or it won't see my IDE =
> drive as the boot drive, even though I'm not running a RAID array. If I =
> get a new board, I will get another SATA drive.
>
> Someone suggested to me today that I try taking the battery out AND =
> jumpering the cmos reset on the board. We did change the battery and it =
> was out long enough to reset the bios to default, but it did not solve =
> the problem. He told me they had this problem intermittently recently =
> and doing both at the same time solved the problem, but removing just =
> the battery did not. I'll give it a try.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dj
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