Recent content by sylva

Yep, it's true. Some people say the 940 could work in an AM2+ board, but, as Untitledone says, memory control and pin layout would render the whole thing iffy. Unfortunately, I need then to look for and AM2+ board that holds 16 gig RAM, which is rare. It's time to dig at Newegg, Microcenter and...

Thanks Untitledone. This is also what I was thinking. Yeah, the 940 is an A+ processor, as I understand, in fact is the last processor made for the A+ platform. Thanks again.S.

Hi, I am sure you were asked many times, so I apologize. Can this processor be run in an A3 board? Thank you. S.

Thank you all. After extremely careful assemblage everything worked at first shot. It still works impecably. The MoBo is an MSI X58-GD45 with plenty of PCI-e slots, but only one PCI. There's no floppy in this computer because I didn't need any for the past 5 years. Since I bought the Cooler...

Well, My reason for a bigger cooler stems from the behavior of the Phenom II 940 that I have in another computer. There, when I run my sequencer's orchestral tracks the temp of the processor goes from about 38 C to close to 60 C. And, believe me, I can say that there's an air current in the...

Thank you all. I'll procede to work on my i7 950 machine. The MoBo is an MSI X58A-GD45. It looks nice and complex and hope it's not DOA or some of its elements not working properly. I bought a big CPU cooler, since the stock is kind of a joke, considering the amount of data that will go through...

Thank you very much, mETRo. Another concern, derived from the first, is that becuase of the excessive pressure, the pins would be bent. Surely enough, by looking at them with a magnifier, they are not bent, but all in an angle, just like crops in the wind. This may make sense since in this way...

Hi. This is my first Intel processor. Till now I was an AMD guy, but recently I realised that no AMD processor will do the job for the amount of data crunching that my tasks need. My question is a very simple one: When trying to secure the processor in the socket by lowering the lever, the...

Hello. I have this MoBo and I am putting it in another box. However, the box only has a power supply with 20+4 connectors. The 4 is in a separate socket. The MoBo has a 24+8 format, the 8 is in a separate socket (of course). The power supply, of 400W, is in perfect condition and I'd hate...

Here too, Why most x58 boards are advertised as capable to host 24 GB RAM but hardly any can recognize more than 16, or at least that's what I see questions about in forums or on customer review pages such as Newegg's? And, what about Win7 Pro's recognizing only 16 GB; is that true or just...

Sorry for this double thread. My first posting was on the videocards pages, but it really belongs here. 1. Would this card run on Ubuntu 8.4-9.4? 2. Someone on Newegg says that the card runs flawlessly on XP 64 and AverMedia's Multimedia Center. Is this true? Thanks, Sylva.

Hi all. 1. Anyone know whether this card can run on Ubuntu 8.4-9.4? 2. Someone on Newegg stated that it can run on XP 64 and its own Media Center software without any problem. Is this true? Thanks, Sylva.

I inherited a box with an Abit AX78 MoBo + Win XP 64. The MoBo has 7.1 surround and it sounds great when listening to music or watching movies. But, when I am in Cakewalk's Sonar SH 6 XL (a digital music program) I get popping. No matter what I do, what combination of parameters I tweak in Sonar...

I installed the final beta m-audio drivers for this card. Win XP 64 sees the card, says it's working, no hardware conflicts. Get no sound at card output (breakout box + headphone amp both proven to be working on a 32 bit computer). Popped up Sonar which also seed the card with drivers active and...

Thanks Joe "Average" for the knowledgeable reply. I did programming professionally but it was 12 years ago and not in any really applications oriented language. Could you please indicate what would be some of the modifications? You don't need to give me the programming, just what kind of...