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  1. Foodstamp

    Athlon 64 heat question/problem?

    Well just to make sure I replaced the Motherboard with a different brand (gigabyte) becuase I read a couple of articles saying the MSI board I had did have some heat reading issues in the bios. I also replaced the cpu just to be sure. The result is I now have a 40C in low idle and avg 45-50 with...
  2. Foodstamp

    Athlon 64 heat question/problem?

    Thanks for the link I did a search and couldn't come up with anything.
  3. Foodstamp

    Athlon 64 heat question/problem?

    Alright I just purchased a Athlon 64 3000 Cpu with a MSI k8N NEO motherboard. I do not have the operating system installed yet and checking the temperature in bios show my cpu temp to be at 60c. Within 10 minutes the temperature is all the way up to 69-70c. Since this is my first Athlon 64 is...
  4. Foodstamp

    How to Upgrade my Bios

    I have a Abit KT7-A Raid board and I just got a hold of Win XP and I was told I need to do a bios Upgrade for it to run properly. I downloaded the Bios update from the Abit website and have everything ready. I never flashed my bios before and would like specific instructions on how to do it so I...
  5. Foodstamp

    Is my motherboard bad.....

    Well I did get into bios today long enough to fix my settings and I can get into windows again but with limited keyboard access. I can at least surf the internet just cant type anything with my keyboard. Ive been using the on screen keyboard to type. Hope this will last long enough till I get a...
  6. Foodstamp

    Is my motherboard bad.....

    Hi, Alright, again thanks for everyone's help. I tried to scanreg but the keyboard wouldnt work so I couldn't do that. I tried to get into the bios to reset configuration data and I did get into bios but keyboard died as soon as I got into it and I haven't been able to get back in since. As...
  7. Foodstamp

    Is my motherboard bad.....

    Hi thanks for your reply's. I didn't unplug the keyboard or anything else before the incident so I guess we can rule that out. I did try switching the mouse and keyboard (while turned off) and I got a long boot which ended up with a black screen with a blinking cursor..?I still cannont get...
  8. Foodstamp

    Is my motherboard bad.....

    Well yesterday i was typing on my other computer when i started hitting a key it would put up some other character. ex. I hit "A" and it would put up a "/".. Today the darn thing would not even recongize it at all at first even before i went to windows. Once i got to windows...
  9. Foodstamp

    How to network over the Internet?

    How can you network two computers over the internet?<br>Both systems are using Windows ME. I tried some differenet things but I dont know too much about networking so any insight will be appreciated or if possible&nbsp;&nbsp;send me a good link with some information on how to do it. Thanks in...
  10. Foodstamp

    Overclocking?

    Well based on all the information here and from what I have heard I probaby will not O/C anything. I will probably eventually end up getting a Athlon sooner or later. I was Just checking to see what other people thought who have more experience on the matter. Thanks to everyone who replied.. Oh...
  11. Foodstamp

    Overclocking?

    I hear from a great many people that they recomend overclocking. Would anyone recomend this? I hear good and bad on the subject? I also hear the same thing regarding O/C your video card?Any suggestions would be appreciated.<br><br>Im running:<br>K6/2 450 on a Tyan Trinity s1598 mobo<br>128 MB...

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