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LiteOn....not a very good product, cheap and they do not seem to last very long...that's been my experience with their optical drives.

ok here's the deal.. i have...had, (i say "had" cause the sucker won't boot anymore) an older setup.. P4T-533-C from Asus, rambus memory running win 2k Pro
well recently i took the beast apart to...

Oh how nice, everyone out there gets the bugs out of it and Billy just laughs all the way to the bank!
How long before there is no support for XP and one is forced to go Vista?
I heard it said...

See AnandTech's Conroe Buying Guide:Feeding The Monster-----

NOT ANY SOCKET LGGA775


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EDIT By Mayet Manners Please...

if the 955x chipset does in fact support Core 2 Duo, what is one supposed to gain if, for example, one had a D-920 installed and then decides to get a Core 2 Duo....aside from it running cooler, does...

ok so I dwnld IE 7beta 3<----(they even changed the layout on this)......spell check wont work in Outlook Express...the IE icon is gone from my desktop and my speaker icon is also...

yes, the new chipset being co-released is the P965chipset......later in the year there will be other "flavors" released.

the reason i ask about the 955x chipset is because i didn't wait long...

i was wondering...unrelated to low fan speed......does anyone know..
can i install, the soon to be released, Intel Core 2 Duo on a mobo that has a 955x chipset? will the thing work or will it fry?
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......"unsecure os die a quiet death".....

so the "windows" were not broken after all?? could have fooled me! and here comes the saviour os 'Vista' to the rescue !
instead of spending all that...

well thanks for the info!


(what, can't I have my opinion--- and express it ?)
WIN

can one install and run Mac OS x on a PC..it seems, now, one can run win-xp on an Apple why not the reverse?

hmmmmm......... selective reading?

can one install and run Mac OS x on a PC..it seems, now, one can run win-xp on an Apple why not the reverse?

forgive my ignorance, i'm only wondering how i can keep my PC and get rid of...

Asus mobo P5WD2...at idle...
CPU temp is 43-44 degrees C

MoBo temp is 39 degrees constant....is this good or bad? What would be better, if any, parameters?

aw com on, don't dump on the guy for not reading the manual..don't ya remember.....if ALL else fails....read the manual.. :guns:

all's peachy so far....got a better cooling solution (not to mention a better mounting system than Intel offers) with a Thermaltake heatpipe type mother! Ha! only drawback is...you must remove the...

short of a water cooler, what is better (fan and heat sink) than Intel's solution on an LGA 775 mobo?

all's well that ends well!........got a CPU from a friend..intel Pentium D 820. MOBO is working fine now.... my thanks to ALL of you for your advice and input, very much appreciated.

hmmmm, now,...

markduren, Asus told me to do just as you have suggested....and i just finished doing exactly that, needless to say, no beeps, no POST. :grin: (maybe i "cooked" the CPU ? :uke: ) Yes, this is a new...

forgive me if i sounded "testy" that was not my intent. i do appreciate any
help i can get, it's only my frustrations exposed since i never had a
problem such as this one....by the way, this is a...

A "NEW" Motherboard should come as "advertised". Why should i have to get a different CPU if the bloomin thing is supposed to support the "other" CPU's?

Is it not ( the Mobo) supposed to support...

How can one flash the BIOS if the blooming thing wont even POST?????

No display!
With RAM removed i get beeps indicating "hardware failure".

Asus Mobo-P5WD2-955x chipset
Antec SmartPower 2- 500 watt PSU
Corsiar- XMS2-5400C4- 1 Gig (512x2)
Chaintech SE66LE-T6 6600 LE-PCI Express 256
iNTEL Pentium D-920
Hitachi Serial ATA HDD


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